June Tests - Week 1 stats
We have some statistics in four matches played this weekend – New Zealand vs France. Australia vs Wales, South Africa vs England and Argentina vs Ireland.
Again it was a clean sweep for the Southern Hemisphere countries who now lead 7-0 over the two weekends.
We have some statistics which concern mainly sanctions, getting possession and scoring. In this we are greatly helped by Soundsure.
Sanctionary Cards
There was none in Week 1 but two this week.
Recipients:
Benjamin Boyet (France) – not retreating at a penalty and tackling Piri Weepu just short of the line.
Bryan Habana (South Africa) – deliberate knock-on when England were close to the line.
Penalties conceded
In this section we record the times a team was penalised.
* = points conceded
(I) New Zealand vs France
Total number of penalties: 16
New Zealand: 4
France: 12
In the first half New Zealand conceded just one penalty.
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
New Zealand:
Tackle/ruck: 2 (Thorne*, Sivivatu)
Off-side: 1 (Thorne)
Discipline: 1 (Williams* – High)
France:
Tackle/ruck: 4 (Castaignede’s*, Olibeau, Pierre. Magne)
Off-side: 5 (Pierre, Le Corvec*, Magne, Califano, Chabal)
Scrum: 2 (Califano, Bruno)
Discipline: 1 (Boyet – +10)
Neither side missed a penalty kick at goal.
(ii) Australia vs Wales
Total number of penalties: 12
Australia: 3
Wales: 9
Australia were not penalised once in the second half.
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Australia:
Tackle/ruck: 2 (Ashley-Cooper 2)
Off-side: 1 (Smith)
Wales:
Tackle/Ruck: 4 (Czekaj, Jonathan Thomas* 2, Brew *)
Off-side: 5 (Brew, Jonathan Thomas, Gavin Thomas, Phillips, Horsman)
Scrum: 1 (Ceri Jones)
Discipline: 2 (Gareth Thomas – air tackle, Sweeney – high)
Wales missed a penalty kick at goal.
(iii) South Africa vs England
Total number of penalties: 16
South Africa: 9
England: 6
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
South Africa:
Tackle/ruck: 4 (Spies, Ndungane, Van der Linde** 2)
Off-side: 1 (Burger)
Scrum: 2 (Van der Linde, Carstens)
Discipline: 2 (Habana – deliberate knock-on; Burger – armless tackle)
England:
Tackle/ruck: 3 (Stevens*, Easter, Alex Brown)
Off-side: 3 (Winters, Easter, Alex Brown)
South Africa and England each missed a penalty kick at goal.
(iv) Argentina vs Ireland
Total number of penalties: 16
Argentina: 8
Ireland: 8
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Argentina:
Tackle/ruck: 4 (Ayerza & Durand, Agulla, Lobbe, Leguizamon)
Off-side: 1 (Lobbe)
Scrum: 1 (Ayerza)
Discipline: 2 (Undetermined – collapsing maul; Lozada – punch))
Ireland:
Tackle/ruck: 6 (Sheahan & Quinlan*, O’Driscoll 2, Quinlan* 2, Jennings*)
Off-side: 1 (O’Driscoll, Young)
Scrum: 1 (Simon Best)
Argentina missed a penalty kick at goal, Ireland missed three.
Tackles/Penalties
This gives the number of penalties at ruck/tackle as a fraction of the total number of penalties:
New Zealand vs France: 6/16 = 37%
Australia vs Wales: 6/12 = 50%
South Africa vs England: 7/16 = 43%
Argentina vs Ireland: 10/16 = 62%
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) New Zealand vs France
New Zealand:
Line-outs: 16 (3 lost, 1 skew, 2 free kicks, 1 penalty, 1 quick)
Scrums: 16 (10 reset, 7 collapses, 1 free kick, 2 penalties)
Free-kicks: 3 (1 scrum, 2 line-outs)
Drop-outs: 0
France:
Line-outs: 9 (1 lost)
Scrums: 12 (4 reset, 2 collapses, 1 lost, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: 2 (1 scrum, 1 mark)
Drop-outs: 1
(ii) Australia vs Wales
Australia:
Line-outs: 19 (1 lost, 4 skew, 1 quick)
Scrums: 10 (6 reset, 4 collapses, 3 free kicks)
Free-kicks: 3 (2 scrums, 1 +10)
Drop-outs: 0
Wales:
Line-outs: 8 (2 lost, 2 skew)
Scrums: 19 (5 reset, 4 collapses, 3 penalties, 2 free kicks)
Free-kicks: 4 (3 scrums, 1 mark)
Drop-outs: 0
(iii) South Africa vs England
South Africa:
Line-outs: 18 (2 lost, 1 quick)
Scrums: 11 (6 reset, 4 collapses, 1 lost, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: 2 (1 scrum, 1 line-out)
Drop-outs: 2
England:
Line-outs: 13 (4 lost, 1 free kick, 1 quick)
Scrums: 9 (1 reset, 2 collapses, 2 penalties, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: 1 (scrum)
Drop-outs: 1
(iv) Argentina vs Ireland
Argentina:
Line-outs: 17 (3 lost, 1 skew, 2 free kicks)
Scrums: 13 (7 reset, 1 lost, 1 free kick, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 3 (2 line-outs, 1 scrum)
Drop-outs: 3
Ireland:
Line-outs: 9 (1 lost, 1 quick)
Scrums: 10 (10 reset, 8 collapses, 1 penalty, 2 free kicks)
Free-kicks: 4 (2 scrums, 2 marks)
Drop-outs: 1
Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs):
New Zealand vs France: 89
Australia vs Wales: 83
South Africa vs England: 80
Argentina vs Ireland: 93
Tackles/rucks/mauls per match:
New Zealand vs France: 139
Australia vs Wales: 144
South Africa vs England: 149
Kicks per match
New Zealand vs France: 39
New Zealand: 17
France: 22
Australia vs Wales: 40
Australia: 15
Wales: 25
South Africa vs England: 149
South Africa: 24
England: 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.)
New Zealand vs France: 24 (10)
Australia vs Wales: 16 (3)
South Africa vs England: 16 (10)
Hold-ups for injury:
New Zealand vs France: 14
Australia vs Wales: 15
South Africa vs England: 6
Substitutions/replacements:
New Zealand vs France: 13
Australia vs Wales: 14
South Africa vs England: 12
Tries
This is the number of tries each team scored.
(I) New Zealand vs France: 6
New Zealand: 5
France: 1
(ii) Australia vs Wales: 3
Australia: 3
Wales: 0
(iii) South Africa vs England: 9
South Africa: 8
England: 1
(iv) Argentina vs Ireland: 1
Argentina: 1
Ireland: 0
Tries/penalties scored
This gives the ratio of tries scored to penalties scored by each team this weekend:
Argentina: 1/3
Australia: 3/4
England: 1/5
France: 1/2
Ireland: 0/0
New Zealand: 5/3
South Africa: 8/1
Wales: 0/0
