Some Six Nations statistics, Round 3
We give some statistics from the three closely contested matches this weekend and then some totals in which you can see which team is most penalised, which kicks most, which scores the most tries and d so on.
Results
France vs Wales, 26-20
Ireland vs England, 20-15
Italy vs Scotland, 16-12
Sanctions
Only young Morgan Parra of France was sent to the sin bin. Parra knocked on deliberately.
Penalties conceded
In this section we record the times a team was penalised.
* = points conceded
(i) Wales vs France
Total number of penalties: 20
Wales: 10
France: 19
In the first half France conceded only one penalty when they were in the ascendency, but in the second, when they were in trouble, the conceded eight.
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Wales:
Tackle/ruck: 3 (Martyn Williams* 2, Rees*)
Off-side: 2 (Stephen Jones, Hook)
Scrum: 3 (James 2, Adam Jones)
Discipline: 1 (James* – collapsing maul)
France:
Tackle/ruck: 3 (Poitrenaud, Bonnaire*, Chabal)
Off-side: 3 (Bonnaire*, Palisson, Poux)
Scrum: 1 (Mas)
Discipline: 3 (Jauzion – man without the ball; Parra – deliberate knock-on; Jauzion – high tackle)
Neither side missed a penalty kick at goal.
(ii) Italy vs Scotland
Total number of penalties: 21
Italy: 11
Scotland: 10
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Italy:
Tackle/ruck: 7 (McLean* 2, Bortolami, Sole* 2, Gower*, Masi)
Scrum: 2 (Castrogiovanni, Undetermined)
Discipline: 2 (Masi – air tackle; Dal Fava – air tackle)
Scotland:
Tackle/Ruck: 7 (Southwell, Barclay* 2, Brown, Kellock*, Evans, Ford)
Scrum: 2 (Murray, Dickinson)
Discipline: 1 (Danielli – man without the ball)
Each side missed a penalty kick at goal.
(iii) England vs Ireland
Total number of penalties: 19
England: 6
Ireland: 13
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
England:
Tackle/ruck: 2 (Hartley, Cole)
Offside: 2 (Easter 2)
Scrum: 1 (Hartley)
Discipline: 1 (Care – foul play)
Ireland:
Tackle/ruck: 3 (Healy, Wallace, Jennings)
Off-side: 5 (Hayes, D’Arcy, O’Connell, Best & O’Callaghan, O’Callaghan)
Scrum: 2 (Hayes, Healy)
Discipline: 3 (Ferris* – not 10; Bowe – man without the ball; Heaslip – air tackle)
England missed three penalty kicks at goal, Ireland two.
Tackles/Penalties
This gives the number of penalties at ruck/tackle as a fraction of the total number of penalties:
Wales vs France: 6/20 = 30%
Italy vs Scotland: 14/21 = 67%
England vs Ireland: 5/19 = 26%
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 France
Wales:
Line-outs: 15 (2 lost, 1 skew)
Scrums: 7 (3 reset, 4 collapses, 2 free kicks, 2 penalties)
Free-kicks: 1 (scrum)
Drop-outs: 2
France:
Line-outs: 10
Scrums: 12 (2 reset, 4 collapses, 1 wheel, 2 penalties, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: 2 (scrums)
Drop-outs: 2
(ii) Italy vs Scotland
Italy:
Line-outs: 17 (3 lost, 1 quick, 1 reset)
Scrums: 4 (1 reset, 1 collapse, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 1 (mark)
Drop-outs: 0
Scotland:
Line-outs: 12 (1 quick)
Scrums: 8 (2 reset, 3 collapses, 1 lost, 1 penalty, 2 free kicks)
Free-kicks: 4 (2 marks, 2 scrums)
Drop-outs: 1
(iii) England vs Ireland
England:
Line-outs: 18 (2 lost)
Scrums: 6 (3 reset, 4 collapses, 1 lost)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 3
Ireland:
Line-outs: 6
Scrums: 6 (2 reset, 2 penalties)
Free-kicks: 1 (mark)
Drop-outs: 3
Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs):
Wales vs France: 75
Italy vs Scotland: 72
England vs Ireland: 67
Tackles/rucks/mauls per match:
Wales vs France: 292
Italy vs Scotland: 320
England vs Ireland: 259
Kicks per match
Wales vs France: 96
Wales: 41
France: 54
Italy vs Scotland: 88
Italy: 47
Scotland: 41
England vs Ireland: 64
England: 23
Ireland: 41
The winning teams kicked more than the losing teams!
Passes per match:
Wales vs France: 252
Wales: 153
France: 99
Italy vs Scotland: 313
Italy: 127
Scotland: 186
England vs Ireland: 198
England: 140
Ireland: 158
Substitutions/replacements:
Wales vs France: 9
Italy vs Scotland: 10
England vs Ireland: 9
Tries
This is the number of tries each team scored.
(i) Wales vs France: 4
Wales: 2
France: 2
(ii) Italy vs Scotland: 1
Italy: 1
Scotland: 0
(iii) England vs Ireland: 4
England: 1
Ireland: 1
Tries/penalties scored
This gives the ratio of tries scored to penalties scored by each team:
England: 1/2
Wales: 2/2
Ireland: 3/1
Scotland: 0/3
France: 2/3
Italy: 1/3
The ratio of tries scored to penalties goaled is 9/14
Tackles made
England: 30
France: 93
Ireland: 99
Italy: 110
Scotland: 78
Wales: 73
Tackles missed
England: 7
France: 11
Ireland: 1
Italy: 14
Scotland: 8
Wales: 7
Ireland missed one tackle in a hundred!
Some Totals
Yellow Cards
Cian Healy (Ireland) – tackling a man without the ball
Scott Lawson (Scotland) – tackle infringement
Phil Godmin (Scotland) – late tackle
Martín Castrogiovanni (Italy) – tackle infringement
James Haskell (England) – tripping
Shane Geraghty (England) – air tackle
Geoff Cross (Scotland) – air tackle
Martyn Williams (Wales) – deliberate infringement
Morgan Parra (France) – deliberate knock-on
Stoppages per match:
Ireland vs Italy: 78
England vs Wales: 83
Scotland vs France: 66
Wales vs Scotland: 69
France vs Ireland: 71
Italy vs England: 72
Wales vs France: 75
Italy vs Scotland: 72
England vs Ireland: 67
Tries per country
England: 3 + 1 + 1 = 5
France: 2 + 3 + 2 = 7
Ireland: 3 + 1 + 3 = 7
Italy: 1 + 0 + 1 = 2
Scotland: 0 + 2 + 0 = 2
Wales: 2 + 3 + 2 = 7
Penalties conceded per country
England: 10 + 12 + 6 = 28
France: 10 + 7 + 10 = 27
Ireland: 8 + 11 + 13 = 31
Italy: 10 + 11 + 11 = 32
Scotland: 5 + 13 + 10 = 28
Wales: 7 + 6 + 10 = 23
