Statistics - 6 November Tests, Wk ii
November has come in with a bang. Tests everywhere. We have statistics on just six of them – Wales vs South Africa, Italy vs Australia, Scotland vs New Zealand, France vs Argentina, Ireland vs Canada and England vs the Pacific Islands.
Unfortunately the weather was not always generous – except in Cardiff with its closed roof. Oh, and it was sunny in ancient Padua.
There are some points of interest in the statistics. There are few penalties for offside – eight in six matches. There were, for the second week in a row, messy scrums involving New Zealand. There was a lot of kicking, especially in Limerick.
There were three free kicks for skew feeds at scrums. There were two penalties for handling in tackle/rucks. There were two penalties for charging in shoulder first to the tackle/ruck. These suggest that the IRB’s insistence could be working.
After the discontent at Murrayfield it may be wise for the IRB to turn its attention to the scrums.
Sanctionary Cards
Thered were four – three at the tackle. There were other incidents which may have merited a sanction – attacking the eyes and stamping on a face.
Recipients:
Jaque Fourie (South Africa) – infringement at tackle
Nick de Luca (Scotland) – infringement at tackle
Anthony Boric (Australia) – infringement at tackle
Semisi Naevo (Pacific Islands) – dangerous tackle
(i) Wales vs South Africa
Penalties conceded
Wales: 7
South Africa: 15
Reasons for the penalties
* = points conceded
Wales:
Tackle: 5 (Roberts*, Rees, Shanklin, Powell, Jenkins)
Offside: 1 (Martyn Williams*)
Scrum: 1 (Adam Jones)
South Africa:
Tackle: 12 (Burger* 2, Matfield, Smit* 3, Botha, Mtawarira* 2, Steyn, Fourie*, Du Plessis)
Discipline: 3 (Botha – shoulder; Du Plessis – preventing the ball from coming in; Januarie – dissent)
Wales missed two penalty kicks at goal.
Line-outs
Wales: 14 (4 lost, 1 free kick)
South Africa: 10 (1 quick, 1 skew, 1 free kick)
Scrums
Wales: 10 (3 reset, 2 collpases, 1 free kick)
South Africa: 8 (3 reset, 3 collpases, 12 free kick, 1 penalty)
Free kicks
Wales: 7 (3 marks, 2 scrums, 2 line-outs)
South Africa: 1 (mark)
Drop-outs
Wales: 1
South Africa: 1
Stoppages: 80
Kicks: 79
Wales: 38
South Africa: 41
Tackle/ruck/maul: 155
There was not one maul.
Advantage:
Played: 12
Effected: 4
(ii) Italy vs Australia
Penalties conceded
Italy: 8
Australia: 10
Reasons for the penalties
Italy:
Tackle: 4 (De4l Fava*, Mauro Bergamasco, Nieto* 2)
Scrum: 2 (Perigini, Nieto*)
Discipline: 2 (Canavosio – man without ball; Canale – man without ball)
Australia:
Tackle: 7 (Waugh** 2, Tahu* 2, McMenamin 2, Brown)
Offside: 2 (Moore, Waugh*)
Scrum: 1 (Robinson)
Italy missed a penalty kick at goal.
Line-outs
Italy: 19 (4 lost, 1 reset, 1 skew)
Australia: 10 (1 lost, 1 quick)
Scrums
Italy: 9 (3 reset, 2 collpases, 1 free kick, 3 penalties)
Australia: 5 (4 reset, 1 lost, 3 collpases)
Free kicks
Italy: 0
Australia: 2 (1 mark, 1 scrum)
Drop-outs
Italy: 0
Australia: 1
Stoppages: 72
Kicks: 65
Italy: 32
Australia: 33
Tackles/rucks/mauls: 118
There was just one maul.
Advantage:
Played: 16
Effected: 6
(iii) Scotland vs New Zealand
Penalties conceded
Scotland: 8
New Zealand: 11
Reasons for the penalties
Scotland:
Tackle: 6 (De Luca*, Hogg, Blair, Lawson, Mustchin, Gray)
Scrum: 1 (Dickinson)
Discipline: 1 (White* – air tackle)
New Zealand:
Tackle: 9 (Thomson* 3, Williams & Mackintosh, Boric, Messam, Rokocoko, Flynn, Kahui)
Scrum: 1 (Mackintosh*)
Discipline: 1 (Read – air tackle)
Scotland missed a penalty kick at goal.
Line-outs
Scotland: 11 (3 lost, 1 skew, 1 free kick)
New Zealand: 8 (1 reset)
Scrums
Scotland: 12 (14 resets, 16 collpases, 2 penalties, 1 lost)
New Zealand: 7 (3 reset, 2 collpases, 2 free kicks)
The scrums were a mess. There were 19 awarded and 23 without natural endings. It was no wonder that the crowd booed more than once.
Free kicks
Scotland: 4 (2 scrums, 1 line-out, 1 +10)
New Zealand: 0
Drop-outs
Scotland: 0
New Zealand: 2
Stoppages: 81
Kicks: 42
Scotland: 15
New Zealand: 27
Tackles/rucks/mauls: 14
There were six mauls
Advantage:
Played: 14
Effected: 4
(iv) France vs Argentina
Penalties conceded
France: 11
Argentina: 7
Reasons for the penalties
France:
Tackle: 8 (Harinordoquoy, Picamoles* 2, Szarzewski, Barcela, Jauzion*, Dusautoir 2)
Scrum: 1 (Mas)
Discipline: 2 (Harinordoquoy – obstruction; Harinordoquoy – air tackle)
Argentina:
Tackle: 5 (Leonelli, Tiesi, Stortoni, Albacete, Kairelis)
Offside: 1 (Albacete)
Discipline: 1 (Albacete – obstruction)
Line-outs
France: 14 (3 lost, 1 quick)
Argentina: 23 (3lost, 2 skew, 1 quick, 1 free kick)
Scrums
France: 8 (1 reset, 2 lost, 1 free kick)
Argentina: 10 (6 reset, 5 collpases, 1 free kick, 1 penalty)
Free kicks
France: 2 (marks)
Argentina: 3 (2 scrums, 1 line-out)
Drop-outs
France: 3
Argentina: 4
Stoppages: 85
Kicks: 82
France: 40
Argentina: 42
Tackles/rucks/mauls: 125
There were eight mauls.
Advantage:
Played: 17
Effected: 9
(v) Ireland vs Canada
Penalties conceded
Ireland: 6
Canada: 9
Reasons for the penalties
Ireland:
Tackle: 4 (Fitzgerald 2, Kearney, Jennings)
Offside: 1 (O’Callaghan)
Discipline: 1 (Reddan – interfering with ball in touch)
Canada:
Tackle: 6 (Burak, Riordan, Pritchard, Tkachuk 2, Mensah-Coker)
Offside: 1 (Riordan)
Scrum: 1 (Riordan)
Discipline: 1 (Riordan – shoulder charge)
Line-outs
Ireland: 12 (1 skew, 1 free kick)
Canada: 8 (1 lost, 1 skew)
Scrums
Ireland: 7 (3 reset, 2 collpases, 2 free kicks)
Canada: 16 (5 reset, 4 collpases, 2 free kicks, 1 penalty)
Free kicks
Ireland: 4 (3 scrums, 1 +10
Canada: 2 (1 scrum, 1 line-out)
Drop-outs
Ireland: 0
Canada: 2
Stoppages: 74
Kicks: 90
Ireland: 48
Canada: 42
Tackles/rucks/mauls: 148
Advantage:
Played: 16
Effected: 7
(vi) England vs Pacific Islands
Penalties conceded
England: 14
Pacific Islands: 9
Reasons for the penalties
England:
Tackle: 7 Cipriani, Rees* 2, Stevens, Borthwick* 2, Palmer)
Offside: 2 (Sheridan, Stevens)
Scrum: 2 (Sheridan 2)
Discipline: 2 (Sackey – man without ball; Noon – air tackle)
Pacific Islands:
Tackle: 5 (Rauluni*, Stowers, Naevo, Taione, Tagicakibau)
Offside: 2 (Rauluni, Hola*)
Scrum: 1 (Johnston)
Discipline: 1 (Nazevo – air tackle)
Line-outs
England: 9
Pacific Islands: 15 (2 lost, 1 skew, 2 quick)
Scrums
England: 5 (4 reset, 4 collpases, 1 lost)
Pacific Islands: 9 (2 reset, 3 collpases, 3 penalties, 2 free kicks)
Free kicks
England: 3 (2 marks, 1 scrum)
Pacific Islands: 2 (1 mark, 1 scrum)
Drop-outs
England: 1
Pacific Islands: 3
Stoppages: 77
Kicks: 56
England: 33
Pacific Islands: 23
Tackles/rucks/mauls: 175
Advantage:
Played: 11
Effected: 7
Some Match Totals
Stoppages per match
France vs Argentina: 85
Scotland vs New Zealand: 81
Wales vs South Africa: 80
Ireland vs Canadavs: 74
Italy vs Australia: 72
England vs Pacific Islands: 77
Tries per match
France vs Argentina: 0 + 0 = 0
Scotland vs New Zealand: 0 + 4 = 4
Wales vs South Africa: 0 + 2 = 2
Ireland vs Canada: 8 + 0 = 8
Italy vs Australia: 1 + 2 = 3
England vs Pacific Islands: 5 + 1 = 6
Tries per team
Australia: 2
Argentina: 0
Canada: 0
England: 5
France: 0
Ireland: 8
Italy: 1
New Zealand: 4
Pacific Islands: 1
Scotland: 0
South Africa: 2
Wales: 0
Penalties conceded per match
France vs Argentina: 11 + 7 = 18
Scotland vs New Zealand: 8 + 11 = 19
Wales vs South Africa: 7 + 15 = 22
Ireland vs Canada: 6 + 9 = 15
Italy vs Australia: 8 + 10 = 18
England vs Pacific Islands: 14 + 9 = 23
Penalties per Team:
Australia: 10
Argentina: 7
Canada: 9
England: 14
France: 11
Ireland: 6
Italy: 8
New Zealand: 11
Pacific Islands: 9
South Africa: 15
Scotland: 8
Wales: 7
Sanctionary Cards per team:
Australia:
Argentina:
Canada:
England:
France:
Ireland:
Italy:
New Zealand: Y
Pacific Islands: Y
South Africa: Y
Scotland: Y
Wales:
Y = yellow card
R = red card
C = cited and suspended
