Statistics: June Tests, Week 1
We give some statistics for two Tests played on Saturday – Wales vs South Africa in Cardiff and Australia vs Fiji in Canberra.
Results
South Africa vs Wales, 34-31
Australia vs Fiji, 49-3
Sanctions
Fiji ran into trouble on Saturday. They had two players who received yellow cards and two who were cited and suspended.
Cited & Suspended
Saula Radidi (Fiji) – dangerous tackle – suspended for two weeks
Taniela Rawaqa (Fiji) – dangerous tackle – suspended for one week
Rupeni Caucaunibuca was perhaps fortunate not to be suspended for a high tackle of a gross kind.
Yellow cards:
Emosi Vucago (Fiji) – repeated tackle infringement
Graham Dewes (Fiji) – punch
Penalties conceded
In this section we record the times a team was penalised.
* = points conceded
(i) Australia vs Fiji
Total number of penalties: 18
Australia: 5
Fiji: 13
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Australia:
Tackle/ruck: 2 (Mitchell, Alexander)
Off-side: 1 (Cooper)
Discipline: 2 (Salesi Ma’afu* – obstruction; Elsom – dangerous play)
Fiji:
Tackle/ruck: 8 (Luveniyali, Rawaqa, Waqaniburotu, Bobo, Campese Ma’afu, Vucago, Kalou, Nadolo)
Off-side: 2 (Waqaniburotu, Qovu)
Scrum: 1 ()
Discipline: 4 (Caucaunibuca – high tackle; Dewes – punching; Waqaniburotu – air tackle)
Neither side missed a penalty kick at goal, but then there was just one.
(ii) Wales vs South Africa
Total number of penalties: 18
Wales: 8
South Africa: 10
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Wales:
Tackle/ruck: 4 (Stephen Jones, Adam Jones*, Rees, McCusker)
Off-side: 3 (Hook*, Ryan Jones*, Phillips)
Discipline: 1 (Thomas* – leading arm)
South Africa:
Tackle/Ruck: 5 (Januarie* 3, Potgieter*, Smit )
Off-side: 3 (Potgieter, Januarie, Kankowski)
Scrum: 1 (Botha)
Discipline: 1 (Botha – obstruction)
Neither side 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:
Australia vs Fiji: 10/18 = 55%
Wales vs South Africa: 9/18 = 50%
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) Australia vs Fiji
Australia:
Line-outs: 13 (1 lost, 1 penalty)
Scrums: 8 (1 reset, 1 collapse)
Free-kicks: 1 (scrum)
Drop-outs: 0
Fiji:
Line-outs: 14 (5 lost, 1 skew, 1 quick)
Scrums: 9 (3 reset, 5 collapses, 2 free kicks)
Free-kicks: 2 (1 scrum, 1 mark)
Drop-outs: 1
Stoppages: 70
(ii) Wales vs South Africa
Wales:
Line-outs: 16 (4 lost, 1 skew, 1 reset 3 quick)
Scrums: 8 (6 reset, 8 collapses, 2 free kicks, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 3 (scrums)
Drop-outs: 1
South Africa:
Line-outs: 2
Scrums: 7 (3 reset, 4 collapses, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 0
Stoppages: 69
