Some Six Nations statistics, Round 4
We give some statistics from the three matches in Round 4 of the 2011 Six Nations.
You can see how things like line-outs and scrums went, which teams and which players were most penalised, who kicked most and who passed most. Then there are also some totals from the four rounds. There you can see who scored most tries, who was penalised most, who kicked most and who passed most – and naturally who was least in each of these.
Results
Italy vs France, 22-21
Wales vs Ireland, 19-13
England vs Scotland, 22-16
Sanctions
Yellow Cards
The yellow card this week went to John Barclay. He had been giving the referee repeated advice which annoyed the referee. When it came to his turn to infringe at a tackle the referee did what Barclay had been recommending – sent him to the sin bin!
Yellow cards so far
Week 1
Louis Deacon (England) – infringement at a tackle – slapping the ball out of the scrumhalf’s hands. It was his team’s fourth penalty at a tackle.
Craig Mitchell (Wales) – tackle infringement. It was his team’s fourth infringement at a tackle
Denis Leamy (Ireland) – tackle infringement. It was his team’s sixth infringement at a tackle.
Week 2
Martín Castrogiovanni (Italy): deliberately knocking the ball away to prevent a tap kick
Bradley Davies (Wales): deliberate offence at a tackle – kicking the ball away.
Lee Byrne (Wales): high tackle
Week 3
Alan Jacobsen (Scotland) – scrum infringement
Week 4
John Barclay (Scotland) – tackle infringement
Penalties conceded
In this section we record the times a team was penalised.
* = points conceded
(i) Italy vs France
Total number of penalties: 19
Italy: 8
France: 11
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Italy:
Tackle/ruck: 5 (Dellapè, Garcia, Castrogiovanni** 2, Derbyshire)
Scrum: 2 (Castrogiovanni, Perugini)
Discipline: 1 (Orquera – man without ball)
France:
Tackle/ruck: 7 (Dusautoir*, Pierre, Huget, Rougerie, Trinh-Duc*, Marconnet, Guirado*)
Off-side: 2 (Dusautoir*, Harinordoquy)
Scrum: 2 (Marconnet 2)
Each side missed a penalty kick at goal.
(ii) Wales vs Ireland
Total number of penalties: 18
Wales: 10
Ireland: 8
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Wales:
Tackle/ruck: 8 (Williams, Byrne, Phillips*, Jonathan Davies 2, Alun Wyn Jones, Lydiate, Bradley Davies)
Off-side: 1 (Alun Wyn Jones)
Scrum: 1 (James)
Ireland:
Tackle/Ruck: 4 (Wallace, Best*, O’Callaghan, Undetermined)
Off-side: 2 (O’Brien** 2)
Scrum: 1 (Healy)
Discipline: 1 (Healy* – armless tackle)
Each side missed a penalty kick at goal.
(iii) England vs Scotland
Total number of penalties: 19
England: 8
Scotland: 11
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
England:
Tackle/ruck: 6 (Tindall, Ashton*, Corbisiero, Flood, Haskell, Banahan)
Offside: 1 (Tindall*)
Scrum: 1 (Corbisiero)
Scotland:
Tackle/ruck: 6 (Ansbro, Hines*, Barclay* 2, Evans, Ford)
Scrum: 4 (Low* 2, Jacobsen*, Ford)
Discipline: 1 (Ford – collapsing maul)
England missed a penalty kick at goal, Scotland three.
Tackles/Penalties
This gives the number of penalties at ruck/tackle as a fraction of the total number of penalties:
Italy vs France: 12/19 = 63%
Wales vs Ireland: 12/18 = 67%
England vs Scotland: 12/19 = 63%
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) Italy vs France
Italy:
Line-outs: 8 (1 lost, 1 skew, 1 quick)
Scrums: 9 (5 reset, 5 collapses, 2 lost, 2 free kicks, 3 penalties)
Free-kicks: 2 (scrums)
Drop-outs: 1
France:
Line-outs: ( lost)
Scrums: ( reset, collapses, penalties, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: (scrum)
Drop-outs:
(ii) Wales vs Ireland
Wales:
Line-outs: 18 (1 quick)
Scrums: 2 (2 collapses, 2 penalties)
Free-kicks: 3 (marks)
Drop-outs: 1
Ireland:
Line-outs: 16 (1 quick)
Scrums: 3 (2 reset, 4 collapses)
Free-kicks: 1 (mark)
Drop-outs: 3
(iii) England vs Scotland
England:
Line-outs: 12(1 skew, 1 quick)
Scrums: 3 (1 collapse, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: 2 (scrums)
Drop-outs: 1
Scotland:
Line-outs: 14 (3 lost, 1 reset)
Scrums: 8 (3 collapses, 1 free kick, 3 penalties)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 3
Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs):
Italy vs France: 58
Wales vs Ireland: 67
England vs Scotland: 60
Rucks/mauls per match
Italy vs France: 153
Wales vs Ireland: 180
England vs Scotland: 165
Using Possession
Kicks per match
Italy vs France: 38
Italy: 20
France: 18
Wales vs Ireland: 78
Wales: 36
Ireland: 42
England vs Scotland: 49
England: 21
Scotland: 28
Passes per match
Italy vs France: 297
Italy: 133
France: 164
Wales vs Ireland: 317
Wales: 132
Ireland: 185
England vs Scotland: 340
England: 217
Scotland: 123
Turnovers won
Italy vs France: 7
Italy: 5
France: 2
Wales vs Ireland: 7
Wales: 2
Ireland: 5
England vs Scotland: 7
England: 3
Scotland: 4
Tackles made
Italy vs France: 198
Italy: 101
France: 97
Wales vs Ireland: 204
Wales: 111
Ireland: 93
England vs Scotland: 219
England: 91
Scotland: 123
Tackles missed
Italy vs France: 12
Italy: 8
France: 4
Wales vs Ireland: 16
Wales: 12
Ireland: 4
England vs Scotland: 6
England: 0
Scotland: 6
Minutes in possession
Italy vs France: 57 minutes 49 seconds
Italy: 28 minutes 52 seconds
France: 28 minutes 57 seconds
Wales vs Ireland: 61 minutes 37 seconds
Wales: 29 minutes 20 seconds
Ireland: 32 minutes 17 seconds
England vs Scotland: 54 minutes 42 seconds
England: 34 minutes 33 seconds
Scotland: 20 minutes 9 seconds
Tries
This is the number of tries each team scored.
Italy vs France: 3
Italy: 1
France: 2
Wales vs Ireland: 2
Wales: 1
Ireland: 1
England vs Scotland: 2
England: 1
Scotland: 1
Tries/penalties scored
This gives the ratio of tries scored to penalties scored by each team:
Scotland: 1/2
Italy: 1/5
Ireland: 1/2
France: 2/3
Wales: 1/4
England: 1/5
The ratio of tries scored to penalties goaled is 7/21
In Week 1 the ratio was 16/17
In Week 2 it was 15/16
In Week 3 it was 8/17
Some Totals
Tries per country
England: 2 + 8 + 1 + 1 = 12
France: 4 + 1 + 0 + 2 = 7
Ireland: 1 + 3 + 3 + 1 = 8
Italy: 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 = 5
Scotland: 3 + 0 + 0 + 1 = 4
Wales: 1 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 6
Penalties conceded per country
England: 9 + 15 + 8 + 8 = 40
France: 6 + 7 + 7 + 11 = 31
Ireland: 13 + 10 + 12 + 8 = 43
Italy: 5 + 15 + 5 + 8 = 33
Scotland: 8 + 10 + 4 + 11 = 33
Wales: 8 + 12 + 14 + 10 = 44
Kicks per country
England: 21 + 16 +18 + 21 = 76
France: 19 + 16 + 21 + 18 = 74
Ireland: 21 + 10 + 24 + 42 = 97
Italy: 19 + 15 + 21 + 20 = 75
Scotland: 22 + 25 + 24 + 28 = 99
Wales: 25 + 27 + 26 + 36 = 114
Passes per country
England: 147 + 234 + 157 + 217 = 755
France: 169 + 152 + 150 + 164 = 635
Ireland: 193 + 126 + 144 + 185 = 648
Italy: 124 + 148 + 191 + 133 = 596
Scotland: 203 + 199 + 192 + 123 = 717
Wales: 185 + 107 + 150 + 132 = 574
