Stats - Tri-Nations, Week 3
More Tri-Nations drama, this time in Perth as the Wallabies opened the competition up wide. All the countries now have a win each.
Sanctions
Mercifully there was none this week. There was also no citing.
Cards
Victor Matfield (South Africa) – high tackle
Citing with suspension
Brad Thorn (Australia) – an act contrary to good sportsmanship, suspended for a week.
Bismarck du Plessis (South Africa) – contact with the eyes or eye area
Penalties conceded
In this section we record the times a team was penalised.
* = points conceded
Australia vs South Africa
Total number of penalties: 9
Australia: 6
South Africa: 3
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Australia:
Tackle: 3 (Ashley-Cooper, Baxter*, Palu)
Off-side: 1 (Palu*)
Discipline: 3 (Giteau – late tackle; Sharpe* – air tackle)
South Africa:
Off-side: 1 (Botha)
Scrum: 2 (CJ van der Linde, Steenkamp*)
South Africa missed a penalty kick at goal.
Free kicks conceded:
Australia: 6 (4 tackles, 2 scrums)
South Africa: 9 (9 tackles)
Of the free kicks, two were turned into scrums.
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.
Australia:
Line-outs: 9 (1 lost, 2 quick)
Scrums: 10 (7 reset, 8 collapses, 1 penalty)
Drop-outs: 4
South Africa:
Line-outs: 18 (2 lost, 1 quick)
Scrums: 7 (3 reset, 8 collapses, 2 free kicks)
Drop-outs: 2
The Tri-Nations is back in the Land of the Falling Scrum.
In the first Tri-Nations match, between New Zealand and South Africa, the scrums were 23, 2 resets, 3 collapses.
In the second Tri-Nations match, between New Zealand and South Africa, the scrums were 13, 1 resets, 3 collapses.
In the third Tri-Nations match, between Australia and South Africa, the scrums were 23, 10 reset, 16 collapses.
Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs):
Australia vs South Africa: 82
Stoppages in the Tri-Nations matches:
New Zealand vs South Africa (i): 81
New Zealand vs South Africa (ii): 71
Australia vs South Africa (i): 82
Tries
This is the number of tries each team scored.
Australia vs South Africa: 2
Australia: 2
South Africa: 0
Tries/penalties scored
This gives the ratio of tries scored to penalties scored by each team:
Australia: 2/1
South Africa: 0/3
The ratio of tries scored to penalties goaled is 2/4
In the first Test of the Tri-Nations the ratio was 2/5
In the second Test of the Tri-Nations the ratio was 3/11
