Stat superlatives for November
We give some statistical totals for the three-week period when the International Board. Test window was open. There may be some easy ones – most tries scored and fewest tries, most penalties conceded and fewest penalties, most penalties scored and most penalty attempts missed, line-out throws and failures. And you can see who the most penalised player is.
These stats do not include the first week of November when Australia, New Zealand and South Africa played against Wales, England and Ireland.
Results
These include the early matches played by Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
Argentina vs Italy, 22-16
Australia vs France, 59-16
Australia vs Italy, 32-14
Australia vs Wales, 25-16
England vs Australia, 35-18
England vs Samoa, 26-13
France vs Argentina, 15-9
France vs Fiji, 34-12
Italy vs Fiji, 24-16
Ireland vs Argentina, 29-9
Ireland vs Samoa, 20-10
New Zealand vs Scotland, 49-3
New Zealand vs Ireland, 38-18
New Zealand vs England, 26-16
New Zealand vs Wales, 37-25
Scotland vs South Africa, 21-17
Scotland vs Samoa, 19-16
South Africa vs England, 21-11
South Africa vs Ireland, 23-21
South Africa vs Wales, 29-25
Wales vs Fiji, 16-16
Tries Scored
New Zealand and Australia are well ahead of the rest.
Argentina: 1
Australia: 10
England: 5
Fiji: 2
France: 4
Ireland: 6
Italy: 2
New Zealand: 16
Samoa: 4
Scotland: 1
South Africa: 5
Wales: 5
Penalties scored
Argentina: 11
Australia: 12
England: 13
Fiji: 10
France: 12
Ireland: 9
Italy: 15
New Zealand: 6
Samoa: 5
Scotland: 10
South Africa: 7
Wales: 11
Penalties missed
Surprising – but South Africa missed more penalty kicks at goal than any other side – and also more drop attempts, by the way.
Argentina: 4
Australia: 4
England: 0
Fiji: 4
France: 2
Ireland: 0
Italy: 0
New Zealand: 2
Samoa: 1
Scotland: 0
South Africa: 5
Wales: 2
Penalties Conceded
The dubious winner is Fiji who also conceded a penalty try, as did Australia.
France conceded fewest penalties.
Argentina: 40
Australia: 32
England: 36
Fiji: 42
France: 22
Ireland: 30
Italy: 29
New Zealand: 32
Samoa: 34
Scotland: 30
South Africa: 31
Wales: 27
Penalised individuals
It must a be sign of the competition emphasis that the most penalised players this month are not flanks but props.
The most penalised player is Campese Ma’afu, the Fijian prop who plays for the Brumbies while his brother plays for Australia. He conceded 11 penlites.
Of the eight most penalised players, seven are props – Rodrigo Roncero (Argentina) who was penalised 9 times, Ben Alexander, Ben Robinson and Cian Healy who are each on 8. James Slipper was penalised 6 times but just one worse was Richie McCaw, penalised 7 times.
Scrum Penalties
Fiji and Australia stand out.
Argentina: 7
Australia: 13
England: 4
Fiji: 16
France: 3
Ireland: 10
Italy: 3
New Zealand: 6
Samoa: 7
Scotland: 2
South Africa: 2
Wales: 2
Sanctions
New Zealand had the worst record.
Cited and suspended
Keven Mealamu – for a headbutt; suspended for two weeks
Donncha Ryan – for stamping; suspended for three weeks
Yellow Cards
Jerome Kaino (New Zealand) – tackle infringement
Bryan Habana (South Africa) – deliberate knock-on close to his line.
Tom Shanklin (Wales) – early tackle
Matt Giteau (Australia) – tackle infringement
Mariano Galarza (Argentina) – scrum infringement
Martín Castrogiovanni (Italy) – team’s repeated tackle infringement
Ben Alexander (Australia) – repeated scrum infringement
Daniel Braid (New Zealand) – repeated tackle infringement
Line-out throws and losses
line-outs are lost either by concession to the opposition or by skew throw.
Argentina: 31 (4 lost) = 87% success
Australia: 34 (4 lost) = 88% success
England: 33(5 lost) = 85% success
Fiji: 37 (14 lost) = 62% success
France: 30 (8 lost) = 73% success
Ireland: 32 (5 lost) = 84% success
Italy: 26 (6 lost) = 77% success
New Zealand: 24 (4 lost) = 83% success
Samoa: 38 (7 lost) = 82% success
Scotland: 36 (8 lost) = 78% success
South Africa: 40 (5 lost) = 88% success
Wales: 38 (8 lost) = 79% success
Kicks
Italy most, Scotland fewest.
Argentina:
Australia: 64
England: 54
Fiji: 64
France: 60
Ireland:
Italy: 69
New Zealand: 65
Samoa: 64
Scotland: 49
South Africa: 65
Wales: 57
