We take a look at some of the statistics from a record-breaking Women's Rugby World Cup 2017 in Ireland. 

  • A total of 1,549 points were scored across the 30 matches, comprising 247 tries, 127 conversions and 20 penalties

  • New Zealand retained their 100 per cent record in finals and against England on the World Cup stage with the 41-32 victory

  • The Ireland 2017 final featured 11 tries, more than the three previous finals between England and New Zealand put together (10 tries)

  • Seven nations have qualified for WRWC 2021 in New Zealand, England, France, USA, Canada, Australia and Wales

  • New Zealand scored the most points with 299, Hong Kong the fewest with 27

  • The Black Ferns also scored the most tries with 49, Hong Kong the fewest with four

  • New Zealand winger Portia Woodman (pictured) was both the top point (65) and try scorer (13)

  • There was an average of eight tries per match at WRWC 2017

  • There were 63,000 uses of #WRWC2017 in total, while 50,000 new fans joined World Rugby’s social media communities

  • There were 45 million views across official tournament platforms, making WRWC 2017 the best-performing World Rugby event of the year and biggest since RWC 2015

  • Portia Woodman made the most metres by an individual with 648 with Italy full-back Manuela Furlan next best on 548

  • Woodman also topped the charts for most clean breaks (24) and defenders beaten (41)

  • Australia scrum-half Katrina Barker made the most passes with 510

  • From a team perspective, Canada made the most metres (3,510), passes (1,184), carries (862) and offloads (94), while New Zealand topped the charts for clean breaks (111) and defenders beaten (198)

  • New Zealand had the most yellow cards of any team with six, including two in the final against England. No player received more than one yellow in the tournament

  • England kicked the most penalties with four, while Japan were the only team not to successfully kick a penalty

  • Australia made more carries across the gain-line with 456 and boasted the top three players in number eight Grace Hamilton and props Liz Patu and Hilisha Samoa

  • England and Japan did not receive a single yellow card

  • A peak of 2.65 million tuned in to ITV in the UK to watch the final – the largest single audience for a Women’s Rugby World Cup final

  • Japan centre Makiko Tomita received the only red card of the tournament, on day one against France

  • France had the best tackle rate percentage of the 12 teams at 92.2 per cent

  • Only 20 penalties were kicked in the tournament – that’s less than across the first two match days of WRWC 2014 – and 14 of these came in the knockout stages

  • A new tournament record of a peak audience of 3.2 million tuned into France 2 for the England v France semi-final