Monday 10 September 2007

RWC, Day 3, Statistics

Sunday 09th September 2007

There were four matches on Day 3 of the 2007 Rugby World Cup - Wales vs Canada, South Africa vs Samoa, Scotland vs Portugal and Ireland vs Namibia. There were not the runaway scores that happened on Day 2.

We shall also discuss some incidents from these three matches.

We give some Rugby World Cup stats accumulatively.

Sanctionary Cards

Carl Hayman of New Zealand became the first recipient of a yellow card. He was not the only one.

On day three there was just one - flank João Uva of Portugal.

Recipients so far

Carl Hayman (New Zealand) - punching
Salvatore Perugini (Italy) - air tackle
Vahafolau Esikia (USA) - tackle infringement
Lawrence Dallaglio (England) - tackle infringement
Paul Emerick (USA) - dangerous tackle
João Uva (Portugal) - tackle infringement

Penalties conceded

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

Wales vs Canada

Total number of penalties: 15

Wales: 6
Canada: 9

The reasons for the penalties were as follows:

* = points conceded

Wales:

Tackle/ruck: 3 (Gough, Morgan, Duncan Jones)
Off-side: 1 (Jonathan Thomas)
Discipline: 1 (Charvis - trip)

Canada:

Tackle/ruck: 5 (Thiel, James** 2, Riordan*, Tait)
Scrum: 2 (Snow)
Discipline: 2 (Williams - air tackle; Undetermined - air tackle)

Wales missed a penalty at goal.

Tackles/Penalties

This gives the number of penalties at ruck/tackle as a fraction of the total number of penalties: 8/15

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.

Wales vs Canada

The scrums in this match were a mess on Wales's throw.

Wales:

Line-outs: 14 (2 lost)
Scrums: 8 (8 resets, 6 collapses, 2 penalties, 2 free kicks)
Free-kicks: 4 (2 marks, 1 line-out, 1 scrum)
Drop-outs: 2

Canada:

Line-outs: 14 (2 quick, 1 free kick)
Scrums: 9 (3 reset, 1 wheel, 1 lost, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: 3 (1 mark, 2 scrums)
Drop-outs: 0

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

Wales vs Canada: 80

Tries

This is the number of tries each team scored.

Wales vs Canada:

Wales: 5
Canada: 3

Tries/penalties scored:

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

Wales: 5/3
Canada: 2/0

(ii) South Africa vs Samoa

Total number of penalties: 18

South Africa: 5
Samoa: 13`

The reasons for the penalties were as follows:

* = points conceded

South Africa:

Tackle/ruck: 4 (Pietersen, Smith, De Villiers, Matfield)
Discipline: 1 (Burger - air tackle)

Samoa:

Tackle/ruck: 3 (Va'a*, Henry Tuilagi*, Purdie)
Off-side: 4 (Henry Tuilagi, Tekori, Sititi, Seveali'i)
Scrum: 2 (Johnston 2)
Discipline: 4 (Sititi - high tackle; Undetermined - stamping; Henry Tuilagi - not 10; Lima - dangerous tackle)

Samoa missed a penalty kick at goal.

This gives the number of penalties at ruck/tackle as a fraction of the total number of penalties:

South Africa vs Samoa: 7/18

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.

There was an inordinately large number of scrums.

South Africa:

Line-outs: 8 (1 lost)
Scrums: 20 (4 reset, 2 collapses, 2 penalties)
Free-kicks: 1 (line-out)
Drop-outs: 0

Samoa:

Line-outs: 15 (7 lost, 1 skew, 1 free kick, 1 quick)
Scrums: 12 (2 reset, 1 collapse)
Free-kicks: 1 (mark)
Drop-outs: 1

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

South Africa vs Samoa: 82

Tries

This is the number of tries each team scored.

South Africa vs Samoa:

South Africa: 7
Samoa: 1

Tries/penalties scored

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

South Africa: 7/3
Samoa: 1/0

(iii) Scotland vs Portugal

Total number of penalties: 22

Scotland: 8
Portugal: 14

The reasons for the penalties were as follows:

* = points conceded

Scotland:

Tackle/ruck: 3 (Di Rollo 2, Lawson)
Off-side: 2 (White, Hogg)
Scrum: 1 (Murray)
Discipline: 2 (White - obstruction; Hines - obstruction)

Portugal:

Tackle/ruck: 8 (David Mateus, Sousa, Penalva, Ferreira, Diogo Mateus, João Uva, Leal, Portela)
Off-side: 1 (Diogo Mateus)
Discipline: 5 (João Uva - punching; José Pinto - man without ball; Muré - punching; Penalva - collapsing maul)

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:

Scotland vs Portugal: 11/22

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.

Scotland:

Line-outs: 18 (1 lost, 1 free kick)
Scrums: 9 (2 reset, 1 collapse, 1 free kick, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 1 (scrum)
Drop-outs: 0

Portugal:

Line-outs: 14 (7 lost, 1 skew, 2 quick)
Scrums: 8 (5 reset, 3 collapses)
Free-kicks: 1 (line-out)
Drop-outs: 3

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

Scotland vs Portugal: 83

Tries

This is the number of tries each team scored.

Scotland vs Portugal:

Scotland: 8
Portugal: 1

Tries/penalties scored

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

Scotland: 8/0
Portugal: 1/1

(iv) Ireland vs Namibia

Total number of penalties: 19

Ireland: 5
Namibia: 14

The reasons for the penalties were as follows:

* = points conceded

Ireland:

Tackle/ruck: 5 O'Connell 3, Horan*, O'Callaghan)

Namibia:

Tackle/ruck: 8 (Van Zyl, Lensing, Nieuwenhuis, Horn , Burger, 3, MacKenzie)
Scrum: 4 (Lensing 2, Du Toit)
Discipline: 2 (Several - not 10m; Du Plessis - collapsing maul)

Namibia 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:

Ireland vs Namibia: 13/19

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.

Ireland vs Namibia

Ireland:

Line-outs: 20 (1 lost, 1 reset, 2 skew)
Scrums: 8 (6 reset, 6 collapses, 1 free kick, 2 penalties, 1 penalty try)
Free-kicks: 1 (scrum)
Drop-outs: 4

Namibia:

Line-outs: 10 (1 lost, 1 quick)
Scrums: 15 (2 reset, 2 collapses, 1 free kick, 1 wheel, 2 penalties)
Free-kicks: 1 (scrum)
Drop-outs: 0

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

Ireland vs Namibia: 87

Tries

This is the number of tries each team scored.

Ireland vs Namibia:

Ireland: 5
Namibia: 2

Tries/penalties scored

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

Ireland: 5/1
Namibia: 2/1

Totals per match

Penalties


France vs Argentina: 8+ 9 = 17
New Zealand vs Italy: 3 + 8 = 11
Australia vs Japan: 6 + 6 = 12
England vs USA: 10 + 9 = 19
Wales vs Canada: 6 + 9 = 15
South Africa vs Samoa: 5 + 13 = 18
Scotland vs Portugal: 8 + 14 = 22
Ireland vs Namibia: 5 + 14 = 19

Tries

France vs Argentina: 0 + 1 = 1
New Zealand vs Italy: 11 + 2 = 13
Australia vs Japan: 13 + 0 = 13
England vs USA: 3 + 1 = 4

Wales vs Canada: 5 + 3 = 8
South Africa vs Samoa: 8 + 1 = 9
Scotland vs Portugal: 8 + 1 = 9
Ireland vs Namibia: 5 + 2 = 7

Stoppages

France vs Argentina: 71
New Zealand vs Italy: 58
Australia vs Japan: 60
England vs USA: 81
Wales vs Canada: 80
South Africa vs Samoa: 82
Scotland vs Portugal: 83
Ireland vs Namibia: 87

Penalties conceded per team

Argentina: 9
Australia: 6
Canada: 9
England: 10
Fiji:
France: 8
Georgia:
Ireland: 5
Italy: 8
Japan: 6
Namibia: 14
New Zealand: 3
Portugal: 14
Romania:
Samoa: 13
Scotland: 8
South Africa: 5
Tonga:
USA: 9
Wales: 6

Tries per team

After the first round only France and Japan have not scored tries. France!

Argentina: 1
Australia: 13
Canada: 3
England: 3
Fiji:
France: 0
Georgia:
Ireland: 5
Italy: 2
Japan: 0
Namibia: 2
New Zealand: 11
Portugal: 1
Romania:
Samoa: 1
Scotland:
South Africa: 8
Tonga:
USA: 1
Wales: 5

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