Statistics - Super 15, Week 13

The Lions and the Cheetahs sprung the biggest surprises of the weekend and the Chiefs produced the biggest comeback. We have fairly detailed statistics of getting and using possession and scoring and being scored against. The team that has yielded the most tries has conceded more than six times as many as the team that has conceded fewest.

Results, Round 13

The Lions are the only away team to win and did so where they had never done before.

Highlanders vs Hurricanes, 13-6
Reds vs Blues, 37-31
Chiefs vs Stormers, 30-23
Lions vs Brumbies, 29-20
Bulls vs Rebels, 47-10
Cheetahs vs Crusaders, 33-20

Sanctions

Cited and suspended

Nobody

Yellow cards

Patrick Cilliers (Lions) - for a tackle that was not obviously wrong
Gio Aplon (Stormers) - obstruction in in-goal, preventing a probably try

Possession

(i) Highlanders vs Hurricanes

Penalties conceded: 20

Highlanders: 11
Hurricanes: 9

Reasons for the penalties:

Highlanders:
Tackle: 6 (Donnelly* 2, Cowan, Sopoaga, King, Undetermined)
Offside: 3 (Lynn*, Mo Schwalger, Cowan)
Scrums: 1 (Murray)
Discipline: 1 (Donnelly - obstruction)

Hurricanes:
Tackle: 5 (Hore, Leiua, Nonu, Tialata 2)
Offside: 3 (Nonu, Cruden et al, Broadhurst*)
Scrum: 1 (John Schwalger)

The Highlanders side missed two penalty kicks at goal.

Free kicks conceded

Highlanders: 2 (1 scrum, 1 mark)
Hurricanes: 0

Line-outs

Highlanders: 15 (1 lost, 1 quick)
Hurricanes: 16 (2 lost)

Scrums

Highlanders: 8 (3 reset, 3 collapses, 1 free kick, 1 penalty)
Hurricanes: 9 (2 reset, 5 collapses)

Drop-outs

Highlanders: 1
Hurricanes: 2

Stoppages: 78

(ii) Reds vs Blues

Penalties conceded: 15

Reds: 8
Blues: 7

Reasons for the penalties:

Reds:
Tackle: 3 (Samo, Anthony Faingaa, Saia Faingaa)
Offside: 2 (Simmons, Ioane)
Scrums: 3 (Daley, Slipper 2)

Blues:
Tackle: 3 (Saili, Rokocoko, Williams)
Offside: 2 (Williams & Boric*, Williams*)
Discipline: 2 (Brett - man without ball; Williams* - dissent))

The Blues missed a penalty kick at goal.

Free kicks conceded

Reds: 0
Blues: 1 (scrum)

Line-outs

Reds: 7 (1 lost, 1 quick)
Blues: 13 (1 lost)

Scrums

Reds: 10 (1 reset, 1 collapse, 1 free kick, 1 penalty)
Blues: 8 (1 reset, 4 collapses, 1 penalty)

Drop-outs

Reds: 1
Blues: 1

Stoppages: 58

(iii) Chiefs vs Stormers

Penalties conceded: 20

Chiefs: 11
Stormers: 9

Reasons for the penalties:

Chiefs:
Tackle: 5 (Afeaki*, Tuifua, Sweeney, Lee* 2)
Offside: 1 (Clarke)
Discipline: 5 (Tuifua* - man without ball; Romano - high tackle, Kahui - man without ball; Kahui - diving on player on the ground; Kahui - dissent))

Stormers:
Tackle: 5 (Bekker*, Louw* 2, Grant, Harris)
Discipline: 4 (Blaauw - late tackle; Aplon - obstruction - penalty try; De Jongh - air tackle; Louw* - obstruction)

Neither side missed a penalty kick at goal.

Free kicks conceded

Chiefs: 3 (1 scrum, 1 mark, 1 line-out)
Stormers: 1 (line-out)

Line-outs

Chiefs: 12 (1 lost, 1 free kick)
Stormers: 12 (1 free kick)

Scrums

Chiefs: 9 (1 reset, 1 collapse, 1 free kick)
Stormers: 6 (1 reset)

Drop-outs

Chiefs: 0
Stormers: 1

Stoppages: 66

(iv) Brumbies vs Lions

Penalties conceded: 20

Brumbies: 9
Lions: 11

Reasons for the penalties:

Brumbies:
Tackle: 5 (Chapman 2, Vaea 2, Alexander*)
Scrum: 1 (Owen)
Discipline: 3 (Ma'afu - high tackle; Hand - collapsing maul; Hand - collapsing maul)

Lions:
Tackle: 4 (JC Janse van Rensburg, Rhodes* 2, Minnie)
Offside: 3 (Vermaak 2, Hollenbach)
Scrum: 2 (JC Janse van Rensburg 2)
Discipline: 2 (Van Heerden - obstruction; Cilliers - late tackle)

Free kicks conceded

Brumbies: 1 (scrum)
Lions: 0

Line-outs

Brumbies: 10 (1 lost)
Lions: 16 (1 lost, 1 skew)

The lions had five line-outs five metres from the Brumbies' line. They scored one try and could feel hard done-by on two other occasions when the Brumbies infringed near their line.

Scrums

Brumbies: 10 (1 reset, 1 collapse, 2 free kicks)
Lions: 11 (1 resets, 2 collapses, 2 lost)

Drop-outs

Brumbies: 0
Lions: 0

Stoppages: 56

(v) Bulls vs Rebels

Penalties conceded: 19

Bulls: 10
Rebels: 9

Reasons for the penalties:

Bulls:
Tackle: 6 (Gary Botha*, Greyling, Potgieter, Van der Merwe, Basson, Hougaard)
Offside: 1 (Greyling)
Discipline: 3 (Spies & Potgieter - obstruction; Rossouw - armless tackle; Rossouw - barging in the line-out)

Rebels:
Tackle: 2 (Macdonald, Lipman)
Offside: 3 (Macdonald, Lipman 2)
Scrum: 2 (Somerville 2)
Discipline: 2 (Delve - collapsing maul; Kingi - throwing ball into touch)

The Bulls missed a penalty kick at goal.

Free kicks conceded

Bulls: 1 (line-out)
Rebels: 2 (scrums)

Line-outs

Bulls: 17 (1 lost, 1 skew, 1 quick, 1 free kick)
Rebels: 20 (3 lost, 1 quick)

Scrums

Bulls: 9 (2 resets, 2 collapses, 1 free kick)
Rebels: 7 (2 resets, 3 collapses, 1 free kick, 1 penalty, 1 lost)

Drop-outs

Bulls: 0
Rebels: 1

Stoppages: 80

(vi) Cheetahs vs Crusaders

Penalties conceded: 20

Cheetahs: 12
Crusaders: 8

Reasons for the penalties:

Cheetahs:
Tackle: 7 (Pretorius, Geel, Viljoen, Strauss, Robert Ebersohn, Daniller, Smit)
Offside: 1 (Oosthuizen)
Scrum: 2 (Oosthuizen, Undetermined*)
Discipline: 2 (Viljoen - man without ball, Steenkamp - high tackle)

Crusaders:
Tackle: 5 (Heinz*, McCaw 2, Romano & Jack, Fruean*)
Offside: 1 (McCaw*)
Scrum: 2 (Ben Franks, Crockett)

The Crusaders missed a penalty kick at goal.

Free kicks conceded

Cheetahs: 1 (mark)
Crusaders: 1 (line-out)

Line-outs

Cheetahs: 10 (1 free kick)
Crusaders: 10 (2 lost)

Scrums

Cheetahs: 6 (1 reset, 3 collapses, 3 penalties)
Crusaders: 7 (1 reset, 2 collapses, 1 penalty)

Drop-outs

Cheetahs: 1 (mark)
Crusaders: 1 (line-out)

Stoppages: 59

Some Match Totals

Tries scored per match

Highlanders vs Hurricanes, 1 + 0 = 1
Reds vs Blues, 4 + 4 = 8
Chiefs vs Stormers, 3 + 3 = 5
Brumbies vs Lions, 2 + 4 = 6
Bulls vs Rebels, 7 + 1 = 8
Cheetahs vs Crusaders, 3 + 2 = 5

Penalties scored per match

Highlanders vs Hurricanes, 2 + 2 = 4
Reds vs Blues, 3 + 1 = 4
Chiefs vs Stormers, 3 + 3 = 6
Brumbies vs Lions, 2 + 1 = 3
Bulls vs Rebels, 0 + 1 = 1
Cheetahs vs Crusaders, 4 + 2 = 6

Tries for Week 12: 33
Tries for Week 12: 30
Tries for Week 11: 38
Tries for Week 10: 32
Tries for Week 9: 49
Tries for Week 8: 19
Tries for Week 7: 30
Tries for Week 6: 42
Tries for Week 5: 26
Tries for Week 4: 25
Tries for Week 3: 36
Tries for Week 2: 21
Tries for Week 1: 29

Penalties for Week 13: 24
Penalties for Week 12: 35
Penalties for Week 11: 43
Penalties for Week 10: 38
Penalties for Week 9: 31
Penalties for Week 8: 19
Penalties for Week 7: 39
Penalties for Week 6: 38
Penalties for Week 5: 42
Penalties for Week 4: 44
Penalties for Week 3: 45
Penalties for Week 2: 36
Penalties for Week 1: 37

Stoppages per Match

Blues vs Crusaders: 61
Brumbies vs Chiefs: 71
Hurricanes vs Highlanders: 75
Lions vs Bulls: 64
Rebels vs Waratahs: 91
Reds vs Force: 70
Sharks vs Cheetahs: 76

Highlanders vs Chiefs: 56
Rebels vs Brumbies: 61
Waratahs vs Reds: 77
Bulls vs Cheetahs: 53
Stormers vs Lions: 76
Sharks vs Blues: 71

Bulls vs Highlanders: 65
Chiefs vs Rebels: 82
Crusaders vs Waratahs: 70
Stormers vs Cheetahs: 73
Lions vs Blues: 56
Force vs Sharks: 73
Brumbies' vs Reds: 68

Crusaders vs Brumbies: 72
Rebels vs Sharks: 76
Stormers vs Highlanders: 73
Hurricanes vs Chiefs: 47
Force vs Blues: 65
Cheetahs vs Lions: 63

Chiefs vs Sharks, 72
Reds vs Rebels, 81
Highlanders vs Crusaders, 67
Blues vs Hurricanes, 58
Waratahs vs Cheetahs, 72
Lions vs Force, 71
Bulls vs Stormers, 71

Stormers vs Force, 72
Rebels vs Hurricanes, 65
Brumbies vs Waratahs, 50
Reds vs Cheetahs, 73
Crusaders vs Sharks, 47
Chiefs + Blues, 77
Bulls vs Lions, 69

Highlanders vs Brumbies, 70
Waratahs vs Chiefs, 66
Blues vs Cheetahs, 69
Hurricanes vs Bulls, 66
Force vs Rebels, 55
Lions vs Reds, 68
Sharks vs Stormers, 57

Highlanders vs Cheetahs, 89
Crusaders vs Bulls, 71
Brumbies vs Hurricanes, 65
Force vs Waratahs, 65
Stormers vs Reds, 82
Sharks vs Lions, 72

Chiefs vs Crusaders, 60
Rebels vs Highlanders, 73
Blues vs Waratahs, 54
Reds vs Bulls, 56
Lions vs Stormers, 57
Cheetahs vs Hurricanes, 56
Brumbies vs Force, 70

Blues vs Rebels, 57
Crusaders vs Highlanders, 65
Reds vs Waratahs, 69
Force vs Bulls, 62
Sharks vs Hurricanes, 59
Lions vs Chiefs, 62

Highlanders vs Blues, 71
Cheetahs vs Brumbies, 62
Hurricanes vs Reds, 69
Waratahs vs Rebels, 70
Force vs Crusaders, 50
Bulls vs Chiefs, 56
Stormers vs Sharks, 72

Hurricanes vs Blues, 65
Rebels vs Reds, 72
Lions vs Cheetahs, 60
Chiefs vs Highlanders, 70
Waratahs vs Force, 64
Stormers vs Crusaders, 71
Sharks vs Brumbies, 54

Highlanders vs Hurricanes, 78
Reds vs Blues, 58
Chiefs vs Stormers, 66
Brumbies vs Lions, 56
Bulls vs Rebels, 80
Cheetahs vs Crusaders, 59

Ball in Play Time

Jan Taljaard has again provided these meticulous statistics.

The average for this sort of match is just over 33 minutes. 43 minutes is high.

Highlanders vs Hurricanes (Munro): 
17 minutes 38 seconds + 18 minutes 12 seconds = 35 minutes 50 seconds

Reds vs Blues (Kaplan): 
15 minutes 53 seconds + 20 minutes 31 seconds = 36 minutes 24 seconds

Chiefs vs Stormers (Dickinson): 
15 minutes 59 seconds + 21 minutes 3 seconds = 37 minutes 2 seconds

Brumbies vs Lions (Pearce): 
21 minutes 10 seconds + 22 minutes 39 seconds = 43 minutes 49 seconds

Bulls vs Rebels (Pollock): 
14 minutes 27 seconds + 17 minutes 35 seconds = 32 minutes 2 seconds

Cheetahs vs Crusaders (BryceLawrence): 
14 minutes 27 seconds + 16 minutes 11 seconds = 30 minutes 38 seconds

Sanctionary Cards per team

Blues: Y, Y
Brumbies: C, Y
Bulls: Y
Cheetahs: Y, Y
Chiefs: Y, Y, Y, Y
Crusaders: Y, Y, Y
Force: Y, R, Y, C, Y, Y, Y, Y
Highlanders: Y, Y, Y, Y, Y
Hurricanes: Y, Y, C, Y, Y, Y, C
Lions: Y, C, Y, Y
Rebels: Y, Y, Y, Y
Reds: Y, Y, Y, Y, Y
Sharks: Y, C
Stormers: Y, Y, Y, Y, Y, Y
Waratahs: Y, Y

Y = yellow card; R = red card; C = cited and suspended.

If you gave 1 point for a yellow and four points for a red or citing with suspension, the list would look like this, the Force way out in front:

Blues: 2
Brumbies: 5
Bulls: 1
Cheetahs: 2
Chiefs: 4
Crusaders: 2
Force: 14
Highlanders: 5
Hurricanes: 13
Lions: 7
Rebels: 4
Reds: 5
Sharks: 5
Stormers: 6
Waratahs: 2

Tries scored per team

Blues: 3 + 0 + 5 + 1 + 5 + 1 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 0 + 1 + 4 = 35
Brumbies: 3 + 2 + 4+ 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 5 + 1 + 2 = 24
Bulls: 2 + 3 + 3 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 0 + 3 + 2 + 4 + 7 = 29
Chiefs: 3 + 1 + 4 + 3 + 0 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 5 + 3 + 2 + 3 = 28
Cheetahs: 0 + 3 + 0 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 2 + 5 + 4 + 5 + 3 = 28
Crusaders: 2 + 2 + 6 + 6 + 5 + 3 + 4 + 2 + 5 + 2 + 2 = 39
Force: 1 + 0 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 0 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 0 = 14
Highlanders: 1 + 2 + 4 + 0 + 1 + 3 + 3 + 6 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 26
Hurricanes: 0 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 6 + 2 + 4 + 1 + 0 = 20
Lions: 3 + 2 + 4 + 0 + 2 + 2+ 0 + 1 + 3 + 3 + 4 = 24
Rebels: 0 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 0 + 6 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 0 + 3 + 1 = 23
Reds: 2 + 0 + 1 + 7 + 6 + 3 + 1 + 6 + 1 + 3 + 4 + 4 = 38
Sharks: 2 + 2 + 5 + 4 + 0 + 4 + 0 + 5 + 0 + 4 = 26
Stormers: 1 + 0 + 0 + 1 + 6 + 1 + 0 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 = 19
Waratahs: 7 + 4 + 3 + 0 + 2 + 2 + 4 + 3 + 0 + 3 + 2 = 30

Penalties scored per team

Blues: 3 + 4 + 1 + 5 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 0 + 2 + 5 + 4 + 1 = 31
Brumbies: 3 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 5 + 1 + 4 + 4 + 1 + 3 + 2 = 28
Bulls: 4 + 2 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 5 + 0 + 3 + 3 + 4 + 0 = 29
Chiefs: 1 + 2 + 4 + 3 + 5 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 3 = 28
Crusaders: 4 + 4 + 4 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 2 + 2 = 31
Cheetahs: 3 + 2 + 5 + 5 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 2 + 5 + 6 + 4 = 41
Force: 5 + 4 + 5 + 5 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 7 + 6 + 5 = 45
Highlanders: 3 + 2 + 3 +2 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 0 + 2 = 24
Hurricanes: 3 + 5 + 4 + 1 + 3 + 3 + 4+ 4 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 33
Lions: 1 + 2 + 2 + 4 + 4 + 3 + 5 + 1 + 3 + 0 + 1 = 26
Rebels: 0 + 6 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 3 + 1 + 1 = 27
Reds: 3 + 2 + 7 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 3 + 0 + 2 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 32
Sharks: 4 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 4 + 2 = 29
Stormers: 4 + 7 + 6 + 6 + 3 + 3 + 2 + 4 + 1 + 3 + 3 = 42
Waratahs: 0 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 5 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 5 + 3 + 2 = 25

Penalties conceded per team

It is interesting that the Stormers conceded 15 penalties when they won and only five when they lost. A statistic like that makes infringing attractive!

Blues: 11 + 8 + 12 + 12 + 10 + 7 + 8 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 8 +4 + 7 = 111
Brumbies: 12 + 10 + 12 + 10 + 6 + 8 + 6 + 7 +10 + 8 + 9 = 98
Bulls: 13 + 9 + 5 + 13 + 15 + 13 + 9 + 8 + 12 + 12 + 10 = 119
Chiefs: 7 + 13 + 13 + 7 + 9 + 15 + 10 + 8 + 12 + 10 + 8 + 11 = 123
Crusaders: 9 + 12 + 12+ 11 + 9 + 11 + 10 + 10 + 13 + 8 = 105
Cheetahs: 13 + 9 + 13 + 10 + 7 + 9 + 9 + 7 + 8 + 10 + 5 + 12 = 112
Force: 9 + 11 + 13 + 11 + 11 + 7 + 8 + 11 + 8 + 7 + 6 = 102
Highlanders: 13 + 10 + 9 + 10 +12 + 10 + 9 + 9 + 4 + 13 + 10 + 11 = 120
Hurricanes: 13 + 7 + 10 + 9 + 10 + 17 + 7 + 9 + 9 + 8 + 9 = 108
Lions: 9 + 15 + 4 + 13 + 8 + 10 + 7 + 11 + 7 + 4 + 12 + 11 = 111
Rebels: 13 + 8 + 12 + 14 + 8 + 12 + 9 + 7 + 9 + 7 + 9 = 108
Reds: 11 + 10 + 7 + 10 + 11 + 13 + 14 + 13 + 9 + 10 + 7 + 11 + 8 = 134
Sharks: 7 + 11 + 11 + 7 + 9 + 6 + 7 +11 + 8 + 12 + 7 = 96
Stormers: 9 + 11 + 18 + 7 + 14 + 7 + 7 + 7 + 15 + 5 + 9 = 109
Waratahs: 9 + 10 + 9 + 6 + 15 + 11 + 10 + 1 + 6 + 7 + 9 = 93

Tries conceded per team

Blues: 2 + 2 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 3 + 2 + 0 + 1 + 4 = 25
Brumbies: 3 + 1 + 1 + 6 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 3 + 4 + 4 + 4 = 31
Bulls: 3 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 6 + 1 + 3 + 1 = 28
Cheetahs: 2 + 3 + 0 + 2 + 0 + 6 + 4 + 3 + 6 + 5 + 3 + 2 = 36
Chiefs: 3 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 0 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 = 25
Crusaders: 3 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 0 + 1 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 3 = 22
Force: 2 + 5 + 1 + 0 + 6 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 5 + 2 = 31
Highlanders: 0 + 1 + 3 + 0 + 6 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 0 + 2+ 0 = 21
Hurricanes: 1 + 3 + 5 + 6 + 1 + 1 + 5 + 5 + 3 + 1 = 31
Lions: 2 + 2 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 3 + 4 + 3 + 5 + 5 + 2 = 37
Rebels: 7 + 2 + 4 + 4 + 7 + 2 + 3 + 6 + 6 + 3 + 4 + 7 = 55
Reds: 1 + 4 + 4 + 0 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 0 + 4 + 3 + 4 = 27
Sharks: 0 + 0 + 0 + 4 + 0 + 5 + 1 + 0 + 2 + 4 + 1 = 17
Stormers: 1 + 0 + 0 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 0 + 1 + 0 + 2 + 3 = 9
Waratahs: 0 + 0 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 5 + 1 + 0 + 0 = 12