Stats: Super 15, Week 5
There were first wins for the Cheetahs and the Force this weekend. In fact for the Cheetahs it was their first Super Rugby win abroad. We give some stats from the matches. If you want to know the leasts and the mosts, a lot of them are here - tries, penalties, sanctionary treatment, tries, penalty goals. That sort of thing. Some are a bit of a surprise, like which team has conceded the lowest average of penalties.
Results, Round 5
Chiefs vs Sharks, 15-9
Reds vs Rebels, 53-3
Crusaders vs Highlanders, 44-13, in Dunedin
Blues vs Hurricanes, 41-17
Cheetahs vs Waratahs, 23-3 in Sydney
Force vs Lions, 27-15 in Johannesburg
Stormers vs Bulls, 23-13 in Pretoria
Sanctions
Cited and suspended (Bakkies ?)
Nobody
Yellow cards
James O'Connor (Force) - tackle infringement
Sam Whitelock (Crusaders) - tackle infringement
Andrew Hore (Hurricanes) - tackle infringement
Hore's was a particularly crass action. When he, almost childishly, knock the ball out of the scrumhalf's hands, the score was 20-17 to the Blues. who then scored 21 points.
Penalties
(i) Chiefs vs Sharks
Penalties conceded: 18
Chiefs: 9
Sharks: 9
Reasons for the penalties
Chiefs:
Tackle: 8 (Leonard, Umaga*, Taumalolo, Waldrom, Latimer* 2, Lee)
Scrums: 1 (White*)
Sharks:
Tackle: 4 (Ndungane*, Bismarck du Plessis 2, Jannie du Plessis*)
Offside: 4 (Bismarck du Plessis & Hargreaves, Hargreaves*, McLeod* 2)
Scrum: 1 (Jannie du Plessis*)
The Chiefs side missed a penalty kick at goal.
Free kicks conceded
Chiefs: 0
Sharks: 2 (1 line-out, 1 scrum)
(ii) Reds vs Rebels
Penalties conceded: 18
Reds: 10
Rebels: 8
Reasons for the penalties
Reds:
Tackle: 3 (Wallace-Harrison*, Gill, Quirk)
Offside: 3 (Anthony Fainga'a 2, Daley)
Scrums: 3 (Daley 2, Holmes)
Discipline: 1 (Samo - armless tackle)
Rebels:
Tackle: 7 (Campbell, Mitchell, Mortlock, Robinson*, Taumoepeau, Tessmann, Davidson)
Offside: 1 (Mortlock)
Free kicks conceded
Reds: 2 (1 scrum, 1 line-out)
Rebels: 3 (scrums)
(iii) Highlanders vs Crusaders
Penalties conceded: 23
Highlanders: 12
Crusaders: 11
Reasons for the penalties
Highlanders:
Tackle: 9 (Manu, Piutau, Hoeata, Te Moana, Lynn, Smith*, Thomson 2, Mackintosh)
Offside: 2 (Bekhuis 2, Thomson)
Scrum: 1 (Mackintosh)
Crusaders:
Tackle: 6 (Todd 2, George Whitelock* 2, Sam Whitelock* Read)
Scrum: 3 (Ben Franks 2, Crockett)
Discipline: 1 (Fruean - throwing ball away in touch)
The Highlanders missed five penalty kicks at goal, the Crusaders two.
Free kicks conceded
Highlanders: 0
Crusaders: 2 (scrums)
(iv) Blues vs Hurricanes
Penalties conceded: 20
Blues: 10
Hurricanes: 10
Reasons for the penalties
Blues:
Tackle: 7 (Woodcock*, Payne 2, Ranger* 2, Kaino, Afoa*)
Offside: 2 (Luke Braid, Haiu)
Discipline: 1 (Ranger - obstruction)
Hurricanes:
Tackle: 6 (Thrush, Chris Eaton, Levave*, Jason Eaton, Smith, Hore)
Offside: 1 (Nonu)
Scrum: 1 (Schwalger)
Discipline: 2 (Tialata - obstruction; Chris Eaton - +10)
The Blues missed one penalty kick at goal, the Hurricanes three.
Free kicks conceded
Blues: 0
Hurricanes: 0
(v) Waratahs vs Cheetahs
Penalties conceded: 13
Waratahs: 6
Cheetahs: 7
Reasons for the penalties
Waratahs:
Tackle: 4 (Mumm*, McCutcheon*, Baxter, Carter)
Offside: 1 (Fitzpatrick*)
Scrum: 1 (Kepu)
Cheetahs:
Tackle: 3 (Juries, Van der Walt 2)
Offside: 2 ( Barnes & Oosthuizen*, Oosthuizen)
Scrums: 1 (Oosthuizen)
Discipline: 1 (Brüssow - obstruction)
The Cheetahs missed a penalty kick at goal.
Free kicks conceded
Waratahs: 3 (1 scrum, 1 mark, 1 +10)
Cheetahs: 1 (mark)
(vi) Lions vs Force
Penalties conceded: 19
Lions: 8
Force: 11
Reasons for the penalties:
Lions:
Tackle: 6 (Van der Merwe, Killian, Boshoff*, Maku*, Murray*, Minnie)
Offside: 1 (Cilliers)
Discipline: 1 (Rhodes - man without ball)
Force:
Tackle: 8 (Hodgson, Mafi, Whittaker*, Brown 2, Cummins, Fairbrother)
Offside: 1 (Wykes*)
Scrum: 1 (Longbottom)
Discipline: 1 (Brown* - obstruction)
The Lions missed three penalty kicks at goal, the Force one.
Free kicks conceded
Lions: 3 (1 line-out, 2 scrums)
Force: 0
(vii) Bulls vs Stormers
Penalties conceded: 20
Bulls: 13
Stormers: 7
Reasons for the penalties
Bulls:
Tackle: 7 (Stegmann* 2, Kruger*, Bakkies Botha, Ralepelle, Kuün, Van der Merwe)
Offside: 5 (Pretorius*, Potgieter*, Stegmann*, Ralepelle, Matfield*)
Discipline: 1 (Kirchner - dangerous/tip tackle)
Stormers:
Tackle: 4 (François Louw 2, Elstadt*, Poolman)
Offside: 1 (Jaque Fourie)
Scrum: 1 (Van der Linde)
Discipline: 1 (Van der Linde - collapsing maul)
Each side missed three penalty kicks at goal.
Free kicks conceded
Bulls: 3 (1 line-out, 1 scrum, 1 mark)
Stormers: 1 (line-out)
Getting Possession
(i) Chiefs vs Sharks
Line-outs
Chiefs: 15 (2 lost, 1 skew, 1 quick)
Sharks: 12 (3 lost, 1 quick, 1 free kick)
Scrums
Chiefs: 9 (1 reset, 1 free kick, 1 wheel)
Sharks: 12 (2 reset, 1 penalty)
Drop-outs
Chiefs: 0
Sharks: 1
(ii) Reds vs Rebels
Line-outs
Reds: 10 (1 lost, 1 free kick)
Rebels: 21 (6 lost, 2 quick)
Scrums
Reds: 6 (1 free kick)
Rebels: 11 (5 resets, 7 collapses, 1 lost, 3 penalties, 2 free kicks)
Drop-outs
Reds: 0
Rebels: 4
(iii) Highlanders vs Crusaders
Line-outs
Highlanders: 4 (1 skew, 1 quick)
Crusaders: 13 (1 lost, 2 skew, 1 quick)
Scrums
Highlanders: 11 (1 reset, 2 free kicks, 3 penalties)
Crusaders: 6 (3 collapses, 1 free kick, 1 penalty)
Drop-outs
Highlanders: 2
Crusaders: 4
(iv) Blues vs Hurricanes
Line-outs
Blues: 15 (1 lost, 1 quick)
Hurricanes: 9 (3 lost, 3 quick)
Scrums
Blues: 3 (1 reset, 2 collapses, 1 penalty, 1 lost)
Hurricanes: 4 (2 resets, 2 collapses)
Drop-outs
Blues: 3
Hurricanes: 1
(v) Waratahs vs Cheetahs
Line-outs
Waratahs: 12 (4 lost, 1 skew)
Cheetahs: 13 (2 lost, 1 skew)
Scrums
Waratahs: 5 (4 resets, 3 collapses, 1 penalty)
Cheetahs: 14 (4 resets, 1 collapse, 1 penalty, 1 lost)
Drop-outs
Waratahs: 4
Cheetahs: 0
(vi) Lions vs Force
Line-outs
Lions: 14 (1 lost, 2 quick)
Force: 15 (1 lost, 1 free kick, 1 quick)
Scrums
Lions: 7 (1 reset, 1 wheel)
Force: 8 (1 reset, 1 collapse, 2 free kicks)
Drop-outs
Lions: 1
Force: 3
(vii) Bulls vs Stormers
Line-outs
Bulls: 12 (2 lost, 1 skew, 2 quick, 1 free kick)
Stormers: 8 (1 lost, 3 skew, 1 free kick)
Scrums
Bulls: 12 (2 reset, 2 collapses, 2 lost, 1 penalty)
Stormers: 8 (1 free kick)
Drop-outs
Bulls: 2
Stormers: 3
Some Totals
Tries scored per match
Chiefs vs Sharks, 0 + 0 = 0
Reds vs Rebels, 7 + 0 = 7
Highlanders vs Crusaders, 1 + 6 = 7
Blues vs Hurricanes, 5 + 1 = 6
Waratahs vs Cheetahs, 0 + 2 = 2
Lions vs Force, 0 + 2 = 2
Bulls vs Stormers, 1 + 1 = 2
Penalties scored per match
Chiefs vs Sharks, 5 + 3 = 8
Reds vs Rebels, 2 + 1 = 3
Highlanders vs Crusaders, 2 + 2 = 4
Blues vs Hurricanes, 2 + 4 = 6
Waratahs vs Cheetahs, 1 + 3 = 4
Lions vs Force, 4 + 5 = 9
Bulls vs Stormers, 2 + 6 = 8
Tries for Week 5: 26
Tries for Week 4: 25
Tries for Week 3: 36
Tries for Week 2: 21
Tries for Week 1: 29
Penalties for Week 5: 42
Penalties for Week 4: 44
Penalties for Week 3: 45
Penalties for Week 2: 36
Penalties for Week 1: 37
Stoppages per Match
Blues vs Crusaders: 61
Brumbies vs Chiefs: 71
Hurricanes vs Highlanders: 75
Lions vs Bulls: 64
Rebels vs Waratahs: 91
Reds vs Force: 70
Sharks vs Cheetahs: 76
Highlanders vs Chiefs: 56
Rebels vs Brumbies: 61
Waratahs vs Reds: 77
Bulls vs Cheetahs: 53
Stormers vs Lions: 76
Sharks vs Blues: 71
Bulls vs Highlanders: 65
Chiefs vs Rebels: 82
Crusaders vs Waratahs: 70
Stormers vs Cheetahs: 73
Lions vs Blues: 56
Force vs Sharks: 73
Brumbies' vs Reds: 68
Crusaders vs Brumbies: 72
Rebels vs Sharks: 76
Stormers vs Highlanders: 73
Hurricanes vs Chiefs: 47
Force vs Blues: 65
Cheetahs vs Lions: 63
Chiefs vs Sharks, 72
Reds vs Rebels, 81
Highlanders vs Crusaders, 67
Blues vs Hurricanes, 58
Waratahs vs Cheetahs, 72
Lions vs Force, 71
Bulls vs Stormers, 71
Sanctionary Cards per team
Blues: Y, Y
Brumbies: C
Bulls: Y
Cheetahs: Y
Chiefs: Y, Y
Crusaders: Y
Force: Y, R, Y, C, Y, Y
Highlanders: Y, Y
Hurricanes: Y, Y, Y
Lions: Y, C
Rebels: Y, Y, Y
Reds: Y, Y
Sharks:
Stormers: Y, Y
Waratahs: Y
Y = yellow card; R = red card; C = cited and suspended.
Tries per team
Blues: 3 + 0 + 5 + 1 + 5 = 14
Brumbies: 3 + 2 + 4+ 1 = 10
Bulls: 2 + 3 + 3 + 1 = 9
Chiefs: 3 + 1 + 4 + 3 + 0 = 11
Crusaders: 2 + 2 + 6 + 6 = 16
Cheetahs: 0 + 3 + 0 + 2 = 5
Force: 1 + 0 + 1 + 2 = 4
Highlanders: 1 + 2 + 4 + 0 + 1 = 8
Hurricanes: 0 + 2 + 1 = 3
Lions: 3 + 2 + 4 + 0 = 9
Rebels: 0 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 0 = 6
Reds: 2 + 0 + 1 + 7 = 10
Sharks: 2 + 2 + 5 + 4 + 0 = 13
Stormers: 1 + 0 + 0 + 1 = 2
Waratahs: 7 + 4 + 3 + 0 = 14
Penalties scored per team
Blues: 3 + 4 + 1 + 5 + 2 = 15
Brumbies': 3 + 3 + 1 + 1 = 8
Bulls: 4 + 2 + 3 + 2 = 11
Chiefs: 1 + 2 + 4 + 3 + 5 = 15
Crusaders: 4 + 4 + 4 + 2 = 14
Cheetahs: 3 + 2 + 5 + 5 + 3 = 18
Force: 5 + 4 + 5 + 5 = 19
Highlanders: 3 + 2 + 3 +2 + 2 = 12
Hurricanes: 3 + 5 + 4 = 12
Lions: 1 + 2 + 2 + 4 + 4 = 13
Rebels: 0 + 6 + 1 + 2 + 1 = 10
Reds: 3 + 2 + 7 + 2 = 14
Sharks: 4 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 3 = 15
Stormers: 4 + 7 + 6 + 6 = 23
Waratahs: 0 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 4
Penalties conceded per team
Blues: 11 + 8 + 12 + 12 + 10 = 53
Brumbies': 12 + 10 + 12 + 10 = 44
Bulls: 13 + 9 + 5 + 13 = 40
Chiefs: 7 + 13 + 13 + 7 + 9 = 49
Crusaders: 9 + 12 + 12+ 11 = 44
Cheetahs: 13 + 9 + 13 + 10 + 7 = 52
Force: 9 + 11 + 13 + 11 = 44
Highlanders: 13 + 10 + 9 + 10 +12 = 54
Hurricanes: 13 + 7 + 10 = 30
Lions: 9 + 15 + 4 + 13 + 8 = 49
Rebels: 13 + 8 + 12 + 14 + 8 = 55
Reds: 11 + 10 + 7 + 10 = 38
Sharks: 7 + 11 + 11 + 7 + 9 = 45
Stormers: 9 + 11 + 18 + 7 = 45
Waratahs: 9 + 10 + 9 + 6 = 34
