Statistics: Tri-Nations iii
South Africa played New Zealand in Durban and won 31-19 in a Tri-Nations match. Again the All Blacks were generous in defeat and the South African camp sober in victory. We give some statistics in this match.
Sanctions
Cards
There were three cards. They are the first sanctionary cards of the 2009 Tri-Nations.
Recipients
JP Pietersen (South Africa) – high tackle
Isaac Ross (New Zealand) – offside at a tackle/ruck
Bakkies Botha (South Africa) – offside.
Penalties conceded
In this section we record the times a team was penalised.
South Africa vs New Zealand
Total number of penalties: 19
South Africa: 5
New Zealand: 14
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
* = points conceded
South Africa:
Tackle/ruck/maul: 2 (Brüssow *, Smit*)
Offside: 1 (Botha*)
Discipline: 2 (Pietersen* – high tackle; Bismarck du Plessis – shoulder charge)
New Zealand:
Tackle/ruck/maul: 7 (Muliaina* 2, McCaw** 2, Sivivatu, Mealamu*, So’oialo*)
Off-side: 6 (Kaino* 2, Ross* 2, So’oialo, McCaw*)
Discipline: 1 (So’oialo – dissent)
South Africa missed a penalty kick at goal.
Tackles/Penalties
This gives the number of penalties at ruck/tackle as a fraction of the total number of penalties: 9/19 – 47%
Getting possession – line-outs, scrums, free-kicks, drop-outs, turn-overs
In this section the figures represent the number of times you get to play with the ball.
South Africa:
Line-outs: 7 (1 lost, 1 free kick)
Scrums: 14 (3 resets, 3 collapses, 2 free kicks)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 0
New Zealand:
Line-outs: 8 (3 lost, 1 skew, 1 quick)
Scrums: 10 (3 reset, 8 collapses, 1 free kick, 2 lost)
Free-kicks: 5 (1 mark, 3 scrums, 1 line-out)
Drop-outs: 3
Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs): 73
Tries
This is the number of tries each team scored.
South Africa: 1 (Morné Steyn)
New Zealand: 1 (Ross)
Tries/penalties scored
This gives the ratio of tries scored to penalties scored by each team:
South Africa: 1/8
New Zealand: 1/4
The ratio of tries scored to penalties goaled is 2/128
