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Statistics - Super 15, Week 5

There were first wins for the Cheetahs and the Force this weekend. In fact for the Cheetahs it was their first Super Rugby win abroad. We give some stats from the matches. If you want to know the leasts and the mosts, a lot of them are here – tries, penalties, sanctionary treatment, tries, penalty goals. That sort of thing. Some are a bit of a surprise, like which team has conceded the lowest average of penalties. The saddest sta is the ball-in-play time for the Pretoria match. Look at the first half.

Results, Round 5

Chiefs vs Sharks, 15-9
Reds vs Rebels, 53-3
Crusaders vs Highlanders, 44-13, in Dunedin
Blues vs Hurricanes, 41-17
Cheetahs vs Waratahs, 23-3 in Sydney
Force vs Lions, 27-15 in Johannesburg
Stormers vs Bulls, 23-13 in Pretoria

Sanctions

Cited and suspended

Nobody

Yellow cards

James O’Connor (Force) – tackle infringement
Sam Whitelock (Crusaders) – tackle infringement
Andrew Hore (Hurricanes) – tackle infringement

Hore’s was a particularly crass action. When he, almost childishly, knock the ball out of the scrumhalf’s hands, the score was 20-17 to the Blues. who then scored 21 points.

Penalties

(i) Chiefs vs Sharks

Penalties conceded: 18

Chiefs: 9
Sharks: 9

Reasons for the penalties

Chiefs:
Tackle: 8 (Leonard, Umaga*, Taumalolo, Waldrom, Latimer* 2, Lee)
Scrums: 1 (White*)

Sharks:
Tackle: 4 (Ndungane*, Bismarck du Plessis 2, Jannie du Plessis*)
Offside: 4 (Bismarck du Plessis & Hargreaves, Hargreaves*, McLeod* 2)
Scrum: 1 (Jannie du Plessis*)

The Chiefs side missed a penalty kick at goal.

Free kicks conceded

Chiefs: 0
Sharks: 2 (1 line-out, 1 scrum)

(ii) Reds vs Rebels

Penalties conceded: 18

Reds: 10
Rebels: 8

Reasons for the penalties

Reds:
Tackle: 3 (Wallace-Harrison*, Gill, Quirk)
Offside: 3 (Anthony Faingaa 2, Daley)
Scrums: 3 (Daley 2, Holmes)
Discipline: 1 (Samo – armless tackle)

Rebels:
Tackle: 7 (Campbell, Mitchell, Mortlock, Robinson*, Taumoepeau, Tessmann, Davidson)
Offside: 1 (Mortlock)

Free kicks conceded

Reds: 2 (1 scrum, 1 line-out)
Rebels: 3 (scrums)

(iii) Highlanders vs Crusaders

Penalties conceded: 23

Highlanders: 12
Crusaders: 11

Reasons for the penalties

Highlanders:
Tackle: 9 (Manu, Piutau, Hoeata, Te Moana, Lynn, Smith*, Thomson 2, Mackintosh)
Offside: 2 (Bekhuis 2, Thomson)
Scrum: 1 (Mackintosh)

Crusaders:
Tackle: 6 (Todd 2, George Whitelock* 2, Sam Whitelock* Read)
Scrum: 3 (Ben Franks 2, Crockett)
Discipline: 1 (Fruean – throwing ball away in touch)

The Highlanders missed five penalty kicks at goal, the Crusaders two.

Free kicks conceded

Highlanders:  0
Crusaders: 2 (scrums)

(iv) Blues vs Hurricanes

Penalties conceded: 20

Blues: 10
Hurricanes: 10

Reasons for the penalties

Blues:
Tackle: 7 (Woodcock*, Payne 2, Ranger* 2, Kaino, Afoa*)
Offside: 2 (Luke Braid, Haiu)
Discipline: 1 (Ranger – obstruction)

Hurricanes:
Tackle: 6 (Thrush, Chris Eaton, Levave*, Jason Eaton, Smith, Hore)
Offside: 1 (Nonu)
Scrum: 1 (Schwalger)
Discipline: 2 (Tialata – obstruction; Chris Eaton – +10)

The Blues missed one penalty kick at goal, the Hurricanes three.

Free kicks conceded

Blues: 0
Hurricanes: 0

(v) Waratahs vs Cheetahs

Penalties conceded: 13

Waratahs: 6
Cheetahs: 7

Reasons for the penalties

Waratahs:
Tackle: 4 (Mumm*, McCutcheon*, Baxter, Carter)
Offside: 1 (Fitzpatrick*)
Scrum: 1 (Kepu)

Cheetahs:
Tackle: 3 (Juries, Van der Walt 2)
Offside: 2 ( Barnes & Oosthuizen*, Oosthuizen)
Scrums: 1 (Oosthuizen)
Discipline: 1 (Brüssow – obstruction)

The Cheetahs missed a penalty kick at goal.

Free kicks conceded

Waratahs: 3 (1 scrum, 1 mark, 1 +10)
Cheetahs: 1 (mark)

(vi) Lions vs Force

Penalties conceded: 19

Lions: 8
Force: 11

Reasons for the penalties:

Lions:
Tackle: 6 (Van der Merwe, Killian, Boshoff*, Maku*, Murray*, Minnie)
Offside: 1 (Cilliers)
Discipline: 1 (Rhodes – man without ball)

Force:
Tackle: 8 (Hodgson, Mafi, Whittaker*, Brown 2, Cummins, Fairbrother)
Offside: 1 (Wykes*)
Scrum: 1 (Longbottom)
Discipline: 1 (Brown* – obstruction)

The Lions missed three penalty kicks at goal, the Force one.

Free kicks conceded

Lions: 3 (1 line-out, 2 scrums)
Force: 0

(vii) Bulls vs Stormers

Penalties conceded: 20

Bulls: 13
Stormers: 7

Reasons for the penalties

Bulls:
Tackle: 7 (Stegmann* 2, Kruger*, Bakkies Botha, Ralepelle, Kuün, Van der Merwe)
Offside: 5 (Pretorius*, Potgieter*, Stegmann*, Ralepelle, Matfield*)
Discipline: 1 (Kirchner – dangerous/tip tackle)

Stormers:
Tackle: 4 (François Louw 2, Elstadt*, Poolman)
Offside: 1 (Jaque Fourie)
Scrum: 1 (Van der Linde)
Discipline: 1 (Van der Linde – collapsing maul)

Each side missed three penalty kicks at goal.

Free kicks conceded

Bulls: 3 (1 line-out, 1 scrum, 1 mark)
Stormers: 1 (line-out)

Getting Possession

(i) Chiefs vs Sharks

Line-outs

Chiefs: 15 (2 lost, 1 skew, 1 quick)
Sharks: 12 (3 lost, 1 quick, 1 free kick)

Scrums

Chiefs: 9 (1 reset, 1 free kick, 1 wheel)
Sharks: 12 (2 reset, 1 penalty)

Drop-outs

Chiefs: 0
Sharks: 1

(ii) Reds vs Rebels

Line-outs

Reds: 10 (1 lost, 1 free kick)
Rebels: 21 (6 lost, 2 quick)

Scrums

Reds: 6 (1 free kick)
Rebels: 11 (5 resets, 7 collapses, 1 lost, 3 penalties, 2 free kicks)

Drop-outs

Reds: 0
Rebels: 4

(iii) Highlanders vs Crusaders

Line-outs

Highlanders: 4 (1 skew, 1 quick)
Crusaders: 13 (1 lost, 2 skew, 1 quick)

Scrums

Highlanders: 11 (1 reset, 2 free kicks, 3 penalties)
Crusaders: 6 (3 collapses, 1 free kick, 1 penalty)

Drop-outs

Highlanders: 2
Crusaders: 4

(iv) Blues vs Hurricanes

Line-outs

Blues: 15 (1 lost, 1 quick)
Hurricanes: 9 (3 lost, 3 quick)

Scrums

Blues: 3 (1 reset, 2 collapses, 1 penalty, 1 lost)
Hurricanes: 4 (2 resets, 2 collapses)

Drop-outs

Blues: 3
Hurricanes: 1

(v) Waratahs vs Cheetahs

Line-outs

Waratahs: 12 (4 lost, 1 skew)
Cheetahs: 13 (2 lost, 1 skew)

Scrums

Waratahs: 5 (4 resets, 3 collapses, 1 penalty)
Cheetahs: 14 (4 resets, 1 collapse, 1 penalty, 1 lost)

Drop-outs

Waratahs: 4
Cheetahs: 0

(vi) Lions vs Force

Line-outs

Lions: 14 (1 lost, 2 quick)
Force: 15 (1 lost, 1 free kick, 1 quick)

Scrums

Lions: 7 (1 reset, 1 wheel)
Force: 8 (1 reset, 1 collapse, 2 free kicks)

Drop-outs

Lions: 1
Force: 3

(vii) Bulls vs Stormers

Line-outs

Bulls: 12 (2 lost, 1 skew, 2 quick, 1 free kick)
Stormers: 8 (1 lost, 3 skew, 1 free kick)

Scrums

Bulls: 12 (2 reset, 2 collapses, 2 lost, 1 penalty)
Stormers: 8 (1 free kick)

Drop-outs

Bulls: 2
Stormers: 3

Some Totals

Tries scored per match

Chiefs vs Sharks, 0 + 0 = 0
Reds vs Rebels, 7 + 0 = 7
Highlanders vs Crusaders, 1 + 6 = 7
Blues vs Hurricanes, 5 + 1 = 6
Waratahs vs Cheetahs, 0 + 2 = 2
Lions vs Force, 0 + 2 = 2
Bulls vs Stormers, 1 + 1 = 2

Penalties scored per match

Chiefs vs Sharks, 5 + 3 = 8
Reds vs Rebels, 2 + 1 = 3
Highlanders vs Crusaders, 2 + 2 = 4
Blues vs Hurricanes, 2 + 4 = 6
Waratahs vs Cheetahs, 1 + 3 = 4
Lions vs Force, 4 + 5 = 9
Bulls vs Stormers, 2 + 6 = 8

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 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

Ball in Play

Once again Jan Taljaard has proviced these statistics.

The average for this tupe of match is just over 33 minutes.

Chiefs vs Sharks (Williamson):
16 minutes 39 seconds + 18 minutes 04 seconds = 34 minutes 43 seconds

Reds vs Rebels (Dickinson):
15 minutes 37 seconds + 16 minutes 33 seconds = 32 minutes 10 seconds

Highlanders vs Crusaders (Jonker):
16 minutes 44 seconds + 17 minutes 42 seconds = 34 minutes 26 seconds

Blues vs Hurricanes (Munro):
15 minutes 36 seconds + 17 minutes 55 seconds = 33 minutes 31 seconds

Waratahs vs Cheetahs (Pearce):
16 minutes 32 seconds + 18 minutes 26 seconds = 34 minutes 58 seconds

Lions vs Western Force (Lawrence):
16 minutes 01 seconds + 18 minutes 09 seconds = 34 minutes 10 seconds

Bulls vs Stormers (Brown):
10 minutes 59 seconds + 15 minutes 40 seconds = 26 minutes 39 seconds

Previous Matches

Week 4

Crusaders vs Brumbies (Williamson):
14 minutes 49 seconds + 16 minutes 37 seconds = 31 minutes 26 seconds

Rebels vs Sharks (Pollock):
16 minutes 44 seconds + 15 minutes 01 seconds = 31 minutes 45 seconds

Stormers vs Highlanders (Walsh):
16 minutes 06 seconds + 19 minutes 33 seconds = 35 minutes 39 seconds

Hurricanes vs Chiefs (Jonker):
19 minutes 22 seconds + 18 minutes 50 seconds = 38 minutes 12 seconds

Force vs Blues (Pearce):
15 minutes 02 seconds + 19 minutes 28 seconds = 34 minutes 30 seconds

Cheetahs vs Lions (Brown):
14 minutes 15 seconds + 15 minutes 11 seconds = 29 minutes 26 seconds
 
The average over the years is 33 minutes 30 seconds

Week 3

Crusaders vs Waratahs (Pollock):
15 minutes 43 seconds+ 21 minutes 06=36 minutes 49 seconds

Lions vs Blues (Kaplan):
17 minutes 19 seconds + 17 minutes 56=35 minutes 15 seconds

Chiefs vs Rebels (Munro):
14 minutes 54 seconds + 15 minutes 46=30 minutes 40 seconds

Brumbies vs Reds (Lawrence):
14 minutes 18 seconds + 18 minutes 53=33 minutes 11 seconds

Western Force vs Sharks (Brown):
16 minutes 05 seconds + 15 minutes 22=31 minutes 27 seconds

Stormers vs Cheetahs (Legoete):
14 minutes 19 seconds + 13 minutes 42=28 minutes 01 seconds

Bulls vs Highlanders (Dickinson):
17 minutes 41 seconds + 19 minutes 28=37 minutes 09 seconds

Week 2

Highlanders vs Chiefs (Mark Lawrence):
17 minutes 39 seconds + 21 minutes 35 seconds = 39 minutes 14 seconds

Rebels vs Brumbies (Kaplan):
16 minutes 49 seconds + 16 minutes 35 seconds = 33 minutes 24 seconds

Cheetahs vs Bulls (Joubert):
18 minutes 02 seconds + 19 minutes 46 seconds = 37 minutes 48 seconds

Waratahs vs Reds (Bryce Lawrence):
18 minutes 13 seconds + 17 minutes 24 seconds = 35 minutes 37 seconds

Sharks vs Blues (Peyper):
15 minutes 22 seconds + 18 minutes 23 seconds = 33 minutes 45 seconds

Stormers vs Lions (Dickinson):
15 minutes 42 seconds + 22 minutes 19 seconds = 38 minutes 01 seconds

Week 1

Hurricanes vs Highlanders (Dickinson):
14 minutes 30 seconds +17 minutes 50 seconds = 32 minutes 20 seconds

Rebels vs Waratahs (Lawrence):
14 minutes 45 seconds +16 minutes 20 seconds = 31 minutes 05 seconds

Blues vs Crusaders (Pollock):
14 minutes 41 seconds +14 minutes 58 seconds = 29 minutes 39 seconds

Brumbies vs Chiefs (Kaplan):
16 minutes 31 seconds +16 minutes 13 seconds = 32 minutes 44 seconds

Sharks vs Cheetahs (Joubert):
15 minutes 14 seconds +12 minutes 55 seconds = 28 minutes 09 seconds

Lions vs Bulls (Jonker):
18 minutes 12 seconds +19 minutes 02 seconds = 37 minutes 14 seconds

Reds vs Force (Smith):
13 minutes 23 seconds +12 minutes 22 seconds = 25 minutes 45 seconds

Sanctionary Cards per team

Blues: Y, Y
Brumbies: C
Bulls: Y
Cheetahs: Y
Chiefs: Y, Y
Crusaders: Y
Force: Y, R, Y, C, Y, Y
Highlanders: Y, Y
Hurricanes: Y, Y, Y
Lions: Y, C
Rebels: Y, Y, Y
Reds: Y, Y
Sharks:
Stormers: Y, Y
Waratahs: Y

Y = yellow card; R = red card; C = cited and suspended.

Tries per team

Blues: 3 + 0 + 5 + 1 + 5 = 14
Brumbies: 3 + 2 + 4+ 1 = 10
Bulls: 2 + 3 + 3 + 1 = 9
Chiefs: 3 + 1 + 4 + 3 + 0 = 11
Crusaders: 2 + 2 + 6 + 6 = 16
Cheetahs: 0 + 3 + 0 + 2 = 5
Force: 1 + 0 + 1 + 2 = 4
Highlanders: 1 + 2 + 4 + 0 + 1 = 8
Hurricanes: 0 + 2 + 1 = 3
Lions: 3 + 2 + 4 + 0 = 9
Rebels: 0 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 0 = 6
Reds: 2 + 0 + 1 + 7 = 10
Sharks: 2 + 2 + 5 + 4 + 0 = 13
Stormers: 1 + 0 + 0 + 1 = 2
Waratahs: 7 + 4 + 3 + 0 = 14

Penalties scored per team

Blues: 3 + 4 + 1 + 5 + 2 = 15
Brumbies’: 3 + 3 + 1 + 1 = 8
Bulls: 4 + 2 + 3 + 2 = 11
Chiefs: 1 + 2 + 4 + 3 + 5 = 15
Crusaders: 4 + 4 + 4 + 2 = 14
Cheetahs: 3 + 2 + 5 + 5 + 3 = 18
Force: 5 + 4 + 5 + 5 = 19
Highlanders: 3 + 2 + 3 +2 + 2 = 12
Hurricanes: 3 + 5 + 4 = 12
Lions: 1 + 2 + 2 + 4 + 4 = 13
Rebels: 0 + 6 + 1 + 2 + 1 = 10
Reds: 3 + 2 + 7 + 2 = 14
Sharks: 4 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 3 = 15
Stormers: 4 + 7 + 6 + 6 = 23
Waratahs: 0 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 4

Penalties conceded per team

Blues: 11 + 8 + 12 + 12 + 10 = 53
Brumbies’: 12 + 10 + 12 + 10 = 44
Bulls: 13 + 9 + 5 + 13 = 40
Chiefs: 7 + 13 + 13 + 7 + 9 = 49
Crusaders: 9 + 12 + 12+ 11  = 44
Cheetahs: 13 + 9 + 13 + 10 + 7  = 52
Force: 9 + 11 + 13 + 11  = 44
Highlanders: 13 + 10 + 9 + 10 +12  = 54
Hurricanes: 13 + 7 + 10 = 30
Lions: 9 + 15 + 4 + 13 + 8 = 49
Rebels: 13 + 8 + 12 + 14 + 8 = 55
Reds: 11 + 10 + 7 + 10 = 38
Sharks: 7 + 11 + 11 + 7 + 9 = 45
Stormers: 9 + 11 + 18 + 7 = 45
Waratahs: 9 + 10 + 9 + 6 = 34

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