Stats: First November Tests
Australia beat England at Twickenham and New Zealand beat Wales in Cardiff. We give some statistics from the matches.
Sanctions
There were no yellow cards though Daniel Carter was cited for an unpunished high tackle.
Penalties conceded
In this section we record the times a team was penalised.
* = points conceded
(i) England vs Australia
Total number of penalties: 17
England: 6
Australia: 11
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
England:
Tackle/ruck: 4 (Wilson, Hipkiss*, Thompson, Croft)
Off-side: 1 (Banahan)
Scrum: 1 (Bell*)
Australia:
Tackle/ruck: 8 (Smith, Ioane, Palu, Chisholm*, Alexander, Giteau, Moore, Mumm)
Scrum: 1 (Robinson)
Discipline: 1 (Hynes* – dangerous tackle)
Undetermined: penalty at a line-out
Neither side missed a penalty kick at goal.
(ii) Wales vs New Zealand
Total number of penalties: 20
Wales: 9
New Zealand: 14
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Wales:
Tackle/ruck: 8 (Halfpenny** 2, Powell, Shane Williams, Rees, Roberts, Ryan Jones, Charteris*)
Discipline: 1 (Martyn Williams – deliberate knock-on)
New Zealand:
Tackle/Ruck: 8 (Read, Leonard, McCaw*, Eaton, Tialata & Smith*, Carter, Kaino*, Guildford* )
Off-side: 2 (Tialata, Hore)
Scrum: 4 (Crockett 2, Tialata 2)
Discipline: 3 ()
Wales missed a penalty kick at goal.
Tackles/Penalties
This gives the number of penalties at ruck/tackle as a fraction of the total number of penalties:
England vs Australia: 12/17 = 71%
Wales vs New Zealand: 16/23 = 70%
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.
(i) England vs Australia
England:
Line-outs: 16 (2 lost, 1 reset)
Scrums: 6 (2 reset, 4 collapses, 1 free kick, 2 penalties)
Free-kicks: 3 (1 scrum, 2 marks)
Drop-outs: 1
Australia:
Line-outs: 15 (3 lost, 1 quick)
Scrums: 7 (1 reset, 4 collapses)
Free-kicks: 1 (mark)
Drop-outs: 0
(ii) Wales vs New Zealand
Wales:
Line-outs: 16 (2 lost, 1 quick)
Scrums: 4 (2 collapses, 3 penalties)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 0
New Zealand:
Line-outs: 9 (1 lost, 2 quick)
Scrums: 14 (2 reset, 3 collapses, 1 penalty, 2 free kicks)
Free-kicks: 2 (scrums)
Drop-outs: 0
Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs):
England vs Australia: 70
Wales vs New Zealand: 70
Tries
This is the number of tries each team scored.
(i) England vs Australia: 2
England: 0
Australia: 2 (Genia, Ashley-Cooper)
(ii) Wales vs New Zealand: 1
Wales: 0
New Zealand: 1 (Hore)
Tries/penalties scored
This gives the ratio of tries scored to penalties scored by each team:
Australia: 2/2
England: 0/2
New Zealand: 1/4
Wales: 0/4
The ratio of tries scored to penalties goaled is 3/12
