Statistics: World Cup's end
The 2011 Rugby World Cup is over. Like a child who waits and waits for Christmas and then suddenly it is over, so we waited for four years and now suddenly it is over, and New Zealand are the champions, beating France by a point in a gripping match.
We give statistics from the final and the third-place play-off. They include the number of tackles.
Results:
Final: New Zealand vs France, 9-8
3rd/4th Play-off: Australia vs Wales, 21-18
Sanctions
There were no sanctionary cards and no citings.
Possession
(i) Australia vs Wales
Penalties conceded: 18
Australia: 8
Wales: 10
Reasons for the penalties
Australia:
Tackle: 7 (Horwill, O’Connor, Higginbotham, Anthony Fainga’a, Slipper, Ma’afu, Ioane*)
Scrums: 1 (Slipper*)
Wales:
Tackle: 7 (Bradley Davies* 2, Shane Williams, Phillips, Faletau, James*, Halfpenny)
Offside: 1 (Bradley Davies)
Scrum: 2 (Jenkins, James)
Australia and Wales each missed two penalty kicks at goal, Wales.
Free kicks conceded
Australia: 1 (scrum)
Wales: 0
Line-outs
Australia: 12 (1 lost, 1 skew)
Wales: 14
Scrums
Australia: 7
Wales: 8 (4 resets, 7 collapses, 3 penalties, 2 free kicks)
Drop-outs
Australia: 2
Wales: 2
Stoppages: 68
(ii) New Zealand vs France
Penalties conceded: 17
New Zealand: 7
France: 10
Reasons for the penalties
New Zealand:
Tackle: 4 (Nonu, Smith McCaw, Ali Williams)
Scrum: 2 (Woodcock, Hore)
Discipline: 1 (Read – collapsing maul)
France:
Tackle: 6 (Palisson, Dusautoir 2, Servat, Trinh-Duc*, Harinordoquy)
Offside: 2 (Parra, Szarzewski)
Scrum: 2 (Poux 2)
New Zealand and France each missed two penalty kicks at goal.
Free kicks conceded
New Zealand: 0
France: 3 (1 scrum, 1 line-out, 1 maul)
Line-outs
New Zealand: 16 (2 lost, 1 quick)
France: 17 (2 lost, 1 free kick)
Scrums
New Zealand: 7 (1 reset, 3 collapses, 2 penalties, 1 free kick)
France: 6 (1 collapses, 2 penalties)
Drop-outs
New Zealand: 3
France: 3
Stoppages: 72
Tries per match
Australia vs Wales: 2 + 2 = 4
New Zealand vs France: 1 + 1 = 2
Penalties scored per match
Australia vs Wales: 2 + 2 = 4
New Zealand vs France: 1 + 0 = 1
Ratio of tries scored to penalties scored: 6/5
Ball-in-Play time
Jan Taljaard again provides these statistics.
The average for this kind of game is 33 minutes 29 seconds.
Wales vs Australia (Barnes):
14 minutes 55 seconds + 23 minutes 44 seconds = 38 minutes 39 seconds
France vs New Zealand (Joubert):
17 minutes 48 seconds + 20 minutes 30 seconds = 38 minutes 18 seconds
Tackle Counts
Tackles win crucial matches, they say.
Australia vs France: 145 + 74 = 219
New Zealand vs France: 111 + 87 = 198
