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
