Lions - 3rd Test
Stats
New Zealand beat the Lions 38-19 at wet Eden Park in Auckland. This completed a whitewash of record proportions for the All Blacks over the Lions.
We give the statistics, as we do each week.
1. Statistics
(i) Penalties conceded:
Lions: 9
New Zealand: 14
The Lions goaled four penalties, the All Blacks one. The Lions missed a penalty kick; the All Blacks did not.
(ii) Reasons for the penalties:
Lions:
Tackle/ruck: 4 (Easterby, Gareth Thomas, Ryan Jones, Lewsey)
Off-side: 3 Byrne, Peel & Simon Jones on one occasion, Gareth Thomas, Lewsey)
Scrum: 1 (White)
Discipline: 1 (*Ryan Jones - dissent)
New Zealand:
Tackle/ruck: 9 (Somerville, *Umaga, *Jack 2, Kelleher, So'oialo, Williams, Collins, Ryan)
Off-side: 1 (Collins)
Discipline: 4 (Johnstone and "a few others" - collapsed maul, Collins - late, armless tackle, undetermined - air tackle, So'oialo - late tackle)
The most penalsied player in the series was Jerry Collins (New Zealand), followed by Chris Jack (New Zealand) and then Rodney So'oialo (New Zealand), Ali Williams (New Zealand), Ryan Jones (Lions), Julian White (Lions) and Paul O'Connell (Lions).
(iii) Free kicks awarded
Lions: 2 (line-outs)
New Zealand: 6 (2 line-outs, 4 scrums)
(iii) Line-outs awarded
Lions: 19 (1 lost, 1 penalty, 2 free kicks)
New Zealand: 24 (4 lost, 2 quick, 2 skew, 2 free kicks)
(v) Scrums awarded
Lions: 12 (2 reset, 1 free kick)
New Zealand: 9 (4 reset, 1 penalty, 3 free kicks)
(v) Drop-outs
Lions: 1
New Zealand: 0
(vi) Total Stoppages: 102
(vii) Tackles/rucks:
(viii) Tour totals:
(a) Penalties per match
Lions vs Bay of Plenty: 9 + 5 = 14
Lions vs Taranaki: 4 + 10 = 14
Lions vs Maori: 13 + 12 = 25
Lions vs Wellington: 6 + 11 = 17
Lions vs Otago: 11 + 11 = 22
Lions vs Southland: 12 + 13 = 25
Lions vs New Zealand (1st Test): 8 + 10 = 18
Lions vs Manawatu: 7 + 11 = 18
Lions vs New Zealand (2nd Test): 12 + 14 = 26
Lions vs Auckland: 16 + 10 = 26
Lions vs New Zealand (3rd Test): 9 + 14 = 23
The Lions have been penalised 107 times, their opponents 121.
(b) Stoppages
Lions vs Bay of Plenty: 90
Lions vs Taranaki: 95
Lions vs Maori: 100
Lions vs Wellington: 73
Lions vs Otago: 86
Lions vs Southland: 86
Lions vs New Zealand (1st Test): 83
Lions vs Manawatu: 71
Lions vs New Zealand (2nd Test): 72
Lions vs Auckland: 89
Lions vs New Zealand (3rd Test): 102
(c) Scrum resets per match:
The average number of resets per match so far has been:
Lions vs Bay of Plenty: 29,5%
Lions vs Taranaki: 78,5%
Lions vs Maori: 59%
Lions vs Wellington: 82%
Lions vs Otago: 20%
Lions vs Southland: 46%
Lions vs New Zealand (1st Test): 70%
Lions vs Manawatu: 67%
Lions vs New Zealand (2nd Test): 27%
Lions vs Auckland: 36%
Lions vs New Zealand: 28%
(d) Sanctions
Lions vs Bay of Plenty: None
Lions vs Taranaki: Andrew Hore (Taranaki) - yellow card
Lions vs Maori: Andy Sheridan (Lions) - yellow card
Lions vs Wellington: None
Lions vs Otago: None
Lions vs Southland: None
Lions vs New Zealand (1st Test): Paul O'Connell (Lions) - yellow card, Danny Grewcock (Lions) - citing and suspension
Lions vs Manawatu: Nathan Kemp and Simon Easton (Manawatu) - yellow cards, Matt Stevens (Lions) - yellow card
Lions vs New Zealand (2nd Test): None
Lions vs Auckland: Rowntree (Lions) - citing and exoneration and Tuitupou (Auckland) - citing and suspension
Lions vs New Zealand (3rd Test): Tana Umaga (New Zealand - yellow card, Jerry Collins (New Zealand) - yellow card.
(e) Tries:
Lions vs Bay of Plenty: 6 + 1 = 7
Lions vs Taranaki: 4 + 2 = 6
Lions vs Maori: 1 + 1 = 2
Lions vs Wellington: 2 + 0 = 2
Lions vs Otago: 3 + 1 = 4
Lions vs Southland: 2 + 1 = 3
Lions vs New Zealand (1st Test): 0 + 2 = 2
Lions vs Manawatu: 17 + 0 = 17
Lions vs New Zealand (2nd Test): 2 + 5 = 7
Lions vs Auckland: 1 + 1 = 2
Lions vs New Zealand (3rd Test): 1 + 5 = 6
The 11 Lions' matches yielded 58 tries. The Lions scored 39 tries, their opposition 19 tries.
In the three Tests, the Lions scored a total of 3 tries, the All Blacks 12.