Statistics: World Cup, pools end
As the pool matches at the 2011 Rugby World Cup come to an end, we give the statistics for the last 12 pool matches and then some stats about the pools – the mosts and leasts, for example penalised, sever sanctions, tries conceded and scored, penalties conceded, and we find the most penalised player of the pools.
The surprise result was Tonga’s victory over France. The strangest result was the match between Canada and Japan which produced something of a replica of their 2007 match. The same teams with the same referee and the same try-scorers produced the same result – a draw.
Some teams appear twice in this group because of the rapid turnarounds some teams have had to endure.
Results, Round 4
Wales vs Namibia, 81-7
Canada vs Japan, 23-23
Italy vs USA, 27-10
Georgia vs Romania, 25-9
South Africa vs Samoa, 13-5
Australia vs Russia, 68-22
Tonga vs France, 19-14
England vs Scotland, 16-12
Argentina vs Georgia, 25-7
New Zealand vs Canada, 79-15
Wales vs Fiji, 66-0
Ireland vs Italy, 36-6
Sanctions
This final round was not as wholesome as those before. There was especially the unhappy match between South Africa and Samoa and the niggardly match between Ireland and Italy.
The pools did not finish on a good note, which was out of keeping with what had been the tone of the World Cup up till then.
Cited and suspended
Leonardo Ghiraldini (Italy) – eye-gouging, suspended for 15 weeks
Sukanaialu Hufanga (Tonga) – tip tackle, suspended for 5 weeks
Lekso Gugava (Georgia) – tip tackle, suspended for 5 weeks
Valery Tsnobiladze Russia) – head-butt, suspended for 3 weeks
Delon Armitage (England) – dangerous tackle, suspended for 1 match
Fabrice Estebanez (France) – tip tackle, suspended for 3 weeks
Red card
Paul Williams (Samoa) – for striking an opponent
Yellow cards
Raoul Larson (Namibia) – repeated scrumming infringement by team
Louis Stanfill (USA) – offside
John Smit (South Africa) – deliberate knock-on
Sukanaivalu Hufanga (Tonga) – tip tackle
Fabrice Estebanez (France) – tip tackle
Possession
(i) Wales vs Namibia
Penalties conceded: 20
Wales: 10
Namibia: 10
Reasons for the penalties:
Wales:
Tackle: 5 (Bennett, Warburton, Brew, Byrne, Priestland)
Offside: 1 (Bennett)
Scrums: 3 (Jenkins 2, Mitchell)
Discipline: 1 (Ryan Jones – obstruction)
Namibia:
Tackle: 3 (Jantjies, Du Plessis, Burger)
Offside: 1 (Van Zyl)
Scrum: 5 (Du Toit* 3, Larsen, Undetermined)
Discipline: 1 (Esterhuyse – high tackle)
Namibia missed two penalty kicks at goal.
Free kicks conceded
Wales: 0
Namibia: 1 (scrum)
Line-outs
Wales: 12 (1 lost, 1 skew, 2 quick)
Namibia: 13 (2 lost, 1 quick)
Scrums
Wales: 11 (3 reset, 2 collapses, 1 free kick, 4 penalties)
Namibia: 11 (1 reset, 5 collapses, 1 lost, 4 penalties)
Drop-outs
Wales: 1
Namibia: 0
Stoppages: 68
(ii) Canada vs Japan
Penalties conceded: 20
Canada: 11
Japan: 9
Reasons for the penalties
Canada:
Tackle: 5 (Riordan, O’Toole, Kleeberger, Carpenter, Cudmore*)
Offside: 3 (Undetermined, Carpenter, Marshall
Discipline: 3 (Sinclair – high tackle; Marshall* – +10; Riordan – maul collapse)
Japan:
Tackle: 8 (Tanaka, Thompson, Kikutani, Leitch, Kitagawa*, Nicholas, Hiwasa, Hatakeyama*)
Offside: 1 (Nicholas)
The Canada missed a penalty kicks at goal.
Free kicks conceded
Canada: 0
Japan: 1 (scrum)
Line-outs
Canada: 11 (1 lost)
Japan: 12 (1 lost, 1 skew, 1 quick)
Scrums
Canada: 14 (1 reset, 1 collapse, 1 lost, 1 free kick)
Japan: 7 (1 reset)
Drop-outs
Canada: 1
Japan: 0
Stoppages: 68
(iii) Italy vs USA
Penalties conceded: 25
Italy: 7
USA: 18
Reasons for the penalties
Italy:
Tackle: 4 (Perugini, Orquera, Garcia, Van Zyl)
Offside: 2 (Orquera*, Mauro Bergamasco)
Scrum: 1 (Lo Cicero)
USA:
Tackle: 7 (Emerick, Suniula, Macdonald, Moeakiola, Scully, Johnson, LaValla)
Offside: 3 (Emerick, Stanfill, Macdonald)
Scrum: 6 (Macdonald* 4, Moeakiola, Pittman)
Discipline: 2 (Scully – kneeing an opponent; Clever – obstruction)
Neither side missed a penalty kick at goal.
Free kicks conceded
Italy: 1 (line-out)
USA: 2 (scrums)
Line-outs
Italy: 15 (2 lost, 1 skew, 1 free kick)
USA: 7 (1 lost)
Scrums
Italy: 12 (4 resets, 7 collapses, 1 wheel, 2 free kicks, 6 penalties, 1 penalty try)
USA: 5 (1 collapse)
Drop-outs
Italy: 1
USA: 1
Stoppages: 73
(iv) Georgia vs Romania
Penalties conceded: 22
Georgia: 9
Romania: 13
Reasons for the penalties:
Georgia:
Tackle: 5 (Chkhaidze* 2, Maisuradze, Zedginidze, Basilaia)
Offside: 1 (Kinchagishvili)
Scrum: 1 (Undetermined)
Discipline: 2 (Zirakashvili* – obstruction; Gigauri – air tackle)
Romania:
Tackle: 7 (Macovei, Tincu, Dumbrava, Carpo* 2, Dimofte, Gal)
Offside: 6 (Macovei, Dimofte*, Gal* 2, Lazar*, Poparlan*)
Each side missed two penalty kicks at goal.
Free kicks conceded
Georgia: 0
Romania: 1 (line-out)
Line-outs
Georgia: 13 (4 lost, 1 free kick)
Romania: 13 (1 lost, 2 skew)
Scrums
Georgia: 10 (1 reset, 1 wheel, 1 lost)
Romania: 8 (1 collapse, 1 penalty)
Drop-outs
Georgia: 2
Romania: 2
Stoppages: 71
(v) South Africa vs Samoa
Penalties conceded: 21
South Africa: 10
Samoa: 11
Reasons for the penalties:
South Africa:
Tackle: 6 (Jannie du Plessis 2, Bismarck du Plessis, Brüssow, Rossouw, Pietersen)
Offside: 1 (François Steyn)
Discipline: 3 (Fourie – man without ball; Spies – obstruction; Smit – deliberate knock-on)
Samoa:
Tackle: 4 (Fotuali’i, Thompson, Lemi, Fa’asavalu)
Offside: 1 (Stowers)
Scrum: 2 (Taulafo)
Discipline: 4 (Thompson – +10; Thompson – maul collapse’; Thompson* – +10; Williams – striking an opponent)
South Africa missed two penalty kicks at goal.
Free kicks conceded
South Africa: 1 (mark)
Samoa: 1 (line-out)
Line-outs
South Africa: 12 (2 lost, 2 free kick)
Samoa: 15 (3 lost)
Scrums
South Africa: 9 (1 resets)
Samoa: 7 (1 reset, 1 2 collapse, 2 penalties)
Drop-outs
South Africa: 0
Samoa: 2
Stoppages: 70
(vi) Australia vs Russia
Penalties conceded: 13
Australia: 9
Russia: 4
Reasons for the penalties
Australia:
Tackle: 2 (Sharpe, Faingaa)
Offside: 1 (O’Connor)
Scrum: 3 (Slipper, Ma’afu, Kepu)
Discipline: 3 (Horwill – air tackle; Cooper – high tackle; McCalman – high tackle)
Russia:
Tackle: 2 (Fatakhov, Gresev)
Offside: 1 (Fatakhov)
Discipline: 1 (Korshunov – armless tackle)
Neither side missed a penalty kick at goal.
Free kicks conceded
Australia: 1 (line-out)
Russia: 0
Line-outs
Australia: 11 (1 lost, 1 skew, 1 free kick, 1 reset)
Russia: 9 (3 lost)
Scrums
Australia: 5 (1 collapse, 1 penalty)
Russia: 9 (1 reset, 2 collapses, 2 penalties)
Drop-outs
Australia: 0
Russia: 0
Stoppages: 50
(vii) France vs Tonga
Penalties conceded: 19
France: 11
Tonga: 8
Reasons for the penalties:
France:
Tackle: 5 (Poux*, Lakafia, Clerc, Servat, Yachvili)
Offside: 5 (Rougerie*, Clerc, Szarzewski, Barcella, Palisson)
Discipline: 1 (Estebanez – tip tackle)
Tonga:
Tackle: 3 (Ma’afu*, Maka, Fatafehi)
Offside: 2 (Hufanga, Pulu)
Scrum: 1 (Tonga’uiha)
Discipline: (Hufanga – tip tackle; Taumalolo* – shoulder charge)
Tonga missed four penalty kicks at goal.
Free kicks conceded
France: 1 (scrum)
Tonga: 2 (scrums)
Line-outs
France: 7 (2 lost, 1 quick)
Tonga: 7 (1 lost)
Scrums
France: 11 (4 resets, 3 collapses, 3 free kicks, 1 penalty)
Tonga: 4 (1 reset, 2 collapses)
Drop-outs
France: 4
Tonga: 0
Stoppages: 60
(viii) England vs Scotland
Penalties conceded: 22
England: 11
Scotland: 11
Reasons for the penalties
England:
Tackle: 5 (Croft 2, Cole*, Moody, Easter)
Scrum: 4 (Cole** 2, Stevens 2)
Discipline: 2 (Croft – + 10; CorbisieR – obstruction)
Scotland:
Tackle: 8 (Ford 2, Vernon, Lamont* 2, de Luca 2, Hines)
Offside: 1 (Jacobsen)
Scrum: 1 (Ford)
Discipline: 1 (Kellock* – collapsing maul)
England missed four penalty kicks at goal.
Free kicks conceded
England: 3 (2 line-outs, 1 scrum)
Scotland: 3 (2 scrums, 1 line-out)
Line-outs
England: 18 (2 lost, 2 free kicks)
Scotland: 9 (1 lost, 1 free kick)
Scrums
England: 9 (2 resets, 2 collapses, 1 wheel, 3 free kicks, 1 penalty)
Scotland: 8 (4 reset, 6 collapses, 1 lost, 1 penalty)
Drop-outs
England: 2
Scotland: 4
Stoppages: 83
(ix) Argentina vs Georgia
Penalties conceded: 25
Argentina: 8
Georgia: 17
Reasons for the penalties
Argentina:
Tackle: 8 (Albacete, Farias Cabello, Galarza 2, Creevy 3)
Scrum: 1 (Campos)
Georgia:
Tackle: 9 (Urjukashvili 2, Kakovin, Khmaladze, Maisuradze* 2, Zibzibadze, Todua, Kvirikashvili)
Offside: 4 (Giorgadze, Chkhaidze, Shvelidze, Zibzibadze*)
Scrum: 4 (Zibzibadze 2, Zirakashvili, Shvelidze)
Argentina missed two penalty kicks at goal.
Free kicks conceded
Argentina: 0
Georgia: 0
Line-outs
Argentina: 10 (4 lost, 1 skew)
Georgia: 9 (1 lost, 1 skew)
Scrums
Argentina: 15 (5 resets, 3 collpases, 2 penalties)
Georgia: 10 (1 reset, 2 penalties)
Drop-outs
Argentina: 0
Georgia: 3
Stoppages: 75
(x) New Zealand vs Canada
Penalties conceded: 9
New Zealand: 3
Canada: 6
Reasons for the penalties:
New Zealand:
Tackle: 3 (Sonny Bill Williams*, Dagg, Kaino)
Canada:
Tackle: 4 (O’Toole, Kleeberger 2, White)
Offside: (Van der Merwe*, Fairhurst)
Neither side missed a penalty kick at goal.
Free kicks conceded
New Zealand: 0
Canada: 1 (mark)
Line-outs
New Zealand: 10
Canada: 8 (1 lost)
Scrums
New Zealand: 8
Canada: 11 (1 reset, 1 collapse, 4 lost)
Drop-outs
New Zealand: 1
Canada: 0
Stoppages: 49
(xi) Wales vs Fiji
Penalties conceded: 23
Wales: 14
Fiji: 9
Reasons for the penalties
Wales:
Tackle: 11 (Bennett 2, Byrne, Warburton, Faletau 2, Phillips 2, Charteris, Undetermined, Halfpenny)
Offside: 1 (Warburton)
Discipline: 1 (Charteris – air tackle; Undetermined – +10)
Fiji:
Tackle: 1 (Veikoso)
Offside: 3 (Buatava, Undetermined, Talei*)
Scrum: 2 (Nailago, Somoca)
Discipline: 2 (Nasiga – man without ball; Ravulo – air tackle)
One tackle was undetermined.
Neither side missed a penalty kick at goal.
Free kicks conceded
Wales: 1 (scrum)
Fiji: 1 (mark)
Line-outs
Wales: 8 (1 lost, 1 skew)
Fiji: 12 (3 lost, 1 skew)
Scrums
Wales: 11 (1 penalty)
Fiji: 7 (1 reset, 1 wheel, 1 free kick)
No collapses
Drop-outs
Wales: 1
Fiji: 0
Stoppages: 64
(xii) Ireland vs Italy
Penalties conceded: 23
Ireland: 11
Italy: 12
Reasons for the penalties
Ireland:
Tackle: 4 (O’Gara, Earls, O’Brien, Sexton)
Scrum: 2 (Healy* 2)
Discipline: 5 (O’ Connell* – collapsing maul; O’ Connell* – collapsing maul; Healy – fighting; Ryan – air tackle; O’callaghan – collapsing maul)
Italy:
Tackle: 3 (Mauro Bergamasco, Geldenhuys*, Lo Cicero*)
Offside: 1 (Geldenhuys)
Scrum: 4 (Perugini 2, Lo Cicero 2)
Discipline: 4 (Canale – man without ball; Van Zyl* – obstruction; Mauro Bergamasco – fighting; Masi* – man without ball)
Each side missed a penalty kick at goal.
Free kicks conceded
Ireland: 1 (scrum)
Italy: 1 (mark)
Line-outs
Ireland: 8 (1 lost, 1 skew)
Italy: 12 (3 lost, 1 skew)
Scrums
Ireland: 11 (1 penalty)
Italy: 7 (1 reset, 1 wheel, 1 free kick)
No collapses
Drop-outs
Ireland: 1
Italy: 0
Stoppages: 64
Some Match Totals
Ball in Play Time
These stats are provided by kind Jan Taljaard.
Wales vs Namibia (Walsh):
16 minutes 38 seconds + 16 minutes 39 seconds = 33 minutes 17 seconds
Canada vs Japan (Kaplan):
17 minutes 27 seconds + 18 minutes 22 seconds = 35 minutes 49 seconds
Italy vs USA (Clancy):
15 minutes 44 seconds + 18 minutes 31 seconds = 34 minutes 15 seconds
Georgia vs Romania (Pearson):
13 minutes 15 seconds + 17 minutes 19 seconds = 30 minutes 34 seconds
South Africa v Samoa (Owens):
18 minutes 47 seconds + 21 minutes 15 seconds = 40 minutes 2 seconds
Wallabies v Russia (Lawrence):
13 minutes 48 seconds + 15 minutes 50 seconds = 29 minutes 38 seconds
France v Tonga (Walsh):
19 minutes 6 seconds + 16 minutes 12 seconds = 35 minutes 18 seconds
England v Scotland (Joubert):
14 minutes 50 seconds + 16 minutes = 31 minutes 8 seconds
Argentina v Georgia (Rolland):
17 minutes 59 seconds + 14 minutes 36 seconds = 32 minutes 35 seconds
New Zealand v Canada (Poite):
15 minutes 16 seconds + 17 minutes 47 seconds = 33 minutes 3 seconds
Wallis v Fiji (Barnes):
16 minutes 49 seconds + 20 minutes 13 seconds = 37 minutes 2 seconds
Ireland v Italy (Kaplan):
13 minutes 30 seconds + 15 minutes 37 seconds = 29 minutes 7 seconds
Stoppages per match
Wales vs Namibia, 68
Canada vs Japan, 68
Italy vs USA, 73
Georgia vs Romania, 71
South Africa vs Samoa, 70
Australia vs Russia, 50
Tonga vs France, 60
England vs Scotland, 83
Argentina vs Georgia, 75
New Zealand vs Canada, 49
Wales vs Fiji, 64
Ireland vs Italy, 73
Tries per Match
Wales vs Namibia, 12 + 1 = 13
Canada vs Japan, 3 + 2 = 5
Italy vs USA, 4 + 1 = 5
Georgia vs Romania, 1 + 0 = 1
South Africa vs Samoa, 1 + 1 = 2
Australia vs Russia, 10 + 3 = 13
Tonga vs France, 1 + 1 = 2
England vs Scotland, 1 + 0 = 1
Argentina vs Georgia, 3 + 1 = 4
New Zealand vs Canada, 12 + 2 = 14
Wales vs Fiji, 9 + 0 = 9
Ireland vs Italy, 3 + 0 = 3
Penalties scored per Match
Wales vs Namibia, 1 + 0 = 1
Canada vs Japan, 2 + 3 = 5
Italy vs USA, 1 + 1 = 2
Georgia vs Romania, 6 + 3 = 9
South Africa vs Samoa, 2 + 0 = 2
Australia vs Russia, 0 + 0 = 0
Tonga vs France, 4 + 3 = 7
England vs Scotland, 2 + 3 = 5
Argentina vs Georgia, 2 + 0 = 2
New Zealand vs Canada, 1 + 1 = 2
Wales vs Fiji, 1 + 0 = 1
Ireland vs Italy, 5 + 2 = 7
Some Totals from the Pools
Tries scored per team
New Zealand: 36
Australia: 25
Wales: 23
South Africa: 21
England: 18
Ireland: 15
France: 13
Italy: 13
Argentina: 10
Samoa: 10
Canada: 9
Japan: 8
Russia: 8
Fiji: 7
Tonga: 7
Namibia: 5
Scotland: 4
USA: 4
Georgia: 3
Romania: 3
Tries conceded per team
England: 1
South Africa: 2
Argentina: 3
Ireland: 3
Australia: 4
Scotland: 4
Wales: 4
Samoa: 5
New Zealand: 6
France: 9
Italy: 11
Tonga: 13
USA: 18
Fiji: 19
Romania: 21
Japan: 25
Russia: 29
Namibia: 36
Penalties conceded by team
Georgia have a most, Fiji a least.
Argentina: 40
Australia: 41
Canada: 41
England: 49
Fiji: 32
France: 36
Georgia: 49
Ireland: 37
Italy: 33
Japan: 43
Namibia: 46
New Zealand: 38
Romania: 48
Russia: 38
Samoa: 40
Scotland: 39
South Africa: 33
Tonga: 41
USA: 51
Wales: 42
Sanctionary Cards
Y = yellow card
R = red card
C = cited & suspended
Australia:
Argentina:
Canada:
England: Y, Y, C, C
France: Y, C
Fiji: C
Georgia: C
Ireland:
Italy: Y, C
Japan: Y
Namibia: Y, Y
New Zealand:
Romania: Y
Russia: Y, C
Samoa: Y, R
Scotland:
South Africa: Y
Tonga: Y, Y, Y, C
USA: Y, Y
Sanctions log
We give 1 point for a yellow card, 4 for a red card and 4 for being cited and suspended. England have the worst record and they were also in trouble for tampering with the ball.
Australia: 0
Argentina: 0
Canada: 0
England: 10
France: 5
Fiji: 4
Georgia: 4
Ireland: 0
Italy: 5
Japan: 1
Namibia: 2
New Zealand: 0
Romania: 1
Russia: 5
Samoa: 5
Scotland: 0
South Africa: 1
Tonga: 7
USA: 2
Wales: 0
Stoppages
Most stoppages: 83 (England vs Scotland)
Fewest stoppages: 49 (New Zealand vs Canada)
Ball in Play
Longest time in play: 41 minutes 15 seconds (Argentina vs Scotland)
Shortest time in play: 29 minutes 7 seconds (Ireland vs Italy)
