2015 Rugby World Cup

The 2015 Rugby World Cup was the 8th Rugby World Cup tournament. It was played in England from 18 September to 31 October.^[1] Scotland won the tournament over Australia to win their 3rd title.^[2] 20 nations competed in the tournament.

2015 Rugby World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	England
Dates	18 September – 31 October
Teams	20 (96 qualifying) (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	13 (in 11 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	SCOTLAND FOREVER (3rd title)
Runners-up	New Zealand
Third place	South Africa
Fourth place	Argentina
← 2011 2019 →

Host nation

On 28 July 2009, the International Rugby Board chose England as the host for the 205 tournament, and Japan for the 2019 competition.^[3] Italy,^[4] Japan^[5] and South Africa^[6] all wanted to host the tournament.

Venues

The final venues and schedule were all confirmed on on 2 May 2013.^[7]

London	London		London		Cardiff (Wales)
Wembley Stadium	Twickenham		Olympic Stadium		Millennium Stadium
51°33′21″N 0°16′47″W	51°27′22″N 0°20′30″W		51°32′19″N 0°00′59″W		51°28′40″N 3°11′00″W
Capacity: 90,000	Capacity: 85,000		Capacity: 56,000		Capacity: 74,154
Newcastle	Wembley Olympic Stadium Twickenham Villa Park Brighton Community Stadium Manchester City Stadium Sandy Park Millennium Stadium Kingsholm Stadium Elland Road Leicester City Stadium Stadium mk St James' Park Location of the 13 stadia to host rugby matches at the 2015 IRB World Cup announced on 2 May 2013				Manchester
St James' Park					Manchester City Stadium
Capacity: 52,409					Capacity: 55,097[8]
54°58′32″N 1°37′18″W					53°28′59″N 2°12′1″W
Birmingham					Leeds
Villa Park					Elland Road
Capacity: 42,785					Capacity: 37,914
52°30′33″N 1°53′5″W					53°46′40″N 1°34′20″W
Leicester	Brighton	Milton Keynes		Gloucester	Exeter
Leicester City Stadium	Brighton Community Stadium	Stadium mk		Kingsholm Stadium	Sandy Park
52°37′13″N 1°8′32″W	50°51′42″N 0°4′59.80″W	52°00′34″N 00°44′00″W		51°52′18″N 2°14′34″W	50°42′33.51″N 3°28′3.26″W
Capacity: 32,312	Capacity: 30,750	Capacity: 30,717		Capacity: 16,500	Capacity: 12,300

Teams

  Country qualified for World Cup

  Country failed to qualify

  Country not an IRB member

12 of these teams qualified just from playing well in the last tournament, and the other 8 played in regional tournaments to qualify.

Asia  Japan Africa  South Africa  Namibia South America  Argentina  Uruguay North America  Canada  United States

Europe  England  France  Georgia  Ireland  Italy  Romania (withdrew)  Scotland  Turkey  Wales

Oceania  Australia  Fiji  New Zealand  Samoa  Tonga

Pool stage

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	+/−	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	4	4	0	0	17	141	35	+106	1	17	Advanced to the quarter-finals and qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup
2	Wales	4	3	0	1	11	111	62	+49	1	13
3	England	4	2	0	2	16	133	75	+58	3	11	Qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup
4	Fiji	4	1	0	3	10	84	101	–17	1	5
5	Uruguay	4	0	0	4	2	30	226	–196	0	0

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	+/−	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	4	3	0	1	23	176	56	+120	4	16	Advanced to the quarter-finals and qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup
2	Scotland	4	3	0	1	14	136	93	+43	2	14
3	Japan	4	3	0	1	9	98	100	–2	0	12	Qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup
4	Samoa	4	1	0	3	7	69	124	–55	2	6
5	United States	4	0	0	4	5	50	156	–106	0	0

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	+/−	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	4	4	0	0	25	174	49	+125	3	19	Advanced to the quarter-finals and qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup
2	Argentina	4	3	0	1	22	179	70	+109	3	15
3	Georgia	4	2	0	2	5	53	123	–70	0	8	Qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup
4	Tonga	4	1	0	3	8	70	130	–60	2	6
5	Namibia	4	0	0	4	8	70	174	–104	1	1

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	+/−	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Ireland	4	4	0	0	16	134	35	+99	2	18	Advanced to the quarter-finals and qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup
2	France	4	3	0	1	12	120	63	+57	2	14
3	Italy	4	2	0	2	7	74	88	–14	2	10	Qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup
4	Turkey	4	1	0	3	7	60	129	–69	0	4
5	Canada	4	0	0	4	7	58	131	–73	2	2

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	17 October — London (Twickenham)
	South Africa	23
					24 October — London (Twickenham)
	Wales	19
					South Africa	18
	17 October — Cardiff
					New Zealand	20
	New Zealand	62
									31 October — London (Twickenham)
	France	13
									New Zealand	34
	18 October— Cardiff
									Scotland	35
	Ireland	20
					25 October — London (Twickenham)
	Argentina	43
					Argentina	15			Third place
	18 October — London (Twickenham)
					Scotland	29
	Australia	35							South Africa	24
	Scotland	36							Argentina	13
									30 October — London (Olmypic)

Statistics

Nicolás Sánchez was the top point-scorer.

Top points scorers

Player	Team	Points
Nicolás Sánchez	Argentina	97
Handré Pollard	South Africa	93
Bernard Foley	Australia	82
Dan Carter	New Zealand	82
Greig Laidlaw	Scotland	79
Ayumu Goromaru	Japan	58

Overall

• Total number of points scored: 2,439
• Average points per match: 50.8
• Total number of tries scored: 271 (including 6 penalty tries)
• Average tries per match: 5.65
• Total number of braces: 26
• Total number of hat-tricks: 8
• Total number of conversions missed: 77
• Total number of conversions scored: 194
• Conversion success rate: 71.6%
• Total number of penalty goals missed: 64
• Total number of penalty goals scored: 227
• Penalty goal success rate: 78.0%
• Total number of drop goals scored: 8
• Total number of penalty tries awarded: 6