Statistics - Super 15, Week 7
This week’s statistics, the Sydney match not withstanding, tell you that the scrums are getting much, much better with fewer collapses and resets. The statistics also tell you lots of mosts and leasts/fewest – ball in play time, tries, penalties, penalties goaled, stoppages. Then, too, they will tell how each team fared this weekend at line-outs – and guess which player conceded most penalties.
Results, Round 7
Highlanders vs Brumbies, 26-20
Waratahs vs Chiefs, 23-16
Blues vs Cheetahs, 29-22
Bulls vs Hurricanes, 26-14 in Napier
Rebels vs Force, 26-25 in Perth
Reds vs Lions, 30-25 in Johannesburg
Stormers vs Sharks, 16-6 in Durban
Sanctions
Cited and suspended
Nobody. James Slipper was cited and not suspended.
Yellow cards
James Slipper (Reds) – tip tackle
James Horwill (Reds) – tackle infringement
Nathan White (Chiefs) – scrum infringement)
Tony Brown (Highlanders) – tackle infringement
Mark Gerrard (Rebels) – high tackle
Possession
(i) Highlanders vs Brumbies
Penalties conceded: 18
Highlanders: 10
Brumbies: 8
Reasons for the penalties:
Highlanders:
Tackle: 6 (Rutledge, Soakai, Treeby, Manu, Brown 2)
Offside: 1 (Donnelly*)
Scrums: 1 (King)
Discipline: 2 (Lynn – obstruction; Soakai – obstruction)
Brumbies:
Tackle: 5 (Ma’afu*, Edmunds*, Lealiifano, Alexander, Hand*)
Scrum: 2 (Ma’afu, Alexander)
Discipline: 1 (Andrew Smith – air tackle)
The Brumbies missed three penalty kicks at goal.
Free kicks conceded
Highlanders: 2 (scrums)
Brumbies: 0
Line-outs
Highlanders: 11
Brumbies: 15 (1 quick)
The line-outs were remarkably orderly.
Scrums
Highlanders: 8 (1 reset, 1 collapse, 1 free kick, 1 penalty)
Brumbies: 9 (3 resets, 4 collapses, 1 free kick, 2 penalties)
Drop-outs
Highlanders: 2
Brumbies: 1
Stoppages: 70
(ii) Waratahs vs Chiefs
Penalties conceded: 21
Waratahs: 11
Chiefs: 10
Reasons for the penalties:
Waratahs:
Tackle: 7 (Burgess 2, Waugh, Kepu, O’Connor, Mowen, Mumm)
Offside: 3 (Robinson*, Undetermined*, Ryan*)
Discipline: 1 (Mowen – obstruction)
Chiefs:
Tackle: 4 (Nanai-Williams, Taumalolo, Sivivatu*, Masaga)
Scrum: 4 (White* 4)
Discipline: 1 (Ross – collapsed maul)
Penalty try: 1 (Smith)
The Waratahs missed a penalty kick at goal, the Chiefs three.
Free kicks conceded
Waratahs: 0
Chiefs: 0
Line-outs
Waratahs: 8 (1 skew)
Chiefs: 7 (2 lost)
Scrums
Waratahs: 12 (6 reset, 7 collapses, 2 penalties 1 penalty try)
Chiefs: 6 (1 lost, 1 penalty)
Drop-outs
Waratahs: 3
Chiefs: 3
Stoppages: 66
(iii) Blues vs Cheetahs
Penalties conceded: 17
Blues: 8
Cheetahs: 9
Reasons for the penalties:
Blues:
Tackle: 6 (Rokocoko, Toeava, Mathewson, Lowrey*, Luamanu, Mailau)
Scrum: 1 (Mailau)
Discipline: 1 (Lowrey – obstruction)
Cheetahs:
Tackle: 2 (Steenkamp, Johnson)
Offside: 2 (Raubenheimer*, Pretorius)
Scrum: 3 (Oosthuizen 3)
Discipline: 2 (Louw – man without ball; Burger -0 knocking ball into touch)
The Blues missed a penalty kick at goal.
Free kicks conceded
Blues: 1 (mark)
Cheetahs: 1 (scrum)
Line-outs
Blues: 20 (2 lost, 2 quick)
Cheetahs: 11 (2 lost, 1 quick)
Scrums
Blues: 5 (3 collapses, 3 penalties)
Cheetahs: 10 (4 resets, 1 collapse, 1 free kick)
Drop-outs
Blues: 0
Cheetahs: 1
Stoppages: 70
(iv) Hurricanes vs Bulls
Penalties conceded: 23
Hurricanes: 10
Bulls: 13
Reasons for the penalties:
Hurricanes:
Tackle: 7 (Tialata 2, Hore* 3, Vito*, Lam)
Offside: 2 (Lilo*, Kirkpatrick*)
Scrum: 1 (Schwalger)
Bulls:
Tackle: 10 (Kirchner* 2, Olivier, Bakkies Botha*, Stegmann* 4, Greyling, Du Preez)
Offside: 3 (Bakkies Botha, Greyling, Gary Botha)
The Hurricanes missed three kicks at goal.
Free kicks conceded
Hurricanes: 1 (scrum)
Bulls: 0
Line-outs
Hurricanes: 15 (4 lost, 1 skew, 1 quick)
Bulls: 7 (2 skew, 1 quick)
Scrums
Hurricanes: 9 (1 free kick)
Bulls: 9 (1 collapse)
Drop-outs
Hurricanes: 0
Bulls: 1
Stoppages: 68
(v) Force vs Rebels
Penalties conceded: 20
Force: 13
Rebels: 7
Reasons for the penalties:
Force:
Tackle: 4 (Fairbrother 2, Cummins, Hodgson)
Offside: 1 (Longbottom*)
Scrum: 2 (Fairbrother** 2)
Rebels:
Tackle: 8 (Saffy* 2, Robinson* 3, Somerville, Weeks, Rooney)
Offside: 1 (Gerrard)
Scrum: 2 (Henderson, Weeks)
Discipline: 2 (Cipriani – obstruction; Gerrard – high tackle)
The Force missed two penalty kicks at goal.
Free kicks conceded
Force: 0
Rebels: 0
Line-outs
Force: 11(4 lost)
Rebels: 8 (3 lost, 1 quick)
Scrums
Force: 3 (2 collapses, 2 penalties)
Rebels: 9 (2 reset, 3 collapses, 1 penalty)
Drop-outs
Force: 0
Rebels: 2
Stoppages: 55
(vi) Lions vs Reds
Penalties conceded: 21
Lions: 7
Reds: 14
Reasons for the penalties:
Lions:
Tackle: 5 (Mapoe, Bulbring 2, La Grange, Van der Merwe)
Offside: 1 (Kockott*)
Discipline: 1 (Grobbelaar – man without ball)
Reds:
Tackle: 10 (Daley, Horwill** 2, Genia, Saia Faingaa, Wallace-Harrison, Anthony Faingaa 2, Cooper, Samo*)
Offside: 1 (Wallace-Harrison*)
Scrum: 2 (Slipper, Holmes)
Discipline: 1 (Slipper – tip tackle;)
The Lions missed three penalty kicks at goal, the Reds 1.
Free kicks conceded
Lions: 1 (mark)
Reds: 0
Line-outs
Lions: 15 (2 lost, 2 skew)
Reds: 15 (1 quick)
Scrums
Lions: 8 (1 resets, 3 collapses, 27 penalties, 1 wheel)
Reds: 2 (1 reset)
Both the Reds’ put-ins were in the second half.
Drop-outs
Lions: 2
Reds: 2
Stoppages: 68
vii) Sharks vs Stormers
Penalties conceded: 14
Sharks: 7
Stormers: 7
Reasons for the penalties:
Sharks:
Tackle: 3 (Terblanche, Ndungane*, Mtawarira*)
Scrum: 3 (Mtawarira*, Jannie du Plessis, Smit)
Discipline: 1 (Smit – man without the ball)
Stormers:
Tackle: 3 (Blaauw*, Louw, Harris*)
Offside: 1 (De Jongh)
Scrum: 2 (Harris, Van der Linde)
Discipline: 1 (Bekker – man without the ball)
The Sharks missed three penalty kicks at goal.
Free kicks conceded
Sharks: 0
Stormers: 1 (line-out)
Line-outs
Sharks: 11 (3 lost)
Stormers: 8 (1 skew, 1 free kick)
Scrums
Sharks: 7
Stormers: 13 (2 reset, 5 collapses, 3 penalties, 1 lost)
Drop-outs
Sharks: 0
Stormers: 1
Stoppages: 57
Ball in Play
These are figures provided by Jan Taljaard who has been doing them for years. The average for a match of this kind is just over 33 minutes.
Highlanders vs Brumbies (Dickinson):
16 minutes 32 seconds + 20 minutes 5 seconds = 36 minutes 37 seconds
Waratahs vs Chiefs (Peyper):
12 minutes 48 seconds + 19 minutes 9 seconds = 31 minutes 57 seconds
Blues vs Cheetahs (Lawrence):
18 minutes 25 seconds + 16 minutes 24 seconds = 34 minutes 49 seconds
Hurricanes vs Bulls (White):
18 minutes 3 seconds + 17 minutes 2 seconds = 35 minutes 5 seconds
Western Force vs Rebels (Joubert):
17 minutes 22 seconds + 17 minutes 5 seconds = 34 minutes 27 seconds
Lions vs Reds (Munro):
13 minutes 51 seconds + 15 minutes 59 seconds = 29 minutes 50 seconds
Sharks vs Stormers (Kaplan):
18 minutes 7 seconds + 17 minutes 3 seconds = 35 minutes 10 seconds
Some Match Totals
Tries scored per match
Highlanders vs Brumbies, 3 + 3 = 6
Waratahs vs Chiefs, 2 + 1 = 3
Blues vs Cheetahs, 4 + 3 = 7
Hurricanes vs Bulls, 1 + 1 = 2
Force vs Rebels, 3 + 3 = 6
Lions vs Reds, 2 + 3 = 5
Sharks vs Stormers, 0 + 1 = 1
Penalties scored per match
Highlanders vs Brumbies, 3 + 1 = 4
Waratahs vs Chiefs, 3 + 3 = 6
Blues vs Cheetahs, 1 + 2 = 3
Hurricanes vs Bulls, 3 + 5 = 8
Force vs Rebels, 2 + 3 = 5
Lions vs Reds, 5 + 3 = 8
Sharks vs Stormers, 2 + 3 = 5
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 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
Sanctionary Cards per team
Blues: Y, Y
Brumbies: C
Bulls: Y
Cheetahs: Y, Y
Chiefs: Y, Y, Y
Crusaders: Y
Force: Y, R, Y, C, Y, Y
Highlanders: Y, Y, Y
Hurricanes: Y, Y, Y
Lions: Y, C
Rebels: Y, Y, Y, Y
Reds: Y, Y, Y, Y
Sharks:
Stormers: Y, Y, Y
Waratahs: Y, Y
Y = yellow card; R = red card; C = cited and suspended.
Tries per team
Blues: 3 + 0 + 5 + 1 + 5 + 1 + 4 = 19
Brumbies: 3 + 2 + 4+ 1 + 1 + 3 = 14
Bulls: 2 + 3 + 3 + 1 + 3 + 1 = 13
Chiefs: 3 + 1 + 4 + 3 + 0 + 2 + 1 = 14
Crusaders: 2 + 2 + 6 + 6 + 5 = 21
Cheetahs: 0 + 3 + 0 + 2 + 1 + 3 = 9
Force: 1 + 0 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 3 = 7
Highlanders: 1 + 2 + 4 + 0 + 1 + 3 = 11
Hurricanes: 0 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 1 = 6
Lions: 3 + 2 + 4 + 0 + 2 + 2 = 13
Rebels: 0 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 0 + 6 + 3 = 15
Reds: 2 + 0 + 1 + 7 + 6 + 3 = 19
Sharks: 2 + 2 + 5 + 4 + 0 + 4 + 0 = 17
Stormers: 1 + 0 + 0 + 1 + 6 + 1 = 9
Waratahs: 7 + 4 + 3 + 0 + 2 + 2 = 18
Penalties scored per team
Blues: 3 + 4 + 1 + 5 + 2 + 3 + 1 = 19
Brumbies: 3 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 5 + 1 = 14
Bulls: 4 + 2 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 5 = 19
Chiefs: 1 + 2 + 4 + 3 + 5 + 1 + 1 = 17
Crusaders: 4 + 4 + 4 + 2 + 3 = 17
Cheetahs: 3 + 2 + 5 + 5 + 3 + 1 + 2 = 21
Force: 5 + 4 + 5 + 5 + 3 + 2 = 24
Highlanders: 3 + 2 + 3 +2 + 2 + 3 = 15
Hurricanes: 3 + 5 + 4 + 1 + 3 = 16
Lions: 1 + 2 + 2 + 4 + 4 + 3 + 5 = 21
Rebels: 0 + 6 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 4 + 3 = 17
Reds: 3 + 2 + 7 + 2 + 1 + 3 = 18
Sharks: 4 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 3 + 2 + 2 = 19
Stormers: 4 + 7 + 6 + 6 + 3 + 3 = 29
Waratahs: 0 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 5 + 3 = 12
Penalties conceded per team
Blues: 11 + 8 + 12 + 12 + 10 + 7 + 8 = 68
Brumbies: 12 + 10 + 12 + 10 + 6 + 8 = 58
Bulls: 13 + 9 + 5 + 13 + 15 + 13 = 68
Chiefs: 7 + 13 + 13 + 7 + 9 + 15 + 10 = 74
Crusaders: 9 + 12 + 12+ 11 + 9 = 53
Cheetahs: 13 + 9 + 13 + 10 + 7 + 9 + 9 = 70
Force: 9 + 11 + 13 + 11 + 11 + 7 = 62
Highlanders: 13 + 10 + 9 + 10 +12 + 10 = 64
Hurricanes: 13 + 7 + 10 + 9 + 10 = 49
Lions: 9 + 15 + 4 + 13 + 8 + 10 + 7 = 66
Rebels: 13 + 8 + 12 + 14 + 8 + 12 = 67
Reds: 11 + 10 + 7 + 10 + 11 + 13 + 14 = 76
Sharks: 7 + 11 + 11 + 7 + 9 + 6 + 7 = 58
Stormers: 9 + 11 + 18 + 7 + 14 + 7 = 66
Waratahs: 9 + 10 + 9 + 6 + 15 + 11 = 60
