Statistics - Super 15, Week 14
Guess which side has had the fewest sanctions in terms of citings and cards? Which has the most? Which is the most penalties conceded by a team in a Super match this season? Which team was that? It happened this week.
The line-out used to be the source of most penalties – ‘the illegitimate child of rugby’, Dr Craven called it. This week there were 79 penalties at tackles, just over 13 per match. There were no penalties at line-outs. Tackles have certainly taken over the illegitimate child mantle.
Results, Round 11
The Stormers and the Bulls won away.
Stormers vs Blues, 28-26
Crusaders vs Chiefs, 25-19
Waratahs vs Lions, 29-12
Force vs Brumbies, 13-13
Cheetahs vs Rebels, 41-21
Bulls vs Sharks, 32-23
Sanctions
Cited and suspended
Ryno Benjamin (Cheetahs) – for a headbutt. – suspended for two weeks.
Red card
Ryno Benjamin (Cheetahs) – headbutt
Yellow cards
Riaan Viljoen (Cheetahs) – early tackle
Stirling Mortlock (Rebels) – punch
François Louw (Stormers) – tackle infringement
Deon van Rensburg (Lions) – knee to head
Possession
(i) Blues vs Stormers
Penalties conceded: 19
Blues: 10
Stormers: 9
Reasons for the penalties:
Blues:
Tackle: 8 (Afoa, Boric, Stowers, Kaino*, Williams, Payne*. McAlister, Mathewson)
Offside: 1 (Luke Braid)
Scrums: 1 (McCartney*)
Stormers:
Tackle: 6 (De Jongh*, Van der Linde*, Elstadt 2, Louw*, Aplon)
Offside: 2 (Aplon, Januarie)
Scrum: 1 (Deon Fourie)
Each side missed two penalty kicks at goal.
Free kicks conceded
Blues: 1 (mark)
Stormers: 2 (1 mark, 1 scrum)
Line-outs
Blues: 8 (2 lost, 1 skew)
Stormers: 12 (4 lost)
Scrums
Blues: 6 (1 collapse, 1 free kick)
Stormers: 6 (1 reset, 1 collapse, 1 lost, 1 penalty)
Drop-outs
Blues: 1
Stormers: 3
Stoppages: 58
(ii) Crusaders vs Chiefs
Penalties conceded: 23
Crusaders: 13
Chiefs: 10
Reasons for the penalties:
Crusaders:
Tackle: 7 (George Whitelock** 3, Jack 2, Fruean 2)
Offside: 3 (McCaw, Several*, Fruean*)
Scrum: 1 (Owen Franks)
Discipline: 2 (Guildford – air tackle; Crockett – high tackle)
Chiefs:
Tackle: 4 (Graham*, Clarke, Sivivatu, Retallick)
Offside: 2 (Donald*, Several)
Scrum: 3 (Afeaki*, Taumalolo*, De Malmanche*)
Discipline: 1 (Messam – man without ball)
The Crusaders missed two penalty kicks at goal, the Chiefs one.
Free kicks conceded
Crusaders: 2 (1 mark, 1 line-out)
Chiefs: 1 (scrum)
Line-outs
Crusaders: 8 (1 free kick)
Chiefs: 14 (2 lost)
Scrums
Crusaders: 5 (1 reset, 2 collapses, 1 penalty)
Chiefs: 9 (2 resets, 4 collapses, 1 lost, 1 free kick, 1 penalty)
Drop-outs
Crusaders: 0
Chiefs: 2
Stoppages: 67
(iii) Waratahs vs Lions
Penalties conceded: 20
Waratahs: 10
Lions: 10
Reasons for the penalties:
Waratahs:
Tackle: 7 (Kepu, Beale 2, Mumm*, Turner, Barnes, Halangahu)
Offside: 1 (Polota-Nau)
Scrum: 2 (Robinson 2)
Lions:
Tackle: 7 (Van Heerden 3, Van der Merwe 2, La Grange, Adriaanse)
Offside: 1 (Deon van Rensburg)
Discipline: 2 (James – high tackle; Vermaak – armless tackle)
Neither side missed a penalty kick at goal.
Free kicks conceded
Waratahs: 1 (mark)
Lions: 2 (scrums)
Line-outs
Waratahs: 10
Lions: 18 (1 lost)
Scrums
Waratahs: 8 (2 reset, 2 collapses, 1 free kick)
Lions: 6 (2 collapses, 1 free kick, 1 penalty, 1 lost)
Drop-outs
Waratahs: 1
Lions: 0
Stoppages: 68
(iv) Force vs Brumbies
Penalties conceded: 23
Force: 9
Brumbies: 14
Reasons for the penalties:
Force:
Tackle: 7 (Sharpe, David Smith, Pocock 2, Jenkins 2, Fairbanks*)
Offside: 1 (O’Connor*)
Scrum: 1 (Pocock)
Brumbies:
Tackle: 9 (Chisholm, Salvi 2, Valentine 2, Tyrone Smith, Elsom, Lealiifano*, Kimlin)
Offside: 2 (Chisholm 2)
Scrum: 3 (Owen 2, Alexander & Owen*)
Free kicks conceded
Force: 1 (scrum)
Brumbies: 2 (scrum, +10)
Line-outs
Force: 11 (1 lost)
Brumbies: 11 (2 quick)
Scrums
Force: 16 (3 reset, 6 collapses, 1 free kick, 1 penalty, 1 lost)
Brumbies: 7 (2 collapses, 1 free kick, 1 lost)
Drop-outs
Force: 1
Brumbies: 3
Stoppages: 77
(v) Cheetahs vs Rebels
Penalties conceded: 16
Cheetahs: 6
Rebels: 10
Reasons for the penalties:
Cheetahs:
Tackle: 4 (Pretorius 2, Johnson, Floors)
Offside: 1 (Strauss)
Discipline: 1 (Benjamin – headbutt)
Rebels:
Tackle: 4 (Jones, Vuna*, Blake, Davidson)
Scrum: 1 (Somerville)
Discipline: 5 (Weeks – obstruction; Mortlock – dissent; Tessman – obstruction; Gerrard – +10; Betham – obstruction)
Each side missed a penalty kick at goal.
Free kicks conceded
Cheetahs: 1 (scrum)
Rebels: 2 (1 mark, 1 scrum)
Line-outs
Cheetahs: 5 (1 lost)
Rebels: 14 (1 lost, 3 quick)
Scrums
Cheetahs: 5 (1 penalty)
Rebels: 13 (4 reset, 9 collapses, 2 free kicks)
Drop-outs
Cheetahs: 3
Rebels: 1
Stoppages: 64
(vi) Sharks vs Bulls
Penalties conceded: 30
Sharks: 11
Bulls: 19
Reasons for the penalties:
Sharks:
Tackle: 4 (Botes*, Mtawarira 2, Lwazi)
Offside: 4 (Mtawarira, Botes*, McLeod, Alberts*)
Scrum: 1 (Mtawarira*)
Discipline: 2 (Jacobs – obstruction; Undetermined – man without ball)
Bulls:
Tackle: 12 (Ralepelle, Olivier* 2, Pretorius*, Stegmann 2, Spies, Bakkies Botha, Matfield, Gary Botha, Potgieter, Kuün)
Offside: 2 (Matfield*, Olivier)
Scrum: 2 (Greyling 2)
Discipline: 3 (Basson – air tackle; Kuün – high tackle; Du Preez – air tackle)
Neither side missed a penalty kick at goal.
Free kicks conceded
Sharks: 1 (mark)
Bulls: 0
Line-outs
Sharks: 17 (2 lost, 3 quick)
Bulls: 11 (1 skew)
Scrums
Sharks: 6
Bulls: 12 (1 collapse, 2 penalties)
Drop-outs
Sharks: 1
Bulls: 0
Stoppages: 79
Some Match Totals
Tries scored per match
Blues vs Stormers, 2 + 3 = 5
Crusaders vs Chiefs, 1 + 1 = 2
Waratahs vs Lions, 5 + 2 = 7
Force vs Brumbies, 1 + 1 = 2
Cheetahs vs Rebels, 5 + 3 = 8
Sharks vs Bulls, 2 + 2 = 4
Penalties scored per match
Blues vs Stormers, 4 + 3 =7
Crusaders vs Chiefs, 5 + 4 = 9
Waratahs vs Lions, 0 + 0 = 0
Force vs Brumbies, 2 + 1 = 3
Cheetahs vs Rebels, 2 + 0 = 2
Sharks vs Bulls, 3 + 5 = 8
Tries for Week 14: 28
Tries for Week 13: 33
Tries for Week 12: 30
Tries for Week 11: 38
Tries for Week 10: 32
Tries for Week 9: 49
Tries for Week 8: 19
Tries for Week 7: 30
Tries for Week 6: 42
Tries for Week 5: 26
Tries for Week 4: 25
Tries for Week 3: 36
Tries for Week 2: 21
Tries for Week 1: 29
Penalties for Week 14: 29
Penalties for Week 13: 24
Penalties for Week 12: 35
Penalties for Week 11: 43
Penalties for Week 10: 38
Penalties for Week 9: 31
Penalties for Week 8: 19
Penalties for Week 7: 39
Penalties for Week 6: 38
Penalties for Week 5: 42
Penalties for Week 4: 44
Penalties for Week 3: 45
Penalties for Week 2: 36
Penalties for Week 1: 37
Stoppages per Match
Blues vs Crusaders: 61
Brumbies vs Chiefs: 71
Hurricanes vs Highlanders: 75
Lions vs Bulls: 64
Rebels vs Waratahs: 91
Reds vs Force: 70
Sharks vs Cheetahs: 76
Highlanders vs Chiefs: 56
Rebels vs Brumbies: 61
Waratahs vs Reds: 77
Bulls vs Cheetahs: 53
Stormers vs Lions: 76
Sharks vs Blues: 71
Bulls vs Highlanders: 65
Chiefs vs Rebels: 82
Crusaders vs Waratahs: 70
Stormers vs Cheetahs: 73
Lions vs Blues: 56
Force vs Sharks: 73
Brumbies’ vs Reds: 68
Crusaders vs Brumbies: 72
Rebels vs Sharks: 76
Stormers vs Highlanders: 73
Hurricanes vs Chiefs: 47
Force vs Blues: 65
Cheetahs vs Lions: 63
Chiefs vs Sharks, 72
Reds vs Rebels, 81
Highlanders vs Crusaders, 67
Blues vs Hurricanes, 58
Waratahs vs Cheetahs, 72
Lions vs Force, 71
Bulls vs Stormers, 71
Stormers vs Force, 72
Rebels vs Hurricanes, 65
Brumbies vs Waratahs, 50
Reds vs Cheetahs, 73
Crusaders vs Sharks, 47
Chiefs + Blues, 77
Bulls vs Lions, 69
Highlanders vs Brumbies, 70
Waratahs vs Chiefs, 66
Blues vs Cheetahs, 69
Hurricanes vs Bulls, 66
Force vs Rebels, 55
Lions vs Reds, 68
Sharks vs Stormers, 57
Highlanders vs Cheetahs, 89
Crusaders vs Bulls, 71
Brumbies vs Hurricanes, 65
Force vs Waratahs, 65
Stormers vs Reds, 82
Sharks vs Lions, 72
Chiefs vs Crusaders, 60
Rebels vs Highlanders, 73
Blues vs Waratahs, 54
Reds vs Bulls, 56
Lions vs Stormers, 57
Cheetahs vs Hurricanes, 56
Brumbies vs Force, 70
Blues vs Rebels, 57
Crusaders vs Highlanders, 65
Reds vs Waratahs, 69
Force vs Bulls, 62
Sharks vs Hurricanes, 59
Lions vs Chiefs, 62
Highlanders vs Blues, 71
Cheetahs vs Brumbies, 62
Hurricanes vs Reds, 69
Waratahs vs Rebels, 70
Force vs Crusaders, 50
Bulls vs Chiefs, 56
Stormers vs Sharks, 72
Hurricanes vs Blues, 65
Rebels vs Reds, 72
Lions vs Cheetahs, 60
Chiefs vs Highlanders, 70
Waratahs vs Force, 64
Stormers vs Crusaders, 71
Sharks vs Brumbies, 54
Highlanders vs Hurricanes, 78
Reds vs Blues, 58
Chiefs vs Stormers, 66
Brumbies vs Lions, 56
Bulls vs Rebels, 80
Cheetahs vs Crusaders, 59
Blues vs Stormers, 58
Crusaders vs Chiefs, 67
Waratahs vs Lions, 68
Force vs Brumbies, 77
Cheetahs vs Rebels, 64
Sharks vs Bulls, 79
Ball in Play Time
Jan Taljaard has again provided these meticulous statistics.
The average playing time for such matches is just over 33 minutes. The Sharks-Bulls match, which had 30 penalties, is well below average.
Blues v Stormers (Brown):
14 minutes 54 seconds + 16 minutes 51 seconds = 31 minutes 45 seconds
Crusaders v Chiefs (Dickinson):
19 minutes 12 seconds + 12 minutes 54 seconds = 32 minutes 06 seconds
Waratahs v Lions (Jonker):
16 minutes 26 seconds + 20 minutes 25 seconds = 36 minutes 51 seconds
Western Force v Brumbies (Smith):
15 minutes 49 seconds + 18 minutes 58 seconds = 34 minutes 47 seconds
Cheetahs v Rebels (Legoete):
17 minutes 24 seconds + 14 minutes 50 seconds = 32 minutes 14 seconds
Sharks v Bulls (Bryce Lawrence):
15 minutes 19 seconds + 15 minutes 45 seconds = 31 minutes 4 seconds
Sanctionary Cards per team
Blues: Y, Y
Brumbies: C, Y
Bulls: Y
Cheetahs: Y, Y, Y, R, C
Chiefs: Y, Y, Y, Y
Crusaders: Y, Y, Y
Force: Y, R, Y, C, Y, Y, Y, Y
Highlanders: Y, Y, Y, Y, Y
Hurricanes: Y, Y, C, Y, Y, Y, C
Lions: Y, C, Y, Y, Y
Rebels: Y, Y, Y, Y, Y
Reds: Y, Y, Y, Y, Y
Sharks: Y, C
Stormers: Y, Y, Y, Y, Y, Y, Y
Waratahs: Y, Y
Y = yellow card; R = red card; C = cited and suspended.
If you gave 1 point for a yellow and four points for a red or citing with suspension, the list would look like this, the Force way out in front:
Blues: 2
Brumbies: 5
Bulls: 1
Cheetahs: 11
Chiefs: 4
Crusaders: 2
Force: 14
Highlanders: 5
Hurricanes: 13
Lions: 8
Rebels: 5
Reds: 5
Sharks: 5
Stormers: 7
Waratahs: 2
Tries scored per team
Blues: 3 + 0 + 5 + 1 + 5 + 1 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 0 + 1 + 4 + 2 = 37
Brumbies: 3 + 2 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 1 = 25
Bulls: 2 + 3 + 3 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 0 + 3 + 2 + 4 + 7 + 2 = 31
Chiefs: 3 + 1 + 4 + 3 + 0 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 5 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 1 = 29
Cheetahs: 0 + 3 + 0 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 2 + 5 + 4 + 5 + 3 + 5 = 33
Crusaders: 2 + 2 + 6 + 6 + 5 + 3 + 4 + 2 + 5 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 40
Force: 1 + 0 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 0 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 0 + 1 = 15
Highlanders: 1 + 2 + 4 + 0 + 1 + 3 + 3 + 6 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 26
Hurricanes: 0 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 6 + 2 + 4 + 1 + 0 = 20
Lions: 3 + 2 + 4 + 0 + 2 + 2+ 0 + 1 + 3 + 3 + 4 + 2 = 26
Rebels: 0 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 0 + 6 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 0 + 3 + 1 + 3 = 26
Reds: 2 + 0 + 1 + 7 + 6 + 3 + 1 + 6 + 1 + 3 + 4 + 4 = 38
Sharks: 2 + 2 + 5 + 4 + 0 + 4 + 0 + 5 + 0 + 4 + 2 = 28
Stormers: 1 + 0 + 0 + 1 + 6 + 1 + 0 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 = 22
Waratahs: 7 + 4 + 3 + 0 + 2 + 2 + 4 + 3 + 0 + 3 + 2 + 5 = 35
Penalties scored per team
Blues: 3 + 4 + 1 + 5 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 0 + 2 + 5 + 4 + 1 + 4 = 35
Brumbies: 3 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 5 + 1 + 4 + 4 + 1 + 3 + 2 + 1 = 29
Bulls: 4 + 2 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 5 + 0 + 3 + 3 + 4 + 0 + 5 = 34
Chiefs: 1 + 2 + 4 + 3 + 5 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 32
Crusaders: 4 + 4 + 4 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 5 = 36
Cheetahs: 3 + 2 + 5 + 5 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 2 + 5 + 6 + 4 + 2 = 43
Force: 5 + 4 + 5 + 5 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 7 + 6 + 5 + 2 = 47
Highlanders: 3 + 2 + 3 +2 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 0 + 2 = 24
Hurricanes: 3 + 5 + 4 + 1 + 3 + 3 + 4+ 4 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 33
Lions: 1 + 2 + 2 + 4 + 4 + 3 + 5 + 1 + 3 + 0 + 1 + 0 = 26
Rebels: 0 + 6 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 0 = 27
Reds: 3 + 2 + 7 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 3 + 0 + 2 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 32
Sharks: 4 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 4 + 2 + 3 = 32
Stormers: 4 + 7 + 6 + 6 + 3 + 3 + 2 + 4 + 1 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 45
Waratahs: 0 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 5 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 5 + 3 + 2 + 0 = 25
Penalties conceded per team
It is interesting that the Stormers conceded 15 penalties when they won and only five when they lost. A statistic like that makes infringing attractive!
Blues: 11 + 8 + 12 + 12 + 10 + 7 + 8 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 8 + 4 + 7 + 10 = 121
Brumbies: 12 + 10 + 12 + 10 + 6 + 8 + 6 + 7 +10 + 8 + 9 + 14 = 112
Bulls: 13 + 9 + 5 + 13 + 15 + 13 + 9 + 8 + 12 + 12 + 10 + 19 = 138
Chiefs: 7 + 13 + 13 + 7 + 9 + 15 + 10 + 8 + 12 + 10 + 8 + 11 + 10 = 133
Crusaders: 9 + 12 + 12+ 11 + 9 + 11 + 10 + 10 + 13 + 8 + 13 = 118
Cheetahs: 13 + 9 + 13 + 10 + 7 + 9 + 9 + 7 + 8 + 10 + 5 + 12 + 6 = 118
Force: 9 + 11 + 13 + 11 + 11 + 7 + 8 + 11 + 8 + 7 + 6 + 9 = 111
Highlanders: 13 + 10 + 9 + 10 +12 + 10 + 9 + 9 + 4 + 13 + 10 + 11 = 120
Hurricanes: 13 + 7 + 10 + 9 + 10 + 17 + 7 + 9 + 9 + 8 + 9 = 108
Lions: 9 + 15 + 4 + 13 + 8 + 10 + 7 + 11 + 7 + 4 + 12 + 11 + 10 = 121
Rebels: 13 + 8 + 12 + 14 + 8 + 12 + 9 + 7 + 9 + 7 + 9 + 10 = 118
Reds: 11 + 10 + 7 + 10 + 11 + 13 + 14 + 13 + 9 + 10 + 7 + 11 + 8 = 134
Sharks: 7 + 11 + 11 + 7 + 9 + 6 + 7 +11 + 8 + 12 + 7 + 11 = 107
Stormers: 9 + 11 + 18 + 7 + 14 + 7 + 7 + 7 + 15 + 5 + 9 + 9 = 118
Waratahs: 9 + 10 + 9 + 6 + 15 + 11 + 10 + 1 + 6 + 7 + 9 + 10 = 103
Tries conceded per team
Blues: 2 + 2 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 3 + 2 + 0 + 1 + 4 + 3 = 28
Brumbies: 3 + 1 + 1 + 6 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 3 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 1 = 32
Bulls: 3 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 6 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 2 = 30
Cheetahs: 2 + 3 + 0 + 2 + 0 + 6 + 4 + 3 + 6 + 5 + 3 + 2 + 3 = 39
Chiefs: 3 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 0 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 1 = 26
Crusaders: 3 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 0 + 1 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 1 = 23
Force: 2 + 5 + 1 + 0 + 6 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 5 + 2 + 1 = 32
Highlanders: 0 + 1 + 3 + 0 + 6 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 0 + 2+ 0 = 21
Hurricanes: 1 + 3 + 5 + 6 + 1 + 1 + 5 + 5 + 3 + 1 = 31
Lions: 2 + 2 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 3 + 4 + 3 + 5 + 5 + 2 + 5 = 42
Rebels: 7 + 2 + 4 + 4 + 7 + 2 + 3 + 6 + 6 + 3 + 4 + 7 + 5 = 60
Reds: 1 + 4 + 4 + 0 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 0 + 4 + 3 + 4 = 27
Sharks: 0 + 0 + 0 + 4 + 0 + 5 + 1 + 0 + 2 + 4 + 1 + 2 = 19
Stormers: 1 + 0 + 0 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 0 + 1 + 0 + 2 + 3 + 2 = 11
Waratahs: 0 + 0 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 5 + 1 + 0 + 0 + 2 = 14
