Statistics: November 2009, Week 2
There were six matches this weekend from the intensity in Toulouse to the thrilling finish in Dublin. We give the statistics of the matches. One stat that is sad is what happened to the scrumming in Milan.
Results
England vs Argentina, 16-9
France vs South Africa, 20-13
Italy vs New Zealand, 20-6
Ireland vs Australia, 20-20
Japan vs Canada, 46-8
Scotland vs Fiji, 23-10
Wales vs Samoa, 17-13
Spectators
England vs Argentina: 79 000
France vs South Africa: 37 000 (capacity)
Italy vs New Zealand: 80 000 (capacity)
Ireland vs Australia: 80 000 (capacity)
Scotland vs Fiji: 22 000
Wales vs Samoa: 59 000
Sanctions
There were yellow cards from Friday to Sunday this weekend.
Recipients
Morné Steyn (South Africa): playing a man without the ball
Ryan Kankowski (South Africa): tackle infringement
Henry Tuilagi (Samoa): tackle infringement
Garcia (Italy): tip tackle
Nemia Tialata: (New Zealand): scrum infringement
Wycliff Palu (Australia) dangerous tackle
In addition Daniel Carter (New Zealand) was cited and suspended for a high tackle when New Zealand played Wales.
Penalties
In this section we record the times a team was penalised.
* = points conceded
(i) France vs South Africa
Total number of penalties: 19
France: 5
South Africa: 14
France conceded only one penalty in the first half and that was from the assistant's report of foul play.
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
France:
Tackle/ruck: 2 (Chabal, Trinh-Duc)
Off-side: 1 (Barcella - at maul)
Discipline: 2 (Harinordoquy* - hitting an opponent; Picamoles - playing man with out ball)
South Africa:
Tackle/ruck: 7 (Smit*, Du Plessis 2, Botha, Jacobs, Van der Linde, Kankowski)
Off-side: 1 (Burger)
Scrum: 3 (Mtawarira*, Smit*, Van der Linde*)
Discipline: 3 (Steyn - trip; Botha - collapsing maul; Brüssow - collapsing maul)
France side missed two penalty kicks at goal, South Africa one.
(ii) Wales vs Samoa
Total number of penalties: 20
Wales: 11
Samoa: 9
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Wales:
Tackle/ruck: 6 (Shanklin, Halfpenny, Powell, Bennett*, Peel, Rees)
Off-side: 2 (Alun Wyn Jones* 2)
Scrum: 2 (Paul Jones 2)
Discipline: 1 (Powell - obstruction)
Samoa:
Tackle/Ruck: 8 (Lemi*, Treviranus* 2, Maposua* 2, Schwalger, Tuilagi* 2)
Scrum: 2 (Johnston 2)
Samoa missed two penalty kicks at goal.
(iii) England vs Argentina
Total number of penalties: 18
England: 9
Argentina: 9
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
England:
Tackle/ruck: 6 (Haskell, Borthwick, Croft 2, Cueto, Thompson)
Offside: 1 (Croft*)
Scrum: 2 (Payne 2)
Argentina:
Tackle/ruck: 6 (Leonardi* 2, Roncero, Scelzo*, Carizza, Ayerza)
Off-side: 2 (Leonardi, Campos)
Discipline: 1 (Ledesma - deliberate knock-on)
England missed two penalty kicks at goal, Argentina three.
(iv) Italy vs New Zealand
Total number of penalties: 25
Italy: 12
New Zealand: 13
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Italy:
Tackle/ruck: 7 (Tebaldi*, Perugini*, Del Fava 2, Undetermined, Geldenhuys, Favaro)
Off-side: 3 (Tebaldi*, Zanni, Several)
Scrum: 1 (Rouyet)
Discipline: 1 (Garcia - dangerous tackle)
New Zealand:
Tackle/ruck: 5 (Crockett, Tialata, Messam, Latimer, Boric)
Off-side: 1 (Messam)
Scrum: 7 (Crockett* 3, Tialata 4)
Italy missed a penalty kick at goal, New Zealand three.
(v) Scotland vs Fiji
Total number of penalties: 27
Scotland: 12
Fiji: 15
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Scotland:
Tackle/ruck: 8 (Grove, Beattie, Danielli, Rory Lamont, Hines, Barclay, Kellock, White)
Off-side: 1 (Morrison)
Scrum: 2 (Jacobsen, Low)
Discipline: 1 (Strokosch* - high tackle)
Fiji:
Tackle/Ruck: 9 (Baï* 2, Veikoso, Boko*, Lovobalavu 2, Dewes, Ledua, Matavesi)
Off-side: 3 (Rawaqa, Little, Veikoso & Dewes)
Scrum: 1 (Veikoso)
Discipline: 2 (Lewaravu* - man without ball; Lewaravu - reckless tackle)
Scotland missed two penalty kicks at goal, Fiji 1.
(vi) Ireland vs Australia
Total number of penalties: 19
Ireland: 9
Australia: 10
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Ireland:
Tackle/ruck: 5 (Ferris, Wallace, O'Leary 2, Heaslip)
Scrum: 2 (Healy, Hayes)
Offside: 2 (Bowe, O'Leary*)
Australia:
Tackle/ruck: 5 (Moore*, Giteau 2, Pocock, Ashley-Cooper)
Off-side: 4 (Pocock, Ioane, Elsom, Robinson)
Discipline: 1 (Palu - dangerous tackle)
Australia 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:
France vs South Africa: 9/19 = 47%
Wales vs Samoa: 14/20 = 70%
England vs Argentina: 12/18 = 71%
Italy vs New Zealand: 13/25 = 52%
Scotland vs Fiji: 17/27 = 63%
Ireland vs Australia: 10/19 = 49%
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) France vs South Africa
France:
Line-outs: 15 (4 lost, 1 skew)
Scrums: 10 (2 collapses, 1 wheel, 1 free kick, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 2 (mark, scrum)
Drop-outs: 4
South Africa:
Line-outs: 17 (4 lost, 3 quick)
Scrums: 7 (2 collapses, 1 penalty, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: 2 (scrum, mark)
Drop-outs: 3
(ii) Wales vs Samoa
Wales:
Line-outs: 14 (2 lost, 1 skew)
Scrums: 8 (3 reset, 6 collapses, 1 free kick, 3 penalties)
Free-kicks: 2 (1 line-out, 1 scrum)
Drop-outs: 3
Samoa:
Line-outs: 12 (3 lost, 1 quick, 1 free kick)
Scrums: 11 (5 reset, 6 collapses, 2 free kicks)
Free-kicks: 2 (scrums)
Drop-outs: 1
Of the resets four were at a scrum five metres from the Welsh line.
(iii) England vs Argentina
England:
Line-outs: 10 (1 lost)
Scrums: 5 (3 reset, 2 collapses, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: 3 (2 scrums, 1 mark)
Drop-outs: 4
Argentina:
Line-outs: 10 (4 lost)
Scrums: 13 (5 reset, 6 collapses, 2 free kicks, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 1 (scrum)
Drop-outs: 3
(iv) Italy vs New Zealand
Italy:
Line-outs: 11 (2 lost, 1 skew, 1 quick)
Scrums: 16 (16 reset, 17 collapses, 1 free kick, 7 penalties)
Free-kicks: 1 (scrum)
Drop-outs: 3
New Zealand:
Line-outs: `5 (1 lost, 1 skew)
Scrums: 9 (3 collapses)
Free-kicks: 4 (marks)
Drop-outs: 2
The scrums were a nightmare. The Italian scrum was much the stronger.
(v) Scotland vs Fiji
Scotland:
Line-outs: 13 (1 lost, 1 quick)
Scrums: 10 (4 reset, 2 free kicks, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 1 (scrum)
Drop-outs: 0
Fiji:
Line-outs: 7 (3 lost, 1 skew)
Scrums: 9 (4 reset, 4 collapses, 1 penalty, 1 free kick)
Free- kicks: 2 (scrums)
Drop-outs: 0
(vi) Ireland vs Australia
Ireland:
Line-outs: 14 (1 lost, 1 free kick)
Scrums: 7 (3 reset, 2 collapses, 1 lost, 2 free kicks 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 4 (1 scrum, 1 line-out, 2 marks)
Drop-outs: 1
Australia:
Line-outs: 18 (5 lost, 1 free kick)
Scrums: 7 (4 reset, 3 collapses, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 2 (1 line-out, 1 scrum)
Drop-outs: 2
Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs):
France vs South Africa: 79
Wales vs Samoa: 81
England vs Argentina: 74
Italy vs New Zealand: 101
Scotland vs Fiji: 76
Ireland vs Australia: 81
Tries
This is the number of tries each team scored.
(i) France vs South Africa: 2
France: 1
South Africa: 1
(ii) Wales vs Samoa: 2
Wales: 1
Samoa: 1
(iii) England vs Argentina: 1
England: 1
Argentina: 0
(iv) Italy vs New Zealand: 1
Italy: 0
New Zealand: 1
(v) Scotland vs Fiji: 3
Scotland: 2
Fiji: 1
(vi) Ireland vs Australia: 4
Ireland: 2
Australia: 2
Tries/penalties scored
This gives the ratio of tries scored to penalties scored by each team:
Australia: 2/2
Argentina: 0/3
England: 1/2
France: 1/4
Fiji: 1/1
Italy: 0/2
Ireland: 2/2
New Zealand: 1/5
Samoa: 1/2
South Africa: 1/1
Scotland: 2/3
Wales: 1/4
The ratio of tries scored to penalties goaled is 13/31
Australia: 1 + 2 = 3
Argentina: 0
England: 0 + 1 = 1
Fiji: 1
France: 1
Italy: 0
Ireland: 2
New Zealand: 1 + 1 = 2
Scotland: 2
Samoa: 1
South Africa: 1
Wales: 1 + 1 = 2
Some Totals
Penalties per country
Australia: 11 + 10 = 21
Argentina: 9
England: 6 + 9 = 15
Fiji: 15
France: 5
Italy: 12
Ireland: 9
New Zealand: 14 + 13 = 27
Scotland: 12
Samoa: 10
South Africa: 14
Wales: 9 + 11 = 20
Stoppages per match:
England vs Australia: 69
England vs Argentina: 74
France vs South Africa: 79
Ireland vs Australia: 81
Italy vs New Zealand: 101
Scotland vs Fiji: 76
Wales vs New Zealand: 70
Wales vs Samoa: 81