Stats - S14 semis
On Saturday there was all the tension of the Super 14 semifinals, two matches which were far more one-sided than anticipated. We give some statistics, a wider scope of them than during the round robin weeks.
Soundsure have provided some of the statistical information.
Sanctionary Cards
Mercifully there were no cards – neither yellow nor red – and there were no citings.
Penalties conceded
In this section we record the times a team was penalised.
* = points conceded
(i) Crusaders vs Hurricanes
Total number of penalties: 8
Crusaders: 3
Hurricanes: 5
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Crusaders:
Tackle/ruck: 1 (McCaw)
Off-side: 1 (Brad Thorn)
Discipline: 1 (Brad Thorn* – high tackle)
Hurricanes:
Tackle/ruck: 2 (Schwalger*, Hore*)
Off-side: 1 (Masoe*)
Discipline: 2 (Eaton – punch; Guildford – late shoulder charge)
Neither side missed a penalty kick at goal.
Free Kicks conceded
Crusaders: 14 (10 tackles, 2 scrums, 2 mauls)
Hurricanes: 9 (7 tackles, 1 scrum, 1 +10)
(ii) Waratahs vs Sharks
Total number of penalties: 12
Waratahs: 7
Sharks: 5
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Waratahs:
Tackle/ruck: 1 (Elsom)
Off-side: 2 (Elsom*, Dunning)
Scrum: 2 (Dunning, Baxter)
Discipline: 2 (Horne – dangerous tackle; Vickerman – air tackle)
Sharks:
Tackle/Ruck: 2 (Kockott, Van den Berg)
Off-side: 2 (Taione, Petersen)
Scrum: 1 (Mtawarira)
The Waratahs missed two penalty kicks at goal.
Free Kicks conceded
Waratahs: 4 (4 tackles)
Sharks: 2 (2 tackles)
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) Crusaders vs Hurricanes
Crusaders:
Line-outs: 10 (2 quick)
Scrums: 11 (3 reset, 5 collapses, 1 lost, 1 free kick)
Drop-outs: 1
Hurricanes:
Line-outs: 5
Scrums: 12 (3 reset, 3 collapses, 2 free kicks)
Drop-outs: 2
(ii) Waratahs vs Sharks
Waratahs:
Line-outs: 2
Scrums: 15 (2 resets, 1 collapse, 2 penalties)
Drop-outs: 1
Sharks:
Line-outs: 18 (5 lost, 1 skew, 1 quick)
Scrums: 13 (5 reset, 2 collapses, 1 penalty)
Drop-outs: 1
Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs):
Crusaders vs Hurricanes: 77
Waratahs vs Sharks: 75
Tackles/rucks/mauls per match:
Crusaders vs Hurricanes: 197
Waratahs vs Sharks: 160
Kicks per match
Crusaders vs Hurricanes: 66
Crusaders: 38
Hurricanes: 28
Waratahs vs Sharks: 43
Waratahs: 28
Sharks: 15
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.)
Crusaders vs Hurricanes: 16 (7)
Waratahs vs Sharks: 19 (11)
Hold-ups for injury:
Crusaders vs Hurricanes: 6
Waratahs vs Sharks: 1
Substitutions/replacements:
Crusaders vs Hurricanes: 16
Waratahs vs Sharks: 9
Tries
This is the number of tries each team scored.
(i) Crusaders vs Hurricanes:
Crusaders: 3
Hurricanes: 3
(ii) Waratahs vs Sharks:
Waratahs: 4
Sharks: 1
After Saturday’s matches we shall give the statistics for the Super 14 Final and the English Premiership, which may provide interesting comparisons.
