Statistics - Super 15, Week 4

The Highlanders came unstuck at Newlands, leaving only the Sharks and the Stormers unbeaten - up till now, that is. Our statistics are more detailed. If you want to find the match with the fewest stoppages, it's here also the team most penalised in a match and least penalised in the competition so far, the team that has scored most tries, how your team did in line-outs and scrums and a lot more.

Results, Round 4

Crusaders vs Brumbies, 52-10
Sharks vs Rebels, 34-32
Stormers vs Highlanders, 18-6
Hurricanes vs Chiefs, 29-26
Force vs Blues, 22-22
Lions vs Cheetahs, 25-20

Sanctions

Cited and suspended

James Kamana (Lions) who was cited for a dangerous (tip) tackle, found guilty and suspended for three weeks.

It is surprising that Jarrad Hoeata of the Highlanders was not suspended after punching Andries Bekker of the Stormers several times. Though Bekker appeared not to defend himself, he served the same punishment as Hoeata in the match.

Yellow cards

Jarrad Hoeata (Highlanders) - punching
Andries Bekker (Stormers) - being punched
Cooper Vuna (Rebels) - deliberate infringement near the goal-line.
Jono Jenkins (Force) - tackle infringement
James Kamana (Lions) - dangerous tackle

Possession

(i) Crusaders vs Brumbies

Penalties conceded: 22

Crusaders: 12
Brumbies: 10

Reasons for the penalties:

Crusaders:
Tackle: 7 (Todd, Ben Franks 2, Ellis, Jack*, Sam Whitelock, Owen Franks)
Offside: 1 (Todd)
Scrums: 1 (Ben Franks)
Discipline: 3 (Fruean - obstruction; Adam Whitelock - man without ball; Thorn - obstruction)

Brumbies:
Tackle: 6 (Hand, Moore*, Vaea*, Giteau* 2, Ashley-Cooper)
Offside: 2 (Giteau, Ma'afu)
Scrum: 2 (Palmer, Alexander)

Brumbies missed a penalty kick at goal.

Free kicks conceded

Crusaders: 0
Brumbies: 0

Line-outs

Crusaders: 7 (3 lost)
Brumbies: 6 (1 reset)

Scrums

Crusaders: 12 (2 lost 1 quick)
Brumbies: 16 (2 lost, 1 skew)

Drop-outs

Crusaders: 1
Brumbies: 0

Stoppages: 72

(ii) Rebels vs Sharks

Penalties conceded: 21

Rebels: 14
Sharks: 7

Reasons for the penalties:

Rebels:
Tackle: 10 (Delve, Phipps, Cipriani, Saffy, Pyle 3, Rooney, Robinson, Davidson)
Offside: 2 (Somerville*, Delve)
Scrum: 1 (Somerville*)
Discipline: 1 (Vuna - +10)

Sharks:
Tackle: 2 (Bismarck du Plessis, Lambie)
Offside: 3 (Ludik, Bismarck du Plessis, Jannie du Plessis)
Scrum: 1 (Mtawarira*)
Discipline: 1 (Bismarck du Plessis - +10)

Neither side missed a penalty kick at goal.

Free kicks conceded

Rebels: 0
Sharks: 2 (1 mark, 1 scrum)

Line-outs

Rebels: 15 (1 skew, 1 quick)
Sharks: 17 (1 lost, 2 skew)

Scrums

Rebels: 9 (4 reset, 5 collapses, 1 free kick, 1 penalty)
Sharks: 6 (1 collapse, 1 penalty)

Drop-outs

Rebels: 0
Sharks: 1

Stoppages: 76

(iii) Stormers vs Highlanders

Penalties conceded: 28

Stormers: 18
Highlanders: 10

Reasons for the penalties:

Stormers:
Tackle: 12 (François Louw 3, Poolman 2, Bekker* 2, Habana*, Elstadt, Koster, Deon Fourie, Undetermined)
Offside: 3 (François Louw, Deon Fourie, De Jongh & Duvenage)
Scrum: 2 (François Louw, Van der Linde)
Discipline: 2 (Poolman - obstruction; Bekker - air tackle)

Highlanders:
Tackle: 6 (Rutledge, Hoeata*, Manu*, Soakai, Schwalger, Donnelly*)
Offside: 1 (Schwalger*)
Scrum: 2 (Mackintosh* 2)
Discipline: 1 (Hoeata - punching)

The Stormers missed a penalty kick at goal, the Highlanders three.

Free kicks conceded

Stormers: 0
Highlanders: 2 (1 scrum, 1 +10)

Line-outs

Stormers: 6 (1 lost)
Highlanders: 13 (1 quick)

Scrums

Stormers: 8 (1 reset, 2 collapses, 2 penalties, 2 uncontested)
Highlanders: 12 (1 collapse, 1 free kick, 2 penalties, 5 uncontested)

Drop-outs

Stormers: 2
Highlanders: 1

Stoppages: 72

(iv) Hurricanes vs Chiefs

Penalties conceded: 14

Hurricanes: 7
Chiefs: 7

Reasons for the penalties:

Hurricanes:
Tackle: 5 (Vito, Lilo** 2, Keats, Perenise)
Scrum: 2 (Schwalger, Perenise*)

Chiefs:
Tackle: 4 (Clarke*, De Malmanche*, Nanai-Williams*, Elliot*)
Scrum: 2 (Mey 2)
Discipline: 1 (Latimer - obstruction)

Neither side missed a penalty kick at goal.

Free kicks conceded

Hurricanes: 1 (mark)
Chiefs: 1 (scrum)

Line-outs

Hurricanes: 9 (1 lost, 1 skew, 1 quick)
Chiefs: 3

Scrums

Hurricanes: 12 (1 collapse, 1 free kick)
Chiefs: 7 (1 collapse)

Drop-outs

Chiefs: 0
Hurricanes: 0

Stoppages: 47

This may well be a record for Super Rugby.

(v) Force vs Blues

Penalties conceded: 24

Force: 13
Blues: 12

Reasons for the penalties:

Force:
Tackle: 7 (Hodgson, Ma'a fi*, Sheehan, Fairbanks*, Sharpe, Jenkins, Brown)
Offside: 4 (Whittaker, Brown, Dunning*, Undetermined)
Scrum: 1 (Dunning)
Discipline: 1 (Cowan* - obstruction)

Blues:
Tackle: 7 (Daniel Braid*, Lowrey, Toeava*, Luke Braid, Afoa* 2, Matthewson)
Offside: 3 (Woodcock, Undetermined*, Morland*)
Scrum: 2 (Faumuina, Woodcock)

The Blues missed two penalty kicks at goal.

Free kicks conceded

Force: 0
Blues: 0

Line-outs

Force: 10 (2 quick)
Blues: 9 (1 lost, 1 skew)

Scrums

Force: 7 (3 resets, 2 collapses, 2 penalties)
Blues: 7 (3 reset, 5 collapses, 1 penalty)

Drop-outs

Force: 2
Blues: 0

Stoppages: 66

(vi) Cheetahs vs Lions

Penalties conceded: 23

Cheetahs: 10
Lions: 13

Reasons for the penalties:

Cheetahs:
Tackle: 5 (Strauss, Oosthuizen* 2, Barnes, Robert Ebersohn)
Offside: 2 (Benjamin*, Barnes*)
Scrum: 2 (Oosthuizen* 2)
Discipline: 1 (Nel - high tackle)

Lions:
Tackle: 10 (Maku, Van Heerdren, La Grange, Janse van Rensburg 2, Minnie* 3, Kockott, Buys)
Offside: 1 (Murray*)
Discipline: 2 (Kamana - dangerous tackle; Whiteley - obstruction)

The Cheetahs missed a penalty kick at goal.

Free kicks conceded

Cheetahs: 1 (scrum)
Lions: 1 (lineout)

Line-outs

Cheetahs: 9 (1 free kick)
Lions: 10 (1 reset)

Scrums

Cheetahs: 6
Lions: 8 (3 reset, 3 collpases, 1 lost, 1 free kick, 2 penalties)

Drop-outs

Cheetahs: 1
Lions: 1

Stoppages: 63

Some Match Totals

Tries scored per match

Crusaders vs Brumbies: 6 + 1 = 7
Rebels vs Sharks: 4 + 4 = 8
Stormers vs Highlanders: 0 + 0 = 0
Hurricanes vs Chiefs: 2 + 3 = 5
Force vs Blues: 1 + 1 = 2
Cheetahs vs Lions: 1 + 2 = 3

Penalties scored per match

Crusaders vs Brumbies: 4 + 1 = 5
Rebels vs Sharks: 2 + 2 = 4
Stormers vs Highlanders: 6 + 2 = 8
Hurricanes vs Chiefs: 5 + 3 = 8
Force vs Blues: 5 + 5 = 10
Cheetahs vs Lions: 5 + 4 = 9

Tries for Week 4: 25
Tries for Week 3: 36
Tries for Week 2: 21
Tries for Week 1: 29

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

Ball in Play Time (1st half + 2nd half = total for match)

Jan Taljaard has been doing this with great skill since 2000 and the average per match of this standard is 33 minutes 26

Crusaders vs Brumbies (Williamson):
14 minutes 49 seconds + 16 minutes 37 seconds = 31 minutes 26 seconds

Rebels vs Sharks (Pollock):
16 minutes 44 seconds + 15 minutes 01 seconds = 31 minutes 45 seconds

Stormers vs Highlanders (Walsh):
16 minutes 06 seconds + 19 minutes 33 seconds = 35 minutes 39 seconds

Hurricanes vs Chiefs (Jonker):
19 minutes 22 seconds + 18 minutes 50 seconds = 38 minutes 12 seconds

Force vs Blues (Pearce):
15 minutes 02 seconds + 19 minutes 28 seconds = 34 minutes 30 seconds

Cheetahs vs Lions (Brown):
14 minutes 15 seconds + 15 minutes 11 seconds = 29 minutes 26 seconds
 
The average over the years is 33 minutes 30 seconds

Previous matches

Week 3

Crusaders vs Waratahs (Pollock):
15 minutes 43 seconds+ 21 minutes 06=36 minutes 49 seconds

Lions vs Blues (Kaplan):
17 minutes 19 seconds + 17 minutes 56=35 minutes 15 seconds

Chiefs vs Rebels (Munro):
14 minutes 54 seconds + 15 minutes 46=30 minutes 40 seconds

Brumbies vs Reds (Lawrence):
14 minutes 18 seconds + 18 minutes 53=33 minutes 11 seconds

Western Force vs Sharks (Brown):
16 minutes 05 seconds + 15 minutes 22=31 minutes 27 seconds

Stormers vs Cheetahs (Legoete):
14 minutes 19 seconds + 13 minutes 42=28 minutes 01 seconds

Bulls vs Highlanders (Dickinson):
17 minutes 41 seconds + 19 minutes 28=37 minutes 09 seconds

Week 2

Highlanders vs Chiefs (Mark Lawrence):
17 minutes 39 seconds + 21 minutes 35 seconds = 39 minutes 14 seconds

Rebels vs Brumbies (Kaplan):
16 minutes 49 seconds + 16 minutes 35 seconds = 33 minutes 24 seconds

Cheetahs vs Bulls (Joubert):
18 minutes 02 seconds + 19 minutes 46 seconds = 37 minutes 48 seconds

Waratahs vs Reds (Bryce Lawrence):
18 minutes 13 seconds + 17 minutes 24 seconds = 35 minutes 37 seconds

Sharks vs Blues (Peyper):
15 minutes 22 seconds + 18 minutes 23 seconds = 33 minutes 45 seconds

Stormers vs Lions (Dickinson):
15 minutes 42 seconds + 22 minutes 19 seconds = 38 minutes 01 seconds

Week 1

Hurricanes vs Highlanders (Dickinson):
14 minutes 30 seconds +17 minutes 50 seconds = 32 minutes 20 seconds

Rebels vs Waratahs (Lawrence):
14 minutes 45 seconds +16 minutes 20 seconds = 31 minutes 05 seconds

Blues vs Crusaders (Pollock):
14 minutes 41 seconds +14 minutes 58 seconds = 29 minutes 39 seconds

Brumbies vs Chiefs (Kaplan):
16 minutes 31 seconds +16 minutes 13 seconds = 32 minutes 44 seconds

Sharks vs Cheetahs (Joubert):
15 minutes 14 seconds +12 minutes 55 seconds = 28 minutes 09 seconds

Lions vs Bulls (Jonker):
18 minutes 12 seconds +19 minutes 02 seconds = 37 minutes 14 seconds

Reds vs Force (Smith):
13 minutes 23 seconds +12 minutes 22 seconds = 25 minutes 45 seconds

Sanctionary Cards per team

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

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

Tries per team

Blues: 3 + 0 + 5 + 1 = 9
Brumbies': 3 + 2 + 4+ 1 = 10
Bulls: 2 + 3 + 3 = 8
Chiefs: 3 + 1 + 4 + 3 = 11
Crusaders: 2 + 2 + 6 = 10
Cheetahs: 0 + 3 + 0 = 3
Force: 1 + 0 + 1 = 2
Highlanders: 1 + 2 + 4 + 0 = 7
Hurricanes: 0 + 2 = 2
Lions: 3 + 2 + 4 = 9
Rebels: 0 + 1 + 1 + 4 = 6
Reds: 2 + 0 + 1 = 3
Sharks: 2 + 2 + 5 + 4 = 13
Stormers: 1 + 0 + 0 = 1
Waratahs: 7 + 4 + 3 = 14

Penalties scored per team

Blues: 3 + 4 + 1 + 5 = 13
Brumbies': 3 + 3 + 1 + 1 = 8
Bulls: 4 + 2 + 3 = 9
Chiefs: 1 + 2 + 4 + 3 = 10
Crusaders: 4 + 4 + 4 = 12
Cheetahs: 3 + 2 + 5 + 5 = 15
Force: 5 + 4 + 5 = 14
Highlanders: 3 + 2 + 3 +2 = 10
Hurricanes: 3 + 5 = 8
Lions: 1 + 2 + 2 + 4 = 9
Rebels: 0 + 6 + 1 + 2 = 9
Reds: 3 + 2 + 7 = 12
Sharks: 4 + 4 + 2 + 2 = 12
Stormers: 4 + 7 + 6 = 17
Waratahs: 0 + 2 + 1 = 3

Penalties conceded per team

Blues: 11 + 8 + 12 + 12 = 43
Brumbies': 12 + 10 + 12 + 10 = 44
Bulls: 13 + 9 + 5 = 27
Chiefs: 7 + 13 + 13 + 7 = 40
Crusaders: 9 + 12 + 12 = 33
Cheetahs: 13 + 9 + 13 + 10 = 45
Force: 9 + 11 + 13 = 33
Highlanders: 13 + 10 + 9 + 10 = 42
Hurricanes: 13 + 7 = 20
Lions: 9 + 15 + 4 + 13 = 41
Rebels: 13 + 8 + 12 + 14 = 47
Reds: 11 + 10 + 7 = 28
Sharks: 7 + 11 + 11 + 7 = 36
Stormers: 9 + 11 + 18 = 38
Waratahs: 9 + 10 + 9 = 28