Statistics: Tri-Nations vi
South Africa ran through Australia in Perth to win the first of their three overseas matches and in the process became the first team in the 2009 Tri-Nations to get a four-try bonus point.. We give some statistics in this match with some accumulated stats. The big surprise was the suddenly big penalty count against South Africa.
After three matches they had conceded a total of 16 penalties; in just this match they conceded 15.
Sanctions
Sanctionary Cards
There were no cards this week.
Recipients in Tri-Nations so far
JP Pietersen (Australia) – 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)
Penalties conceded
In this section we record the times a team was penalised.
Australia vs South Africa
Total number of penalties: 19
Australia: 4
South Africa: 15
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
* = points conceded
Australia:
Tackle/ruck/maul: 2 (Brown, George Smith)
Scrum: 2 (Alexander** 2)
South Africa:
Tackle/ruck/maul: 6 (Smit 2, Mtawarira, Bismarck du Plessis#, Habana, Matfield)
Off-side: 3 (Brüssow, Matfield*, Habana)
Scrum: 5 (Smit, Mtawarira 2, Bismarck du Plessis, Undetermined)
Discipline: 1 (Bismarck du Plessis – obstruction)
Australia missed two penalty kicks at goal, South Africa one.
Tackles/Penalties
This gives the number of penalties at ruck/tackle as a fraction of the total number of penalties: 8/19 – 42%
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: 12 (4 lost, 1 skew, 1 free kick)
Scrums: 9 (3 resets, 4 collapses, 2 free kicks, 4 penalties)
Free-kicks: 4 (2 scrums, 1 mark, 1 line-out)
Drop-outs: 1
South Africa:
Line-outs: 10 (2 lost)
Scrums: 12 (1 collapse, 3 penalties)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 2
Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs): 72
Scoring
Tries
This is the number of tries each team scored.
Australia: 3 (Giteau 2, Turner)
South Africa: 4 (Habana 2, Fourie, Du Preez)
Tries/penalties scored
This gives the ratio of tries scored to penalties scored by each team:
Australia: 3/2
South Africa: 4/2
The ratio of tries scored to penalties goaled is 7/4
Some 2009 totals
Results
New Zealand vs Australia, 22-16
South Africa vs New Zealand, 28-19
South Africa vs New Zealand, 31-19
South Africa vs Australia, 29-17
New Zealand vs Australia, 19-18
South Africa vs Australia, 32-25
Tries scored
Australia: 1 + 2 + 0 + 3 = 6
New Zealand: 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 4
South Africa: 2 + 1 + 1 + 4 = 8
Conversions scored
Australia: 1 + 2 + 0 + 2 = 5
New Zealand: 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 4
South Africa: 0 + 1 + 0 + 3 = 4
Penalties conceded
Australia: 14 + 8 + 11 + 4 = 37
New Zealand: 10 + 11 + 14 + 12 = 47
South Africa: 4 + 7 + 5 + 15 = 31
Penalties scored
Australia: 3 + 0 + 6 + 2 = 11
New Zealand: 5 + 3 + 4 + 4 = 16
South Africa: 6 + 8 + 7 + 2 = 23
Drops scored
Australia: 0 + 1 + 0 + 0 = 1
New Zealand: 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = 0
South Africa: 0 + 0 + 1 + 0 = 1
Free kicks conceded
Australia: 2 + 3 + 2 + 0 = 7
New Zealand: 3 + 2 + 0 + 4 = 9
South Africa: 1 + 5 + 1 + 4 = 11
Line-outs lost
Australia: 0 + 9 + 0 + 5 = 14
New Zealand: 4 + 3 + 4 + 1 = 12
South Africa: 1 + 1 + 0 + 2 = 4
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
