August Test stats, week 2
We have statistics for two Tests this week – Scotland vs Ireland at Murrayfield and England vs France at Twickenham.
At Murrayfield Scotland won, at Twickenham France.
As usual we had great help from Soundsure’s Fair Play system.
We shall discuss some aspects of law later in the week.
Sanctionary Cards
There was none this week though Jamie Noon may have been fortunate to avoid one for his lift and dump tackle on David Marty.
Penalties conceded
In this section we record the times a team was penalised.
* = points conceded
(i) Scotland vs Ireland
Total number of penalties: 14
Scotland: 6
Ireland: 8
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Scotland:
Tackle/ruck: 5 (Hogg*, Hamilton*, White, Ford*, Brown)
Scrum: 1 (Smith)
Ireland:
Tackle/ruck: 4 (Flannery, Simon Best, Neil Best, Wallace)
Off-side: 1 (Quinlan)
Scrum: 1 (Simon Best)
Discipline: 2 (O’Connell – obstruction; Ferris – punch)
Scotland did not kick a penalty kick at goal. Ireland did not miss a penalty kick at goal.
(ii) England vs France
Total number of penalties: 17
England: 10
France: 7
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
England:
Tackle/ruck: 5 (Sheridan, Dallaglio, Regan*, Shaw, Barkley)
Off-side: 4 (Noon, Sheridan*, Worsley, Kay*)
Discipline: 1 (Noon – dangerous tackle)
France:
Tackle/Ruck: 3 (Poitrenaud*, Skrela*, Poux )
Off-side: 1 (Martin)
Scrum: 1 (Milloud)
Discipline: 2 (Rougerie – obstruction; Elissalde – dissent)
France missed a penalty kick at goal.
Tackles/Penalties
This gives the number of penalties at ruck/tackle as a fraction of the total number of penalties:
Scotland vs Ireland: 9/14 = 64%
England vs France: 8/17 = 47%
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) Scotland vs Ireland
Scotland:
Line-outs: 23 (1 lost, 1 quick)
Scrums: 10 (1 reset, 1 collapsed)
Free-kicks: 1 (scrum)
Drop-outs: 0
Ireland:
Line-outs: 11 (2 lost)
Scrums: 8 (5 reset, 6 collapses, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: 1 (mark)
Drop-outs: 1
(ii) England vs France
England:
Line-outs: 14 (3 lost)
Scrums: 8 (8 reset, 6 collapses, 1 penalty, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: 2 (scrums)
Drop-outs: 1
France:
Line-outs: 11 (2 lost, 1 skew, 1 free kick)
Scrums: 11 (1 reset, 1 collapse, 1 lost, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: 1 (line-out)
Drop-outs: 0
Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs):
Scotland vs Ireland: 75
England vs France: 74
Tackles/rucks/mauls per match:
Scotland vs Ireland: 199
England vs France: 176
Kicks per match
Scotland vs Ireland: 48
Scotland: 24
Ireland: 24
England vs France: 39
England: 17
France: 22
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.)
Scotland vs Ireland: 7 (6)
England vs France: 13 (5)
Hold-ups for injury:
Scotland vs Ireland: 20
England vs France: 3
Substitutions/replacements:
Scotland vs Ireland: 17 (5 for blood)
England vs France: 10
Tries
This is the number of tries each team scored.
(i) Scotland vs Ireland:
Scotland: 5
Ireland: 2
(ii) England vs France:
England: 0
France: 2
Tries/penalties scored
This gives the ratio of tries scored to penalties scored by each team:
Scotland: 5/0
France: 2/3
Ireland: 2/3
England: 0/4
The ratio of tries scored to penalties goaled is 9/10
