6N, Week 4, Part 1
Stats
In the third week of the Six Nations, there was France's massive victory over England in Paris, one of record proportions. Ireland beat the dogged Scots in the Dublin wet and Wales managed a draw against Italy in Cardiff though the Italians had the better of the second half.
We have already discussed the Italian try when Ezio Galon seemed in danger of forgetting that the dead-ball line was not a part of the in-goal area.
Cards
There were no cards this round, though Lee Byrne of Wales may just have been lucky to escape one for his tackle on Mirco Bergamasco.
Penalties conceded
In this section we record the times a team was penalised. In (i), for example, Wales were penalised 0 times, Italy 5 times.
• = points conceded
(i) Wales vs Italy
Total number of penalties: 14
Wales: 9
Italy: 5
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Wales:
Tackle/ruck: 5 (Sidoli, Owen, Martyn Williams* 2, Luscombe)
Off-side: 1 (Gough)
Discipline: 3 (Watkins – tackling man without ball, Byrne* – late tackle, Gough – obstruction))
Italy:
Tackle/ruck: 2 (Griffen, Bortolami)
Scrum: 2 (Perugini*, Festuccia & Castrogiovanni*)
Off-side: 1 (Griffen)
Discipline: 1 (Bortolami & Del Fava – obstruction)
Wales missed a kick at goal, Italy three.
(ii) Ireland vs Scotland
Total number of penalties: 14
Ireland: 5
Scotland: 9
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Ireland:
Tackle/ruck: 2 (Flannery, Wallace)
Off-side: 1 (O'Driscoll*)
Discipline: 2 (O'Kelly* – obstruction, Murphy* – deliberate knock-on)
Scotland:
Tackle/Ruck: 5 (Hogg, Paterson, Murray*, Kerr, Webster)
Off-side: 3 (Parks & Henderson*, Hogg, Douglas*)
Discipline: 1 (Kerr – not back 10)
Ireland missed two penalty kicks at goal
(iii) France vs England
Total number of penalties: 28
France: 9
England: 10
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
France:
Tackle/ruck: 2 (Magne, Fritz)
Off-side: 2 (Magne*, Nyanga)
Scrum: 2 (De Villiers, Szarzewski)
Discipline: 3 (Lièvremont – air tackle, Magne* – deliberate knock-on, Bonnaire – line-out obstruction)
England:
Tackle/ruck: 6 (Worsley*, Moody, Dawson*, Grewcock, Voyce, Cohen*)
Scrum: 2 (Thompson*, White)
Discipline: 2 (Borthwick – collapsed maul, Cohen – throwing away ball at penalty)
France missed two kicks at goal, England 1)
Tackles/Penalties
This gives the number of penalties at ruck/tackle as a fraction of the total number of penalties:
Ireland vs Italy: 13/21 = 63%
England vs Wales: 12/19 = 63%
Scotland vs France: 7/14 = 50%
France vs Ireland: 10/17 = 57%
Italy vs England: 16/19 = 89%
Wales vs Scotland: 9/21 = 43%
France vs Italy: 9/18 = 50%
Scotland vs England: 16/26 = 62%
Ireland vs Wales: 10/28 = 36%
Wales vs Italy: 7/14 = 50%
Ireland vs Scotland: 7/14 = 50%
France vs England: 8/19 = 42%
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. In (i), for example, France threw into 8 line-outs, Ireland into 9 scrums. A line-out lost is recorded and a skew throw-in. At scrums, resets, loss and sanctions are recorded.
(i) Wales vs Italy
Wales:
Line-outs: 27 (5 lost, 1 penalty)
Scrums: 12 (2 reset, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 2
Italy:
Line-outs: 10 (1 skew, 1 free kick, 1 reset)
Scrums: 15 (3 reset, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 1 (line-out)
Drop-outs: 1
(ii) Ireland vs Scotland
Ireland:
Line-outs: 15 (1 free kick, 1 penalty, 1 quick)
Scrums: 11 (3 reset)
Free-kicks: 2 (1 mark, 1 line-out)
Drop-outs: 0
Scotland:
Line-outs: 28 (3 lost, 1 skew, 1 free kick, 1 quick)
Scrums: 9 (2 reset, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: 2 (1 scrum, 1 line-out)
Drop-outs: 1
(iii) France vs England
France:
Line-outs: 14 (1 quick)
Scrums: 7 (1 reset, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 0
England:
Line-outs: 14 (2 lost)
Scrums: 7 (8 reset, 3 penalties)
Free- kicks: 3 (marks)
Drop-outs: 4
Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs):
Wales vs Italy: 88
Ireland vs Scotland: 87
France vs England: 77
Tries
This is the number of tries each team scored.
(i) Wales vs Italy:
Wales: 2
Italy: 2
(ii) Ireland vs Scotland:
Ireland: 0
Scotland: 0
(iii) France vs England:
France: 3
England: 1
Tries/penalties scored
This gives the ratio of tries scored to penalties scored by each team:
Wales: 2/2
Italy: 2/2
Ireland: 0/5
Scotland: 0/3
France: 3/4
England: 0/2
The ratio of tries scored to penalties goaled is 7/18.
Some Totals:
Penalties conceded:
Ireland vs Italy: 9 + 12 = 21
England vs Wales: 8 + 11 = 19
Scotland vs France: 6 + 8 = 14
France vs Ireland: 13 + 4 = 17
Italy vs England: 8 + 11 = 19
Wales vs Scotland: 13 + 8 = 21
France vs Italy: 7 + 11 = 18
Scotland vs England: 14 + 12 = 26
Ireland vs Wales: 9 + 19 = 28
Wales vs Italy: 9 + 5 = 14
Ireland vs Scotland: 5 + 9 = 14
France vs England: 9 + 10 = 19
Penalties conceded per country:
England: 8 + 11 + 12 + 10 = 41
France: 8 + 13 + 7 + 9 = 37
Ireland: 9 + 4 + 9 + 5 = 27
Italy: 12 + 8 + 11 + 5 = 36
Scotland: 6 + 8 + 14 + 9 = 37
Wales: 11 + 13 + 19 + 9 = 52
Tries scored per country:
England: 6 + 4 + 0 + 0 = 10
France: 2 + 6 + 5 + 3 = 16
Ireland: 2 + 4 + 3 + 0 = 9
Italy: 1 + 1 + 0 + 2 = 4
Scotland: 2 + 2 + 0 + 0 = 4
Wales: 1 + 4 + 1 + 2 = 8
Stoppages by match:
Ireland vs Italy: 88
England vs Wales: 75
Scotland vs France: 77
France vs Ireland: 73
Italy vs England: 86
Wales vs Scotland: 95
France vs Italy: 82
Scotland vs England: 88
Ireland vs Wales: 85
Wales vs Italy: 88
Ireland vs Scotland: 87
France vs England: 77
