Statistics: November 2009, Week 3
There were six matches this weekend with a surprising result in Edinburgh which was determined by the last kick of the match. The other results were pretty well expected on a weekend of difficult weather in Europe.
Results
France vs Samoa, 43-5
Ireland vs Fiji, 41-6
New Zealand vs England, 19-6
South Africa vs Italy, 32-10
Scotland vs Australia, 9-8
Wales vs Argentina, 33-16
Sanctions
After a half a dozen last weekend, there was just one yellow card this weekend.
Yellow Card Recipient
Simon Favaro (Italy): late, armless charge.
But if a line is taken through the citing and suspension of Daniël Carter one could well expect some sort of similar action against Tim Payne of England for punching and Census Johnston for a tackle that was high, shoulder first and arm swinging.
If repeated infringement is a serious matter, one wonders how Rodrigo Roncero stayed on the field for 80 minutes.
Penalties
In this section we record the times a team was penalised.
* = points conceded
(i) Italy vs South Africa
Total number of penalties: 17
Italy: 7
South Africa: 10
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Italy:
Tackle/ruck: 4 (Dal Fava, Picone, Geldenhuys, Gower)
Off-side: 1 (Mauro Bergamasco* - at maul)
Scrum: 1 (whole scrum)
Discipline: 1 (Favaro - late, armless charge)
South Africa:
Tackle/ruck: 6 (Kirchner, Kankowski 2, Steyn, Smit*, Undetermined)
Off-side: 2 (Steyn, Kankowski)
Scrum: 2 (whole scrum, Mtawarira)
Italy missed three penalty kicks at goal, South Africa two.
(ii) Scotland vs Australia
Total number of penalties: 15
Scotland: 6
Australia: 9
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Scotland:
Tackle/ruck: 1 (Morrison)
Off-side: 2 (Jacobsen, Rory Lamont)
Scrum: 1 (Jacobsen)
Discipline: 2 (Beattie* - air tackle; Jacobsen - high tackle)
Australia:
Tackle/Ruck: 5 (Palu, Smith, Chisholm, Genia*, Elsom)
Scrum: 1 (Alexander)
Discipline: 3 (Cross - high tackle; Elsom* - collapsing maul; Mumm - collapsing maul)
Australia missed two penalty kicks at goal.
(iii) England vs New Zealand
Total number of penalties: 18
England: 10
New Zealand: 8
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
England:
Tackle/ruck: 8 (Shaw* 4, Moody, Haskell, Hipkiss, Thompson*)
Scrum: 1 (Payne)
Discipline: 1 (Payne - punching)
New Zealand:
Tackle/ruck: 4 (Nonu, McCaw* 2, Hore)
Off-side: 1 (Thompson)
Scrum: 1 (Woodcock)
Discipline: 2 (Read - air tackle; Cowan - hand in face)
New Zealand missed two penalty kicks at goal.
(iv) France vs Samoa
Total number of penalties: 14
France: 7
Samoa: 7
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
France:
Tackle/ruck: 3 (Bonnaire, Fall, Trinh-Duc)
Off-side: 2 (Lapandry, Papé)
Discipline: 2 (Lapandry - man without ball; Bonnaire - high tackle)
Samoa:
Off-side: 3 (Tuilagi 2, Fa'amatuainu)
Scrum: 2 (Johnston 2)
Discipline: 2 (Johnston - high, shoulder first, swinging arm; Iosua - high tackle)
France missed a penalty kick at goal, Samoa two.
(v) Ireland vs Fiji
Total number of penalties: 23
Ireland: 13
Fiji: 10
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Ireland:
Tackle/ruck: 7 (Leamy, Reddan*, Horgan, O'Brien, Earls, Cullen, O'Callaghan)
Off-side: 6 (O'Connell, D'Arcy* 2, Court, O'Brien, Cullen)
Fiji:
Tackle/Ruck: 5 (Qera*, Lovobalavu 2, Nagusa, Little)
Off-side: 3 (Qera, Seuseu*, Bola)
Scrum: 1 (Tarogi)
Discipline: 2 (Qera - kicking ball out of player's hands)
Fiji missed a penalty kick at goal.
(vi) Wales vs Argentina
Total number of penalties: 19
Wales: 7
Argentina: 12
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Wales:
Tackle/ruck: 2 (Halfpenny, Hook)
Scrum: 1 (Bennett*)
Offside: 4 (Ryan Jones - man without ball; Ryan Jones - collapsing maul; Charteris - late charge; Ryan Jones - obstruction in the line-out)
Argentina:
Tackle/ruck: 9 (Tiesi 2, Sambucetti*, Roncero* 3, Scelzo, Ledesma 2)
Scrum: 3 (Roncero* 3)
Wales missed two penalty kicks at goal, Argentina one.
Tackles/Penalties
This gives the number of penalties at ruck/tackle as a fraction of the total number of penalties:
Italy vs South Africa: 10/17 = 59%
Scotland vs Australia: 6/15 = 40%
England vs New Zealand: 12/18 = 71%
France vs Samoa: 4/14 = 29%
Ireland vs Fiji: 12/23 = 52%
Wales vs Argentina: 11/19 = 58%
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 South Africa
Italy:
Line-outs: 22 (7 lost)
Scrums: 5 (1 reset, 1 collapse, 2 penalties)
Free-kicks: 1 (1 mark, 1 scrum)
Drop-outs: 1
South Africa:
Line-outs: 10 (2 quick)
Scrums: 8 (4 reset, 2 collapses, 1 lost, 1 penalty, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: 32 (marks)
Drop-outs: 3
(ii) Scotland vs Australia
Scotland:
Line-outs: 19 (2 lost, 1 free kick)
Scrums: 9 (1 reset, 2 collapses, 1 lost, 4 free kicks)
Free-kicks: 4 (scrums)
Drop-outs: 4
Australia:
Line-outs: 18 (3 lost, 1 penalty)
Scrums: 11 (1 reset, 6 collapses, 2 lost, 3 free kicks, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 5 (3 scrums, 1 line-out, 1 mark)
Drop-outs: 1
(iii) England vs New Zealand
England:
Line-outs: 18 (1 lost, 1 skew, 1 free kick, 1 quick)
Scrums: 14 (2 reset, 6 collapses, 1 free kick, 2 penalties)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 3
New Zealand:
Line-outs: 10
Scrums: 11 (1 reset, 2 collapses, 2 lost, 2 free kicks)
Free-kicks: 14 (3 scrums, 1 line-out)
Drop-outs: 1
(iv) France vs Samoa
France:
Line-outs: 7 (1 lost, 1 quick)
Scrums: 9 (2 reset, 2 collapses, 1 lost, 1 free kick, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 1 (scrum)
Drop-outs: 3
Samoa:
Line-out: 12 (6 lost)
Scrums: 11 (1 reset, 6 collapses, 1 free kick, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 3 (2 scrums, 1 mark)
Drop-outs: 3
(v) Ireland vs Fiji
Ireland:
Line-outs: 8
Scrums: 16 (6 reset, 2 collapses, 1 wheel, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 1
Fiji:
Line-outs: 14 (2 skew, 1 free kick)
Scrums: 11 (1 reset, 2 free kicks)
Free- kicks: 5 (2 scrums, 1 line-out, 2 +10)
Drop-outs: 0
These are by some way the neatest scrums of the month.
(vi) Wales vs Argentina
Wales:
Line-outs: 13 (1 reset, 1 quick)
Scrums: 8 (3 reset, 5 collapses, 3 penalties)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 0
Argentina:
Line-outs: 6 (2 lost, 1 penalty)
Scrums: 9 (1 reset, 3 collapses, 1 lost, 4 free kicks)
Free-kicks: 6 (1 mark, 4 scrums)
Drop-outs: 3
Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs):
France vs Samoa: 66
Ireland vs Fiji: 85
New Zealand vs England: 81
South Africa vs Italy: 74
Scotland vs Australia: 89
Wales vs Argentina: 69
Tries
This is the number of tries each team scored.
(i) Italy vs South Africa: 5
Italy: 1
South Africa: 4
(ii) Scotland vs Australia: 1
Scotland: 0
Australia: 1
(iii) England vs New Zealand: 1
England: 0
New Zealand: 1
(iv) France vs Samoa: 8
France: 7
Samoa: 1
(v) Ireland vs Fiji: 5
Ireland: 5
Fiji: 0
(vi) Wales vs Argentina: 4
Wales: 3
Argentina: 1
Tries/penalties scored
This gives the ratio of tries scored to penalties scored by each team:
Australia: 1/2
Argentina: 1/3
England: 0/2
Fiji: 0/2
France: 7/0
Ireland: 5/2
Italy: 1/1
New Zealand: 1/4
Samoa: 1/0
Scotland: 1/4
South Africa: 4/2
Wales: 3/3
The ratio of tries scored to penalties goaled is 25/25
The week before's ratio was 13/31
Some November Totals
Tries
Australia: 1 + 2 + 1 = 4
Argentina: 0 + 1 = 1
England: 0 + 1 + 0 = 1
Fiji: 1 + 0 = 1
France: 1 + 7 = 8
Italy: 0 + 1 = 1
Ireland: 2 + 5 = 7
New Zealand: 1 + 1 + 1 = 3
Scotland: 2 + 0 = 2
Samoa: 1 + 1 = 2
South Africa: 1 + 4 = 5
Wales: 1 + 1 + 3 = 5
Penalties per country
Australia: 11 + 10 + 9 = 30
Argentina: 9 + 12 = 21
England: 6 + 9 + + 10 = 25
Fiji: 15 + 10 = 25
France: 5 + 7 = 12
Italy: 12 + 7 = 19
Ireland: 9 + 13 = 22
New Zealand: 14 + 13 + 8 = 35
Scotland: 12 + 6 = 18
Samoa: 10 + 7 = 17
South Africa: 14 + 10 = 24
Wales: 9 + 11 + 7 = 27
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
France vs Samoa: 66
Ireland vs Fiji: 85
New Zealand vs England: 81
South Africa vs Italy: 74
Scotland vs Australia: 89
Wales vs Argentina: 69
Sanctions
Yellow cards
Morné Steyn (South Africa): playing a man without the ball
Ryan Kankowski (South Africa): tackle infringement
Henry Tuilagi (Samoa): tackle infringement
Gonzalo Garcia (Italy): tip tackle
Nemia Tialata: (New Zealand): scrum infringement
Wycliff Palu (Australia): dangerous tackle
Simon Favaro (Italy): late and dangerous charge
In addition Daniel Carter (New Zealand) was cited and suspended for a high tackle when New Zealand played Wales.