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RWC 2015 was the most competitive tournament to date with the lowest average winning margin of any previous tournament RWC 2015 saw the most competitive performances from tier two teams with two rankings upsets and the lowest average winning margin between tier one and tier two teams Southern hemisphere teams were more effective at scoring tries, accumulating 50 per cent more tries than penalties, while northern hemisphere teams kicked 50 per cent more penalties than triesTries continued to win matches and in more than 80 per cent of matches the team scoring the most tries wonHigh scoring defeats were dramatically reduced with 65 points the high­est tally scored by a team in a match, only making it the 32nd highest in RWC history compared to 87 in 2011 and 145 in 1995, the most everTries were back in fashion with an average of five tries per match in the knockout stages and five tries in the final, which is the highest since RWC 1987 AVERAGE WINNING MARGINRWC 2011: RWC 2015: AVERAGE WINNING MARGIN BETWEEN TIER ONE AND TIER TWO TEAMSRWC 2011: RWC 2015: HIGHEST TALLY SCORED BY A TEAM IN A MATCHRWC 2011: RWC 2015: 30 points22 points37 points31 points87 points65 pointsKEY FINDINGSIN COMPARISONCOMPETITIVE AND COMPELLING | RUGBY WORLD CUP 2015YEAR IN REVIEW 2015 WORLD RUGBY 31