Statistics - Tri-Nations ix
And so, like all good things, the 2009 Tri-Nations has come to an end and it did so with an All Black flourish, a big 33-6 win in Wellington.
There are some totals available, like most tries, most penalties, most stoppages.
Sanctions
Sanctionary Cards
There was a yellow card this week when Isaia Toeava tackled James O’Connor around the throat. for the rest it was an honourable match.
Recipients in 2009 Tri-Nations
JP Pietersen (South Africa) – high tackle
Isaac Ross (New Zealand) – offside at a tackle/ruck
Bakkies Botha (South Africa) – offside
Matt Giteau (Australia) – dangerous tackle
Richard Brown (Australia) – repeated infringement by the team
George Smith (Australia) – professional foul
Richard Brown (Australia) – dangerous tackle (tip tackle)
Isaia Toeava (New Zealand) – dangerous tackle
In addition Jaque Fourie (South Africa) was cited and suspended for four weeks for a dangerous (tip) tackle.
Penalties conceded
In this section we record the times a team was penalised.
New Zealand vs Australia
Total number of penalties: 17
New Zealand: 8
Australia: 9
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
* = points conceded
New Zealand:
Tackle/ruck/maul: 6 (Read 2, Cowan, Hore, Afoa, McCaw)
Offside: 2 (Thorn*, Nonu)
Toeava was yellowcarded but not [penalised because Berrick Barnes scored a dropped goal on advantage.
Australia:
Tackle/ruck/maul: 7 (Alexander, Polota-Nau*, Chisholm, Ashley-Cooper*, Elsom, O’Connor*, Smith)
Discipline: 2 (Turner* – deliberate knock-on; Barnes – man without ball)
Each side 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: 13/17 – 77%
Getting possession – line-outs, scrums, free-kicks, drop-outs
In this section the figures represent the number of times you get to play with the ball.
New Zealand:
Line-outs: 10
Scrums: 8 (4 resets, 8 collapses)
Free-kicks: 1 (scrum,)
Drop-outs: 2
Australia:
Line-outs: 15 (2 lost, 1 quick)
Scrums: 8 (6 resets, 8 collapses, 4 free kicks)
Free-kicks: 3 (scrums)
Drop-outs: 2
The scrums were a mess.
Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs): 76
Scoring
Tries
This is the number of tries each team scored.
New Zealand: 3 (Jane, Nonu, Rokocoko)
Australia: 0
Tries/penalties scored
This gives the ratio of tries scored to penalties scored by each team:
New Zealand: 3/4
Australia: 0/1
The ratio of tries scored to penalties goaled is 3/5
Some 2009 totals
Results
Australia vs South Africa, 21-6
New Zealand vs Australia, 19-18
New Zealand vs Australia, 22-16
South Africa vs Australia, 29-17
South Africa vs Australia, 32-25
South Africa vs New Zealand, 31-19
South Africa vs New Zealand, 32-29
South Africa vs New Zealand, 28-19
New Zealand vs Australia, 33-6
Tries scored
Australia: 1 + 2 + 0 + 3 + 2 + 0 = 8
New Zealand: 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 3 = 9
South Africa: 2 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 0 + 2 = 10
Conversions scored
Australia: 1 + 2 + 0 + 2 + 1 + 0 = 6
New Zealand: 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 3 = 9
South Africa: 0 + 1 + 0 + 3 + 0 + 2 = 6
Penalties conceded
Australia: 14 + 8 + 11 + 4 + 7 + 9 = 53
New Zealand: 10 + 11 + 14 + 12 + 8 + 8 = 63
South Africa: 4 + 7 + 5 + 15 + 11 + 12 = 54
Free kicks conceded
Australia: 2 + 3 + 2 + 0 + 2 + 1 = 10
New Zealand: 3 + 2 + 0 + 4 + 0 + 3 = 12
South Africa: 1 + 5 + 1 + 4 + 4 + 0 = 15
Penalties scored
Australia: 3 + 0 + 6 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 14
New Zealand: 5 + 3 + 4 + 4 + 5 + 4 = 25
South Africa: 6 + 8 + 7 + 2 + 1 + 5 = 29
Drops scored
Australia: 0 + 1 + 0 + 0 + 1 + 1 = 3
New Zealand: 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = 0
South Africa: 0 + 0 + 1 + 0 + 1 + 1 = 3
Line-outs lost
Australia: 0 + 9 + 0 + 5 + 3 + 2 = 19
New Zealand: 4 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 4 + 0 = 16
South Africa: 1 + 1 + 0 + 2 + 0 + 2 = 6
Stoppages per match
New Zealand vs Australia i: 77
South Africa vs New Zealand i: 62
South Africa vs New Zealand ii: 73
South Africa vs Australia i: 89
Australia vs New Zealand ii: 76
Australia vs South Africa ii: 72
Australia vs South Africa iii: 89
New Zealand vs South Africa iii: 64
New Zealand vs Australia iii: 76
