Scrums and play time
The second round of Six Nations matches was played this weekend. Again we look at how the scrums went and how long the ball was in play.
The Super 15 is upon us and we shall give the figures for that as well.
We have the names of the referees with each match, just as a matter of interest.
The ball-in-play time is sent to us by Jan Taljaard who has been keeping a record of this since 2000. The average for matches of this kind over the years is 33 minutes 27 seconds, which means that the England-Italy match is exceptional.
Ball in Play
Round 2
England vs Italy (Craig Joubert): 17 minutes 13 seconds + 22 minutes 59 seconds = 40 minutes 12 seconds
Scotland vs Wales (George Clancy): 16 minutes 29 seconds + 22 minutes 46 seconds = 39 minutes 15 seconds
Ireland vs France (Dave Pearson): 14 minutes 47 seconds + 19 minutes 17 seconds = 34 minutes 04 seconds
Round 1
Wales vs England (Alain Rolland): 18 minutes 28 seconds + 22 minutes 08 seconds = 40 minutes 36 seconds
Italy vs Ireland (Romain Poite): 19 minutes 05 seconds + 20 minutes 07 seconds = 39 minutes 12 seconds
France vs Scotland (Wayne Barnes): 20 minutes 03 seconds + 17 minutes 25 seconds = 37 minutes 28 seconds
Scrums
Round 2
England vs Italy: 5 scrums, 1 reset, 3 collapses, 1 penalty
Scotland vs Wales: 11 scrums, 6 resets, 10 collapses, 3 penalties, 2 free kicks
Ireland vs France: 20 scrums, 5 resets, 14 collapses, 3 penalties, 2 free kicks
Totals: 36 scrums, 12 resets, 27 collapses, 7 penalties, 4 free kicks
This week there were fewer scrums but more resets and more collapses. Penalties and free kicks are down; does that mean that fewer penalties means more resets?
Round 1
Wales vs England: 14 scrums, 2 resets, 6 collapses, 3 penalties, 2 free kicks
Italy vs Ireland: 14 scrums, 2 resets, 11 collapses, 6 penalties, 1 free kick and a penalty try
France vs Scotland: 14 scrums, 3 resets, 9 collapses, 4 penalties, 4 free kicks
Totals: 42 scrums, 5 resets, 26 collapses, 13 penalties, 7 free kicks, 1 penalty try
Percentages
Resets
Week 1: 12%
Week 2: 33%
Collapses
Week 1: 62%
Week 2: 75%
Penalties:
Week 1: 33% (including penalty try)
Week 2: 19%
Free kicks
Week 1: 16%
Week 2: 11%
