RWC, Day 3, Statistics
There were four matches on Day 3 of the 2007 Rugby World Cup – Wales vs Canada, South Africa vs Samoa, Scotland vs Portugal and Ireland vs Namibia. There were not the runaway scores that happened on Day 2.
We shall also discuss some incidents from these three matches.
We give some Rugby World Cup stats accumulatively.
Sanctionary Cards
Carl Hayman of New Zealand became the first recipient of a yellow card. He was not the only one.
On day three there was just one – flank Jo?o Uva of Portugal.
Recipients so far
Carl Hayman (New Zealand) – punching
Salvatore Perugini (Italy) – air tackle
Vahafolau Esikia (USA) – tackle infringement
Lawrence Dallaglio (England) – tackle infringement
Paul Emerick (USA) – dangerous tackle
Jo?o Uva (Portugal) – tackle infringement
Penalties conceded
In this section we record the times a team was penalised.
Wales vs Canada
Total number of penalties: 15
Wales: 6
Canada: 9
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
* = points conceded
Wales:
Tackle/ruck: 3 (Gough, Morgan, Duncan Jones)
Off-side: 1 (Jonathan Thomas)
Discipline: 1 (Charvis – trip)
Canada:
Tackle/ruck: 5 (Thiel, James** 2, Riordan*, Tait)
Scrum: 2 (Snow)
Discipline: 2 (Williams – air tackle; Undetermined – air tackle)
Wales missed a penalty at goal.
Tackles/Penalties
This gives the number of penalties at ruck/tackle as a fraction of the total number of penalties: 8/15
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.
Wales vs Canada
The scrums in this match were a mess on Wales’s throw.
Wales:
Line-outs: 14 (2 lost)
Scrums: 8 (8 resets, 6 collapses, 2 penalties, 2 free kicks)
Free-kicks: 4 (2 marks, 1 line-out, 1 scrum)
Drop-outs: 2
Canada:
Line-outs: 14 (2 quick, 1 free kick)
Scrums: 9 (3 reset, 1 wheel, 1 lost, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: 3 (1 mark, 2 scrums)
Drop-outs: 0
Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs):
Wales vs Canada: 80
Tries
This is the number of tries each team scored.
Wales vs Canada:
Wales: 5
Canada: 3
Tries/penalties scored:
This gives the ratio of tries scored to penalties scored by each team:
Wales: 5/3
Canada: 2/0
(ii) South Africa vs Samoa
Total number of penalties: 18
South Africa: 5
Samoa: 13`
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
* = points conceded
South Africa:
Tackle/ruck: 4 (Pietersen, Smith, De Villiers, Matfield)
Discipline: 1 (Burger – air tackle)
Samoa:
Tackle/ruck: 3 (Va’a*, Henry Tuilagi*, Purdie)
Off-side: 4 (Henry Tuilagi, Tekori, Sititi, Seveali’i)
Scrum: 2 (Johnston 2)
Discipline: 4 (Sititi – high tackle; Undetermined – stamping; Henry Tuilagi – not 10; Lima – dangerous tackle)
Samoa missed a penalty kick at goal.
This gives the number of penalties at ruck/tackle as a fraction of the total number of penalties:
South Africa vs Samoa: 7/18
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.
There was an inordinately large number of scrums.
South Africa:
Line-outs: 8 (1 lost)
Scrums: 20 (4 reset, 2 collapses, 2 penalties)
Free-kicks: 1 (line-out)
Drop-outs: 0
Samoa:
Line-outs: 15 (7 lost, 1 skew, 1 free kick, 1 quick)
Scrums: 12 (2 reset, 1 collapse)
Free-kicks: 1 (mark)
Drop-outs: 1
Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs):
South Africa vs Samoa: 82
Tries
This is the number of tries each team scored.
South Africa vs Samoa:
South Africa: 7
Samoa: 1
Tries/penalties scored
This gives the ratio of tries scored to penalties scored by each team:
South Africa: 7/3
Samoa: 1/0
(iii) Scotland vs Portugal
Total number of penalties: 22
Scotland: 8
Portugal: 14
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
* = points conceded
Scotland:
Tackle/ruck: 3 (Di Rollo 2, Lawson)
Off-side: 2 (White, Hogg)
Scrum: 1 (Murray)
Discipline: 2 (White – obstruction; Hines – obstruction)
Portugal:
Tackle/ruck: 8 (David Mateus, Sousa, Penalva, Ferreira, Diogo Mateus, Jo?o Uva, Leal, Portela)
Off-side: 1 (Diogo Mateus)
Discipline: 5 (Jo?o Uva – punching; Jose Pinto – man without ball; Mure – punching; Penalva – collapsing maul)
Neither side 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 Portugal: 11/22
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.
Scotland:
Line-outs: 18 (1 lost, 1 free kick)
Scrums: 9 (2 reset, 1 collapse, 1 free kick, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 1 (scrum)
Drop-outs: 0
Portugal:
Line-outs: 14 (7 lost, 1 skew, 2 quick)
Scrums: 8 (5 reset, 3 collapses)
Free-kicks: 1 (line-out)
Drop-outs: 3
Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs):
Scotland vs Portugal: 83
Tries
This is the number of tries each team scored.
Scotland vs Portugal:
Scotland: 8
Portugal: 1
Tries/penalties scored
This gives the ratio of tries scored to penalties scored by each team:
Scotland: 8/0
Portugal: 1/1
(iv) Ireland vs Namibia
Total number of penalties: 19
Ireland: 5
Namibia: 14
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
* = points conceded
Ireland:
Tackle/ruck: 5 O’Connell 3, Horan*, O’Callaghan)
Namibia:
Tackle/ruck: 8 (Van Zyl, Lensing, Nieuwenhuis, Horn , Burger, 3, MacKenzie)
Scrum: 4 (Lensing 2, Du Toit)
Discipline: 2 (Several – not 10m; Du Plessis – collapsing maul)
Namibia 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:
Ireland vs Namibia: 13/19
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.
Ireland vs Namibia
Ireland:
Line-outs: 20 (1 lost, 1 reset, 2 skew)
Scrums: 8 (6 reset, 6 collapses, 1 free kick, 2 penalties, 1 penalty try)
Free-kicks: 1 (scrum)
Drop-outs: 4
Namibia:
Line-outs: 10 (1 lost, 1 quick)
Scrums: 15 (2 reset, 2 collapses, 1 free kick, 1 wheel, 2 penalties)
Free-kicks: 1 (scrum)
Drop-outs: 0
Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs):
Ireland vs Namibia: 87
Tries
This is the number of tries each team scored.
Ireland vs Namibia:
Ireland: 5
Namibia: 2
Tries/penalties scored
This gives the ratio of tries scored to penalties scored by each team:
Ireland: 5/1
Namibia: 2/1
Totals per match
Penalties
France vs Argentina: 8+ 9 = 17
New Zealand vs Italy: 3 + 8 = 11
Australia vs Japan: 6 + 6 = 12
England vs USA: 10 + 9 = 19
Wales vs Canada: 6 + 9 = 15
South Africa vs Samoa: 5 + 13 = 18
Scotland vs Portugal: 8 + 14 = 22
Ireland vs Namibia: 5 + 14 = 19
Tries
France vs Argentina: 0 + 1 = 1
New Zealand vs Italy: 11 + 2 = 13
Australia vs Japan: 13 + 0 = 13
England vs USA: 3 + 1 = 4
Wales vs Canada: 5 + 3 = 8
South Africa vs Samoa: 8 + 1 = 9
Scotland vs Portugal: 8 + 1 = 9
Ireland vs Namibia: 5 + 2 = 7
Stoppages
France vs Argentina: 71
New Zealand vs Italy: 58
Australia vs Japan: 60
England vs USA: 81
Wales vs Canada: 80
South Africa vs Samoa: 82
Scotland vs Portugal: 83
Ireland vs Namibia: 87
Penalties conceded per team
Argentina: 9
Australia: 6
Canada: 9
England: 10
Fiji:
France: 8
Georgia:
Ireland: 5
Italy: 8
Japan: 6
Namibia: 14
New Zealand: 3
Portugal: 14
Romania:
Samoa: 13
Scotland: 8
South Africa: 5
Tonga:
USA: 9
Wales: 6
Tries per team
After the first round only France and Japan have not scored tries. France!
Argentina: 1
Australia: 13
Canada: 3
England: 3
Fiji:
France: 0
Georgia:
Ireland: 5
Italy: 2
Japan: 0
Namibia: 2
New Zealand: 11
Portugal: 1
Romania:
Samoa: 1
Scotland:
South Africa: 8
Tonga:
USA: 1
Wales: 5
