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Aus v NZ (10.00)

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Saturday, September 11:
Lions v Griquas (15.00)
WP v Leopards (17.00)
Cheetahs v Bulls (17.05)

Friday, September 17:
Griquas v Leopard (19.00)
Pumas v WP (19.10)

Saturday, September 18:
Sharks v Cheetahs (15.00)
Blue Bulls v Lions (17.00)

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Friday, September 10:
Pumas 14-30 Sharks

Saturday, September 4:
Blue Bulls 40-34 Sharks

Friday, September 3:
Leopards 26-27 Pumas
Lions 46-28 WP
Griquas 28-33 Cheetahs

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Saturday, September 4:
S Africa 39-41 Australia

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Stats: Forward activities

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:01

We have so far given the basic statistics of the match in Bloemfontein between South Africa and New Zealand. Then we look at what the backs of both sides did. Now we shall look at the forwards.

Again we thank Fikasms for the information.

Just before we do, let's look at the tacklers on both sides, because there is often talk about who tackled most.

Tackles made

For South Africa:

10 Juan Smith
8 Gurthrö Steenkamp
6 Victor Matfield
5 John Smit, Jannie du Plessis, Schalk Burger
4 Pierre Spies
3 Danie Rossouw
2  Chiliboy Ralepelle, CJ van der Linde, François van der Merwe
1  Ryan Kankowski

Total: 49

For Australia

21 David Pocock
20 Rocky Elsom
17 Nathan Sharpe
16 Benn Robinson
15 Ben McCalman
13 James Slipper
12 Stephen Moore, Mark Chisholm
2 Dean Mumm
1 Richard Brown, Saia Faingaa
0 Salesi Ma'afu

Total: 120

Passing by Forwards

Props

South Africa: 1
Australia: 6

Hookers

South Africa: 5
Australia: 2

Locks

South Africa: 6
Australia: 9

Loose forwards

South Africa: 14
Australia: 19

Total of passes by forwards

South Africa: 26
Australia: 36

Runs by forwards

South Africa: 84
Australia: 39

Metres run by forwards

South Africa: 369
Australia: 285

Runs by individual forwards

South Africa

17 Schalk Burger
12 Juan Smith
11 John Smit
10 Pierre Spies, Danie Rossouw
9 Victor Matfield
8 Gurthrö Steenkamp
2 Jannie du Plessis, François van der Merwe, Ryan Kankowski
0 Chiliboy Ralepelle

Australia

8 Rocky Elsom
6 David Pocock
5 Stephen Moore, Ben McCalman
4 Nathan Sharpe
3 Mark Chisholm
2 Benn Robinson,  James Slipper, Dean Mumm
1 Salesi Ma'afu, Richard Brown
0 Saia Faingaa

Metres run by individuals

For South Africa

Schalk Burger 62
Juan Smith 57
Danie Rossouw 50
Victor Matfield 47
Gurthrö Steenkamp 46
John Smit 45
Pierre Spies 38
Jannie du Plessis 11
François van der Merwe 9
CJ van der Linde 3
Ryan Kankowski 1

For Australia

Rocky Elsom 79
David Pocock 34
Ben McCalman 17
Stephen Moore 15
Benn Robinson, Dean Mumm 8
Richard Brown, James Slipper 7
Nathan Sharpe 5
Mark Chisholm 4
Salesi Ma'afu 1
Saia Faingaa 0