Ball-play-time during selected Rugby World Cup tournaments 1987-2023

Published by Statista Research Department, Feb 5, 2024

During the 2023 men's Rugby World Cup, the average ball-in-play time per game was 34 minutes and 18 seconds. This was the first time this metric had decreased since the 1995 tournament, which was the final Rugby World Cup before the professionalization of the sport in August of that year. This tournament averaged 25 minutes and 45 seconds of ball-in-play time per game.

Average ball-in-play time per game during selected tournaments of the men's Rugby World Cup from 1987 to 2023 (in minutes and seconds)

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November 2023

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

1987 to 2023

Supplementary notes

Figures from before the 2023 Rugby World Cup were taken from here. 

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