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Tri-Nations - Week 3, Part 1

Stats

Kicks counted when New Zealand beat South Africa 35-17 at Westpac Stadium in Wellington on Saturday night, but then kicks are very often the result of pressure.

In Part 2 we shall talk about some incidents.

Statistics

Yellow Cards

There was none this week.

Yellow Cards by team so far:

Australia: 1
New Zealand: 0
South Africa: 1

Penalties conceded

New Zealand: 11
South Africa: 15

South Africa missed three penalty kicks at goal, New Zealand none.

Reasons for the penalties
* = points scored

New Zealand:

Tackle: 5 (McCaw 2, Williams 2, Thorne)
Off-side: 3 (Thorne 2, Williams)
Scrum: 1 (Hayman*)
Discipline: 2 (Williams – barging, Tuitupou – high)

South Africa:

Tackle: 10 (Montgomery, Du Randt, Du Preez*, Van der Linde* 2, Tyibilika, Smit** 2, James, Matfield)
Off-side: 2 (Matfield*, Habana)
Scrum: 1 (Van der Linde*)
Discipline: 2 (Tyibilika – not 10, Montgomery* – throwing the ball away).

Getting possession:

New Zealand:

Line-outs: 19 (4 lost, 1 reset, 1 quick)
Scrums: 7 (4 reset)
Free kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 3

South Africa:

Line-outs: 13 (1 penalty)
Scrums: 11 (6 reset, 2 penalties, 1 lost)
Free Kicks: 2 (marks)
Drop-outs: 0

Stoppages:

New Zealand vs South Africa: 92

Tries:

New Zealand vs South Africa: 2 + 2 = 4

Match totals:

Penalties

New Zealand vs Australia: 6 + 7 = 13
Australia vs South Africa: 6 + 12 = 18
New Zealand vs South Africa: 11 + 15 = 26

Penalties conceded by country:

Australia: 6
New Zealand: 6 + 11 = 17
South Africa: 12 + 15 = 27

Line-outs

New Zealand vs Australia: 9 + 15 = 24
Australia vs South Africa: 17 + 15 = 32
New Zealand vs South Africa: 19 + 13 = 32

Scrums

New Zealand vs Australia: 8 + 10 = 18
Australia vs South Africa: 15 + 11 = 26
New Zealand vs South Africa: 7 + 11 = 18

Tries

New Zealand vs Australia: 4 + 2 = 6
Australia vs South Africa: 6 + 0 = 6
New Zealand vs South Africa: 2 + 2 = 4

Stoppages

New Zealand vs Australia: 65
Australia vs South Africa: 92
New Zealand vs South Africa: 92

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