November Tests, Week 2 - Stats
After all the hectic activities of Saturday, we publish some statistics from matches hosted by the Six Nations.
Soundsure are a great help with statistics.
Cards
There were three this week. Brendan Cannon of Australia got one for punching and Lote Tuqiri got one for not allowing Italy to play quickly at a penalty.
In that same match Stephen Larkham may well have been fortunate for not getting one for a fairly cynical bit of obstruction.
In Lyon the French captain Fabien Pelous was given a yellow card for an air tackle at a line-out.
In the match in Cardiff, Tusi Pisi was yellow carded for a late tackle which was not the first illegal tackle by his team.
If Cannon spent time in the sin bin for his mild fisticuffs, Ben Cohen and Mario Ledesma seemed to have deserved one for more direct fisticuffs when England and Argentina met at Twickenham.
Cards so far by Country
Argentina:
Australia: 2 (Cannon, Tuqiri)
England:
France: 1 (Pelous)
Ireland:
Italy:
New Zealand: 1 (Masoe)
Pacific Islands: 1 (Pisi)
Romania:
Scotland:
South Africa:
Wales:
(i) Italy vs Australia
Penalties conceded
In this section we record the times a team was penalised.
• = points conceded
Total number of penalties: 17
Italy: 6
Australia: 11
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Italy:
Tackle/ruck: 2 (Peens*, Mauro Bergamasco*)
Off-side: 1 (Dellapè)
Scrum: 1 (Lo Cicero)
Discipline: 2 (Nieto - obstruction; Dellapè - collapsed maul)
Australia:
Tackle/ruck: 3 (Lath am* , Moore*, Shepherdson)
Off-side: 1 (Latham)
Scrum: 3 (Baxter** - 3)
Discipline: 4 (Cannon - punch; Smith* - collapsed maul; Larkham* - obstruction; Tuqiri - dissent)
Italy missed two penalty kicks 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.
Italy:
Line-outs: 16 (2 lost 1 skew, 1 reset)
Scrums: 13 (10 reset, 1 wheel, 3 penalties)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 1
Australia:
Line-outs: 16 (1 free kick)
Scrums: 8 (4 reset, 1 penalty, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: 2 (1 line-out, 1 scrum)
Drop-outs: 4
Stoppages: 92
(ii) France vs New Zealand
Total number of penalties: 20
France: 7
New Zealand: 13
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
France:
Tackle/ruck: 5 (Vermeulen* 2, Dominici, Ibañez, Larrahage)
Off-side: 1 (Szarzewski)
Discipline: 1 (Pelous* - air tackle)
New Zealand:
Tackle/Ruck: 5 (McCaw 2, Smith 2, Hayman, Ryan)
Off-side: 1 (Nonu & Sivivatu)
Discipline: 7 (Williams - pulling leg in maul; So'oialo - man without ball; So'oialo - obstruction; Smith - late tackle; Collins - early tackle; Undetermined - backchat; Ryan - man without ball):
France and New Zealand each 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.
France:
Line-outs: 17 (3 lost)
Scrums: 10 (4 reset, 1 wheel)
Free-kicks: 1 (mark)
Drop-outs: 1
New Zealand:
Line-outs: 11 (1 lost, 2 quick)
Scrums: 5 (5 reset, 2 free kicks)
Free-kicks: 3 (2 scrums, 1 mark)
Drop-outs: 2
Stoppages: 79
(iii) England vs Argentina
Total number of penalties: 23
England: 13
Argentina: 10
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
England:
Tackle/ruck: 6 (Sanderson 3, Noon*, Moody*, Sackey)
Off-side: 5 (Allen*, Corry, most forwards, Kay, White*)
Discipline: 2 (Sanderson - collapsing maul; Palmer - air tackle)
Argentina:
Tackle/Ruck: 3 (Longo*, Leguizamon, Schusterman, Scelzo)
Off-side: 2 (Todeschini, Albacete)
Discipline: 3 (Longo & IF Lobbe - collapsing maul; Ayerza - collapsing maul; Longo - collapsing maul; Albacete - not 10)
England and Argentina each 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.
England:
Line-outs: 16 (1 lost, 2 quick)
Scrums: 10 (7 reset)
Free-kicks: 1 (mark)
Drop-outs: 5
Argentina:
Line-outs: 12 (1 skew)
Scrums: 12 (1 reset)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 1
Stoppages: 88
(iv) Ireland vs South Africa
Total number of penalties: 21
Ireland: 10
South Africa: 11
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Ireland:
Tackle/ruck: 6 (Leamy* 2, O'Callaghan, O'Connell, Trimble, Easterby)
Off-side: 1 (D'Arcy)
Scrum: 1 (Horan)
Discipline: 2 (O'Callaghan & O'Connell - collapsing maul; O'Connell - air tackle)
South Africa:
Tackle/Ruck: 7 (Januarie, Habana*, Spies 2, Smit, Van der Berg, Botha*)
Scrum: 1 (Sephaka)
Off-side: 1 (Rossouw, Ackermann & Smith)
Discipline: 2 (Fortuin - high; Smith - high)
Ireland and South Africa each 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.
Ireland:
Line-outs: 11 (1 lost, 2 reset)
Scrums: 11 (6 reset, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 1
South Africa:
Line-outs: 14 (3 lost, 1 skew)
Scrums: 11 (8 reset)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 1
Stoppages: 81
(v) Scotland vs Romania
Total number of penalties: 19
Scotland: 7
Romania: 12
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Scotland:
Tackle/ruck: 3 (Godman, Webster, Beattie)
Scrum: 1 (Kerr)
Discipline: 2 (Hines - obstruction; Brown - armless tackle)
Romania:
Tackle/Ruck: 7 (Cordeanu 2, Tonita, Dimofte 2, Gal, Ursache)
Scrum: 1 (Balan)
Off-side: 4 (Gonteac, Tincu 2, Calafeteanu)
Neither 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.
Scotland:
Line-outs: 18 (1 lost, 1 quick)
Scrums: 14 (3 resets, 2 wheels, 2 free kicks)
Free-kicks: 3 (2 scrums, 1 mark)
Drop-outs: 2
Romania:
Line-outs: 10 (1 lost)
Scrums: 14 (4 resets, 2 penalties, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: 1 (scrum)
Drop-outs: 2
Stoppages: 90
(vi) Wales vs Pacific Islands
Total number of penalties: 19
Wales: 10
Pacific Islands: 9
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Wales:
Tackle/ruck: 5 (K Morgan, G Thomas 2, Byrne, R Thomas)
Scrum: 1 (Horsman)
Discipline: 4 (Horsman - late; Wyn Jones - air tackle; R Thomas* - dissent; Wyn Jones - man without ball)
Pacific Islands:
Tackle/Ruck: 4 (T-Pole*, Tagicakibau, Taione, Johnson)
Discipline: 4 (Rabeni - late tackle; Rabeni - high tackle; Va'a - collapsing maul; Raiwalui - collapsing maul; Pisi - late)
Neither 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.
Wales:
Line-outs: 12 (1 lost, 1 skew)
Scrums: 7 (1 reset, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 2
Pacific Islands:
Line-outs: 19 (6 lost)
Scrums: 10 (3 reset, 1 free kick, 1 lost)
Free-kicks: 1 (scrum)
Drop-outs: 1
Stoppages: 75
Some totals
Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs):
England vs Argentina: 88
England vs New Zealand: 76
France vs New Zealand: 79
Ireland vs South Africa: 81
Italy vs Australia: 92
Scotland vs Romania: 90
Wales vs Australia: 80
Wales vs Pacific Islands: 75
Tries scored:
England vs Argentina: 2 + 1 = 3
England vs New Zealand: 3 + 4 = 7
France vs New Zealand: 0 + 7 = 7
Ireland vs South Africa: 3 + 2 = 5
Italy vs Australia: 0 + 3 = 3
Scotland vs Romania: 7 + 0 = 7
Wales vs Australia: 2 + 4 = 6
Wales vs Pacific Islands: 5 + 3 = 8
Tries by Country:
Argentina: 1
Australia: 4 + 3 = 7
England: 3 + 2 = 5
France: 0
Ireland: 3
Italy: 0
New Zealand: 4 + 7 = 11
Pacific Islands: 3
Romania: 0
Scotland: 7
South Africa: 2
Wales: 2 + 5 = 7
Penalties per Match
England vs Argentina: 13 + 10 = 23
England vs New Zealand: 8 + 11 = 19
France vs New Zealand: 7 + 13 = 20
Ireland vs South Africa: 9 + 11 = 20
Italy vs Australia: 6 + 11 = 17
Scotland vs Romania: 7 + 12 = 19
Wales vs Australia: 10 + 9 = 19
Wales vs Pacific Islands: 5 + 3 = 8
Penalties by Country
Argentina: 10
Australia: 9 + 11
England: 8 + 13
France: 7
Ireland: 9
Italy: 6
New Zealand: 11 + 13
Pacific Islands: 9
Romania: 12
Scotland: 7
South Africa: 11
Wales: 4 + 10
Kicks
Kicks per Match
England vs Argentina: 23 + 39 - 62
France vs New Zealand: 37 + 28 = 65
Ireland vs South Africa: 21 + 18 = 39
Italy vs Australia: 24 + 27 = 51
Scotland vs Romania: 22 + 31 = 53
Wales vs Pacific Islands: 27 + 25 = 52
Kicks per team:
Argentina: 39
Australia: 27
England: 23
France: 37
Ireland: 21
Italy: 24
New Zealand: 28
Pacific Islands: 25
Romania: 31
Scotland: 22
South Africa: 18
Wales: 27
Tackle/ruck/maul per match
England vs Argentina: 159
France vs New Zealand: 167
Ireland vs South Africa: 175
Italy vs Australia: 128
Scotland vs Romania: 153
Wales vs Pacific Islands: 166
Advantage played per match (times successful)
England vs Argentina: 25 (7)
France vs New Zealand: 13 (4)
Ireland vs South Africa: 24 (11)
Italy vs Australia: 10 (2)
Scotland vs Romania: 21 (5)
Wales vs Pacific Islands: 17 (5)