Some Six Nations statistics, Round 2
In Round 2 Wales beat Scotland in a thriller, France’s were too good for Ireland and England just managed to spare their blushes against Italy. We give some statistics from the matches. You would be surprised which team passed least.
Results, Round 2
England vs Italy: 17-13
France vs Ireland, 33-10
Wales vs Scotland, 31-24
Sanctions
Again there were yellow cards – a telling pair for Scotland which reduced them to 13 men as Wales stormed home with an astonishing 17 points in 4 minutes.
Jerry Flattery did not get one and it would be surprising if he were not cited.
Round 2
Cian Healy (Ireland) – tackling a man without the ball
Scott Lawson (Scotland) – tackle infringement)
Phil Godmin (Scotland) – late tackle
Martín Castrogiovanni (Italy) – tackle infringement
Penalties conceded
In this section we record the times a team was penalised.
* = points conceded
(i) Wales vs Scotland
Total number of penalties: 19
Wales: 6
Scotland: 13
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Wales:
Tackle/ruck: 4 (Powell, Ryan Jones 2, Byrne*)
Scrum: 1 (Paul James)
Discipline: 1 (Ryan Jones – obstruction)
Scotland:
Tackle/ruck: 3 (Barclay, Cusiter, Lawson)
Off-side: 3 (Ford*, Sean Lamont, Cusiter)
Scrum: 5 (Murray* 4, Jacobsen)
Discipline: 2 (Hamilton – stamping; Godmin* – late tackle)
Wales missed a penalty kick at goal.
(ii) France vs Ireland
Total number of penalties: 18
France: 7
Ireland: 11
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
France:
Tackle/ruck: 4 (Domingo, Nallet, Servat, Dusautoir)
Off-side: 1 (Trinh-Duc)
Scrum: 1 (Szarzewski)
Discipline: 1 (Ouedraogo* – obstruction)
Ireland:
Tackle/Ruck: 4 (O’Gara, O’Leary, Court, Ryan)
Scrum: 3 (Court 3)
Discipline: 3 (Healy* – early tackle; Flannery – trip; Court* – late tackle; Ferris – air tackle)
Court came on for John Hayes after 51 minutes.
France missed a penalty kick at goal.
(iii) Italy vs England
Total number of penalties: 23
Italy: 11
England: 12
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Italy:
Tackle/ruck: 5 (Ghiraldini, Tebaldi*, Canavosio, Castrogiovanni*, Mirco Bergamasco)
Offside: 2 (Masi, Castrogiovanni)
Scrum: 1 (Castrogiovanni)
Discipline: 3 (Mauro Bergamasco* – collapsing maul; Zanni – not 10; Castrogiovanni – shoulder charge)
England:
Tackle/ruck: 7 (Borthwick, Easter*, Haskell, Cole, Moody, Flutey*, Thompson*)
Off-side: 3 (Care, Tait, Shaw*)
Discipline: 2 (Flutey* – high tackle; Moody – air tackle)
Italy missed two penalty kicks at goal, England two.
Tackles/Penalties
This gives the number of penalties at ruck/tackle as a fraction of the total number of penalties:
Wales vs Scotland: 7/19 – 37%
France vs Ireland: 8/18 – 44%
Italy vs England: 15/23 – 65%
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) Wales vs Scotland
Wales:
Line-outs: 11 (2 lost, 1 quick, 1 skew)
Scrums: 5 (4 reset, 8 collapses, 3 penalties)
Free-kicks: 1 (mark)
Drop-outs: 2
Wales did not put the ball into the scrum in the first half.
Scotland:
Line-outs: 10 (1 lost, 1 quick)
Scrums: 8 (4 reset, 5 collapses, 3 penalties, 2 free kicks)
Free-kicks: 2 (scrums)
Drop-outs: 3
The scrums in this match were a disgrace. 13 scrums, 8 resets, 13 collapses, 6 penalties, 2 free kicks. Not one scrum had an acceptable beginning and end.
(ii) France vs Ireland
France:
Line-outs: 11 (4 lost, 1 quick)
Scrums: 13 (6 reset, 5 collapses, 2 penalties)
Free-kicks: 2 (marks)
Drop-outs: 1
Ireland:
Line-outs: 10
Scrums: 5 (3 reset, 2 collapses)
Free-kicks: 1 (mark)
Drop-outs: 2
(iii) Italy vs England
Italy:
Line-outs: (1 lost, 1 skew)
Scrums: (2 reset, collapses, 1 lost, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: (1 scrum, 1 +10)
Drop-outs: 2
England:
Line-outs: 13 (2 lost, 1 quick)
Scrums: 5 (1 reset, 3 collapses, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: 2 (scrums)
Drop-outs: 2
Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs):
Wales vs Scotland: 69
France vs Ireland: 71
Italy vs England: 72
Tackles/rucks/mauls per match:
Wales vs Scotland: 379
France vs Ireland: 318
Italy vs England: 289
Tackles made
Wales: 73
Scotland: 136
France: 111
Ireland: 67
Italy: 81
England: 82
Tackles missed
Wales: 11
Scotland: 9
France: 12
Ireland: 9
Italy: 10
England: 8
Kicks per match
Wales vs Scotland: 54
Wales: 22
Scotland: 32
France vs Ireland: 62
France: 31
Ireland: 31
Italy vs England: 84
Italy: 44
England: 40
Passes per match
Wales vs Scotland: 330
Wales: 227
Scotland: 103
France vs Ireland: 275
France: 91
Ireland: 184
Italy vs England: 264
Italy: 138
England: 126
Tries
This is the number of tries each team scored.
(i) Wales vs Scotland: 5
Wales: 3
Scotland: 2
(ii) France vs Ireland: 4
France: 3
Ireland: 1
(iii) Italy vs England: 1
Italy: 0
England: 1
Tries/penalties scored
This gives the ratio of tries scored to penalties scored by each team:
Italy: 0/4
Wales: 3/4
England: 1/3
Ireland: 1/1
Scotland: 2/2
France: 3/2
The ratio of tries scored to penalties goaled is 10/16
In Week 1 the ratio was 16/17
Some Totals
Cian Healy (Ireland) – tackling a man without the ball
Scott Lawson (Scotland) – tackle infringement)
Phil Godmin (Scotland) – late tackle
Martín Castrogiovanni (Italy) – tackle infringement
James Haskell (England) – tripping
Shane Geraghty (England) – air tackle
Geoff Cross (Scotland) – air tackle
Martyn Williams (Wales) – deliberate infringement
Stoppages per match:
Ireland vs Italy: 78
England vs Wales: 83
Scotland vs France: 66
Wales vs Scotland: 69
France vs Ireland: 71
Italy vs England: 72
Tries per country
England: 3 + 1 = 4
France: 2 + 3 = 5
Ireland: 3 + 1 = 4
Italy: 1 + 0 = 1
Scotland: 0 + 2 = 2
Wales: 2 + 3 = 5
Penalties conceded per country
England: 10 + 12 = 22
France: 10 + 7 = 17
Ireland: 8 + 11 = 18
Italy: 10 + 11 = 21
Scotland: 5 + 13 = 18
Wales: 7 + 6 = 13
