Statistics - Tri-Nations, Week 9
The last match of the 2008 Tri-Nations was a thriller as the All Blacks held the Wallabies at bay to win 28-24 in Brisbane. We give some statistics of the match also overall stats of the Tri-Nations.
The most interesting stats are those about the Australia scrum, which we list further below. But first we look at the match itself.
Sanctions
There were no yellow cards or citings
Cards in the 2008 Tri-Nations
Victor Matfield (South Africa) – high tackle
Brad Thorn (New Zealand) – high tackle
Citing in the 2008 Tri-Nations
Brad Thorn (New Zealand) – an act contrary to good sportsmanship, suspended for a week.
Bismarck du Plessis (South Africa) – contact with the eyes or eye area, suspended for three weeks
CJ van der Linde (South Africa) – reckless, head-first entry into a tackle/ruck, suspended for four weeks.
Penalties conceded
In this section we record the times a team was penalised.
* = points conceded
Australia vs New Zealand
Total number of penalties: 8
Australia: 2
New Zealand: 6
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Australia:
Tackle: 1 (Moore)
Discipline: 1 (Cross – man without ball)
New Zealand:
Tackle: 4 (McCaw* 2, Cowan, So’oialo)
Offside: 1 (Somerville)
Discipline: 1 (Williams – air tackle)
Australia missed a penalty kick at goal.
Free kicks conceded:
Australia: 15 (11 tackles, 1 mark, 1 unplayable, 2 +10)
New Zealand: 13 (9 tackles, 1 +10, 3 scrums)
Of the free kicks, six were turned into scrums.
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.
Australia:
Line-outs: 13 (1 lost)
Scrums: 9 (3 reset, 6 collapses, 3 free kicks)
Drop-outs: 1
New Zealand:
Line-outs: 6 (1 lost)
Scrums: 7 (4 reset, 7 collapses, 1 lost, 1 wheel)
Drop-outs: 3
The scrumming in a match involving Australia was again a sloppy problem.
In the first Tri-Nations match, between New Zealand and South Africa, the scrums were 23, 2 resets, 3 collapses.
In the second Tri-Nations match, between New Zealand and South Africa, the scrums were 13, 1 resets, 3 collapses.
In the third Tri-Nations match, between Australia and South Africa, the scrums were 23, 10 reset, 16 collapses.
In the fourth Tri-Nations match, between Australia and New Zealand, the scrums were 16, 6 reset, 13 collapses.
In the fifth Tri-Nations match, between New Zealand and Australia, the scrums were 11, 7 resets, 12 collapses.
In the sixth Tri-Nations match, between South Africa and New Zealand, the scrums were 24, 5 resets, 2 collapses.
In the seventh Tri-Nations match, between Australia and South Africa, the scrums were 18, 3 reset, 5 collapses.
In the eighth Tri-Nations match, between Australia and South Africa, the scrums were 16, 7 reset, 6 collapses.
In the ninth Tri-Nations match, between Australia and New Zealand, the scrums were 16, 7 reset, 13 collapses.
In matches involving only New Zealand and South Africa, there were 60 scrums, 8 resets and 8 collapses.
In matches involving Australia, there were 100 scrums, 40 resets and 65 collapses.
Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs):
Australia vs New Zealand: 82
Stoppages in the Tri-Nations matches:
New Zealand vs South Africa (i): 81
New Zealand vs South Africa (ii): 71
Australia vs South Africa (i): 82
Australia vs New Zealand (i): 65
New Zealand vs Australia: 81
South Africa vs New Zealand: 85
South Africa vs Australia (i): 71
South Africa vs Australia (ii): 78
Australia vs New Zealand: (ii): 82
Tries
This is the number of tries each team scored.
Australia vs New Zealand: 7
Australia: 3
New Zealand: 4
Tries/penalties scored
This gives the ratio of tries scored to penalties scored by each team:
Australia: 3/1
New Zealand: 4/0
The ratio of tries scored to penalties goaled is 7/1
In the first Test of the Tri-Nations the ratio was 2/5
In the second Test of the Tri-Nations the ratio was 3/11
In the third Test of the Tri-Nations the ratio was 2/4
In the fourth Test of the Tri-Nations the ratio was 7/1
In the fifth Test of the Tri-Nations the ratio was 5/6
In the sixth Test of the Tri-Nations the ratio was 3/0
In the seventh Test of the Tri-Nations the ratio was 5/2
In the eighth Test of the Tri-Nations the ratio was 9/2
In the ninth Test of the Tri-Nations the ratio was 7/1
The overall ratio of tries to penalties scored in the 2008 Tri-Nations was 43/32
Some Tri-Nations totals
Penalties per match:
New Zealand vs South Africa (i): 5 + 8 = 13
New Zealand vs South Africa (ii): 8 + 7 = 15
Australia vs South Africa (i): 6 + 3 = 9
Australia vs New Zealand (i): 3 + 4 = 7
New Zealand vs Australia: 5 + 7 = 12
South Africa vs New Zealand: 9 + 4 = 13
South Africa vs Australia (i): 5 + 4 = 9
South Africa vs Australia (ii): 3 + 2 = 5
Australia vs New Zealand: (ii): 2 + 6 = 8
Penalties per team:
Australia: 6 + 3 + 7 + 4 + 2 + 2 = 23
New Zealand: 5 + 8 + 4 + 5 + 4 + 6 = 32
South Africa: 8 + 7 + 3 + 9 + 5 + 3 = 35
Free kicks conceded per match:
New Zealand vs South Africa (i): 8 + 8 = 16
New Zealand vs South Africa (ii): 7 + 13 = 20
Australia vs South Africa (i): 6 + 9 = 15
Australia vs New Zealand (i): 19 + 14 = 33
New Zealand vs Australia: 8 + 8 = 16
South Africa vs New Zealand: 10 + 8 = 18
South Africa vs Australia (i): 7 + 6 = 13
South Africa vs Australia (ii): 7 + 12 = 19
Australia vs New Zealand: (ii): 15 + 13 = 28
Free kicks conceded per team
Australia: 6 + 19 + 8 + 6 + 12 + 15 = 67
New Zealand: 8 + 7 + 14 + 8 + 8 + 13 = 58
South Africa: 8 + 13 + 9 + 10 + 7 + 7 = 54
Tries per match:
New Zealand vs South Africa (i): 1 + 1 = 2
New Zealand vs South Africa (ii): 1 + 2 = 3
Australia vs South Africa (i): 2 + 0 = 2
Australia vs New Zealand (i): 4 + 3 = 7
New Zealand vs Australia: 4 + 1 = 5
South Africa vs New Zealand: 0 + 3 = 3
South Africa vs Australia (i): 2 + 3 = 5
South Africa vs Australia (ii): 8 + 1 = 9
Australia vs New Zealand: (ii): 3 + 4 = 7
Total Number of tries: 43
Average per match: 4,8
Tries per team:
Australia: 2 + 4 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 3 = 14
New Zealand: 1 + 1 + 3 + 4 + 3 + 4 = 16
South Africa: 1 + 2 + 0 + 0 + 2 + 8 = 13
