Tri-Nations - Week 8, Part 1

Stats

What a great comeback by South Africa! It's a long journey from 49-0 in Brisbane to 21-20 in Rustenburg.

We shall deal with some incidents from the match, but not here as in Part 1 we give some statistics from the match.

Statistics

Yellow Cards

There was none this week.

Sanctionary Cards by team so far:

Australia: 2 + Citing with suspension
New Zealand: 0
South Africa: 1

Penalties conceded

South Africa: 12
New Zealand: 10

New Zealand missed a penalty kick at goal.

Reasons for the penalties
* = points scored

South Africa

Tackle: 8 (Ndungane, Du Preez*, Muller, Wannenburg, Smit, Venter*, Paulse, Olivier)
Off-side: 2 (Habana 2)
Scrum: 1 (Du Randt)
Discipline: 1 (Muller - collapsing maul)

New Zealand

Tackle: 5 (So'oialo** 2, Kelleher, Eaton, Howlett)
Off-side: 2 (Mauger, Woodcock)
Discipline: 3 (Williams* - air tackle 2, So'oialo - obstruction)

Getting possession:

South Africa

Line-outs: 12 (2 penalties)
Scrums: 13 (11 reset, 1 free kick)
Free kicks: 1 (scrum)
Drop-outs: 1

New Zealand

Line-outs: 23 (6 lost, 1 skew, 1 free kick, 1 quick, 1 reset)
Scrums: 7 (4 reset, 1 penalty)
Free Kicks: 1 (line-pout)
Drop-outs: 2

Stoppages:

South Africa vs New Zealand: 98

Tries

South Africa vs New Zealand: 2 + 2 = 4

Match totals

Penalties

New Zealand vs Australia: 6 + 7 = 13
Australia vs South Africa: 6 + 12 = 18
New Zealand vs South Africa: 11 + 15 = 26
Australia vs New Zealand: 9 + 10 = 19
Australia vs South Africa: 7 + 7 = 14
New Zealand vs Australia: 4 + 10 = 14
South Africa vs New Zealand: 9 + 10 = 19
South Africa vs New Zealand: 12 + 10 = 22

Penalties conceded by country

Australia: 7 + 6 + 9 + 7 + 10 + 10 = 49
New Zealand: 6 + 11 + 10 + 4 + 10 = 41
South Africa: 12 + 15 + 7 + 9 + 12 = 55

Line-outs

New Zealand vs Australia: 9 + 15 = 24
Australia vs South Africa: 17 + 15 = 32
New Zealand vs South Africa: 19 + 13 = 32
Australia vs New Zealand: 18 + 19 = 37
Australia vs South Africa: 16 + 15 = 31
New Zealand vs Australia: 13 + 10 = 23
South Africa vs New Zealand: 15 + 18 = 33
South Africa vs New Zealand: 12 + 23 = 35

Scrums

New Zealand vs Australia: 8 + 10 = 18
Australia vs South Africa: 15 + 11 = 26
New Zealand vs South Africa: 7 + 11 = 18
Australia vs New Zealand: 10 + 7 = 17
Australia vs South Africa: 8 + 7 = 15
New Zealand vs Australia: 7 + 10 = 17
South Africa vs New Zealand: 12 + 10 = 22
South Africa vs New Zealand: 13 + 7 = 20

Tries

New Zealand vs Australia: 4 + 2 = 6
Australia vs South Africa: 6 + 0 = 6
New Zealand vs South Africa: 2 + 2 = 4
Australia vs New Zealand: 0 + 1 = 1
Australia vs South Africa: 2 + 2 = 4
New Zealand vs Australia: 3 + 3 = 6
South Africa vs New Zealand: 3 + 5 = 8
South Africa vs New Zealand: 2 + 2 = 4

Tries by country

Australia: 13
New Zealand: 17
South Africa: 11

Stoppages

New Zealand vs Australia: 65
Australia vs South Africa: 92
New Zealand vs South Africa: 92
Australia vs New Zealand: 85
Australia vs South Africa: 77
New Zealand vs Australia: 66
South Africa vs New Zealand: 85
South Africa vs New Zealand: 98