Statistics: World Cup, Round One
We give some statistics of virtue and vice during the first round of the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
You can see which sides were most and least penalised, who scored most and fewest tries, which match had most or fewest stoppages and which match had the ball in play longest. The most penalised player was penalised five times.
Results, Round One:
New Zealand vs Tonga, 41-10
Scotland vs Romania, 34-24
Fiji vs Namibia, 49-25
France vs Japan, 47-21
England vs Argentina, 13-9
Australia vs Italy, 32-6
Ireland vs USA, 22-10
South Africa vs Wales, 17-16
Sanctions
The only sanctionary actions beyond the penalty were against England players.
Cards
Dan Cole (England) received a yellow card for a tackle infringement after his team had been warned that that could happen.
Cited and Suspended
Courtney Lawes (England) – foul play (knee to Mario Ledesma’s head)
Penalties
(i) New Zealand vs Tonga
Penalties conceded: 20
New Zealand: 13
Tonga: 7
Reasons for the penalties
* = points scored
New Zealand
Tackles: 8 (SB Williams 2, Thorn, Cowan*, Owen Franks, Ali Williams, Hore, McCaw)
Scrums: 3 (Ben Franks 2, Hore)
Discipline: 2 (McCaw – obstruction; Ali Williams – collapsing maul)
Tonga
Tackles: 3 (Lutui, Tu’ineau, Timani)
Offside: 2 (Undetermined, Moa)
Scrums: 1 (Tonga’uiha)
Discipline: 1 (Tonga’uiha – early tackle)
Tonga missed a penalty kick at goal.
Free kicks conceded
New Zealand: 1 (scrum)
Tonga: 1 (scrum)
Line-outs
New Zealand: 8 (1 lost)
Tonga: 12 (2 lost, 2 skew, 1 quick)
Scrums
New Zealand: 10 (1 collapse, 1 penalty)
Tonga: 9 (3 resets, 5 collapses, 2 free kicks, 3 penalties)
Drop-outs
New Zealand: 1
Tonga: 0
Stoppages: 64
(ii) Scotland vs Romania
Penalties conceded: 22
Scotland: 11
Romania: 11
Reasons for the penalties
Scotland
Tackles: 6 (Brown, Barclay*** 3, Gray, Ansbro)
Offside: 2 (Parks*, Barclay)
Scrums: 1 (Jacobsen)
Discipline: 2 (Jacobsen – obstruction; Cross – collapsed maul)
Romania
Tackles: 3 (Ciuntu, Tonita, Ursache)
Offside: 6 (Gal, Ciuntu, Petre, Tincu, Dumbrava*, Lazar*)
Scrums: 1 (Ion)
Discipline: 1 (Tincu – obstruction)
Scotland and Romania each missed a penalty kick at goal.
Free kicks conceded
Scotland: 0
Romania: 2 (1 mark, 1 scrum)
Line-outs
Scotland: 12 (1 lost, 1 quick)
Romania: 8 (1 lost)
Scrums
Scotland: 7 (1 reset, 2 collapses)
Romania: 9 (2 resets, 2 collapses, 1 free kick, 2 penalties)
Drop-outs
Scotland: 3
Romania: 1
Stoppages: 67
(iii) Namibia vs Fiji
Penalties conceded: 13
Namibia: 8
Fiji: 5
Reasons for the penalties:
Namibia
Tackle: 4 (Koll, Dames*, Burger, Darryl de la Harpe)
Offside: 2 (Du Plessis*, Jantjies)
Scrum: 1 (Larsen)
Discipline: 1 (Van Wyk – high tackle)
Fiji
Tackle: 5 (Nalaga*, Waqaniburotu, Talei, Veikoso 2)
The Namibia missed a penalty kick at goal.
Free kicks conceded
Namibia: 5 (3 marks, 2 scrums)
Fiji: 0
Line-outs
Namibia: 9 (2 quick)
Fiji: 11 (2 skew)
Scrums
Namibia: 12 (1 reset)
Fiji: 11 (3 reset, 1 collapse, 2 free kicks, 1 penalty)
Drop-outs
Namibia: 3
Fiji: 0
Stoppages: 68
(iv) France vs Japan
Penalties conceded: 21
France: 9
Japan: 12
Reasons for the penalties
France
Tackle: 6 (Pierre* 2, Servat*, Trinh-Duc, Clerc, Dusautoir*)
Offside: 3 (Yachvili, Servat, Nallet)
Japan
Tackle: 3 (Endo, Fujita, Taniguchi)
Offside: 5 (Thompson, Nicholas 2, Kitagawa, Kikutani)
Scrum: 4 (Hatakeyama** 4)
Japan missed a penalty kick at goal.
Free kicks conceded
France: 0
Japan: 0
Line-outs
France: 11 (1 lost, 1 quick)
Japan: 6 (1 quick)
Scrums
France: 11 (1 reset, 2 collapses, 2 penalties)
Japan: 6 (2 penalties)
Drop-outs
France: 1
Japan: 0
Stoppages: 57
(v) England vs Argentina
Penalties conceded: 27
England: 12
Argentina: 15
Reasons for the penalties
England
Tackle: 7 (Easter 2, Deacon, Ashton, Sheridan*, Cole, Thompson)
Offside: 3 (Easter, Thompson*, Lawes*)
Scrum: 1 (Sheridan)
Discipline: 1 (Lawes & Haskell – obstruction)
Argentina
Tackle: 8 (Leguizamón, Rodríguez, Figallo, Roncero 2, Scelzo, Greevy, Camacho)
Offside: 1 (Leguizamón)
Scrum: 4 (Figallo 2, Roncero 2)
Discipline: 3 (Contepomi – air tackle; Roncero* – high tackle; Agulla – dangerous tackle)
England missed five penalty kicks at goal, six.
Free kicks conceded
England: 0
Argentina: 0
Line-outs
England: 12 (1 lost)
Argentina: 7
Scrums
England: 3 (4 resets, 5 collapses, 2 penalties)
Argentina: 3 (3 resets, 3 collapses, 2 penalties)
Just as well there were not more scrums.
Drop-outs
England: 6
Argentina: 5
Stoppages: 69
(vi) Australia vs Italy
Penalties conceded: 25
Australia: 16
Italy: 9
Reasons for the penalties
Australia
Tackle: 6 (Vickerman 2, Ashley-Cooper* 2, Moore, Cooper)
Offside: 3 (Moore, Kepu, O’Connor)
Scrum: 2 (Kepu 2)
Discipline: 5 (Vickerman – dissent; Anthony Faingaa – obstruction; Vickerman* – collapsing maul; Higginbotham – collapsing maul; Burgess – dissent)
Italy
Tackle: 5 (Barbieri 2, Derbyshire, Mirco Bergamasco, Gori)
Offside: 2 (Parisse, Lo Cicero*)
Discipline: 2 (Parisse – obstruction; Ghiraldini* – late tackle)
Australia and Italy each missed a penalty kick at goal.
Free kicks conceded
Australia: 1 (scrum)
Italy: 0
Line-outs
Australia: 12 (2 lost)
Italy: 18 (4 lost)
Scrums
Australia: 7 (1 free kick)
Italy: 5 (2 collapses 2 penalties)
Drop-outs
Australia: 1
Italy: 1
Stoppages: 70
(vii) Ireland vs USA
Penalties conceded: 20
Ireland: 8
USA: 12
Reasons for the penalties
Ireland
Tackle: 5 (Best, Ross, Murray, O’ Connell*, Ferris)
Offside: 2 (Bowe, Court)
Scrum: 1 (Court)
USA
Tackle: 5 (Emerick 2, Clever* 3)
Offside: 1 (Smith)
Scrum: 4 (Pittman, Macdonald, Moeakiola 2)
Discipline: 2 (Thiel – collapsing maul; Smith – collapsing maul)
Ireland missed three penalty kicks at goal, the USA one.
Free kicks conceded
Ireland: 0
USA: 1 (line-out)
Line-outs
Ireland: 19
USA: 14 (2 lost, 1 free kick)
Scrums
Ireland: 6 (1 reset, 3 collapses, 4 penalties, 1 lost)
USA: 8 (1 reset, 1 collapse, 1 penalty, 1 lost
Drop-outs
Ireland: 1
USA: 3
Stoppages: 74
(viii) South Africa vs Wales
Penalties conceded: 16
South Africa: 10
Wales: 6
Reasons for the penalties:
South Africa:
Tackle: 7 (Spies*, Burger*, Smit, James, Pietersen, Undetermined, Hougaard)
Offside: 1 (James*)
Scrum: 1 (Jannie du Plessis)
Discipline: 1 (Pietersen – high tackle)
Wales:
Tackle: 2 (Alun Wyn Jones, Lydiate)
Offside: (Lydiate* 2)
Scrum: 2 (James 2)
Wales missed two penalty kicks at goal.
Free kicks conceded
South Africa: 1 (mark)
Wales: 3 (1 scrum, 2 marks)
Line-outs
South Africa: 10 (1 lost, 1 skew, 2 quick)
Wales: 16 (3 lost)
Scrums
South Africa: 5 (1 collapse, 2 penalties)
Wales: 8 (3 reset, 4 collapses, 1 free kick, 1 penalty)
Drop-outs
South Africa: 0
Wales: 1
Stoppages: 68
Ball in Play Time
These are provided by Jan Taljaard – no easy task.
The referee’s name is in brackets.
New Zealand vs Tonga (Clancy):
14 minutes 54 seconds + 16 minutes 35 seconds = 31 minutes 29 seconds
Scotland vs Romania (Pearson):
14 minutes 5 seconds + 16 minutes 7 seconds = 30 minutes 12 seconds
Fiji vs Namibia (Owens):
14 minutes 19 seconds + 17 minutes 20 seconds = 31 minutes 39 seconds
France vs Japan (Walsh): |
14 minutes 22 seconds + 19 minutes 57 seconds = 34 minutes 19 seconds
Argentina vs England (Lawrence):
17 minutes 25 seconds + 17 minutes 8 seconds = 34 minutes 33 seconds
Australia vs Italy (Rolland):
16 minutes 42 seconds + 17 minutes 19 seconds = 34 minutes 1 seconds
Ireland vs USA (Joubert):
17 minutes 1 seconds + 15 minutes 1 seconds = 32 minutes 2 seconds
South Africa vs Wales (Barnes):
19 minutes 3 seconds + 21 minutes 43 seconds = 40 minutes 46 seconds
The average for this sort of match is roughly 33 and a half minutes.
Some Match Totals
Scoring
Tries scored per match
New Zealand vs Tonga: 6 + 1 = 7
Scotland vs Romania: 4 + 2 = 6
Fiji vs Namibia: 6 + 2 = 8
France vs Japan: 6 + 2 = 8
Argentina vs England: 0 + 1 = 1
Australia vs Italy: 4 + 0 = 4
Ireland vs USA: 3 + 1 = 4
South Africa vs Wales: 2 + 1 = 3
Penalties scored per match
New Zealand vs Tonga: 1 + 1 = 2
Scotland vs Romania: 4 + 4 = 8
Fiji vs Namibia: 3 + 2 = 5
France vs Japan: 3 + 3 = 6
Argentina vs England: 3 + 2 = 5
Australia vs Italy: 2 + 2 = 4
Ireland vs USA: 1 + 1 = 2
South Africa vs Wales: 1 + 3 = 4
Drops scored: Theuns Kotze of Namibia kicked the only dropped goals of the round – three of them in just four minutes.
Penalties per match
In the first match New Zealand were penalised 13 times, Tonga seven times.
New Zealand vs Tonga: 13 + 7 = 20
Scotland vs Romania: 11 + 11 = 22
Fiji vs Namibia: 5 + 9 = 14
France vs Japan: 9 + 12 = 21
Argentina vs England: 15 + 12 = 27
Australia vs Italy: 9 + 16 = 25
Ireland vs USA: 8 + 12 = 20
South Africa vs Wales: 5 + 10 = 15
Penalties conceded by team
Argentina: 15
Australia: 9
England: 12
Fiji: 5
France: 9
Ireland: 8
Italy: 16
Japan: 12
Namibia: 9
New Zealand: 13
Romania: 11
Scotland: 11
South Africa: 10
Tonga: 7
USA: 12
Wales: 5
Total number of penalties for 8 matches: 164
Total number of tackle penalties for 8 matches: 83
Stoppages per match
New Zealand vs Tonga: 64
Scotland vs Romania: 67
Fiji vs Namibia: 68
France vs Japan: 57
Argentina vs England: 69
Australia vs Italy: 70
Ireland vs USA: 74
South Africa vs Wales: 68
