Some Six Nations statistics, Round 5
The 2010 Six Nations is over and France have the Grand Slam they deserved. We have some statistics, with totals, which will tell you about the teams – who scored the most tries and who conceded the most penalties; that sort of thing.
The surprise result was Scotland’s defeat of Ireland at Croke Park.
Results
France vs England, 12-10
Scotland vs Ireland, 23-20
Wales vs Italy, 33-10
Sanctions
There was just one yellow card this weekend – to Mauro Bergamasco (Italy) for repeated infringements – much to his chagrin.
Penalties conceded
In this section we record the times a team was penalised.
* = points conceded
(i) France vs England
Total number of penalties:
France: 5
England: 10
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
France:
Tackle/ruck: 3 (Jauzion, Parra*, Szwarzewski)
Discipline: 2 (Bonnaire – obstruction; Nallet – collapsing maul)
England:
Tackle/ruck: 4 (Flutey*, Deacon, Easter, Haskell)
Off-side: 1 (Shaw)
Scrum: 3 (Cole** 3)
Discipline: 2 (Shaw – no arms; Hartley – shoulder charge)
France missed a penalty kick at goal.
(ii) Ireland vs Scotland
Total number of penalties: 16
Ireland: 7
Scotland: 9
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Ireland:
Tackle/ruck: 5 (O’Callaghan, Kearney** 2, O’Connell, Heaslip*)
Off-side: 1 (O’Connell*)
Scrum: 1 (Hayes)
Scotland:
Tackle/Ruck: 3 (Cusiter, Barclay, Beattie)
Off-side: 2 (Kellock, Jacobsen*)
Scrum: 2 (Murray*)
Discipline: 2 (Cusiter – man without ball; De Luca – man without ball)
Ireland missed two penalty kicks at goal, Scotland one.
(iii) Wales vs Italy
Total number of penalties: 21
Wales: 7
Italy: 14
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Wales:
Tackle/ruck: 3 (Ryan Jones, James, Warburton)
Scrum: 2 (Adam Jones 2)
Offside: 1 (Thomas*)
Discipline: 1 (Shanklin – obstruction)
Italy:
Tackle/ruck: 7 (Zanni* 2, Canavosio*, Perugini 2, Mauro Bergamasco, Vosawai)
Off-side: 2 (Bortolami, Sole)
Scruum: 1 (Perugini*)
Discipline: 4 (Perugini – stamping; Mauro Bergamasco – man without ball; Geldenhuys – not 10; Geldenhuys – collapsing maul)
Italy 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:
France vs England: 7/15 = 47%
Ireland vs Scotland: 8/16 = 50%
Wales vs Italy: 10/21 = 48%
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) France vs England
France:
Line-outs: 16 (2 lost, 1 skew, 1 free-kick, 1 reset, 1 quick)
Scrums: 10 (3 reset, 2 collapses, 1 free-kick, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 3 (2 scrumsa, 1 lineout)
Drop-outs: 4
England:
Line-outs: 16 (3 lost, 1 skew, 1 quick, 1 free-kick, 1 penalty)
Scrums: 8 (1 reset, 2 collapses, 1 penalty, 1 free-kick)
Free-kicks: 2 (1 mark, 1 lineout)
Drop-outs: 2
(ii) Ireland vs Scotland
Ireland:
Line-outs: 17 (6 lost, 1 skew)
Scrums: 5 (1 reset, 1 collapse, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 1
Scotland:
Line-outs: 5 (1 lost)
Scrums: 12 (7 reset, 8 collpases, 2 penalties, 4 free-kicks)
Free-kicks: 5 (1 mark, 4 scrums)
Drop-outs: 0
(iii) Wales vs Italy
Wales:
Line-outs: 13 (1 quick)
Scrums: 7 (1 reset, 3 collapses, 2 free-kicks, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 3 (2 scrums, 1 mark)
Drop-outs: 2
Italy:
Line-outs: 9 (1 lost, 1 quick, 1 free-kick)
Scrums: 9 (4 reset, 5 collapses, 2 free-kicks)
Free-kicks: 3 (2 scrums, 1 lineout)
Drop-outs: 1
Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free-kicks, penalties, drop-outs):
France vs England: 81
Ireland vs Scotland: 68
Wales vs Italy: 73
Kicks per match
France vs England: 73
France: 38
England: 35
Ireland vs Scotland: 37
Ireland: 16
Scotland: 21
Wales vs Italy: 62
Wales: 29
Italy: 33
Passes per match:
France vs England: 265
France: 119
England: 146
Ireland vs Scotland: 250
Ireland: 126
Scotland: 124
Wales vs Italy: 317
Wales: 203
Italy: 114
Tries
This is the number of tries each team scored.
(i) France vs England: 1
France: 0
England: 1
(ii) Ireland vs Scotland: 3
Ireland: 2
Scotland: 1
(iii) Wales vs Italy: 4
Wales: 3
Italy: 1
Tries/penalties scored
This gives the ratio of tries scored to penalties scored by each team:
Wales: 3/3
France: 0/3
Italy: 1/1
Scotland: 1/5
England: 1/1
Ireland: 2/2
The ratio of tries scored to penalties goaled is 8/15
Some Totals
Yellow Cards
Cian Healy (Ireland) – tackling a man without the ball
Scott Lawson (Scotland) – tackling man without the ball
Phil Godmin (Scotland) – late tackle
Martín Castrogiovanni (Italy) – tackle infringement
James Haskell (England) – tripping
Shane Geraghty (England) – air tackle
Alun-Wyn Jones (Wales) – tripping
Martyn Williams (Wales) – deliberate infringement
Morgan Parra (France) – deliberate knock-on
Lee Byrne (Wales) – deliberate infringement
Gonzalo Garcia (Italy) – dangerous tackle
Mauro Bergamsco (Taly) – repeated infroingement
If you gave points, 1 for a yellow card and three for a red card or a guilty citing, the log would look like this:
England: Y,Y – 2
France: Y = 1
Ireland: Y = 1
Italy: Y, Y, Y = 3
Scotland: Y, Y = 2
Wales: Y, Y, Y = 3
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
Wales vs France: 75
Italy vs Scotland: 72
England vs Ireland: 67
Scotland vs England: 73
Ireland vs Wales: 69
France vs Italy: 76
France vs England: 81
Ireland vs Scotland: 68
Wales vs Italy: 73
Tries per country
England: 3 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 1 = 6
France: 2 + 3 + 2 + 6 + 0 = 13
Ireland: 3 + 1 + 3 + 3 + 2 = 12
Italy: 1 + 0 + 1 + 2 + 1 = 5
Scotland: 0 + 2 + 0 + 0 + 1 = 3
Wales: 2 + 3 + 2 + 0 + 3 = 10
Penalties conceded per country
England: 10 + 12 + 6 + 8 + 10 = 46
France: 10 + 7 + 10 + 10 + 5 = 42
Ireland: 8 + 11 + 13 + 16 + + 7 = 54
Italy: 10 + 11 + 11 + 14 + 14 = 60
Scotland: 5 + 13 + 10 + 10 + 9 = 47
Wales: 7 + 6 + 10 + 10 + 7 = 40
