Statistics: June Tests, Week 4
As the June window closes on the Tests we have the statistics from four Tests over the weekend – New Zealand vs Wales, Australia vs Ireland, South Africa and the one with the surprise results, Argentina vs France.
Results
Australia vs Ireland, 22-15
New Zealand vs Wales, 29-10
South Africa vs Italy, 55-11
Argentina vs France, 41-13
Sanctions
Sanctionary Cards
There were three in Hamilton, one in Buenos Aires and none in the other two matches.
Recipients
Sam Whitelock (New Zealand) – man without ball
Lee Byrne (Wales) – dangerous tackle
Gavin Thomas (Wales) – punching
Florian Fritz (France) – tackle infringement
Penalties conceded
In this section we record the times a team was penalised.
(i) New Zealand vs Wales
Total number of penalties: 23
New Zealand: 10
Wales: 13
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
* = points conceded
New Zealand:
Tackle/ruck: 5 (Jane*, Donnelly, Kaino, McCaw, Thomson)
Scrum: 4 (Tialata 3, Owen Franks)
Discipline: 1 (Whitelock – man without ball)
The penalty against Whitelock was reversed because Gavin Thomas’s retaliation was worse.
Wales:
Tackle/ruck: 5 (Gavin Thomas*, Halfpenny, Davies, Roberts, Alun-Wyn Jones)
Offside: 2 (Gavin Thomas, Phillips*)
Scrum: 1 (James)
Discipline: 5 (Phillips – + 10; James – collapsing maul; Byrne*; Jonathan Thomas* – armless tackle; Gavin Thomas – punch)
New Zealand missed penalty kick at goal, Wales two.
Tackles/Penalties
This gives the number of penalties at ruck/tackle as a fraction of the total number of penalties: 10/22
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.
New Zealand:
Line-outs: 12 (1 lost, 2 skew)
Scrums: 4 (1 reset, 2 collapses, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 3 (1 mark, 2 scrums)
Drop-outs: 1
Wales:
Line-outs: 8 (1 lost, 1 skew)
Scrums: 11 (4 reset, 9 collapses, 2 free kicks, 4 penalties)
Free-kicks: 1 (mark)
Drop-outs: 3
Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs): 70
Tries
This is the number of tries each team scored.
New Zealand: 2
Wales: 1
Tries/penalties scored
This gives the ratio of tries scored to penalties scored by each team:
New Zealand: 2/4
Wales: 1/1
(ii) Australia vs Ireland
Total number of penalties: 23
Australia: 13
Ireland: 10`
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
* = points conceded
Australia:
Tackle/ruck: 4 (Chisholm*, Cooper, Mumm, Slipper)
Offside: 3 (Cooper*, Several, Undetermined*)
Scrum: 3 (Daley 2, Slipper)
Discipline: 3 (Mitchell* – man without ball; )’Connor – air tackle; Mumm – obstruction)
Ireland:
Tackle/ruck: 4 (Jennings* 2, O’Leary, Varley)
Off-side: 2 (Sexton, Cronin*)
Scrum: 2 (Healy 2)
Discipline: 2 (Brian O’Driscoll* – knock into touch; Mick O’Driscoll* – high tackle)
Australia missed two penalty kicks at goal.
This gives the number of penalties at ruck/tackle as a fraction of the total number of penalties: 8/23
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.
Australia:
Line-outs: 11
Scrums: 9 (2 reset, 5 collapses, 1 free kick, 3 penalties)
Free-kicks: 2 (1 mark, 1 scrum)
Drop-outs: 1
Ireland:
Line-outs: 15 (2 lost, 1 reset, 1 quick, 1 penalty)
Scrums: 10 (2 reset, 4 collapses, 2 penalties)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 2
Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs): 78
Tries
This is the number of tries each team scored.
Australia: 2
Ireland: 0
Tries/penalties scored
This gives the ratio of tries scored to penalties scored by each team:
Australia: 2/4
Ireland: 0/5
(iii) South Africa vs Italy
Total number of penalties: 22
South Africa: 10
Italy: 12
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
* = points conceded
South Africa:
Tackle/ruck: 4 (Louw*, Fourie, BJ Botha, Ralepelle)
Offside: 2 (Van der Merwe, Several at 10m)
Scrum: 2 (Du Plessis, Steenkamp)
Discipline: 2 (Burger* – high tackle;; Undetermined – obstruction)
Italy:
Tackle/ruck: 7 (Bortolami 2, Vosawai* 2, Picone*, Masi, Canale)
Offside: 3 (Perugini, Picone, Several at 10m)
Scrum: 1 (Sbaraglini)
Discipline: 1 (Bortolami – man without ball)
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: 11/22
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.
South Africa:
Line-outs: 13 (1 free kick)
Scrums: 2
Free-kicks: 2 (1 mark, 1 line-out)
Drop-outs: 1
Italy:
Line-outs: 13 (4 lost, 1 skew)
Scrums: 10 (4 reset, 2 collapses, 3 penalties)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 0
Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs): 67
Tries
This is the number of tries each team scored.
South Africa: 7
Italy: 1
Tries/penalties scored
This gives the ratio of tries scored to penalties scored by each team:
South Africa: 7/2
Italy: 1/2
(iv) Argentina vs France
Total number of penalties: 24
Argentina: 15
France: 9
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
* = points conceded
Argentina:
Tackle/ruck: 6 (Campos*, Fessia* 2, Amorosino, Leguizamón, Creevy)
Offside: 2 (Roncero, Fernandez Lobbe)
Scrum: 5 (Roncero 2, Ledesma, Figallo, Ayerza)
Discipline: 2 (Albacete – obstruction; Figallo – obstruction)
France:
Tackle/ruck: 5 (Nallet, Szarzewski* 2, Fritz*, Lamboley)
Offside: 1 (Papé)
Scrum: 1 (Mas)
Discipline: 2 (Trinh-Duc – dangerous tackle; Nallet* – armless tackle)
France 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: 11/24
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.
Argentina:
Line-outs: 8
Scrums: 4 (1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 4 (3 scrums, 1 mark)
Drop-outs: 1
France:
Line-outs: 13 (2 lost, 1 skew, 2 quick)
Scrums: 9 (3 reset, 6 collapses, 1 lost, 3 free kicks, 4 penalties)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 0
Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs): 66
Tries
This is the number of tries each team scored.
Argentina: 4
France: 1
Tries/penalties scored
This gives the ratio of tries scored to penalties scored by each team:
Argentina: 4/4
France: 1/2
