Stats: Super 15, Week 10

The Reds have the dubious distinction of being the first side to reach a century - of penalties conceded and yet they are such a form side. Jan Terblanche's ball in play stats may well be of interest as well as the mode of scoring for the Force and the Stormers - few tries and many penalty goals. And there are lots of other things, including a continued improvement in scrumming.

Results, Round 11

The Highlanders and the Chiefs won away from home.

Blues  vs Rebels, 40-23 
Highlanders vs Crusaders, 26-18
Reds vs Waratahs, 19-15
Force vs Bulls, 26-21
Sharks vs Hurricanes, 40-24
Chiefs vs Lions, 34-30

Sanctions

Cited and suspended

Nobody. It came as a surprise that James O'Connor was not cited for a tip tackle. Stephen Donald is also lucky - not even penalised for sa late, dangerous tackle/body check on Burton Francis.

Ciring contoinues to mystify.

Yellow cards

Ma'a Nonu (Hurricanes) - tackle infringement
James O'Connor (Force) - tip tackle

Possession

(i) Blues vs Rebels

Penalties conceded: 16

Blues: 9
Rebels: 7

Reasons for the penalties:

Blues:
Tackle: 8 (Kaino*, Afoa, Mathewson, Luke Braid, Ranger, Rokocoko, Woodcock*, Boric*)
Offside: 1 (Mathewson)

Rebels:
Tackle: 4 (Delve 2, Saffy*, Somerville)
Offside: 1 (Delve*)
Scrum: 1 (Blake)
Discipline: 1 (Kingi - high tackle)

The Blues side missed two penalty kicks at goal.

Free kicks conceded

Blues: 1 (line-out)
Rebels: 4 (1 mark, 3 scrums)

Line-outs

Blues: 7 (1 lost, 1 quick)
Rebels: 10 (1 lost, 1 free kick)

Scrums

Blues: 4
Rebels: 11 (3 resets, 7 collapses, 3 free kicks, 1 penalty)

Drop-outs

Blues: 0
Rebels: 2

Stoppages: 57

(ii) Crusaders vs Highlanders

Penalties conceded: 14

Crusaders: 10
Highlanders: 4

Reasons for the penalties:

Crusaders:
Tackle: 5 (Crockett*, Adam Whitelock, Fotuali'i, George Whitelock* 2)
Offside: 2 (Jack, George Whitelock)
Scrum: 1 (Ben Franks)
Discipline: 2 (Crockett - obstruction; George Whitelock* - dissent)

Highlanders:
Tackle: 3 (Donnelly, Hardy, Undetermined)
Scrum: 1 (McIntosh*)

The Crusaders missed two penalty kicks at goal, the Highlanders one.

Free kicks conceded

Crusaders: 0
Highlanders: 0

Line-outs

Crusaders: 12 (1 lost, 1 quick, 1 reset)
Highlanders: 11 (1 lost, 1 quick)

Scrums

Crusaders: 9 (4 collapses, 1 penalty)
Highlanders: 9 (4 resets, 7 collapses)

Drop-outs

Crusaders: 2
Highlanders: 3

Stoppages: 65

(iii) Reds vs Waratahs

Penalties conceded: 16

Reds: 10
Waratahs: 6

Reasons for the penalties:

Reds:
Tackle: 5 (Shepherdson, Robinson* 2, Holmes, Anthony Faingaa)
Offside: 2 (Horwill*, Daley*)
Scrum: 3 (Shepherdson* 2, Holmes)

Waratahs:
Tackle: 3 (Carter*, Waugh* 2)
Offside: 2 (Tamani, Cross*)
Discipline: 1 (Cross - high tackle)

The Reds missed one penalty kick at goal.

Free kicks conceded

Reds: 2 (marks)
Waratahs: 0

Line-outs

Reds: 9 (1 lost)
Waratahs: 15 (3 lost)

Scrums

Reds: 8 (2 collapses, 1 wheel)
Waratahs: 11 (6 reset, 7 collapses, 2 penalties)

Drop-outs

Reds: 0
Waratahs: 2

Stoppages: 69

(iv) Force vs Bulls

Penalties conceded: 20

Force: 8
Bulls: 12

Reasons for the penalties:

Force:
Tackle: 4 (Dellit* 2, Sharpe*, Sheehan)
Offside: 1 ('All advancing')
Scrum: 1 (Dunning*)
Discipline: 2 (O'Connor -0 tip tackle; Sheehan - diving on player on the ground)

Bulls:
Tackle: 7 (Stegmann*, Du Preez*, Basson, Dippenaar* 2, Matfield, Olivier)
Offside: 3 (Du Preez* 2, Olivier*)
Scrum: 1 (Kruger)
Discipline: 1 (Greyling* - high tackle)

Free kicks conceded

Force: 0
Bulls: 2 (1 mark, 1 line-out)

Line-outs

Force: 10 (2 lost, 1 free kick)
Bulls: 10 (1 lost, 1 quick)

Scrums
 
Force: 11 (5 reset, 7 collapses, 1 penalty, 1 lost)
Bulls: 4 (1 collapses)

Drop-outs

Bulls: 0
Force: 0

Stoppages: 62

(v) Sharks vs Hurricanes

Penalties conceded: 17

Sharks: 8
Hurricanes: 9

Reasons for the penalties:

Sharks:
Tackle: 5 (Mvovo, Botes*, Terblanche*, Ludik, Daniel)
Offside: 3 (Pietersen*, Kankowski*, Daniel)

Hurricanes:
Tackle: 4 (Chris Eaton, Schwalger, Levave, Nonu*)
Offside: 1 (Nonu)
Scrum: 1 (Schwalger)
Discipline: 3 (Broadhurst* - stamping; Tialata* - man without ball; Leiua - high tackle)

The Sharks missed three penalty kicks at goal.

Free kicks conceded

Sharks: 2 (scrums)
Hurricanes: 0

Line-outs

Sharks: 11 (1 quick)
Hurricanes: 11 (1 quick)

Scrums

Sharks: 10 (1 free kick)
Hurricanes: 4 (1 reset, 2 collapses, 1 free kick, 1 penalty)

Drop-outs

Sharks: 0
Hurricanes: 2

Stoppages: 59

(vi) Lions vs Chiefs

Penalties conceded: 16

Lions: 4
Chiefs: 12

Reasons for the penalties:

Lions:
Tackle: 2 (Van Rensburg, Vermaak)
Offside: 1 (Marutlulle)
Scrum: 1 (Janse van Rensburg)

Chiefs:
Tackle: 8 (Afeaki 2, Lee, Messam, Toby Smith, Kahui, White, Elliot)
Offside: 1 (Several advancing*)
Scrum: 2 (Toby Smith* 2)
Discipline: 1 (Messam* - air tackle)

The lions missed a penalty kick at goal, the Chiefs two.

Free kicks conceded

Lions: 4 (1 mark, 2 scrums, 1 +10)
Chiefs: 2 (1 line-out, 1 scrum)

Line-outs

Lions: 15 (5 lost, 1 skew, 1 free kick)
Chiefs: 10 (2 lost, 1 skew, 1 quick)

Scrums

Lions: 5 (1 collapse, 1 penalty)
Chiefs: 6 (1 collapse, 3 free kicks)

Not one reset.

Drop-outs

Lions: 2
Chiefs: 2

Stoppages: 62

Ball in Play

The time the ball was in play in the Reds-Waratahs match is inordinately low while Blues-Rebels is also well below average. The second halves of both those matches are poor.

Blues vs Rebels (White):
15 minutes 5 seconds + 16 minutes 42 seconds =  31 minutes 47 seconds

Crusaders vs Highlanders (Brice Lawrence):
15 minutes 51 seconds + 18 minutes 11 seconds =  34 minutes 2 seconds

Reds vs Waratahs (Walsh/Smith):
15 minutes 25 seconds + 15 minutes 30 seconds =  30 minutes 55 seconds

Force vs Bulls (Mark Lawrence):
16 minutes 7 seconds + 18 minutes 46 seconds =  34 minutes 53 seconds

Sharks vs Hurricanes (Dickinson):
15 minutes 54 seconds + 19 minutes 38 seconds =  35 minutes 32 seconds

Lions vs Chiefs (Jonker):
19 minutes 57 seconds + 19 minutes 34 seconds =  39 minutes 31 seconds

Some Match Totals

Tries scored per match

Blues  vs Rebels, 6 + 2 = 8
Crusaders vs Highlanders, 2 + 3 = 5
Reds vs Waratahs, 1 + 0 = 1
Force vs Bulls, 1 + 2 = 3
Sharks vs Hurricanes, 5 + 2 = 7
Lions vs Chiefs, 3 + 5 = 8

Penalties scored per match

Blues  vs Rebels, 2 + 3 = 5
Crusaders vs Highlanders, 1 + 3 = 4
Reds vs Waratahs, 3 + 5 = 8
Force vs Bulls, 7 + 3 = 10
Sharks vs Hurricanes, 3 + 4 = 7
Lions vs Chiefs, 3 + 1 = 4

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 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

Sanctionary Cards per team

Blues: Y, Y
Brumbies: C
Bulls: Y
Cheetahs: Y, Y
Chiefs: Y, Y, Y
Crusaders: Y
Force: Y, R, Y, C, Y, Y, Y, Y
Highlanders: Y, Y, Y
Hurricanes: Y, Y, C, Y, Y
Lions: Y, C, Y
Rebels: Y, Y, Y, Y
Reds: Y, Y, Y, Y
Sharks:
Stormers: 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: 4
Bulls: 1
Cheetahs: 2
Chiefs: 3
Crusaders: 1
Force: 14
Highlanders: 3
Hurricanes: 8
Lions: 6
Rebels: 4
Reds: 4
Sharks: 0
Stormers: 5
Waratahs: 2

Tries per team

Blues: 3 + 0 + 5 + 1 + 5 + 1 + 4 + 5 + 6 = 30
Brumbies: 3 + 2 + 4+ 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 = 16
Bulls: 2 + 3 + 3 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 0 + 3 + 2 = 18
Chiefs: 3 + 1 + 4 + 3 + 0 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 5 = 20
Crusaders: 2 + 2 + 6 + 6 + 5 + 3 + 4 + 2 = 30
Cheetahs: 0 + 3 + 0 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 2 + 5 = 16
Force: 1 + 0 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 0 + 3 + 1 = 12
Highlanders: 1 + 2 + 4 + 0 + 1 + 3 + 3 + 6 + 3 = 23
Hurricanes: 0 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 6 + 2 = 15
Lions: 3 + 2 + 4 + 0 + 2 + 2+ 0 + 1 + 3 = 17
Rebels: 0 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 0 + 6 + 3 + 2 + 2 = 19
Reds: 2 + 0 + 1 + 7 + 6 + 3 + 1 + 6 + 1 = 27
Sharks: 2 + 2 + 5 + 4 + 0 + 4 + 0 + 5 = 22
Stormers: 1 + 0 + 0 + 1 + 6 + 1 + 0 + 3 = 12
Waratahs: 7 + 4 + 3 + 0 + 2 + 2 + 4 + 3 + 0 = 25

Penalties scored per team

Blues: 3 + 4 + 1 + 5 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 0 + 2 = 21
Brumbies: 3 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 5 + 1 + 4 + 4 = 22
Bulls: 4 + 2 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 5 + 0 + 3 + 3 = 25
Chiefs: 1 + 2 + 4 + 3 + 5 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 = 21
Crusaders: 4 + 4 + 4 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 2 + 1 = 24
Cheetahs: 3 + 2 + 5 + 5 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 2 = 26
Force: 5 + 4 + 5 + 5 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 7 = 34
Highlanders: 3 + 2 + 3 +2 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 = 21
Hurricanes: 3 + 5 + 4 + 1 + 3 + 3 + 4+ 4  = 27
Lions: 1 + 2 + 2 + 4 + 4 + 3 + 5 + 1 + 3 = 25
Rebels: 0 + 6 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 3 = 22
Reds: 3 + 2 + 7 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 3 + 0 + 2 = 23
Sharks: 4 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 3 = 23
Stormers: 4 + 7 + 6 + 6 + 3 + 3 + 2 + 4 = 35
Waratahs: 0 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 5 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 5 = 20

Penalties conceded per team

Blues: 11 + 8 + 12 + 12 + 10 + 7 + 8 + 7 + 8 + 9 = 92
Brumbies: 12 + 10 + 12 + 10 + 6 + 8 + 6 + 7 = 71
Bulls: 13 + 9 + 5 + 13 + 15 + 13 + 9 + 8 + 12 = 97
Chiefs: 7 + 13 + 13 + 7 + 9 + 15 + 10 + 8 + 12 = 94
Crusaders: 9 + 12 + 12+ 11 + 9 + 11 + 10 = 74
Cheetahs: 13 + 9 + 13 + 10 + 7 + 9 + 9 + 7 + 8 = 85
Force: 9 + 11 + 13 + 11 + 11 + 7 + 8 + 11 + 8 = 89
Highlanders: 13 + 10 + 9 + 10 +12 + 10 + 9 + 9 + 4 = 86
Hurricanes: 13 + 7 + 10 + 9 + 10 + 17 + 7 + 9 = 82
Lions: 9 + 15 + 4 + 13 + 8 + 10 + 7 + 11 + 7 + 4 = 88
Rebels: 13 + 8 + 12 + 14 + 8 + 12 + 9 + 7 = 83
Reds: 11 + 10 + 7 + 10 + 11 + 13 + 14 + 13 + 9 + 10 = 108
Sharks: 7 + 11 + 11 + 7 + 9 + 6 + 7 +11 + 8 = 77
Stormers: 9 + 11 + 18 + 7 + 14 + 7 + 7 + 7 = 80
Waratahs: 9 + 10 + 9 + 6 + 15 + 11 + 10 + 1 + 6 = 77