Six Nations, Week 1, Part 2
Stats
On the first week of the RBS Six Nations Ireland played Italy, England played Wales and Scotland played France – all matches won by the home sides.
We have already had one discussion on stamping (click here to refresh) and shall, if necessary, have another look at it. The main part of the discussion will be on other incidents from the three matches – just as a way of refreshing our thoughts on the most complicated laws of any in the sporting world.
Cards
There were two.
Ramiro Pez of Italy got one for a late tackle.
Martyn Williams got one for playing a man in the air.
Denis Leamy of Ireland was cited.
Penalties conceded
In this section we record the times a team was penalised. In (i), for example, Italy were penalised 11 times, Ireland 9 times.
• = points conceded
(i) Ireland vs Italy
Total number of penalties: 21
Ireland: 9
Italy: 12
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Ireland:
Tackle/ruck: 6 (Murphy 2, Hayes, Horgan*, Easterby* 2)
Scrum: 1 (Horan*)
Discipline: 2 (O'Kelly – obstruction, O'Connell – collapsing maul)
Italy:
Tackle/ruck: 7 (Canavosio, Ongaro, Sole, Mirco Bergamasco* 2, Parisse*, Nieto*)
Off-side: 1 (Nitoglia)
Scrum: 1 (Nieto)
Discipline: 3 (Mauro Bergamasco – late tackle, Pez* – late tackle, Castrogiovanni – punch)
The sides each missed a kick at goal.
(ii) England vs Wales
Total number of penalties: 19
England: 8
Wales: 11
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
England:
Tackle/ruck: 6 (Sheridan, Cueto 2, Borthwick, Noon, Moody)
Off-side: 1 (Ellis*)
Discipline: 1 (Stevens – air tackle)
Wales:
Tackle/Ruck: 6 (Mark Jones 2, Martyn Williams, Watkins*, Charvis* 2)
Off-side: 1 (Cooper)
Scrum: 1 (Adam Jones)
Discipline: 3 (Owen – obstruction, Charvis & Owen – collapsing maul, Sidoli – early tackle)
England missed a penalty kick at goal
(iii) Scotland vs France
Total number of penalties: 14
Scotland: 6
France: 8
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Scotland:
Tackle/ruck: 3 (Douglas*, Webster, Paterson)
Scrum: 1 (Douglas)
Discipline: 2 (Kellock – air tackle, Henderson – high tackle)
France:
Tackle/ruck: 4 (Heymans, Nyanga*, Valbon, Bonnaire)
Discipline: 4 (Szarzewski – collapsing maul, Dominici* – early tackle, Elissalde – deliberate knock-on, Nyanga – collapsing maul)
Tackles/Penalties
This gives the number of penalties at ruck/tackle as a fraction of the total number of penalties:
Ireland vs Italy: 13/21 = 63%
England vs Wales: 12/19 = 63%
Scotland vs France: 7/14 = 50%
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. In (i), for example, Ireland threw into 21 line-outs, Italy into 7 scrums. A line-out lost is recorded and a skew throw-in. At scrums, resets, loss and sanctions are recorded.
(i) Ireland vs Italy
Ireland:
Line-outs: 21 (3 lost)
Scrums: 7 (5 reset, 1 free kick, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 3 (mark, 2 scrums)
Drop-outs: 1
Italy:
Line-outs: 26 (4 lost, 1 quick)
Scrums: 7 (2 reset, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 2
(ii) England vs Wales
England:
Line-outs: 20 (1 quick)
Scrums: 5 (3 reset, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 2
Wales:
Line-outs: 14 (2 lost, 1 skew)
Scrums: 8 (7 reset, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: 7 (2 marks, 1 scrum, 4 line-outs)
Drop-outs: 0
(iii) Scotland vs France
Scotland:
Line-outs: 19 (5 lost, 2 skew)
Scrums: 13 (4 reset, 2 free kicks, 1 lost)
Free-kicks: 2 (1 mark, 1 scrum)
Drop-outs: 1
France:
Line-outs: 15 (2 lost, 3 free kicks, 1 quick)
Scrums: 5 (3 reset, 1 free kick)
Free- kicks: 6 ()3 line-outs, 2 scrums, 1 mark)
Drop-outs: 2
Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs):
Ireland vs Italy: 88
England vs Wales: 75
Scotland vs France: 77
Tries
This is the number of tries each team scored.
(i) Ireland vs Italy:
Ireland: 2
Italy: 1
(ii) England vs Wales:
England: 6
Wales: 1
(iii) Scotland vs France:
Scotland: 2
France: 2
