Some Six Nations statistics, Round 5
The Six Nations ended on a high note. No doubt the better weather made a difference. We give some statistics.
We shall do the same for the six Super 14 matches. We shall also discuss the laws for the two competitions.
There are totals down below which enable you to see which team scored most tries, conceded most penalties, passed most and kicked most.
Sanctions
The only yellow card this week for a high tackle. He was not penalised which will make an interesting topic for our law discussion.
Yellow cards
Santiago Dellapè (Italy) - punching
Simon Easterby (Ireland) - tackle infringement, his fourth in the match
Nathan Hines (Scotland) - striking an opponent
Mirco Bergamasco (Italy) - tackle infringement
Mike Phillips (Wales) - kneeing an opponent
Martyn Williams (Wales) - tripping
Gavin Henson (Wales) - dangerous tackle
Wales won the Grand Slam, the Six Nations, the Triple Crown - and the Yellow Cards.
Citing and Suspension
Mauro Bergamasco (Italy) - 13 weeks for eye gouging
Penalties conceded
In this section we record the times a team was penalised.
* = points conceded
(i) Italy vs Scotland
Total number of penalties: 11
Italy: 3
Scotland: 8
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Italy:
Tackle/ruck: 3 (Sole*, Parisse, Perugini*)
Scotland:
Tackle/ruck: 4 (MacLeod*, Webster, Strokosch, Hogg)
Off-side: 1 (Strokosch*)
Scrum: 3 (Murray 2, Lawson)
Italy missed two penalty kicks at goal.
(ii) England vs Ireland
Total number of penalties: 23
England: 11
Ireland: 12
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
England:
Tackle/ruck: 6 (Balshaw*, Croft 2, Stevens, Hodgson, Kay)
Off-side: 1 (Shaw)
Scrum: 1 (Sheridan)
Discipline: 3 (Shaw - line-out obstruction; Shaw - air tackle; Croft - line-out obstruction)
Ireland:
Tackle/Ruck: 10 (O'Gara, O'Connell** 4, Reddan, Horgan, Best, O'Callaghan, Buckley* )
Scrum: 1 (Horan)
Discipline: 1 (Bowe - obstruction)
Ireland missed a penalty kick at goal.
(iii) Wales vs France
Total number of penalties: 16
Wales: 9
France: 7
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Wales:
Tackle/ruck: 5 (Martyn Williams 3, Adam Jones*, Duncan Jones)
Off-side: 2 (Phillips* 2)
Discipline: 2 (Mark Jones - high tackle; Ali-Wyn Jones - +10m)
France:
Tackle/ruck: 6 (Nallet*, Dusautoir, Bonnaire & Ouedraogo*, Malzieu, Thion*, Traille*)
Off-side: 1 (Skrela*)
Wales missed two penalty kicks at goal.
Tackles/Penalties
This gives the number of penalties at ruck/tackle as a fraction of the total number of penalties:
Italy vs Scotland: 7/11 = 63,6%
England vs Ireland: 16/23 = 69,5%
Wales vs France: 11/16 = 68,8%
Getting possession - line-outs, scrums, free-kicks, drop-outs
In this section the figures represent the number of times you get to play with the ball.
(i) Italy vs Scotland
Italy:
Line-outs: 11 (1 lost)
Scrums: 10 (3 reset, 2 collapses, 1 penalties, 1 penalty try)
Free-kicks: 5 (marks)
Drop-outs: 4
Scotland:
Line-outs: 15 (1 lost, 1 reset, 1 quick)
Scrums: 8 (5 reset, 4 collapses, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 2
(ii) England vs Ireland
England:
Line-outs: 12 (1 lost)
Scrums: 10 (3 reset, 3 collapses free kick, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 1 (scrum)
Drop-outs: 0
Ireland:
Line-outs: 16 (2 lost, 1 skew, 1 free kick)
Scrums: 3 (1 reset, 1 collapse, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 1 (line-out
Drop-outs: 1
(iii) Wales vs France
Wales:
Line-outs: 14 (1 lost, 1 quick)
Scrums: 6 (4 reset, 2 collapses)
Free-kicks: 1 (mark)
Drop-outs: 0
France:
Line-outs: 11 (2 lost, 1 quick)
Scrums: 6 (1 lost, 2 free kicks)
Free-kicks: 2 (scrums)
Drop-outs: 2
Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs)
Italy vs Scotland: 75
England vs Ireland: 71
Wales vs France: 62
Tackles per match
Italy vs Scotland: 115 + 85 = 200
England vs Ireland: 87 + 77 = 164
Wales vs France: 128 + 79 = 207
Kicks per match
Italy vs Scotland: 60
Italy: 38
Scotland: 32
England vs Ireland: 57
England: 31
Ireland: 26
Wales vs France: 77
Wales: 43
France: 34
Passes per match
Italy vs Scotland: 249
Italy: 105
Scotland: 144
England vs Ireland: 250
England: 113
Ireland: 137
Wales vs France: 232
Wales: 81
France: 151
Substitutions/replacements
Italy vs Scotland: 11
England vs Ireland: 13
Wales vs France: 12
Tries
This is the number of tries each team scored.
(i) Italy vs Scotland: 4
Italy: 2
Scotland: 2
(ii) England vs Ireland: 4
England: 3
Ireland: 1
(iii) Wales vs France: 2
Wales: 2
France: 0
Tries/penalties scored
This gives the ratio of tries scored to penalties scored by each team:
Wales: 2/5
Italy: 2/1
France: 0/4
Ireland: 1/1
Scotland: 2/2
England: 3/4
The ratio of tries scored to penalties goaled is 10/17
In Week 1 the ratio was 14/13.
In Week 2 the ratio was 5/22.
In Week 3 it was 16/17
In Week 4 it was 5/19
Minutes in possession
Italy vs Scotland: 14 minutes 55 seconds + 20 minutes 32 seconds = 35 minutes 27 seconds
England vs Ireland: 10 minutes 46 seconds + 11 minutes 54 seconds = 22 minutes 40 seconds
Wales vs France: 8 minutes 44 seconds + 10 minutes 3 seconds = 18 minutes 47 seconds
Some Totals
Tries per country
England: 1 + 2 + 2 + 0 + 3 = 8
France: 3 + 4 + 1 + 3 + 0 = 11
Ireland: 1 + 2 + 5 + 0 + 1 = 9
Italy: 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 6
Scotland: 0 + 0 + 1 + 0 + 2 = 3
Wales: 2 + 3 + 5 + 1 + 2 = 13
Penalties conceded per country
England: 7 + 10 + 9 + 11 + 11 = 48
France: 7 + 8 + 11 + 9 + 7 = 42
Ireland: 11 + 1 + 9 + 6 + 12 = 39
Italy: 8 + 6 + 11 + 7 + 3 = 35
Scotland: 10 + 6 + 5 + 9 + 8 = 38
Wales: 7 + 10 + 8 + 10 + 9 = 44
Kicks per country
England: 33 + 25 + 18 + 35 + 31 = 142
France: 25 + 24 + 17 + 24 + 34 = 124
Ireland: 32 + 23 + 28 + 33 + 26= 142
Italy: 33 + 24 + 33 + 27 + 28 = 145
Scotland: 23 + 31 20 + 38 + 32 = 144
Wales: 27 + 32 + 28 + 38 + 43 = 158
Passes per country
England: 97 + 83 + 82 + 134 + 113 = 509
France: 155 + 118 + 142 + 90 + 151 = 656
Ireland: 115 + 174 + 76 + 76 + 137 = 578
Italy: 106 + 158 + 71 + 81 + 105 = 521
Scotland: 130 + 41 + 79 + 96 + 144 = 490
Wales: 87 + 131 + 140 + 147 + 81 = 586
Stoppages per match (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs):
Ireland vs Italy: 82
Scotland vs France: 70
England vs Wales: 64
Wales vs Scotland: 73
France vs Ireland: 68
Italy vs England: 78
Wales vs Italy: 72
`Ireland vs Scotland: 65
France vs England: 85
Ireland vs Wales: 72
Scotland vs England: 87
France vs Italy: 80
Italy vs Scotland: 75
England vs Ireland: 71
Wales vs France: 62
Most stoppages: Scotland vs England
Fewest stoppages: Wales vs France