Stats: Top 14 Final
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:37
There were 80 000 excited, noisy people at Stade de France for the Final of the Top 14 on Saturday night when Toulouse beat Clermont Auvergne in a splendid match, for which we now give some statistics.
It was a top class match between two teams packed with internationals. Either club would have beaten many a top international side. And it was an emotional game. You just had to look at the two teams at the final whistle and the two groups of supporters to realise how much emotion was packed into the match.
In the middle was a referee, a man of great composure. He was calm throughout and the match went on in honourable fashion.
The referee was even calm when his radio communication did not work and he had to go off to the side to don a headset, which looked pretty amateur for such a great stadium in a great city where everything is classy and first world.
The relative orderliness of the scrums was a big plus to watching the
match. There were 6 resets out of 17 scrums. When Australia played France there were 4 out of 18, but 12 out of 21 when Argentina played Italy. Resets make a match scruffy.
Sanctionary Cards
There was none. It was an honourable match - till Omar Hasan got emotional after David Zirakashvili scored a late try for Clermont.
Penalties conceded
In this section we record the times a team was penalised.
Clermont Auvergne vs Toulouse
Total number of penalties: 15
Clermont Auvergne: 7
Toulouse: 8
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
* = points conceded
Clermont Auvergne:
Tackle/ruck: 5 (Privat, Cudmore*, Vermeulen, Joubert, Smit*)
Off-side: 1 (Joubert*)
Discipline: 1 (Domingo - collapsing maul)
Toulouse:
Tackle/ruck: 2 (Pelous*, Undetermined)
Off-side: 2 (Dusautoir, Albacete)
Scrum: 1 (Undetermined)
Discipline: 3 (Sowerby - air tackle; Hasan* - obstruction; Undetermined - late tackle)
Toulouse 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:
Clermont Auvergne vs Toulouse: 7/15
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.
Clermont Auvergne vs Toulouse
Clermont Auvergne:
Line-outs: 16 (6 lost, 1 quick, 1 free kick)
Scrums: 7 (3 reset, 3 collapses, 3 free kicks)
Free-kicks: 6 (4 scrums, 1 mark, 1 +10)
Drop-outs: 3
Toulouse:
Line-outs: 12 (1 lost, 1 quick)
Scrums: 10 (3 reset, 3 collapses, 3 free kicks,
1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 3 (2 scrums, 1 line-out)
Drop-outs: 0
Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs):
Clermont Auvergne vs Toulouse: 78
Tries/penalties scored
This gives the ratio of tries scored to penalties scored by each team:
Toulouse: 2/4
Clermont Auvergne: 1/2
The ratio of tries scored to penalties goaled is 3/6.
