Currie Cup semifinals - Stats
The two Currie Cup semifinals – Sharks vs Lions in Durban and Blue Bulls vs Cheetahs in Pretoria – both produced clear-cut winners and now we have two tense weeks before the final. We have some statistics from the two semifinals.
Sanctionary Cards
Mercifully there was not a card, sickly yellow or hectic red.
Cited and Suspended
Nobody.
(i) Sharks vs Lions
Penalties conceded: 21
Sharks: 13
Lions: 8
Reasons for the penalties:
* = points scored
Sharks
Tackle: 5 (Kankowski, Bismarck du Plessis, Mtawarira, Botes, Barritt)
Offside: 5 (Kankowski 2, Michalak, Bismarck du Plessis, Deysel)
Discipline: 3 (Sykes – high tackle; Bismarck du Plessis – man without ball; Mtawarira – late tackle)
Lions
Tackle: 5 (Wheeler, Joubert** 2, Grobbelaar, Van Zyl*)
Offside: 3 (Van Zyl* 2, Reynecke*)
Each side missed a penalty kick at goal
Line-outs
Sharks: 9 (1 lost, 1 skew, 2 free kicks)
Lions: 16 (5 lost, 1 skew, 1 free kick)
Scrums
Sharks: 9 (2 reset, 1 collapse)
Lions: 12
The number of resets is noticeably small.
Free kicks
Sharks: 3 (1 line-out, 2 marks)
Lions: 3 (2 line-outs, 1 mark)
Drop-outs
Sharks: 1
Lions: 3
Stoppages: 78
Injury stoppages: 5
Replacements: 15
Kicks: 61
Sharks: 35
Lions: 26
Tackle/ruck: 138
Maul: 11
Advantage:
Played: 26
Effected: 14
Tries: 4
Sharks: 2
Lions: 2
Penalties goaled:
Sharks 5
(ii) Blue Bulls vs Cheetahs
Penalties conceded
Blue Bulls: 14
Cheetahs: 7
Reasons for the penalties:
* = points scored
Blue Bulls:
Tackle: 8 (Stegmann*, Spies*, Rossouw, Van Heerden 2, Gerber, Mametsa & Olivier, Delport)
offside: 1 (Matfield)
Scrum: 2 (Kruger 2)
Discipline: 3 (Stegmann – man without ball, Delport – high tackle, Rossouw – air tackle)
Cheetahs:
Tackle: 5 (Brüssow** 2, A Strauss, Nokwe, De Bruyn)
Offside: 2 (Smith, Fortuin)
Cheetahs missed two penalty kicks at goal.
Line-outs
Blue Bulls: 9 (1 lost, 1 quick)
Cheetahs: 18 (3 lost, 1 skew, 1 free kick)
Scrums
Blue Bulls: 5
Cheetahs: 9 (3 reset, 1 collapse, 2 lost, 2 penalties)
Free kicks
Blue Bulls: 2 (1 mark, 1 line-out)
Cheetahs: 0
Drop-outs
Blue Bulls: 3
Cheetahs: 1
Stoppages: 71
Injury stoppages: 3
Replacements: 6
Kicks: 64
Blue Bulls: 31
Cheetahs: 33
Tackle/ruck: 144
Maul: 7
Advantage:
Played: 9
Effected: 3
Tries: 4
Blue Bulls: 3
Cheetahs: 1
Penalties goaled:
Blue Bulls: 3
Cheetahs: 4
Drop goal
Blue Bulls: 1
