Stats for August Tests, Wk 3
There were several matches, three easily available on television Wales vs Argentina, England vs France and Italy vs Japan.
The last one was difficult because the camera was either too remote or very close. For that Test we shall give just a few dollops of stats.
Sanctionary Cards
There were yellow cards this week – two in Cardiff, one in Paris.
Recipients
Lucas Borges (Argentina): dangerous tackle. (He may have been lucky that it was only yellow.)
Matthew Rees (Wales): repeated infringement near the goal-line
Simon Shaw (England): dangerous tackle
Penalties conceded
In this section we record the times a team was penalised.
* = points conceded
(i) Wales vs Argentina
Total number of penalties: 19
Wales: 10
Argentina: 9
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Wales:
Tackle/ruck: 5 (Martyn Williams, Mark Jones, Popham*, Rees, Charvis)
Off-side: 3 (Alun-Wyn Jones, Gethin Jenkins*, Rees)
Discipline: 2 (Gareth Thomas – obstruction; Popham – collapsing maul)
Argentina:
Tackle/ruck: 5 (Felipe Contepomi, Roncero, Leguizamon*, Longo, Juan Fernandez Lobbe)
Off-side: 1 (Leguizamon)
Discipline: 3 (Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe – line-out barging; Borges – air tackle; Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe* – air tackle)
Wales missed two penalty kicks at goal.
(ii) France vs England
Total number of penalties: 16
France: 6
England: 10
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
France:
Tackle/ruck: 4 (Thion, Dominici*, Pelous*, Michalak*)
Off-side: 1 (Traille)
Scrum: 1 (Milloud)
England:
Tackle/Ruck: 3 (Regan*, Stevens, Shaw)
Off-side: 1 (Farrell)
Scrum: 1 (Freshwater*)
Discipline: 5 (Perry* – man without ball; Regan – obstruction; Shaw – high tackle; Undetermined – air tackle; Borthwick* – stamping)
France missed two penalty kicks at goal, England 1.
(iii) Italy vs Japan
Total number of penalties: 14
Italy: 5
Japan: 9
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Italy:
Tackle/ruck: 2 (Festuccia, Undetermined)
Off-side: 1 (Bortolussi)
Discipline: 2 (Bortolussi – obstruction; Undetermined – foul play)
Japan:
Tackle/ruck: 5 (Miuchi*, Imamura, Undetermined, Robins, Vatuvei)
Off-side: 2 (Both undetermined)
Scrum: 1 (Soma)
Discipline: 1 (Miuchi – shoulder)
Neither side 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:
Wales vs Argentina: 10/19 = 53%
France vs England: 7/16 = 43%
Italy vs Japan: 7/14 = 50%
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) Wales vs Argentina
Wales:
Line-outs: 19 (4 lost, 1 penalty)
Scrums: 13 (7 reset, 4 collapses, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: 1 (mark)
Drop-outs: 0
Argentina:
Line-outs: 14 (2 lost, 1 penalty)
Scrums: 11 (1 wheel)
Free-kicks: 1 (scrum)
Drop-outs: 1
(ii) France vs England
France:
Line-outs: 13 (3 free kicks)
Scrums: 8 (2 reset, 1 collapse, 1 free kick, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 6 (4 line-outs, 1 scrum, 1 + 10)
Drop-outs: 1
England:
Line-outs: 10 (1 lost, 1 free kick)
Scrums: 10 (8 reset, 8 collapses, 1 free kick, 1 penalty, 1 wheel)
Free-kicks: 1 (scrum)
Drop-outs: 3
(iii) Italy vs Japan
Italy:
Line-outs: 19 (3 lost)
Scrums: 7 (4 reset, 7 collapses, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 0
Japan:
Line-outs: 12 (1 lost)
Scrums: 6 (2 reset, 1 collapse, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 1 (scrum)
Drop-outs: 3
Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs):
Wales vs Argentina: 86
France vs England: 78
Italy vs Japan: 72
Tackles/rucks/mauls per match:
Wales vs Argentina: 149
France vs England: 167
Kicks per match
Wales vs Argentina: 68
Wales: 35
Argentina: 33
France vs England: 42
France: 20
England: 22
Advantage
Here we give the number of times in the match the referee allowed advantage. (The figure in brackets is the number times the advantage actually accrued.)
Wales vs Argentina: 17 (8)
France vs England: 15 (8)
Hold-ups for injury:
Wales vs Argentina: 16
France vs England: 6
Substitutions/replacements:
Wales vs Argentina: 10
France vs England: 10
Tries
This is the number of tries each team scored.
(i) Wales vs Argentina:
Wales: 3
Argentina: 2
(ii) France vs England:
France: 1
England: 0
(iii) Italy vs Japan:
Italy: 5
Japan: 2
Tries/penalties scored
This gives the ratio of tries scored to penalties scored by each team:
Italy: 5/1
Wales: 3/2
Japan: 2/0
England: 0/3
Argentina: 2/2
France: 1/5
The ratio of tries scored to penalties goaled is 13/13
