1995 Rugby World Cup
Player Team Position Played Tries Conv­ersions Penal­ties Drop goals Total points
Thierry Lacroix France Fly-half 6 4 7 26 0 112
Gavin Hastings Scotland Full-back 4 5 14 17 0 104
Andrew Mehrtens New Zealand First five-eighth 5 1 14 14 3 84
Rob Andrew England Fly-half 5 0 5 20 3 79
Joel Stransky South Africa Fly-half 5 1 4 13 3 61
Michael Lynagh Australia Fly-half 3 2 5 9 0 47
Simon Culhane New Zealand First five-eighth 1 1 20 0 0 45
Neil Jenkins Wales Fly-half 3 0 7 8 1 41
Diego Domínguez Italy Fly-half 3 1 5 7 1 39
Marc Ellis New Zealand Wing 5 7 0 0 0 35
Jonah Lomu New Zealand Wing 5 7 0 0 0 35
Statistics
Main article : 1995 Rugby World Cup statistics The tournament 's top point scorer was France 's Thierry Lacroix , who scored 112 points . Marc Ellis and Jonah Lomu scored the most tries , seven in total .
The 1995 Rugby World Cup was the third Rugby World Cup. It was hosted and won by South Africa, and was the first Rugby World Cup in which every match was held in one country. The World Cup was the first major sporting event to take place in South Africa following the end of apartheid. It was also the first World Cup in which South Africa was allowed to compete; the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB, now World Rugby) had only readmitted South Africa to international rugby in 1992, following negotiations to end apartheid. The World Cup would also be the last major event of rugby union's amateur era; two months after the tournament, the IRFB opened the sport to professionalism. In the final, held at Ellis Park in Johannesburg on 24 June, South Africa defeated New Zealand 15-12, with Joel Stransky scoring a drop goal in extra time to win the match. Following South Africa's victory, Nelson Mandela, the President of South Africa, wearing a Springboks rugby shirt and cap, presented the Webb Ellis Cup to the South African captain François Pienaar.