Some Six Nations statistics, Round 5
Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:09
The right direction: England flank Lewis Moody
The 2010 Six Nations is over and France have the Grand Slam they deserved. We have some statistics, with totals, which will tell you about the teams - who scored the most tries and who conceded the most penalties; that sort of thing.
The surprise result was Scotland's defeat of Ireland at Croke Park.
Results
France vs England, 12-10
Scotland vs Ireland, 23-20
Wales vs Italy, 33-10
Sanctions
There was just one yellow card this weekend - to Mauro Bergamasco (Italy) for repeated infringements - much to his chagrin.
Penalties conceded
In this section we record the times a team was penalised.
* = points conceded
(i) France vs England
Total number of penalties:
France: 5
England:
10
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
France:
Tackle/ruck: 3 (Jauzion, Parra*, Szwarzewski)
Discipline: 2 (Bonnaire - obstruction; Nallet - collapsing maul)
England:
Tackle/ruck: 4 (Flutey*, Deacon, Easter, Haskell)
Off-side: 1 (Shaw)
Scrum: 3 (Cole** 3)
Discipline: 2 (Shaw - no arms; Hartley - shoulder charge)
France missed a penalty kick at goal.
(ii) Ireland vs Scotland
Total number of penalties: 16
Ireland: 7
Scotland: 9
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Ireland:
Tackle/ruck: 5 (O'Callaghan, Kearney** 2, O'Connell, Heaslip*)
Off-side: 1 (O'Connell*)
Scrum: 1 (Hayes)
Scotland:
Tackle/Ruck: 3 (Cusiter, Barclay, Beattie)
Off-side: 2 (Kellock, Jacobsen*)
Scrum: 2
(Murray*)
Discipline: 2 (Cusiter - man without ball; De Luca - man without ball)
Ireland missed two penalty kicks at goal, Scotland one.
(iii) Wales vs Italy
Total number of penalties: 21
Wales: 7
Italy: 14
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Wales:
Tackle/ruck: 3 (Ryan Jones, James, Warburton)
Scrum: 2 (Adam Jones 2)
Offside: 1 (Thomas*)
Discipline: 1 (Shanklin - obstruction)
Italy:
Tackle/ruck: 7 (Zanni* 2, Canavosio*, Perugini 2, Mauro Bergamasco, Vosawai)
Off-side: 2 (Bortolami, Sole)
Scruum: 1 (Perugini*)
Discipline: 4 (Perugini - stamping; Mauro Bergamasco - man without ball; Geldenhuys - not 10; Geldenhuys - collapsing maul)
Italy 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:
France vs England: 7/15 = 47%
Ireland vs Scotland: 8/16 = 50%
Wales vs Italy: 10/21 = 48%
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) France vs England
France:
Line-outs: 16 (2 lost, 1 skew, 1 free-kick, 1 reset, 1 quick)
Scrums: 10 (3 reset, 2 collapses, 1 free-kick, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 3 (2 scrumsa, 1 lineout)
Drop-outs: 4
England:
Line-outs: 16 (3 lost, 1 skew, 1 quick, 1 free-kick, 1 penalty)
Scrums: 8 (1 reset, 2 collapses, 1 penalty, 1 free-kick)
Free-kicks: 2 (1 mark, 1 lineout)
Drop-outs: 2
(ii) Ireland vs Scotland
Ireland:
Line-outs: 17 (6 lost, 1 skew)
Scrums: 5 (1 reset, 1 collapse, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 1
Scotland:
Line-outs: 5 (1 lost)
Scrums: 12 (7 reset, 8 collpases, 2 penalties, 4 free-kicks)
Free-kicks: 5 (1 mark, 4 scrums)
Drop-outs: 0
(iii) Wales vs Italy
Wales:
Line-outs: 13 (1 quick)
Scrums: 7 (1 reset, 3 collapses, 2 free-kicks, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 3 (2 scrums, 1 mark)
Drop-outs: 2
Italy:
Line-outs: 9 (1 lost, 1 quick, 1 free-kick)
Scrums: 9 (4 reset, 5 collapses, 2 free-kicks)
Free-kicks: 3 (2 scrums, 1 lineout)
Drop-outs: 1
Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free-kicks, penalties, drop-outs):
France vs England: 81
Ireland vs Scotland: 68
Wales vs Italy:
73
Kicks per match
France vs England: 73
France: 38
England: 35
Ireland vs Scotland: 37
Ireland: 16
Scotland: 21
Wales vs Italy: 62
Wales: 29
Italy: 33
Passes per match:
France vs England: 265
France: 119
England: 146
Ireland vs Scotland: 250
Ireland: 126
Scotland: 124
Wales vs Italy: 317
Wales: 203
Italy: 114
Tries
This is the number of tries each team scored.
(i) France vs England: 1
France: 0
England: 1
(ii) Ireland vs Scotland: 3
Ireland: 2
Scotland: 1
(iii) Wales vs Italy: 4
Wales: 3
Italy:
1
Tries/penalties scored
This gives the ratio of tries scored to penalties scored by each team:
Wales: 3/3
France: 0/3
Italy: 1/1
Scotland: 1/5
England: 1/1
Ireland: 2/2
The ratio of tries scored to penalties goaled is 8/15
Some Totals
Yellow Cards
Cian Healy (Ireland) - tackling a man without the ball
Scott Lawson (Scotland) - tackling man without the ball
Phil Godmin (Scotland) - late tackle
Martín Castrogiovanni (Italy) - tackle infringement
James Haskell (England) - tripping
Shane Geraghty (England) - air tackle
Alun-Wyn Jones (Wales) - tripping
Martyn Williams (Wales) - deliberate infringement
Morgan Parra (France) - deliberate knock-on
Lee Byrne (Wales) - deliberate infringement
Gonzalo Garcia (Italy) - dangerous tackle
Mauro
Bergamsco (Taly) - repeated infroingement
If you gave points, 1 for a yellow card and three for a red card or a guilty citing, the log would look like this:
England: Y,Y - 2
France: Y = 1
Ireland: Y = 1
Italy: Y, Y, Y = 3
Scotland: Y, Y = 2
Wales: Y, Y, Y = 3
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
Scotland vs England: 73
Ireland vs Wales: 69
France vs Italy: 76
France vs England: 81
Ireland vs Scotland: 68
Wales vs Italy: 73
Tries per country
England: 3 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 1 = 6
France: 2 + 3 + 2 + 6 + 0 = 13
Ireland: 3 + 1 + 3 + 3 + 2 = 12
Italy: 1 + 0 + 1 + 2 + 1 = 5
Scotland: 0 + 2 + 0 + 0 + 1 = 3
Wales: 2 + 3 + 2 + 0 + 3 = 10
Penalties conceded per country
England: 10 + 12 + 6 + 8 + 10 = 46
France: 10 + 7 + 10 + 10 + 5 = 42
Ireland: 8 + 11 + 13 + 16 + + 7 = 54
Italy: 10 + 11 + 11 + 14 + 14 = 60
Scotland: 5 + 13 + 10 + 10 + 9 = 47
Wales: 7 + 6 + 10 + 10 + 7 = 40
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