Tests, June Week 2, stats

We again give some statistics from the matches played this Saturday – New Zealand vs France, Australia vs Fiji, South Africa vs Samoa and Argentina vs Italy – all matches won well by the home sides.

The stats will tell you that the scrums were rotten in Argentina yet again. This time two players had to be attended to for sore necks. It is going to happen if 20 scrums produce 23 collapses. The referee battled. He awarded free kicks, he awarded penalties and he sent a player to the sin bin.

In Johannesburg the referee gave penalties at five scrums and sent a prop to the sin bin.

Scrums are areas of great stress for referees. It is clear that they are trying.

It must be a cause of grave concern.

We are fortune again to have help from Soundsure in gathering statistics.

Sanctionary Cards

There was a yellow rash this weekend – one in Sydney, three in Johannesburg and two in Mendoza.

There was none in the first week of this round of Tests, two in the second week and now six.

Recipients:

Week 2:

Benjamin Boyet (France) – not retreating at a penalty and tackling Piri Weepu just short of the line.
Bryan Habana (South Africa) – deliberate knock-on when England were close to the line.

Week 3

Henry Qiodravu (Fiji) – tackle infringement
Steven So’oialo (Samoa) – tackle infringement
Justin Va’a – scrum infringement
Bob Skinstad (South Africa) – tackle infringement
Josh Sole (Italy) – collapsing maul
Andrea Lo Cicero (Italy) – scrum infringement

Penalties conceded

In this section we record the times a team was penalised.

* = points conceded

(I) New Zealand vs France

Total number of penalties: 16

New Zealand: 9
France: 7

The reasons for the penalties were as follows:

New Zealand:

Tackle/ruck: 5 (Williams*, Flavell 2, Woodcock, Hayman)
Off-side: 2 (Sivivatu, Collins)
Discipline: 1 (Jack – air tackle; Sivivatu – obstruction)

France:

Tackle/ruck: 4 (Laharrague* 2, Mignardi, Chouly)
Off-side: 1 (Laharrague)
Scrum: 1 (Califano*)
Discipline: 1 (Mignardi – spear tackle)

New Zealand missed a penalty kick at goal.

(ii) Australia vs Fiji

Total number of penalties: 20

Australia: 9
Fiji: 11

The reasons for the penalties were as follows:

Australia:

Tackle/ruck: 8 (Horwill 2, Tuqiri, Ashley-Cooper, Waugh, Mitchell, Dunning, Smith)
Discipline: 1 (Staniforth – swinging arm)

Fiji:

Tackle/Ruck: 5 (Luveitasau, Moses Rauluni, Goneva, Koto, Qiodravu)
Off-side: 3 (Leawere*, Doviverata, Qera)
Scrum: 1 (Dewes)
Discipline: 2 (Satala – air tackle, Doviverata – collapsing maul)

Fiji missed a penalty kick at goal.

(iii) South Africa vs Samoa

Total number of penalties: 16

South Africa: 5
Samoa: 11

The reasons for the penalties were as follows:

South Africa:

Tackle/ruck: 4 (Van den Berg, Watson*, Wannenburg, Skinstad)
Scrum: 1 (Carstens)

Samoa:

Tackle/ruck: 3 (Purdie, So’oialo, Leo)
Off-side: 1 (Levi)
Scrum: 4 (Va’a 4)
Discipline: 3 (Johnston – collapsing maul, Sititi* – stamping, Levi – collapsing maul)

(iv) Argentina vs Italy

Total number of penalties: 20

Argentina: 8
Italy: 12

The reasons for the penalties were as follows:

Argentina:

Tackle/ruck: 5 (Contepomi* 2, Nicolas Fernandez Miranda, Bosch, Gui?azu)
Off-side: 1 (Agulla)
Discipline: 2 (Contepomi – early tackle; Undetermined – dissent)

Italy:

Tackle/ruck: 5 (Del Fava 2, Mandelli, Orlando, Sole)
Off-side: 1 (Nieto*)
Scrum: 3 (Lo Cicero* 2, Festuccia)
Discipline: 3 (Del Fava – collapsing maul; Del Fava – obstruction, Sole – collapsing maul)

Argentina 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:

New Zealand vs France: 16/30 = 53%
Australia vs Fiji: 9/20 = 45%
South Africa vs Samoa: 8/16 = 50%
Argentina vs Italy: 10/20 = 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) New Zealand vs France

New Zealand:

Line-outs: 9 (2 lost)
Scrums: 10 (4 reset, 5 collapsed, 1 free kick, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 1 (scrum)
Drop-outs: 0

France:

Line-outs: 18 (2 lost, 1 free kick)
Scrums: 5 (2 collapsed, 1 wheel)
Free-kicks: 2 (1 mark, 1 line-out)
Drop-outs: 2

(ii) Australia vs Fiji

Australia:

Line-outs: 12 (1 lost, 1 skew)
Scrums: 10 (3 reset, 5 collapsed)
Free-kicks: 1 (scrum)
Drop-outs: 1

Fiji:

Line-outs: 9 (4 lost)
Scrums: 9 (8 reset, 4 collapsed, 1 lost, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 0

(iii) South Africa vs Samoa

South Africa:

Line-outs: 20 (1 quick, 1 free kick)
Scrums: 6 (5 reset, 3 collapsed, 2 penalties, 1 wheel)
Free-kicks: 1 (scrum)
Drop-outs: 0

Samoa:

Line-outs: 16 (2 lost, 1 quick)
Scrums: 14 (1 reset, 3 collapsed, 3 penalties, 2 lost)
Free-kicks: 1 (line-out)
Drop-outs: 1

(iv) Argentina vs Italy

Argentina:

Line-outs: 16 (1 lost, 1 free kick, 1 penalty, 1 quick)
Scrums: 9 (3 reset, 5 collapsed, 2 free kicks, 2 penalties)
Free-kicks: 4 (1 line-out, 3 scrums)
Drop-outs: 0

Italy:

Line-outs: 12
Scrums: 11 (12 reset, 18 collapsed, 1 penalty, 4 free kicks)
Free-kicks: 3 (scrums)
Drop-outs: 2

Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs):

New Zealand vs France: 69
Australia vs Fiji: 83
South Africa vs Samoa: 81
Argentina vs Italy: 92

Tackles/rucks/mauls per match:

New Zealand vs France: 190
Australia vs Fiji: 198
South Africa vs Samoa: 169
Argentina vs Italy: 162

Kicks per match

New Zealand vs France: 47

New Zealand: 29
France: 18

Australia vs Fiji: 32

Australia: 15
Fiji: 17

South Africa vs Samoa: 37

South Africa: 22
Samoa: 15

Argentina vs Italy: 43

Argentina: 19
Italy: 24

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.)

New Zealand vs France: 13 (7)
Australia vs Fiji: 24 (10)
South Africa vs Samoa: 17 (7)
Argentina vs Italy: 12 (5)

Hold-ups for injury:

New Zealand vs France: 9
Australia vs Fiji: 3
South Africa vs Samoa: 12
Argentina vs Italy: 17

Substitutions/replacements:

New Zealand vs France: 13
Australia vs Fiji: 11
South Africa vs Samoa: 16
Argentina vs Italy: 11

Tries

This is the number of tries each team scored.

(I) New Zealand vs France:

New Zealand: 9
France: 1

(ii) Australia vs Fiji:

Australia: 8
Fiji: 0

(iii) South Africa vs Samoa:

South Africa: 5
Samoa: 1

(iv) Argentina vs Italy:

Argentina: 2
Italy: 0

Tries/penalties scored

This gives the ratio of tries scored to penalties scored by each team:

Argentina: 2/4
Australia: 8/1
Fiji: 0/0
France: 1/1
Italy: 0/2
New Zealand: 9/2
Samoa: 1/1
South Africa: 5/1

The ratio of tries scored to penalties goaled is 26/12