Statistics: Tri-Nations, Round Nine
The 2010 Tri-Nations ended with a thriller in Sydney when New Zealand came from behind to beat Australia by a single point, 23-22. We have some statistics from the match and for the whole tournament.
This is the second time in the Tri-Nations that the All Blacks looked dead and buried, and came back to win, the sign of a great side They played six matches and beat South Africa and Australia three times each.
Again we have the ball in hand time, again provided by Jan Taljaard. This week it was 35 minutes 31 seconds. There is the log for each match down below.
Results in 2010:
Australia vs South Africa, 30-13
Australia vs South Africa, 41-39
New Zealand vs Australia, 49-28
New Zealand vs Australia, 20-10
New Zealand vs Australia, 23-22
New Zealand vs South Africa, 29-22
New Zealand vs South Africa, 31-17
New Zealand vs South Africa, 32-12
South Africa vs Australia, 44-31
Sanctions
Sanctionary Cards
There were no cards this week.
Cited and suspended
Nobody
Penalties conceded
In this section we record the times a team was penalised.
Australia vs New Zealand
Total number of penalties: 19
Australia: 10
New Zealand: 9
The reasons for the penalties
* = points conceded
Australia:
Tackle: 6 (Pocock* 3, O’Connor*, Ma’afu*, Moore)
Offside: 1 (Cooper
Scrum: 1 (Slipper)
Discipline: 2 (Mumm – collapsing maul; Barnes – obstruction)
New Zealand:
Tackle: 6 (Weepu, McCaw** 2, Flynn 2, Read)
Off-side: 3 (Mealamu*, McCaw, Flynn)
Australia missed two penalty kicks at goal, New Zealand none.
Tackles/Penalties
This gives the number of penalties at ruck/tackle as a fraction of the total number of penalties: 12/19 – 630%
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.
Australia:
Line-outs: 5 (1 lost)
Scrums: 8 (4 resets, 8 collapses, 1 free kick, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 1 (scrum)
Drop-outs: 0
New Zealand:
Line-outs: 15 (3 lost, 1 skew, 1 quick)
Scrums: 4 (1 reset, 2 collapses)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 4
The scrums were messy. The Australian scrum was under pressure and several times collapsed on its own ball when the ball was trapped in the tunnel.
Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs): 61
Scoring
Tries
This is the number of tries each team scored.
Australia: 2 (O’Connor, Ashley-Cooper)
New Zealand: 2 (McCaw, Read)
Tries/penalties scored
This gives the ratio of tries scored to penalties scored by each team:
Australia: 2/4
New Zealand: 2/3
The ratio of tries scored to penalties goaled is 4/7
Some Totals in the 2010 Tri-Nations
Penalties conceded per country
Australia: 7 + 11 + 6 + 6 + 11 + 10 = 51
New Zealand: 12 + 9 + 13 + 12 + 9 = 54
South Africa: 5 + 9 + 10 + 8 + 7 = 39
Tries scored per country
Australia: 2 + 3 + 1 + 4 + 5 + 2 = 17
New Zealand: 4 + 4 + 7 + 2 + 2 = 19
South Africa: 0 + 2 + 2 + 5 + 3 = 12
Tries per match
New Zealand vs South Africa: 4 + 0 = 4
New Zealand vs South Africa: 4 + 2 = 6
Australia vs South Africa: 2 + 2 = 4
Australia vs New Zealand: 3 + 7 = 10
New Zealand vs Australia: 2 + 1 = 3
South Africa vs New Zealand: 1 + 3 = 4
South Africa vs Australia: 5 + 4 = 9
South Africa vs Australia: 3 + 5 = 8
Australia vs New Zealand: 2 + 2 = 4
Stoppages per match
New Zealand vs South Africa: 63
New Zealand vs South Africa: 58
Australia vs South Africa: 53
Australia vs New Zealand: 59
New Zealand vs Australia: 69
South Africa vs New Zealand: 56
South Africa vs Australia: 72
South Africa vs Australia: 68
Australia vs New Zealand: 61
Ball-in-hand time (first half + second half = total):
New Zealand vs South Africa: 18 mins 52 secs + 20 mins 15 secs = 39 mins 7 secs
New Zealand vs South Africa: 17 mins 34 secs + 20 mins 05 secs = 37 mins 39 secs
Australia vs South Africa: 18 mins 17 secs + 19 mins 20 secs = 37 mins 37 secs
Australia vs New Zealand: 13 mins 15 secs + 19 mins 50 secs = 33 mins 5 secs
New Zealand vs Australia: 18 mins 1 second + 20 mins 10 secs = 38 mins 11 secs
South Africa vs New Zealand: 16 mins 42 secs + 18 mins 26 secs = 35 mins 8 secs
South Africa vs Australia: 13 mins 4 secs + 16 mins 53 secs = 29 mins 57 secs
South Africa vs Australia: 16 mins 4 secs + 17 mins 39 secs = 33 mins 43 secs
Australia vs New Zealand: 16 mins 4 secs + 19 mins 27 secs = 35 mins 31 secs
Recipients of yellow cards in Tri-Nations 2010
Bakkies Botha (South Africa) – tackle infringement
Danie Rossouw (South Africa) – kick
Jaque Fourie (South Africa – dangerous tackle
Quade Cooper (Australia) – dangerous tackle
BJ Botha (South Africa – tackle infringement
Own Franks (New Zealand) – armless tackle
Drew Mitchell (Australia) – armless, late tackle
Drew Mitchell (Australia) – preventing a quick throw-in by slapping the ball out of an opponent’s hand.
Saia Faingaa (Australia) for a dangerous tackle – suspended for two weeks
Cited and Suspended in Tri-Nations 2010
Bakkies Botha (South Africa) for a headbutt – suspended for nine weeks
Jean de Villiers (South Africa) for a tip tackle – suspended for two weeks
Jaque Fourie (South Africa for a dangerous tackle – suspended for four weeks
Quade Cooper (Australia) for a dangerous tackle – suspended for two weeks
Saia Faingaa (Australia) for a dangerous tackle – suspended for two weeks
Disciplinary sanctions per country
Australia: 5Y, 2C
New Zealand: Y
South Africa: 4Y, 3C
Y = yellow card
C = citing and suspension
