Statistics - Super 14, Week 2
Week 2 was not as sparkling as week one but there were some close encounters with a great fightbacks in Canberra and Cape Town. We give statistics for each match and each team. This includes some totals which are already becoming interesting.
The matches this weekend with results were:
Hurricanes vs Highlanders, 22-17
Waratahs vs Chiefs, 11-7
Western Force vs Cheetahs, 16-10
Stormers vs Reds, 27-24
Brumbies vs Crusaders, 18-16
Bulls vs Blues, 59-26
Sharks vs Lions, 25-10
It was a good weekend for home teams – all won.
Sanctions
Sadly there were cards again – for Adam Thomson (Highlanders, Wiaan du Preez (Cheetahs), Deon Stegmann (Bulls) and Doppies la Grange (Lions).
There was also a citing and suspension – for Rene Ranger (Blues).
Yellow cards so far:
Heinrich Brüssow (Cheetahs) – fighting
Meyer Bosman (Cheetahs) – dangerous tackle
Adam Byrnes (Reds) – dangerous play
Adam Thomson (Highlanders – tackle infringement
Wiaan du Preez (Cheetahs) – tackle infringement
Deon Stegmann (Bulls) – tackle infringement
Doppies la Grange (Lions) – tackle infringement
Citing and suspension:
Rodney So’oialo (Hurricanes) – the reason is unclear in a convoluted verdict but the original citing was for using his boot on the face of Phil Waugh who had a cut on his head.
Rene Ranger (Blues) – for a dangerous tackle – high and late
Possession
(i) Hurricanes vs Highlanders
Penalties conceded: 6
Hurricanes: 2
Highlanders: 4
Reasons for the penalties:
Hurricanes:
Tackle: 1 (Waldron*)
Discipline: 1 (Schwalger – man without ball)
Highlanders:
Tackle: 3 (Setephano 2, Thomson*)
The Hurricanes missed a penalty kick at goal.
Free kicks conceded
Hurricanes: 6 (3 tackles)
Highlanders: 6 (6 tackles, 1 scrum, 1 + 10, 1 mark)
Line-outs
Hurricanes: 17 (2 lost)
Highlanders: 7 ( 2 lost)
Scrums
Hurricanes: 10 (5 resets, 9 collapses, 1 lost, 1 free kick)
Highlanders: 7 (2 resets, 4 collapses)
Drop-outs
Hurricanes: 2
Highlanders: 1
Stoppages: 70
(ii) Waratahs vs Chiefs
Penalties conceded: 10
Waratahs: 3
Chiefs: 7
Reasons for the penalties:
Waratahs:
Tackle: 1 (Tahu)
Offside: 1 (Waugh)
Discipline 1 (Caldwell – high tackle)
Chiefs:
Tackle: 3 (Lynn, O’Neill, Latimer)
Scrum: 2 (Taumalolo, May)
Discipline: 2 (Sweeney – high tackle; Bruce – high tackle)
The Waratahs missed three penalty kicks at goal.
Free kicks conceded
Waratahs: 14 (7 tackles, 2 marks, 3 scrums, 2 line-outs)
Chiefs: 6 (5 tackles, 1 line-out)
Line-outs
Waratahs: 10 (3 lost, 1 free kick)
Chiefs: 18 (4 lost, 3 skew, 2 free kicks)
Scrums
Waratahs: 13 (7 resets, 7 collapses, 1 penalty, 1 free kick)
Chiefs: 9 (2 resets, 5 collapses, 1 penalty, 2 free kicks)
Drop-outs
Waratahs: 1
Chiefs: 4
Stoppages: 94
(iii) Western Force vs Cheetahs
Penalties conceded: 15
Western Force: 5
Cheetahs: 10
Reasons for the penalties:
Western Force:
Offside: 1 (Cummings)
Discipline: 4 (Brown – air tackle; Sharpe – air tackle; Brown* – shoulder tackle; Staniforth – man without ball)
Cheetahs:
Tackle: 4 (Adriaan Strauss*, Brüssow 2, Du Preez)
Offside: 2 (Smith, De Bruyn)
Discipline: 4 (Roux – high tackle; Demas – high tackle; Adriaan Strauss – obstruction; Smith – man without the ball)
The Western Force missed a penalty kick at goal.
Free kicks conceded
Western Force: 15 (10 tackles, 2 scrums, 2 marks, 1 +10))
Cheetahs: 14 (11 tackles, 1 scrum, 1 mark, 1 +10)
Line-outs
Western Force: 15 (1 lost, 1 reset, 1 quick)
Cheetahs: 16 (1 quick)
Scrums
Western Force: 11 (2 resets, 4 collapses, 2 free kicks)
Cheetahs: 8 (2 resets, 3 collapses, 1 free kick, 1 uncontested)
Drop-outs
Western Force: 0
Cheetahs: 2
Stoppages: 101
This is an inordinately high number but then there were 29 free kicks.
(iv) Stormers vs Reds
Penalties conceded: 8
Stormers: 5
Reds: 3
Reasons for the penalties:
Stormers:
Tackle: 1 (Burger)
Scrum: 2 (Moller)
Offside: 1 (Grant)
Discipline: 1 (Grant – high tackle)
Reds:
Offside: 3 (Ioane, Barnes, Braid)
The Reds missed a penalty kick at goal.
Free kicks conceded
Stormers: 7 (6 tackles, 1 line-out)
Reds: 8 (6 tackles, 2 scrums)
Line-outs
Stormers: 9 (1 lost, 1 quick)
Reds: 13 (3 lost, 1 skew, 1 free kick)
Scrums
Stormers: 11 (2 resets, 3 collapses, 1 free kick)
Reds: 13 (4 resets, 2 collapses, 1 lost, 2 penalties)
Drop-outs
Stormers: 1
Reds: 1
Stoppages: 76
(v) Brumbies vs Crusaders
Penalties conceded: 12
Brumbies: 4
Crusaders: 8
The Brumbies were not penalised in the second half.
Reasons for the penalties:
Brumbies:
Tackle: 2 (Smith, Moore)
Scrum: 1 (Shepherdson)
Offside: 1 (Smith)
Crusaders:
Tackle: 2 (George Whitelock*, Ross)
Offside: 3 (Franks, George Whitelock, Crockett)
Scrum: 2 (Murray)
Discipline: 1 (Ellis – early tackle)
The Brumbies missed a penalty kick at goal.
Free kicks conceded
Brumbies: 6 (3 tackles, 3 scrums)
Crusaders: 11 (9 tackles, 2 +10)
Line-outs
Brumbies: 9 (1 lost, 1 skew, 1 quick))
Crusaders: 14 (2 lost, 1 skew)
Scrums
Brumbies: 10 (7 resets, 7 collapses, 1 wheel, 2 penalties, 1 free kick)
Crusaders: 10 (4 resets, 3 collapses, 2 freekicks, 1 penalty)
Drop-outs
Brumbies: 1
Crusaders: 2
Stoppages: 86
(vi) Bulls vs Blues
Penalties conceded: 6
Bulls: 2
Blues: 4
There were just two penalties in the first half.
Reasons for the penalties:
Bulls:
Tackle: 2 (Stegmann)
Blues:
Offside: 2 (Boric* 2)
Discipline: 2 (Lowrey* – high tackle; Braid* – obstruction)
Neither side missed a penalty kick at goal.
Free kicks conceded
Bulls: 13 (7 tackles, 3 scrums, 3 marks)
Blues: 11 (9 tackles, 2 scrums)
Line-outs
Bulls: 8 (1 lost, 2 quick))
Blues: 11 (1 lost, 1 quick)
Scrums
Bulls: 5 (1 reset, 1 collapse, 1 free kick)
Blues: 9 (7 resets, 8 collapse, 4 free kicks)
Drop-outs
Bulls: 1
Blues: 1
Stoppages: 72
(vii) Sharks vs Lions
Penalties conceded: 11
Sharks: 3
Lions: 8
Reasons for the penalties:
Sharks:
Tackle: 1 (Smit)
Offside: 1 (Sykes)
Discipline: 1 (Botes – diving on player on the ground)
Lions:
Tackle: 3 (Grobbelaar, Fourie, La Grange)
Offside: 3 (Grobbelaar, La Grange, Clever*)
Scrum: 1 (Sephaka)
Discipline: 1 (Clever – falling on player after he had scored a try)
The Sharks missed two penalty kicks at goal.
Free kicks conceded
Sharks: 11 (7 tackles, 2 scrums, 1 mark)
Lions: 7 (6 tackles, 1 mark)
Line-outs
Sharks: 11 (1 lost, 1 quick)
Lions: 14 (4 lost, 2 skew, 3 quick)
Scrums
Sharks: 15 (3 resets, 3 collapses, 2 lost, 1 wheel, 2 free kicks)
Lions: 9 (1 wheel, 1 free kick, 1 penalty)
It is a rare occurrence that not one Lions’ scrum collapsed or was reset.
Drop-outs
Sharks: 1
Lions: 5
Stoppages: 87
Some Match Totals
Stoppages per match
Highlanders vs Stormers: 81
Western Force vs Blues: 85
Lions vs Cheetahs: 80
Reds vs Chiefs: 83
Hurricanes vs Waratahs: 74
Stormers vs Sharks: 74
Bulls vs Reds: 77
Hurricanes vs Highlanders: 70
Waratahs vs Chiefs, 94
Western Force vs Cheetahs: 101
Stormers vs Reds: 76
Brumbies vs Crusaders: 86
Bulls vs Blues: 72
Sharks vs Lions: 87
Fewest stoppages: 70
Most stoppages: 101
Tries per match
Four is the magic number. The team which scored four or more gets a bonus point.
Highlanders vs Stormers: 5 + 4 = 9
Western Force vs Blues: 3 + 4 = 7
Lions vs Cheetahs: 4 + 3 = 7
Reds vs Chiefs: 3 + 2 = 5
Hurricanes vs Waratahs: 3 + 4 = 7
Stormers vs Sharks: 2 + 2 = 4
Bulls vs Reds: 4 + 2 = 6
Hurricanes vs Highlanders: 3 + 2 = 5
Waratahs vs Chiefs: 1 + 1 = 2
Western Force vs Cheetahs: 1 + 1 = 2
Stormers vs Reds: 3 = 4 = 7
Brumbies vs Crusaders: 2 + 2 = 4
Bulls vs Blues: 7 + 4 = 11
Sharks vs Lions: 3 + 1 = 4
Penalties conceded: per match
Highlanders vs Stormers: 6 + 3 = 9
Western Force vs Blues: 6 + 3 = 9
Lions vs Cheetahs: 4 + 4 = 8
Reds vs Chiefs: 1 + 7 = 8
Hurricanes vs Waratahs: 1 + 6 = 7
Stormers vs Sharks: 7 + 8 = 15
Bulls vs Reds: 4 + 8 = 12
Hurricanes vs Highlanders: 2 + 4 = 6
Waratahs vs Chiefs: 3 + 7 = 10
Western Force vs Cheetahs: 5 + 10 = 15
Stormers vs Reds: 5 + 3 = 8
Brumbies vs Crusaders: 4 + 8 = 12
Bulls vs Blues: 2 + 4 = 6
Sharks vs Lions: 3 + 8 = 11
Free kicks conceded per match
Highlanders vs Stormers: 16 + 11 = 27
Western Force vs Blues: 11 + 8 = 19
Lions vs Cheetahs: 10 + 8 = 18
Reds vs Chiefs: 12 + 6 = 18
Hurricanes vs Waratahs: 4 + 14 = 18
Stormers vs Sharks: 11 + 10 = 21
Bulls vs Reds: 10 + 1 = 11
Hurricanes vs Highlanders: 6 + 6 = 12
Waratahs vs Chiefs: 14 + 6 = 20
Western Force vs Cheetahs: 15 + 14 = 29
Stormers vs Reds: 7 + 8 = 15
Brumbies vs Crusaders: 6 + 11 = 17
Bulls vs Blues: 13 + 11 = 24
Sharks vs Lions: 11 + 7 = 18
Team Totals
Tries per team
Blues: 4 + 4 = 8
Brumbies: 4 + 2 = 8
Bulls: 4 + 7 = 11
Cheetahs: 3 + 1 = 4
Chiefs: 2 + 1 = 3
Crusaders: 3 + 2 = 5
Highlanders: 5 + 2 = 7
Hurricanes: 3 + 3 = 6
Lions: 4 + 1 = 5
Reds: 2 + 4 = 6
Sharks: 2 + 3 = 5
Stormers: 2 + 3 = 5
Waratahs: 4 + 1 = 5
Western Force: 3 + 1 = 4
Penalties per Team
Blues: 3 + 4 = 7
Brumbies: 3 + 4 = 7
Bulls: 4 + 2 = 6
Cheetahs: 4 + 10 = 14
Chiefs: 7 + 7 = 14
Crusaders: 1 + 8 = 9
Highlanders: 5 + 4 = 9
Hurricanes: 1 + 2 = 3
Lions: 4 + 8 = 12
Reds: 8 + 3 = 11
Sharks: 8 + 3 = 11
Stormers: 7 + 5 = 12
Waratahs: 6 + 3 = 9
Western Force: 6 + 5 = 12
Free kicks conceded per team
Blues: 8 + 11 = 19
Brumbies: 11 + 6 = 17
Bulls: 10 + 13 = 23
Cheetahs: 8 + 14 =22
Chiefs: 6 + 6 = 12
Crusaders: 12 + 11 = 23
Highlanders: 16 + 6 =22
Hurricanes: 4 + 6 = 10
Lions: 10 + 7 = 17
Reds: 1 + 8 = 9
Sharks: 10 + 11 = 21
Stormers: 12 + 7 = 19
Waratahs: 14 + 6 = 20
Western Force: 11 + 15 = 26
Sanctionary Cards per team
Blues C
Brumbies
Bulls Y
Cheetahs 2Y, Y
Chiefs C
Crusaders
Highlanders Y
Hurricanes
Lions Y
Reds Y
Sharks
Stormers
Waratahs
Western Force
Y = Yellow card
R = Red card
C = citing with suspension
If you gave points for such serious offences (1 for a yellow card, 4 for a red card and for a citing with suspension), it would look like this:
Blues 4
Brumbies
Bulls 1
Cheetahs 3
Chiefs 4
Crusaders
Highlanders 1
Hurricanes
Lions 1
Reds 1
Sharks
Stormers
Waratahs
Western Force
