Statistics: November Tests, Week 4
The Australian performance in Paris was dazzling, the performance of the month, if not of the year. We have some stats from the match and five other November Tests.
In the stats you can see who was penalised, how long the ball was in play, how many stoppages there were, how many tries were scored, how many scrums there were and how many of them were a mess, and more. You may want to see which team kicked most.
During the week we shall publish some totals – like who the most penalised player was.
Jan Taljaard gave us the ball in play time and as usual Fika was a big help.
Results, Round Four
Australia vs France, 59-16
Ireland vs Argentina, 29-9
Italy vs Fiji, 24-16
New Zealand vs Wales, 37-25
Scotland vs Samoa, 19-16
South Africa vs England, 21-11
Sanctions
Cited and suspended
Keven Mealamu – for a headbutt; suspended for two weeks
Donncha Ryan – for stamping; suspended for three weeks
Yellow Cards
Martín Castrogiovanni (Italy) – team’s repeated tackle infringement
Ben Alexander (Australia) – repeated scrum infringement
Daniel Braid (New Zealand) – repeated tackle infringement
Andy Powell (Wales) must be fortunate not to get a card of some colour for a gross high tackle on Daniel Carter that may attract further interest – as is the case of Dan Cole’s charge into Bakkies Botha.
Yellow cards this November:
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
Penalties conceded
In this section we record the times a team was penalised.
* points conceded
(i) England vs South Africa
Total number of penalties: 19
England: 12
South Africa: 7
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
England:
Tackle/ruck: 6 (Tindall, Hartley 2, Fourie, Lawes, Ashton)
Off-side: 3 (Moody, Palmer*, Tindall*)
Scrum: 2 (Sheridan* 2)
Discipline: 1 (Sheridan – man without ball)
South Africa:
Tackle/ruck: 4 (Matfield, Spies*, Stegmann, Mvovo)
Off-side: 1 (Spies)
Discipline: 2 (Jannie du Plessis – not 10; De Villiers – air tackle)
South Africa were penalised once in the second half.
South Africa missed two penalty kicks at goal.
(ii) Wales vs New Zealand
Total number of penalties: 22
Wales: 8
New Zealand: 14
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Wales:
Tackle/ruck: 7 (Byrne, Hook*, Adam Jones, Jenkins, Ryan Jones, Warburton, Thomas)
Scrum: 1 (Jenkins)
New Zealand:
Tackle/Ruck: 9 (Muliaina 2, Toeava, Gear, Owen Franks, Braid* 2, Mealamu, Carter*)
Offside: 1 (Several)
Scrum: 1 (Franks)
Discipline: 3 (Gear* – late tackle; Thorn – high tackle; Thorn – man without the ball,,)
Wales missed a penalty kick at goal, New Zealand two.
(iii) Scotland vs Samoa
Total number of penalties: 19
Scotland: 9
Samoa: 11
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Scotland:
Tackle/ruck: 5 (Walker, Brown*, Barclay*, Ford 2)
Offside: 1 (Ansbro*)
Scrum: 1 (Murray)
Discipline: 2 (Barclay – obstruction)
Samoa:
Tackle/ruck: 9 (Johnson* 2, Schwalger, Thompson* 2, Salavea, Taulafo, Poluleuligaga, Tekori*)
Offside: 1 (Johnson)
Scrum: 1 (Schwalger)
Scotland missed two penalty kicks at goal.
(iv) Ireland vs Argentina
Total number of penalties: 23
Ireland: 12
Argentina: 11
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Ireland:
Tackle/ruck: 5 (Healy, Wallace, Buckley*, Ferris, Court*)
Off-side: 1 (O’Callaghan*)
Scrum: 1 (Buckley, Court 2)
Discipline: 3 (Mick O’Driscoll – obstruction ; Cronin – obstruction; Healy – collapsing maul )
Argentina:
Tackle/ruck: 6 (Roncero* 3, Cabello*, Borges*, Guzmán)
Off-side: 1 (Albacete*)
Scrum: 3 (Roncero 2, Ayerza)
Discipline: 1 (Roncero* – man without ball)
Argentina missed three penalty kicks at goal.
(v) France vs Australia
Total number of penalties: 18
France: 8
Australia: 19 (including a penalty try)
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
France:
Tackle/ruck: 2 (Estebanez, Guirado*)
Off-side: 4 (Dusautoir** 3, Rougerie*)
Scrum: 1 (Schuster)
Discipline: 1 (Ouedraogo – air tackle)
Australia:
Tackle/Ruck: 3 (Slipper, Simmonds*, Barnes)
Off-side: 1 (Sharpe)
Scrum: 5 (Alexander* 3, including a penalty try, Moore, Robinson)
Discipline: 1 (Barnes* – high tackle)
Each side missed a penalty kick at goal.
(vi) Italy vs Fiji
Total number of penalties: 25
Italy: 8
Fiji: 12
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Italy:
Tackle/ruck: 8 (Dellapè* 3, Parisse*, Gori, Barbieri, Castrogiovanni*, Bergamasco)
Fiji:
Tackle/ruck: 4 (Manu, Taupoati*, Ma’afu, Rarawa*)
Off-side: 3 (Qovu*, Kenatale*, Naevo*)
Scrum 5 (Ma’afu*** 5)
Fiji missed three penalty kicks at goal.
Tackles/Penalties
This gives the number of penalties at ruck/tackle as a fraction of the total number of penalties:
England vs South Africa: 10/19 53%
Wales vs New Zealand: 16/22 %
Scotland vs Samoa: 14/20 70%
Ireland vs Argentina: 11/23 48%
France vs Australia: 5/19 26%
Italy vs Fiji: 12/20 60%
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) England vs South Africa
England:
Line-outs: 8 (2 lost)
Scrums: 8 (3 reset, 3 collapses, 23 free kicks, 1 lost, 1 wheel)
Free-kicks: 5 (scrums)
Drop-outs: 3
South Africa:
Line-outs: 18
Scrums: 9 (3 free kicks, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 12 (scrums)
Drop-outs: 0
(ii) Wales vs New Zealand
Wales:
Line- outs: 8 (2 lost)
Scrums: 8 (4 reset, 7 collapses, 3 penalties, 1 free kick, 1 lost)
Free-kicks: 1 (scrum)
Drop-outs: 0
New Zealand:
Line-outs: 10 (2 lost, 1 quick)
Scrums: 2 (1 reset, 2 collapses, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 0
New Zealand did b not put the ball into a scrum in the second half.
(iii) Scotland vs Samoa
Scotland:
Line-outs: 17 (3 lost, 1 skew)
Scrums: 5 (3 reset, 5 collapses, 2 free kicks)
Free-kicks: 1 (scrum)
Drop-outs: 0
Samoa:
Line-outs: 12 (4 lost, 1 quick)
Scrums: 10 (2 reset, 3 collapses, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 1 (scrum)
Drop-outs: 2
(iv) Ireland vs Argentina
Ireland:
Line-outs: 7 (2 lost)
Scrums: 11 (1 reset, 6 collapses, 1 free kick, 5 penalties, 1 lost)
Free-kicks: 2 (scrums)
Drop-outs: 5
Argentina:
Line-outs: 11 (2 skew, 1 free kick)
Scrums: 7 (4 reset, 5 collapses,, 2 free kicks, 1 wheel)
Free-kicks: 2 (1 scrum, 1 line-out)
Drop-outs: 0
(v) France vs Australia
France:
Line-outs: 8 (1 lost, 1 skew, 1 free kick)
Scrums: 8 (3 reset, 3 collapses, 2 free kicks, 3 penalties, 1 penalty try)
Free-kicks: 2 (scrums)
Drop-outs: 0
Australia:
Line-outs: 14 (1 skew)
Scrum: 5 (4 collapses, 1 free kick, 2 penalties)
Free-kicks: 2 (1 line-out, 1 scrum)
Drop-outs: 0
(vi) Italy vs Fiji:
Italy:
Line-outs: 4
Scrums: 11 (2 reset, 9 collapses, 6 penalties, 4 free kicks)
Free-kicks: 2 (scrums)
Drop-outs: 2
Fiji:
Line-outs: 12 (6 lost, 1 skew, 1 quick)
Scrums: 7 (1 reset, 2 collapses)
Free-kicks: 02 (scrums)
Drop-outs: 0
Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs):
England vs South Africa: 74
Wales vs New Zealand: 58
Scotland vs Samoa: 73
Ireland vs Argentina: 73
France vs Australia: 59
Italy vs Fiji: 63
Tackles/rucks/mauls per match:
England vs South Africa: 175
Scotland vs Samoa: 164
Italy vs Fiji: 187
Ireland vs Argentina: to be added
France vs Australia: 172
Wales vs New Zealand: 171
Kicks per match
England vs South Africa: 39
England: 16
South Africa: 23
Italy vs Fiji: 32
Italy: 21
Fiji: 11
Scotland vs Samoa’s: 44
Scotland: 16
Samoa: 28
Ireland vs Argentina: to be added
Ireland:
Argentina:
Wales vs New Zealand: 44
Wales: 20
New Zealand: 24
France vs Australia: 44
France: 15
Australia: 29
Advantage
Here we give the number of times in the match the referee allowed advantage. (The figure in brackets is the number times the advantage actually accrued.)
England vs South Africa: 17 (8)
Scotland vs Samoa: 12 (1)
Italy vs Fiji: 25 (6)
Ireland vs Argentina: to be added
France vs Australia: 13 (8)
Wales vs New Zealand: 12 (5)
Hold-ups for injury:
England vs South Africa: 3
Scotland vs Samoa: 5
Italy vs Fiji: 9
Ireland vs Argentina: to be added
France vs Australia: 1
Wales vs New Zealand: 5
Substitutions/replacements:
England vs South Africa: 12
Scotland vs Samoa: 11
Italy vs Fiji: 8
Ireland vs Argentina: to be added
France vs Australia: 9
Wales vs New Zealand: 7
Ball-in-play time
England vs South Africa: 15 mins 59 secs + 20 mins 43 secs = 36 mins 42 secs
Ireland vs Argentina: 14 mins 7 secs + 19 mins 37 secs = 33 mins 44 secs
Wales vs New Zealand: 16 mins 13 secs + 18 mins 4 secs = 34 mins 17 secs
France vs Australia: 15 mins 21 secs + 16 mins 39 secs = 32 mins 0 secs
Tries
This is the number of tries each team scored.
(i) England vs South Africa: 3
England: 1
South Africa: 21
(ii) Italy vs Fiji: 1
Italy: 0
Fiji: 1
(iii) Scotland vs Samoa: 2
Scotland: 1
Samoa: 1
(iv) Ireland vs Argentina: 2
Ireland: 2
Argentina: 0
(v) Wales vs New Zealand: 6
Wales: 1
New Zealand: 5
(vi) France vs Australia: 7
France: 1
Australia: 6
Tries/penalties scored
This gives the ratio of tries scored to penalties scored by each team:
England: 1/2
Samoa: 1/3
New Zealand: 5/2
Italy: 0/8
Scotland: 1/3
Argentina: 0/3
Ireland: 2/5
Fiji: 1/3
Wales: 1/6
Australia: 6/4
France: 1/3
South Africa: 2/3
The ratio of tries scored to penalties goaled is 20/45
Last week the ratio was 16/43. the week before 24/40
