Statistics: November Tests, Week 3

There was a wonderful, stylish match in Dublin, a hard clash in London, rain domination in Edinburgh, blushes for the Welsh in Cardiff, friend against friend in Montpellier and hard work in Florence.

In the stats you can see who was penalised, how long the ball was in play, how many stoppages there were, how many tries were scored, how many scrums there were and how many of them were a mess, and more. You may want to see which team kicked most.

Jan Taljaard gave us the ball in play time and as usual Fika was a big help.

Results, Round 3

Australia vs Italy, 32-14
England vs Samoa
France vs Argentina, 15-9
New Zealand vs Ireland, 38-18
Scotland vs South Africa, 21-17
Wales vs Fiji, 16-16

Sanctions

Cited and suspended

Keven Mealamu - for a headbutt; suspended for two weeks
Donncha Ryan - for stamping; suspended for three weeks

Yellow Cards

Seremaia Bai received a yellow card those week for a dangerous ('tip") tackle.

James Slipper may well have been fortunate with four successive penalties at collapsed scrums, Cian Healy of Ireland, who was penalised four times in Dublin, and Campese Ma'afu of Fiji who was penalised seven times in Cardiff. Slipper and Ma'afu both play Super rugby for Australian teams.

Yellow cards so far this November:

Jerome Kaino (New Zealand) - tackle infringement
Bryan Habana (South Africa) - deliberate knock-on close to his line.
Tom Shanklin (Wales) - early tackle
Matt Giteau (Australia) - tackle infringement
Mariano Galarza (Argentina) - scrum infringement
Seremaia Bai (Fiji) - dangerous tackle

Penalties conceded

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

* = points conceded

(i) Wales vs Fiji

Total number of penalties: 22

Wales: 9
Fiji: 13

The reasons for the penalties were as follows:

Wales:
Tackle/ruck: 6 (Bishop** 3, Deiniol Jones 2, North)
Off-side: 2 (Deiniol Jones, Ryan Jones*)
Discipline: 1 (Bennett - dangerous tackle)

Fiji:
Tackle/ruck: 4 (Bai, Veikoso, Ravulo, Qovu)
Off-side: 2 (Deacon*, Koyamaibole)
Scrum: 6 (Ma'afu 5, Dewes
Discipline: 1 (Bai - dangerous tackle; Saukawa - high tackle)

Fiji missed a penalty kick at goal.

(ii) Italy vs Australia

Total number of penalties: 20

Italy: 9
Australia: 11

The reasons for the penalties were as follows:

Italy:
Tackle/ruck: 6 (Lo Cicero*, Derbyshire, Geldenhuys, Ghiraldini*, McLean*, Barbieri)
Scrum: 1 (Castrogiovanni)
Discipline: 2 (Castrogiovanni - early tackle; Dal Fava - dangerous play)

Australia:
Tackle/Ruck: 3 (McCalman 2, Elsom)
Scrum: 6 (Slipper** 4, Robinson, Alexander)
Discipline: 2 (Sharpe* - obstruction; Beale - man without ball)

Australia missed a penalty kick at goal.

(iii) Scotland vs South Africa

Total number of penalties: 22

Scotland: 9
South Africa: 13

The reasons for the penalties were as follows:

Scotland:
Tackle/ruck: 4 (Barclay, Brown, Gray*, Vernon*)
Offside: 2 (Ansbro, Barclay*)
Scrum: 1 (Murray)
Discipline: 2 (Hines - obstruction; Jacobsen - maul infringement)


South Africa:
Tackle/ruck: 7 (Bismarck du Plessis 2, Matfield*, Mvovo, Stegmann, Kankowski, Smith)
Offside: 3 (Matfield, De Villiers*, Jannie du Plessis*)
Scrum: 2 (Jannie du Plessis** 2)
Discipline: 1 (Alberts - high tackle)

South Africa missed two penalty kicks at goal.

(iv) Ireland vs New Zealand

Total number of penalties: 20

Ireland: 10
New Zealand: 10

The reasons for the penalties were as follows:

Ireland:
Tackle/ruck: 4 (Healy*, Bowe*, Reddan*, Leamy)
Off-side: 1 (Cronin)
Scrum: 4 (Healy 4)
Discipline: 1 (Bowe - air tackle)

New Zealand:
Tackle/ruck: 5 (Woodcock*, McCaw 2, Muliaina, Boric)
Off-side: 2 (Read*, Carter)
Scrum: 1 (Woodcock)
Discipline: Kaino - air tackle; McCaw - maul offence

Neither side missed a penalty kick at goal.

(v) France vs Argentina

Total number of penalties: 17

France: 5
Argentina: 12

The reasons for the penalties were as follows:

France:
Tackle/ruck: 2 (Nallet*, Andreu*)
Off-side: 2 (Parra*, Traille)
Discipline: 1 (Parra - maul offence)

Argentina:
Tackle/Ruck: 7 (Rodriguez 2, Vergallo*, Fessia, Roncero 2, Ledesma, Albacete)
Off-side: 1 (De Achaval)
Scrum: 2 (Roncero*, Ayerza*)
Discipline: 2 (Vergallo* - punch; Fessia - man without ball)

Each side missed a penalty kick at goal.

(vi) England vs Samoa

Total number of penalties: 25

England: 12
Samoa: 13

The reasons for the penalties were as follows:

England:
Tackle/ruck: 7 (Haskell*, Easter, Foden 2, Cueto, Palmer 2)
Offside: 1 (Hartley)
Scrum: 1 (Sheridan)
Discipline: (Lawes - obstruction; Easter - dissent; Easter - not 10)

Samoa:
Tackle/ruck: 7 (Terivanus 3, Salavea, Mapusua, Tuilagi, Tekori*)
Off-side: 1 (Salavea*)
Scrum 5 (Front row*, Johnston*, Schwalger, Perenise, Taulefo)

Tackles/Penalties

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

Wales vs Fiji: 10/22 = 46%
Italy vs Australia: 9/20 - 45%
Scotland vs South Africa: 11/22 = 50%
Ireland vs New Zealand: 9/20 = 45%
France vs Argentina: 9/17 = 53%
England vs Samoa: 14/45 = 56%

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) Wales vs Fiji

Wales:
Line-outs: 18 (4 lost, 1 skew, 1 quick)
Scrums: 10 (7 reset, 11 collapses, 2 free kicks, 4 penalties, 1 penalty try)
Free-kicks: 2 (scrums)
Drop-outs: 0

Fiji:
Line-outs: 12 (3 lost, 2 quick)
Scrums: 8 (2 reset, 3 collapses, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: 1 (scrum)
Drop-outs: 1

(ii) Italy vs Australia

Italy:
Line- outs: 12 (3 lost, 1 quick, 1 skew)
Scrums: 11 (8 reset, 13 collapses, 6 penalties)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 2

Australia:
Line-outs: 13 (2 skew, 1 quick)
Scrums: 6 (4 reset, 5 collapses, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 10
Drop-outs: 0

(iii) Scotland vs South Africa

Scotland:
Line-outs: 9 (1 lost, 2 skew)
Scrums: 11 (7 reset, 11 collapses, 3 penalties, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: 1 (mark)
Drop-outs: 3

South Africa:
Line-outs: 13 (3 lost)
Scrums: 3 (1 reset, 3 collapses)
Free-kicks: 2 (1 mark, 1 scrum)
Drop-outs: 0

(iv) Ireland vs New Zealand

Ireland:
Line-outs: 12 (2 lost, 1 skew, 1 quick)
Scrums: 7 (1 reset, 4 collapses, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: 2 (1 line-out, 1 scrum)
Drop-outs: 0

New Zealand:
Line-outs: 7 (2 quick, 1 free kick)
Scrums: 7 (2 reset, 4 collapses,, 3 penalties)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 2

(v) France vs Argentina

France:
Line-outs: 13 (2 lost, 1 skew)
Scrums: 10 (2 reset, 6 collapses, 1 free kick, 2 penalties
Free-kicks: 1 (scrum)
Drop-outs: 1

Argentina:
Line-outs: 8 (1 lost)
Scrum: 4 (1 reset, 2 collapses, 1 lost)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 2

(vi) England vs Samoa:

England:
Line-outs: 13 (1 lost)
Scrums: 17 (5 reset, 3 collapses, 2 penalties, 2 free kicks)
Free-kicks: 3 (scrums)
Drop-outs: 3

Samoa:
Line-outs: 8 (1 skew, 1 quick)
Scrums: 8 (1 reset, 1 collapse, 4 penalties, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 1

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

Wales vs Fiji: 83
Italy vs Australia: 75
Scotland vs South Africa: 70
Ireland vs New Zealand: 60
France vs Argentina: 59
England vs Samoa: 83

Stoppages do not give the length of stoppages. One scrum in the Ireland-Samoa game took 4 minutes 16 seconds - 5% of the match on one scrum.

Ball in Play

Wales vs Fiji: 18 mins 39 secs + 19 mins 34 secs = 38 mins 13 secs

Scotland vs South Africa:
17 mins 40 secs + 16 mins 42 secs = 34 mins 22 secs

England vs Samoa:
15 mins 52 secs + 18 mins 01 = 33 mins 53 secs

Ireland vs New Zealand:
17 mins 54 secs + 17 mins 35 secs = 35 mins 29 secs

France vs Argentina:
17 mins 16 secs + 21 mins 11 secs = 38 mins 27 secs

Italy vs Australia:
not available

Tackles/rucks/mauls per match:

Wales vs Fiji: 192
Scotland vs South Africa: 161
England vs Samoa: 159
Ireland vs New Zealand: 170
France vs Argentina: 187
Italy vs Australia: 169

Kicks per match

Wales vs Fiji: 53

Wales: 21
Fiji: 32

England vs Samoa: 33

England: 14
Samoa: 19

Scotland vs South Africa's: 49

Scotland: 28
South Africa: 21

Ireland vs New Zealand: 39

Ireland: 22
New Zealand: 17

Italy vs Australia: 38

Italy: 20
Australia: 18

France vs Argentina: 46

France: 21
Argentina: 25

Advantage

Here we give the number of times in the match the referee allowed advantage. (The figure in brackets is the number times the advantage actually accrued.)

Wales vs Fiji: 25 (15)
Scotland vs South Africa: 12 (3)
England vs Samoa: 19 (6)
Ireland vs New Zealand: 23 (11)
France vs Argentina: 22(10)
Italy vs Australia: 16 (9)

Hold-ups for injury:

Wales vs Fiji: 3
Scotland vs South Africa: 4
England vs Samoa: 9
Ireland vs New Zealand: 5
France vs Argentina: 2
Italy vs Australia: 7

Substitutions/replacements:

Wales vs Fiji: 9
Scotland vs South Africa: 8
England vs Samoa: 12
Ireland vs New Zealand: 12
France vs Argentina: 4
Italy vs Australia: 8

Tries

This is the number of tries each team scored.

(i) Wales vs Fiji: 2

Wales: 1
Fiji: 1

(ii) England vs Samoa: 4

England: 2
Samoa: 2

(iii) Scotland vs South Africa: 1

Scotland: 0
South Africa: 1

(iv) Ireland vs New Zealand: 6

Ireland: 2
New Zealand: 4

(v) Italy vs Australia: 3

Italy: 1
Australia: 2

(vi) France vs Argentina: 0

France: 0
Argentina: 0

Tries/penalties scored

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

Wales: 1/3
South Africa: 1/4
Australia: 2/6
England: 2/4
Scotland: 0/6
New Zealand: 4/4
Ireland: 2/2
Samoa: 2/1
Italy: 1/3
Argentina: 0/3
France: 0/4
Fiji: 1/3

The ratio of tries scored to penalties goaled is 16/43

Last week the ratio was 24/40