Some Six Nations statistics, Round 4

We give some statistics from the three matches in Round 4 of the 2011 Six Nations.

You can see how things like line-outs and scrums went, which teams and which players were most penalised, who kicked most and who passed most. Then there are also some totals from the four rounds. There you can see who scored most tries, who was penalised most, who kicked most and who passed most - and naturally who was least in each of these.

Results

Italy vs France, 22-21
Wales vs Ireland, 19-13
England vs Scotland, 22-16

Sanctions

Yellow Cards

The yellow card this week went to John Barclay. He had been giving the referee repeated advice which annoyed the referee. When it came to his turn to infringe at a tackle the referee did what Barclay had been recommending - sent him to the sin bin!

Yellow cards so far

Week 1

Louis Deacon (England) - infringement at a tackle - slapping the ball out of the scrumhalf's hands. It was his team's fourth penalty at a tackle.
Craig Mitchell (Wales) - tackle infringement. It was his team's fourth infringement at a tackle
Denis Leamy (Ireland) - tackle infringement. It was his team's sixth infringement at a tackle.

Week 2

Martín Castrogiovanni (Italy): deliberately knocking the ball away to prevent a tap kick
Bradley Davies (Wales): deliberate offence at a tackle - kicking the ball away.
Lee Byrne (Wales): high tackle

Week 3

Alan Jacobsen (Scotland) - scrum infringement

Week 4

John Barclay (Scotland) - tackle infringement

Penalties conceded

In this section we record the times a team was penalised.

* = points conceded

(i) Italy vs France

Total number of penalties: 19

Italy: 8
France: 11

The reasons for the penalties were as follows:

Italy:
Tackle/ruck: 5 (Dellapè, Garcia, Castrogiovanni** 2, Derbyshire)
Scrum: 2 (Castrogiovanni, Perugini)
Discipline: 1 (Orquera - man without ball)

France:
Tackle/ruck: 7 (Dusautoir*, Pierre, Huget, Rougerie, Trinh-Duc*, Marconnet, Guirado*)
Off-side: 2 (Dusautoir*, Harinordoquy)
Scrum: 2 (Marconnet 2)

Each side missed a penalty kick at goal.

(ii) Wales vs Ireland

Total number of penalties: 18

Wales: 10
Ireland: 8

The reasons for the penalties were as follows:

Wales:
Tackle/ruck: 8 (Williams, Byrne, Phillips*, Jonathan Davies 2, Alun Wyn Jones, Lydiate, Bradley Davies)
Off-side: 1 (Alun Wyn Jones)
Scrum: 1 (James)

Ireland:
Tackle/Ruck: 4 (Wallace, Best*, O’Callaghan, Undetermined)
Off-side: 2 (O'Brien** 2)
Scrum: 1 (Healy)
Discipline: 1 (Healy* - armless tackle)

Each side missed a penalty kick at goal.

(iii) England vs Scotland

Total number of penalties: 19

England: 8
Scotland: 11

The reasons for the penalties were as follows:

England:
Tackle/ruck: 6 (Tindall, Ashton*, Corbisiero, Flood, Haskell, Banahan)
Offside: 1 (Tindall*)
Scrum: 1 (Corbisiero)

Scotland:
Tackle/ruck: 6 (Ansbro, Hines*, Barclay* 2, Evans, Ford)
Scrum: 4 (Low* 2, Jacobsen*, Ford)
Discipline: 1 (Ford - collapsing maul)

England missed a penalty kick at goal, Scotland three.

Tackles/Penalties

This gives the number of penalties at ruck/tackle as a fraction of the total number of penalties:

Italy vs France: 12/19 = 63%
Wales vs Ireland: 12/18 = 67%
England vs Scotland: 12/19 = 63%

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) Italy vs France

Italy:
Line-outs: 8 (1 lost, 1 skew, 1 quick)
Scrums: 9 (5 reset, 5 collapses, 2 lost, 2 free kicks, 3 penalties)
Free-kicks: 2 (scrums)
Drop-outs: 1

France:
Line-outs: ( lost)
Scrums: ( reset, collapses, penalties, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: (scrum)
Drop-outs:

(ii) Wales vs Ireland

Wales:
Line-outs: 18 (1 quick)
Scrums: 2 (2 collapses, 2 penalties)
Free-kicks: 3 (marks)
Drop-outs: 1

Ireland:
Line-outs: 16 (1 quick)
Scrums: 3 (2 reset, 4 collapses)
Free-kicks: 1 (mark)
Drop-outs: 3

(iii) England vs Scotland

England:
Line-outs: 12(1 skew, 1 quick)
Scrums: 3 (1 collapse, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: 2 (scrums)
Drop-outs: 1

Scotland:
Line-outs: 14 (3 lost, 1 reset)
Scrums: 8 (3 collapses, 1 free kick, 3 penalties)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 3

Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs):

Italy vs France: 58
Wales vs Ireland: 67
England vs Scotland: 60

Rucks/mauls per match

Italy vs France: 153
Wales vs Ireland: 180
England vs Scotland: 165

Using Possession

Kicks per match

Italy vs France: 38

Italy: 20
France: 18

Wales vs Ireland: 78

Wales: 36
Ireland: 42

England vs Scotland: 49

England: 21
Scotland: 28

Passes per match

Italy vs France: 297

Italy: 133
France: 164

Wales vs Ireland: 317

Wales: 132
Ireland: 185

England vs Scotland: 340

England: 217
Scotland: 123

Turnovers won

Italy vs France: 7

Italy: 5
France: 2

Wales vs Ireland: 7

Wales: 2
Ireland: 5

England vs Scotland: 7

England: 3
Scotland: 4

Tackles made

Italy vs France: 198

Italy: 101
France: 97

Wales vs Ireland: 204

Wales: 111
Ireland: 93

England vs Scotland: 219

England: 91
Scotland: 123

Tackles missed

Italy vs France: 12

Italy: 8
France: 4

Wales vs Ireland: 16

Wales: 12
Ireland: 4

England vs Scotland: 6

England: 0
Scotland: 6

Minutes in possession

Italy vs France: 57 minutes 49 seconds

Italy: 28 minutes 52 seconds
France: 28 minutes 57 seconds

Wales vs Ireland: 61 minutes 37 seconds

Wales: 29 minutes 20 seconds
Ireland: 32 minutes 17 seconds

England vs Scotland: 54 minutes 42 seconds

England: 34 minutes 33 seconds
Scotland: 20 minutes 9 seconds

Tries

This is the number of tries each team scored.

Italy vs France: 3

Italy: 1
France: 2

Wales vs Ireland: 2

Wales: 1
Ireland: 1

England vs Scotland: 2

England: 1
Scotland: 1

Tries/penalties scored

This gives the ratio of tries scored to penalties scored by each team:

Scotland: 1/2
Italy: 1/5
Ireland: 1/2
France: 2/3
Wales: 1/4
England: 1/5

The ratio of tries scored to penalties goaled is 7/21

In Week 1 the ratio was 16/17
In Week 2 it was 15/16
In Week 3 it was 8/17

Some Totals

Tries per country

England: 2 + 8 + 1 + 1 = 12
France: 4 + 1 + 0 + 2 = 7
Ireland: 1 + 3 + 3 + 1 = 8
Italy: 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 = 5
Scotland: 3 + 0 + 0 + 1 = 4
Wales: 1 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 6

Penalties conceded per country

England: 9 + 15 + 8 + 8 = 40
France: 6 + 7 + 7 + 11 = 31
Ireland: 13 + 10 + 12 + 8 = 43
Italy: 5 + 15 + 5 + 8 = 33
Scotland: 8 + 10 + 4 + 11 = 33
Wales: 8 + 12 + 14 + 10 = 44

Kicks per country

England: 21 + 16 +18 + 21 = 76
France: 19 + 16 + 21 + 18 = 74
Ireland: 21 + 10 + 24 + 42 = 97
Italy: 19 + 15 + 21 + 20 = 75
Scotland: 22 + 25 + 24 + 28 = 99
Wales: 25 + 27 + 26 + 36 = 114

Passes per country

England: 147 + 234 + 157 + 217 = 755
France: 169 + 152 + 150 + 164 = 635
Ireland: 193 + 126 + 144 + 185 = 648
Italy: 124 + 148 + 191 + 133 = 596
Scotland: 203 + 199 + 192 + 123 = 717
Wales: 185 + 107 + 150 + 132 = 574