June Tests, Week 2 - Part 1
Stats
Again we have four Tests - Round 2 of Week 1 - New Zealand vs Ireland, South Africa vs Scotland, Australia vs Australia, and Argentina vs South Africa.
We have already discussed four bits of law under Knock, knock, knock. We shall look at other incidents and listen to the readers in Part 2
Cards
Wales are having there worst of disciplinary problems. This week they collected a yellow card for Ian Evans. Then he was cited and suspended.
Argentina are not far behind. This week Martin Scelzo was yellow-carded.
In Week 1, Gavin Thomas and Alix Popham received yellow cards.
In Week 1, Rodrigo Roncero of Argentina and Jerry Flannery of Ireland received yellow cards.
Penalties conceded
• = points conceded
(i) New Zealand vs Ireland
Total number of penalties: 21
New Zealand: 13
Ireland: 8
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
New Zealand:
Tackle/ruck: 8 (Dermody 2, Mealamu, Keino, Kelleher, Hayman, Flavell, Laulala)
Discipline: 5 (Howlett - obstruction, Flavell - air tackle, Flavell* - high tackle, So'oialo - obstruction, Rawlinson 0- air tackle)
Ireland:
Tackle/ruck: 2 (Leamy*, Wallace)
Off-side: 2 (Best & Leamy*, Murphy)
Discipline: 4 (Wallace - man without ball, O'Callaghan - collapsing maul, Leamy - air tackle, Horgan - early tackle)
Each side missed a penalty kick at goal
(ii) South Africa vs Scotland
Total number of penalties: 18
South Africa: 8
Scotland: 10
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
South Africa:
Tackle/ruck: 6 ( Van Niekerk 2, Paulse, Burger 2*, Montgomery)
Off-side: 2 (Matfield, Du Preez)
Scotland:
Tackle/Ruck: 5 (Petrie** 2, Ross*, Hogg, Hines*)
Scrum: 1 (Kerr*)
Off-side: 2 (Smith*, Kerr*)
Discipline: 2 (Southwell - air tackle, Hogg - deliberate knock-on)
(iii) Australia vs England
Total number of penalties: 15
Australia: 11
England: 4
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Australia:
Tackle/ruck: 5 (Blake, Baxter, Elsom, Vickerman, Tuqiri)
Off-side: 2 (Cordingly, Baxter)
Discipline: 3 (Latham - deliberate knock-on, Sharpe* - air tackle, Latham - dangerous tackle, Tuqiri - deliberate knock-on)
England:
Tackle/ruck: 2 (Rowntree, Noon)
Off-side: 1 (Jones*)
Discipline: 1 (Undetermined - obstruction)
(iv) Argentina vs Wales
Total number of penalties: 21
Argentina: 10
Wales: 11
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Argentina:
Tackle/ruck: 5 (Ledesma, Alvarez Kairelis, Todeschini, Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe, Leonelli)
Off-side: 1 (Undetermined)
Discipline: 4 (Alvarez Kairelis - air tackle, Longo - dissent, Pichot - man without ball, Scelzo - fighting)
Wales:
Tackle/ruck: 7 (Hook, Nicky Robinson, Jamie Robinson, Duncan Jones, Gough, Byrne)
Off-side: 1 (Wyn Jones)
Discipline: 4 (Hook - high, Gough - early, Hook - high)
Each side missed a penalty kick at goal.
Getting possession - line-outs, scrums, free-kicks, drop-outs, turn-overs
In this section the figures represent the number of times you get to play with the ball.
(i) New Zealand vs Ireland
New Zealand:
Line-outs: 19 (4 lost 1 quick, 1 skew, 1 free kick)
Scrums: 9 (3 reset)
Free-kicks: 1 (mark)
Drop-outs: 1
Ireland:
Line-outs: 18 (2 lost)
Scrums: 9 (5 reset, 1 penalty, 2 free kicks)
Free-kicks: 1 (scrum)
Drop-outs: 0
(ii) South Africa vs Scotland
South Africa:
Line-outs: 11 (1 lost, 2 quick)
Scrums: 14 (7 reset, 1 free kick, 1 wheel)
Free-kicks: 2 (marks)
Drop-outs: 1
Scotland:
Line-outs: 23 (7 lost, 1 skew, 1 quick)
Scrums: 5 (3 reset)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 0
(iii) Australia vs England
Australia:
Line-outs: 23 (4 lost, 1 free kick, 1 skew)
Scrums: 9 (2 reset, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: 1 (line-out)
Drop-outs: 2
England:
Line-outs: 19 (2 lost, 2 quick)
Scrums: 9 (1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 2 (scrum, mark)
Drop-outs: 0
NB In the second half the scrums were uncontested because England did not have adequate front row replacement.
(iv) Argentina vs Wales
Argentina:
Line-outs: 10 (1 penalty)
Scrums: 11 (2 reset, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 0
Wales:
Line-outs: 13 (2 lost, 1 penalty)
Scrums: 11 (1 reset)
Free-kicks: 2 (scrum, mark)
Drop-outs: 2
Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs):
New Zealand vs Ireland: 87
South Africa vs Scotland: 84
Australia vs England: 82
Argentina vs Wales: 73
Tries scored:
New Zealand vs Ireland: 3 + 2 = 5
South Africa vs Scotland: 1 + 2 = 3
Australia vs England: 6 + 2 = 8
Argentina vs Wales: 3 + 3 = 6
Penalties in two weeks, by country:
Argentina: 7 + 10 = 17
Australia: 9 + 11 = 20
England: 14 + 4 = 18
Ireland: 11 + 8 = 19
New Zealand: 7 + 13 = 20
Scotland: 11 + 10 = 21
South Africa: 9 + 8 = 17
Wales: 10 + 11 = 21
Tries in two weeks by country:
Argentina: 3 + 3 = 6
Australia: 3 + 6 = 9
England: 0 + 2 = 2
Ireland: 2 + 2 = 4
New Zealand: 3+ 3 = 6
Scotland: 1 + 2 = 3
South Africa: 4 + 1 = 5
Wales: 3 +3 = 6
Stoppages in two weeks:
Week 1
New Zealand vs Ireland: 73
South Africa vs Scotland: 83
Australia vs England: 82
Argentina vs Wales: 95
Week 2
New Zealand vs Ireland: 87
South Africa vs Scotland: 84
Australia vs England: 82
Argentina vs Wales: 73