Some Six Nations statistics, Round 4
The weather in Europe was terrible and the Six Nations rugby did little to lift the gloom, not even in sunny Dublin. The drier the match, the fewer the stoppages; the wetter, the more – as the staistics show.
We gave some statistics from the matches. We shall later discuss some law matters from the matches.
We shall do the same for the seven Super 14 matches.
Sanctions
Both yellow cards this weekend went to Wales – both for nastiness. Mike Phillips, who seems to have a nasty streak, dropped a knee on an opponent and hurt him. Martyn Williams tripped an opponent. Phil Vickery was cited and suspended for this at the World Cup. Williams was not cited. It’s hard to spot the difference.
Yellow cards so far:
Santiago Dellapè (Italy) – punching
Simon Easterby (Ireland) – tackle infringement, his fourth in the match
Nathan Hines (Scotland) – striking an opponent
Mirco Bergamasco (Italy) – tackle infringement
Mike Phillips (Wales) – kneeing an opponent
Martyn Williams (Wales) – tripping
Citing and Suspension:
Mauro Bergamasco (Italy) – 13 weeks for eye gouging
Penalties conceded
In this section we record the times a team was penalised.
* = points conceded
(i) Ireland vs Wales
Total number of penalties: 16
Ireland: 6
Wales: 10
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Ireland:
Tackle/ruck: 2 (Kearney, Horan*)
Off-side: 1 (Reddan)
Scrum: 1 (Hayes)
Discipline: 2 (Heaslip – line-out obstruction; Jackman* – shoulder)
Wales:
Tackle/ruck: 3 (Shane Williams & Wyn Jones, Martyn Williams, Jonathan Thomas)
Off-side: 2 (Ryan Jones, Stephen Jones)
Scrum: 2 (Jenkins, “whole front row”)
Discipline: 3 (Phillips – kneeing; Gough – air tackle; Martyn Williams – trip)
Wales missed two penalty kicks at goal.
(ii) Scotland vs England
Total number of penalties: 20
Scotland: 9
England: 11
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Scotland:
Tackle/ruck: 5 (Walker, Blair, Taylor, Hogg, Morrison)
Off-side: 2 (MacLeod, MacLeod & Hines)
Scrum: 2 (Jacobsen*, Murray) England:
Tackle/Ruck: 8 (Sheridan*** 4, Shaw, Borthwick & Easter, Balshaw, Stevens)
Off-side: 2 (Borthwick, Sackey)
Discipline: 1 (Shaw – man without ball)
England missed a penalty kick at goal.
(iii) France vs Italy
Total number of penalties: 16
France: 9
Italy: 7
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
France:
Tackle/ruck: 5 (Szarzewski*, Ouedraogo, Poux, Thomas, Méla)
Scrum: 2 (Barcella, Guirado)
Off-side: 2 (Picamoles, Nallet)
Italy:
Tackle/ruck: 5 (Mirco Bergamasco 2, Dal Fava, Parisse, Bortolami*)
Off-side: 1 (Lo Cicero)
Discipline: 1 (Mirco Bergamasco* – man without ball)
Neither missed a penalty kick at goal.
Italy conceded no penalties in the second half.
Tackles/Penalties
This gives the number of penalties at ruck/tackle as a fraction of the total number of penalties:
Ireland vs Wales: 5/16 = 37,5%
Scotland vs England: 12/20 = 60%
France vs Italy: 10/16 = 62,5%
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) Ireland vs Wales
Ireland:
Line-outs: 9 (1 free kick, 1 penalty)
Scrums: 9 (4 reset, 3 collapses, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 1 (line-out)
Drop-outs: 3
Wales:
Line-outs: 17 (1 lost, 1 penalty, 1 reset)
Scrums: 7 (1 reset, 1 collapse. 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 3 (marks)
Drop-outs: 1
(ii) Scotland vs England
Scotland:
Line-outs: 15 (2 lost, 1 reset)
Scrums: 10 (4 reset, 3 collapses, 2 free kicks, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 2 (1 scrum, 1 mark)
Drop-outs: 1
England:
Line-outs: 19 (2 lost, 2 quick)
Scrums: 6 (2 reset, 2 collapses, 1 wheel, 1 penalty 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: 5 (2 scrums, 3 marks)
Drop-outs: 1
(iii) France vs Italy
France:
Line-outs: 15 (4 lost, 1 quick)
Scrums: 6 (1 reset, 1 collapse)
Free-kicks: 1 (dummying)
Drop-outs: 0
Italy:
Line-outs: 17 (1 lost, 1 free kick, 1 reset)
Scrums: 13 (8 reset, 7 collapses, 1 penalty, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: 2 (1 scrum, 1 line-out)
Drop-outs: 0
Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs):
Ireland vs Wales: 72
Scotland vs England: 87
France vs Italy: 80
Tackles made:
Ireland vs Wales: 128 + 89
Scotland vs England: 103 + 90
France vs Italy: 72 + 81
Tackles missed:
Ireland vs Wales: 10 + 7
Scotland vs England: 2 + 7
France vs Italy: 4 + 10
Kicks per match
Ireland vs Wales: 51
Ireland: 33
Wales: 28
Scotland vs England: 73
Scotland: 38
England: 35
France vs Italy: 51
France: 24
Italy: 27
Passes per match:
Ireland vs Wales: 222
Ireland: 75
Wales: 147
Scotland vs England: 230
Scotland: 96
England: 134
France vs Italy: 171
France: 90
Italy: 81
Minutes in possession
Ireland vs Wales: 29 mins 57 secs + 37 mins 47 secs = 67 mins 44 secs
Scotland vs England: 21 mins 36 secs + 25 mins 16 secs = 46 mins 52 secs
France vs Italy: 50 mins 35 secs + 34 mins 2 secs = 84 mins 47 secs
Substitutions/replacements:
Ireland vs Wales: 6
Scotland vs England: 13
France vs Italy: 14
Tries
This is the number of tries each team scored.
(i) Ireland vs Wales: 1
Ireland: 0
Wales: 1
(ii) Scotland vs England: 0
Scotland: 0
England: 0
(iii) France vs Italy: 4
France: 3
Italy: 1
Tries/penalties scored
This gives the ratio of tries scored to penalties scored by each team:
France: 3/2
Ireland: 0/4
Italy: 1/2
England: 0/3
Wales: 1/3
Scotland: 0/5
The ratio of tries scored to penalties goaled is 5/19
In Week 1 the ratio was 14/13.
In Week 2 the ratio was 5/22.
In Week 3 the ratio was 16/17
Some Totals
Tries per country
England: 1 + 2 + 2 + 0 = 5
France: 3 + 4 + 1 + 3 = 11
Ireland: 1 + 2 + 5 + 0 = 8
Italy: 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 4
Scotland: 0 + 0 + 1 + 0 = 1
Wales: 2 + 3 + 5 + 1 = 11
Penalties conceded per country
England: 7 + 10 + 9 + 11 = 37
France: 7 + 8 + 11 + 9 = 35
Ireland: 11 + 1 + 9 + 6 = 27
Italy: 8 + 6 + 11 + 7 = 32
Scotland: 10 + 6 + 5 + 9 = 30
Wales: 7 + 10 + 8 + 10 = 35
Kicks per country
England: 33 + 25 + 18 + 35 = 111
France: 25 + 24 + 17 + 24 = 90
Ireland: 32 + 23 + 28 + 33= 116
Italy: 33 + 24 + 33 + 27 = 117
Scotland: 23 + 31 20 + 38 = 112
Wales: 27 + 32 + 28 + 38 = 115
Passes per country
England: 97 + 83 + 82 + 134 = 396
France: 155 + 118 + 142 + 90 = 505
Ireland: 115 + 174 + 76 + 76 = 441
Italy: 106 + 158 + 71 + 81 = 416
Scotland: 130 + 41 + 79 + 96 = 346
Wales: 87 + 131 + 140 + 147 = 505
Stoppages per match (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs):
Ireland vs Italy: 82
Scotland vs France: 70
England vs Wales: 64
Wales vs Scotland: 73
France vs Ireland: 68
Italy vs England: 78
Wales vs Italy: 72
`Ireland vs Scotland: 65
France vs England: 85
Ireland vs Wales: 72
Scotland vs England: 87
France vs Italy: 80
