Stats reveal clear picture of NZ's victory over Boks
STATISTICAL SPOTLIGHT: The All Blacks outplayed the Springboks at Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland on Saturday and the statistics will show a clear picture of this.
New Zealand outscored their opponents by four tries to three in the match, but there could have been a lot more for the hosts.
Looking at the attacking stats, the All Blacks made 120 carries compared to the Boks’ 103. With those carries the All Blacks beat 30 defenders, while the Boks beat 20 in the same category.
New Zealand also had 10 clean breaks compared to the Boks’ three
With those numbers, it is no surprise that the All Blacks had 56 percent of the possession in the game.
What will be worrying for the Boks is that they played in the wrong areas of the field with some of the possession that they had.
An interesting stat is the points scored per 22-metre entry.
The All Blacks averaged 3.6 points per entry across eight entries, while the Boks managed 2.4 across seven.
On defence, the Springboks made 147 tackles in the match and they missed 30. The All Blacks made 122 tackles and missed 20.
The All Blacks had a superior kicking game in the match which kept the Boks under pressure.
The Boks struggled to field high balls and the All Blacks kept bombarding them with it.
The All Blacks made 28 kicks in play compared to the Boks’ 14.
Flyhalves play a key role in the kicking game and Richie Mo’unga kicked the ball in play eight times.
South Africa’s Damian Willemse only had one kick in play, according to SANZAAR‘s stats.
Fullback Beauden Barrett leads the way in that category with 12 kicks in play.
In the discipline category, the Springboks (12) conceded four more penalties than the All Blacks (eight).
Stats by: RugbyPass
