Statistics - RWC, Day 18
Two more quarter-finalists were decided, both in thrillers when Fiji just beat Wales and Scotland just beat Italy. We have some statistics from the four matches on this day.
We also give some Rugby World Cup stats accumulatively.
Sanctions
Carl Hayman of New Zealand became the first recipient of a yellow card. He was not the only one.
There were sanctionary cards on this day for Akapusi Qera of Fiji, Mauro Bergamasco of Italy and Nathan Hines of Scotland. Bergamasco gave away three penalties in the first eight minutes of the match, the third an early tackle in a potentially try-scoring situation for Scotland.
Recipients of red cards so far
Hale T Pole (Tonga) – foul play, suspended for one match.
Jacques Nieuwenhuis (Namibia) – dangerous tackle, suspended for one match
Recipients of yellow cards so far
Carl Hayman (New Zealand) – punching
Salvatore Perugini (Italy) – air tackle
Vahafolau Esikia (USA) – tackle infringement
Lawrence Dallaglio (England) – tackle infringement
Paul Emerick (USA) – dangerous tackle
Jo?o Uva (Portugal) – tackle infringement
Vilimoni Delasau (Fiji) – dangerous tackle
Alexandru Manta (Romania) – maul infringement
Drew Mitchell (Australia) – dangerous tackle
Nathan Sharpe (Australia) – tackle infringement
David Wallace (Ireland) – deliberate knock-on
Epeli Taione (Tonga) – tackle infringement
Toma Toke (Tonga) – dangerous tackle
Marco Bortolami (Italy) – punching
Paul O’Connell (Ireland) – persistent infringement at a maul
Damien Traille (France) – twice stopping a tapped penalty within 10 metres
Francois Steyn (South Africa) – fighting
Joseph Vaka (Tonga) – fighting
Bryan Habana (South Africa) – tackle infringement
Pat Riordan (Canada) – feet on player
Tasi Mounga (USA) – tackle infringement
Silao Vaisola Sefo (Samoa) – tackling man without the ball
Akapusi Qera (Fiji) – kicking opponent
Mauro Bergamasco (Italy) – tackling man without the ball
Nathan Hines (Scotland) – high tackle.
Citing with suspension
Phil Vickery (England) – trip, suspended for two weeks
Paul Emerick (USA) – dangerous tackle, suspended for five weeks
Schalk Burger (South Africa) – dangerous tackle, suspended for four weeks, reduced on appeal to two weeks
Alfie Vaeluaga (Samoa) – dangerous tackle, suspended for one week.
Juan Severino Somoza (Portugal) – head-butting, four weeks
Brian Lima (Samoa) – dangerous tackle, three weeks
Penalties conceded
In this section we record the times a team was penalised.
(i) New Zealand vs Romania
Total number of penalties: 15
New Zealand: 6
Romania: 9
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
* = points conceded
New Zealand:
Tackle/ruck: 5 (Robinson, Somerville, Ellis, Tialata, Jack)
Off-side: 1 (Hore)
Romania:
Tackle/ruck: 8 (Corodeanu 2, Manta 2, Tonita 2, Ratiu, Ursache)
Off-side: 1 (Tonita)
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: 13/15
New Zealand vs Romania:
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 vs Romania
New Zealand:
Line-outs: 14 (1 lost, 1 skew, 2 quick)
Scrums: 9 (3 reset, 3 collapses)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 0
Romania:
Line-outs: 9 (1 skew)
Scrums: 7 (3 resets, 4 collapses, 1 wheel)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 0
Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs):
New Zealand vs Romania: 60
Tries
This is the number of tries each team scored.
New Zealand vs Romania:
New Zealand: 13
Romania: 1
Tries/penalties scored
This gives the ratio of tries scored to penalties scored by each team:
New Zealand: 13/0
Romania: 1/1
Australia vs Canada
Total number of penalties: 19
Australia: 10
Canada: 9
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
* = points conceded
Australia:
Tackle/ruck: 4 (Smith* 2, Ashley Cooper*, Hardman)
Off-side: 3 (Hugh McMeniman, Mark Chisholm 2)
Scrum: 1 (Baxter)
Discipline: 2 (Tuqiri – obstruction; Chisholm – air tackle)
Canada:
Tackle/ruck: 4 (Stephen* 2, Riordan, Daypuck)
Off-side: 3 (Snow, Yukes 2)
Discipline: 2 (James – obstruction; Yukes – swinging arm)
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: 8/19
Australia vs Canada:
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.
(ii) Australia vs Canada
Australia:
Line-outs: 13 (1 skew)
Scrums: 14 (5 reset, 4 collapses, 1 wheel, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 0
Canada:
Line-outs: 18 (6 lost, 1 skew, 1 penalty)
Scrums: 14 (1 reset, 1 collapse, 1 wheel)
Free-kicks: 2 (marks)
Drop-outs: 0
Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs):
Australia vs Canada: 86
Tries
This is the number of tries each team scored.
Australia vs Canada:
Australia: 6
Canada: 0
Tries/penalties scored
This gives the ratio of tries scored to penalties scored by each team:
Australia: 6/1
Canada: 0/2
(iii) Wales vs Fiji
Total number of penalties: 22
Wales: 8
Fiji: 14
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
* = points conceded
Wales:
Tackle/ruck: 4 (Popham*, Horsman*, Evans, Mark Jones*)
Off-side: 2 (Stephen Jones, Alun-Wyn Jones*)
Scrum: 2 (Jenkins)
Discipline: 1 (Phillips – obstruction)
Fiji:
Tackle/ruck: 4 (Koyamaibole, Koto*, Rabeni, Sauturaga)
Off-side: 3 (Qera, Leawere, Rabeni)
Scrum: 2 (Dewes, Railomo)
Discipline: 5 (Little – high tackle; Leawere – late tackle; Qera – kick; Rabeni – high tackle; Ratuvou – not 10m)
Wales missed two penalty kicks at goal, Fiji one.
Tackles/Penalties
This gives the number of penalties at ruck/tackle as a fraction of the total number of penalties: 8/22
Wales vs Fiji:
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.
Wales vs Fiji
Wales:
Line-outs: 12 (1 lost, 1 skew)
Scrums: 11 (2 resets, 2 collapses, 2 penalties, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: 2 (scrums)
Drop-outs: 1
Fiji:
Line-outs: 10
Scrums: 5 (4 resets, 3 collapses, 1 wheel, 1 penalty, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 1
Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs):
Wales vs Fiji: 66
Tries
This is the number of tries each team scored.
Wales vs Fiji:
Wales: 5
Fiji: 4
Tries/penalties scored
This gives the ratio of tries scored to penalties scored by each team:
Wales: 5/1
Fiji: 4/4
(iv) Scotland vs Italy
Total number of penalties: 18
Scotland: 9
Italy: 9
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
* = points conceded
Scotland:
Tackle/ruck: 2 (Hogg, Blair)
Off-side: 3 (Murray, Taylor, Smith)
Discipline: 4 (White – obstruction; Hines – high tackle; Murray – collapsing maul; Brown -collapsing maul)
Italy:
Tackle/ruck: 3 (Mauro Bergamasco** 2, Perugini)
Off-side: 3 (Sole, Bortolussi, Lo Cicero)
Discipline: 3 (Mauro Bergamasco – man without ball; Troncon – high tackle; Mirco Bergamasco* – man without ball)
Italy 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: 5/18
Scotland vs Italy:
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.
Scotland vs Italy
Scotland:
Line-outs: 23 (3 lost)
Scrums: 6 (2 reset, 2 collapses, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: 2 (marks)
Drop-outs: 4
Italy:
Line-outs: 18 (3 lost, 1 quick)
Scrums: 9 (5 reset, 9 collapses, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: 4 (2 scrums, 2 marks)
Drop-outs: 0
Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs):
Scotland vs Italy: 91
Tries
This is the number of tries each team scored.
Scotland vs Italy:
Scotland: 0
Italy: 1
Tries/penalties scored
This gives the ratio of tries scored to penalties scored by each team:
Scotland: 0/6
Italy: 1/3
Totals per match
Penalties
France vs Argentina: 8+ 9 = 17
New Zealand vs Italy: 3 + 8 = 11
Australia vs Japan: 6 + 6 = 12
England vs USA: 10 + 9 = 19
Wales vs Canada: 6 + 9 = 15
South Africa vs Samoa: 5 + 13 = 18
Scotland vs Portugal: 8 + 14 = 22
Ireland vs Namibia: 5 + 14 = 19
Argentina vs Georgia: 6 + 9 = 15
USA vs Tonga: 8 + 15 = 23
Fiji vs Japan: 12 + 6 = 18
Italy vs Romania: 8 + 15 = 23
England vs South Africa: 9 + 5 = 14
Portugal vs New Zealand: 10 + 5 = 15
Wales vs Australia: 5 + 11 = 16
Ireland vs Georgia: 8 + 5 = 13
Canada vs Fiji: 11 + 10 = 21
Samoa vs Tonga: 12 + 10 = 22
France vs Namibia: 4 + 5 = 9
Scotland vs Romania: 10 + 7 = 17
Italy vs Portugal: 10 + 10 = 20
Wales vs Japan: 5 + 9 = 14
France vs Ireland: 11 + 14 = 25
South Africa vs Tonga: 10 + 9 = 19
England vs Samoa: 9 + 9 = 18
Argentina vs Namibia: 5 + 11 = 16
New Zealand vs Scotland: 5 + 8 = 13
Canada vs Japan: 11 + 8 = 19
Portugal vs Romania: 8 + 5 = 13
Georgia vs Namibia: 11 + 11 = 22
Samoa vs USA: 8 + 7 = 15
England vs Tonga: 8 + 6 = 14
New Zealand vs Romania: 6 + 9 = 15
Australia vs Canada: 10 + 9 = 19
Wales vs Fiji: 8 + 14 = 22
Scotland vs Italy: 9 + 9 = 18
Tries
France vs Argentina: 0 + 1 = 1
New Zealand vs Italy: 11 + 2 = 13
Australia vs Japan: 13 + 0 = 13
England vs USA: 3 + 1 = 4
Wales vs Canada: 5 + 3 = 8
South Africa vs Samoa: 8 + 1 = 9
Scotland vs Portugal: 8 + 1 = 9
Ireland vs Namibia: 5 + 2 = 7
Argentina vs Georgia: 4 + 0 = 4
USA vs Tonga: 2 + 3 = 5
Fiji vs Japan: 4 + 3 = 7
Italy vs Romania: 2 + 2 = 4
England vs South Africa: 0 + 3 = 3
Portugal vs New Zealand: 1 + 16 = 17
Wales vs Australia: 1 + 4 = 5
Ireland vs Georgia: 2 + 1 = 3
Canada vs Fiji: 1 + 4 = 5
Samoa vs Tonga: 0 + 1 = 1
France vs Namibia: 13 + 1 = 14
Scotland vs Romania: 6 + 0 = 6
Italy vs Portugal: 3 + 1 = 4
Wales vs Japan: 11 + 2 = 13
France vs Ireland: 2 + 0 = 2
South Africa vs Tonga: 4 + 3 = 7
England vs Samoa: 4 + 1 = 5
Argentina vs Namibia: 9 + 0 = 9
New Zealand vs Scotland: 6 + 0 = 6
Canada vs Japan: 2 + 2 = 4
Portugal vs Romania: 1 + 2 = 3
Georgia vs Namibia: 3 + 0 = 3
Samoa vs USA: 3 + 2 = 5
England vs Tonga: 4 + 2 = 6
New Zealand vs Romania: 13 + 1 = 14
Australia vs Canada: 6 + 0 = 6
Wales vs Fiji: 5 + 4 = 9
Scotland vs Italy: 0 + 1 = 1
Stoppages
France vs Argentina: 71
New Zealand vs Italy: 58
Australia vs Japan: 60
England vs USA: 81
Wales vs Canada: 80
South Africa vs Samoa: 82
Scotland vs Portugal: 83
Ireland vs Namibia: 87
Argentina vs Georgia: 77
USA vs Tonga: 83
Fiji vs Japan: 71
Italy vs Romania: 87
England vs South Africa: 91
Portugal vs New Zealand: 72
Wales vs Australia: 79
Ireland vs Georgia: 89
Canada vs Fiji: 71
Samoa vs Tonga: 90
France vs Namibia: 69
Scotland vs Romania: 90
Italy vs Portugal: 87
Wales vs Japan: 72
France vs Ireland: 100
South Africa vs Tonga: 72
England vs Samoa: 68
Argentina vs Namibia: 80
New Zealand vs Scotland: 87
Canada vs Japan: 91
Portugal vs Romania: 92
Georgia vs Namibia: 88
Samoa vs USA: 78
England vs Tonga: 72
New Zealand vs Romania: 60
Australia vs Canada: 86
Wales vs Fiji: 66
Scotland vs Italy: 91
Penalties conceded per team
Argentina: 9 + 6 + 5 = 21
Australia: 6 + 11 + 8 + 10 = 35
Canada: 9 + 11 + 11 + 9 = 40
England: 10 + 9 + 9 + 8 = 36
Fiji: 12 + 10 + 4 + 14 = 40
France: 8 + 4 + 11 = 23
Georgia: 9 + 5 + 11 = 25
Ireland: 5 + 8 + 14 = 28
Italy: 8 + 8 + 10 + 9 = 35
Japan: 6 + 6 + 9 + 8 = 29
Namibia: 14 + 5 + 11 + 11 = 41
New Zealand: 3 + 5 + 5 + 6 = 19
Portugal: 14 + 10 + 10 + 8 = 42
Romania: 15 + 7 + 5 + 9 = 36
Samoa: 13 + 12 + 9 + 8 = 42
Scotland: 8 + 10 + 8 + 9 = 35
South Africa: 5 + 5 + 10 = 20
Tonga: 13 + 10 + 9 + 6 = 38
USA: 9 + 9 + 7 = 25
Wales: 6 + 5 + 5 + 8 = 24
Tries per team
Argentina: 1 + 4 + 9 = 14
Australia: 13 + 4 + 9 + 6 = 32
Canada: 3 + 1 + 2 + 0 = 6
England: 3 + 0 + 4 + 4 = 11
Fiji: 4 + 4 + 2 + 4 = 14
France: 0 + 13 + 2 = 15
Georgia: 0 + 1 + 3 = 4
Ireland: 5 + 2 + 0 = 7
Italy: 2 + 2 + 3 + 1 = 8
Japan: 0 + 3 + 2 + 2 = 7
Namibia: 2 + 1 + 0 + 0 = 3
New Zealand: 11 + 16 + 6 + 13 = 46
Portugal: 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 4
Romania: 2 + 0 + 2 + 1 = 45
Samoa: 1 + 0 + 1 + 3 = 5
Scotland: 7 + 6 + 0 + 0 = 13
South Africa: 8 + 3 + 4 = 15
Tonga: 3 + 1 + 3 + 2 = 9
USA: 1 + 2 + 2 = 5
Wales: 5 + 1 + 11 + 5 = 22
