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Tri Nations - Week 5, Part 1

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Sunday 6 Aug 2006

Stats

It was a strange match in Sydney when Australia beat South Africa 20-18 – mostly drab but with a thrilling finish.

In Part 1 we give some statistics from the match.

In Part 2 we shall talk about some incidents.

Statistics

Yellow Cards

There was none again this week.

Yellow Cards by team so far:

Australia: 1
New Zealand: 0
South Africa: 1

Penalties conceded

Australia: 7
South Africa 7

The teams each missed two penalty kicks at goal.

Reasons for the penalties
* = points scored

Australia:

Tackle: 6 (Smith* 3, Tuqiri, McIsaac, Larkham*)
Discipline: 1 (Tuqiri – deliberate knock-on)

South Africa

Tackle: 5 (Van der Linde, Muller*, Du Preez, Cronjé, Smit)
Off-side: 1 (James*)
Discipline: 1 (Muller – air tackle)

Getting possession:

Australia:

Line-outs: 16 (3 lost, 1 quick, 1 free kick)
Scrums: 8 (2 reset)
Free kicks: 2 (marks)
Drop-outs: 4

South Africa

Line-outs: 15 (2 lost, 1 skew, 1 free kick, 1 skew)
Scrums: 7 (2 reset, 1 free kick, 1 wheel)
Free Kicks: 3 (2 line-outs, 1 scrum)
Drop-outs: 4

Stoppages:

Australia vs South Africa: 77

Tries:

Australia vs South Africa: 2 + 2 = 4

Soundsure has given some added stats for this match, which may be of interest given the nature of the match.

Kicks:

Australia vs South Africa: 38 + 43 = 81
1st half: Australia vs South Africa:  27 + 29 = 56

Tackle/ruck/maul: 129

Turn-overs won at the tackle: Australia vs South Africa: 2 + 1 = 3

The referee allowed advantage eight times, three times unsuccessfully.

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
Australia vs New Zealand: 9 + 10 = 19
Australia vs South Africa: 7 + 7 = 14

Penalties conceded by country:

Australia: 7 + 6 + 9 + 7 = 29
New Zealand: 6 + 11 + 10 = 27
South Africa: 12 + 15 + 7 = 34

Line-outs

New Zealand vs Australia: 9 + 15 = 24
Australia vs South Africa: 17 + 15 = 32
New Zealand vs South Africa: 19 + 13 = 32
Australia vs New Zealand: 18 + 19 = 37
Australia vs South Africa: 16 + 15 = 31

Scrums

New Zealand vs Australia: 8 + 10 = 18
Australia vs South Africa: 15 + 11 = 26
New Zealand vs South Africa: 7 + 11 = 18
Australia vs New Zealand: 10 + 7 = 17
Australia vs South Africa: 8 + 7 = 15

Tries

New Zealand vs Australia: 4 + 2 = 6
Australia vs South Africa: 6 + 0 = 6
New Zealand vs South Africa: 2 + 2 = 4
Australia vs New Zealand: 0 + 1 = 1
Australia vs South Africa: 2 + 2 = 4

Tries by country

Australia: 10
New Zealand: 7
South Africa: 6

Stoppages

New Zealand vs Australia: 65
Australia vs South Africa: 92
New Zealand vs South Africa: 92
Australia vs New Zealand: 85
Australia vs South Africa: 77

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