The Stats Don't Lie: Which Rugby World Cup heavyweight is most penalised?

Richard Kahui is joint leading try-scorer with four. Photo / Getty Images

It's been a try-fest at the tournament so far, with 96 tries scored at an average of five per game.

Pool A has scored the most tries with 39, Pool D has scored 27, Pool B has scored 21, while Pool C has only seen nine tries scored and also contains the two sides yet to score tries - Italy and Russia. Pool C also has one game left to play to make up a complete second round, which coincidentally is Italy v Russia.

New Zealand are the only side to have scored over 50 points in a match after the second week of the tournament, having put 83 points over Japan last Friday. Three other teams have come close, with Fiji, Samoa and South Africa all having scored 49 points in a game.

New Zealand have also scored the most points to date with 124, followed by France on 93 and South Africa on 66. New Zealand have also scored the most tries with 19, followed by France (10) and South Africa (eight).

Ireland have best defence having conceded just 16 points in two games. The other three pool leaders are the next best defensively, with New Zealand having conceded just 17 points, while England and South Africa have conceded 19 each.

Japan has conceded the most points with 130, while Russia and Italy have scored the fewest points with just 6 each in their first games.

There have been 402 penalties awarded in the 19 games played so far, at an average of just over 21 per game.

Romania (28) and England (27) have conceded the most penalties, and England have conceded the most yellow cards with two. Romania, Samoa and Namibia have all conceded one yellow card.

Scotland are the least penalised team, having conceded just 16 at an average of 8 per game. The next least penalised teams are Georgia (18), then France, Ireland, South Africa and Wales (all 19).

Richard Kahui (NZ), Vincent Clerc(France) and Verenki Goneva (Fiji) are the top try scorers with four each.

Welsh lock Luke Charteris is the top tackler having made 47, with South Africa's flanker Heinrich Brussowa close second with 45.

South Africa's Morne Steyn and France's Morgan Parraare the top points scorers both with 28.

When it comes to goal kicking look no further than Fiji's Seremaia Bai who has proved there is nothing wrong with the Gilbert ball, landing 9 from 10 attempts at goal so far. Of the kickers who have made more than one attempt at goal, Samoa's Tusi Pisi has a 100 percent record having landed four goals from four attempts.

Despite Georgia's Merab Kvirikashvili kicking just two of his seven attempts, England's Toby Flood proved there are no aerodynamic problems goal kicking inside Otago Stadium landing five of his seven attempts.

There are 10 players whose kicking stats are under 50 percent, including Ireland's Jonathan Sexton and England's Jonny Wilkinson.

Namibia's Theuns Kotze is the top drop kicker, having landed all three of his attempts. There have been eight successful drop goals so far, the others coming from Ander Monro (Canada) with two, while Jonathan Sexton (Ireland), Francois Trinh-Duc (France) and Dan Parks (Scotland) have all landed one each.

And finally looking back at the first upset of the tournament, with Ireland (IRB ranking eight) beating Australia (IRB ranking two). It was their fifth World Cup meeting, with Australia having won the previous four encounters. It is the first time Ireland have beaten one of the Tri Nations teams at a World Cup. Interestingly, Ireland have the oldest squad at this World Cup, while Australia have the youngest.