3N and Islanders stats

Stats for Tri-Nations start and Pacific Islanders' three Tests

We are going to take stats from the three matches played by the Pacific Islanders and stats from the first Tri-Nations Test, New Zealand vs Australia in the Wellington wet. That's Part One.

In Part Two we are going to discuss incidents from the Tri-Nations Test and also from the Test between South Africa and Pacific Islanders in Gosford. Then we are going to deal with readers questions.

In Part Three we are also going to do a general discussion on the dangerous tackle.

After a two-week break we have quite a bit to deal with as the Tri-Nations rushes at us.

1. Tri-Nations

New Zealand vs Australia:

The remarkable statistic in this match is that the All Blacks' penalty count - they went 54 minutes without conceding a single penalty.

The Wallabies on the other hand were much more penalised - in fact, four times under Law 10, which deals with foul play.

Penalties:

This concerns the number of times a team was penalised, New Zealand five times against Australia.

New Zealand: 5 (1 tackle, 2 off-side, 2 scrums)
Australia: 11 (5 tackle, 2 scrum,  2 illegal tackles, 1 stamping, 1 punching)

Players penalised:

New Zealand: Holah (hands), Meeuws 2 (scrum), Marshall (off-side), Umaga (off-side)

Australia: Giteau (holding), Rathbone (diving), Harrison (diving), Lyons (diving), Cannon 2 (hands, punching), Waugh (stamping), Baxter (scrum, Young 2 (early tackle, scrum), Mortlock (high tackle)

Line-outs:

This is the number of times the team put the ball into the line-out. In the case of the New Zealand it was 27 times against Australia. 27 times is unusually high.

New Zealand: 27 (4 lost, 2 quick, 1 free kick)
Australia: 10 (2 lost, 2 free kick)

Scrums:

This is the number of times the team put the ball into the scrum. In the case of the New Zealand it was ten times against Australia's 13.

New Zealand: 10 (7 reset, 1 penalty)
Australia: 13 (5 reset, 2 free kicks, 3 penalties)

Pacific Islanders stats:

Penalties conceded:

This concerns the number of times a team was penalised.

Pacific Islanders vs Australia:

Pacific Islanders: 10 (5 tackle, 1 off-side, 1 deliberate knock-on, 3 illegal tackles)
Australia: 10 (6 tackle, 2 off-side, 1 illegal tackle, 1 not back 10)

Pacific Islanders vs New Zealand:

Pacific Islanders: 10 (7 tackle, 1 deliberate knock on, 2 illegal tackle)
New Zealand: 9 (5 tackle, 2 off-side, 1 obstruction, 1 illegal tackle)

Pacific Islanders vs South Africa:

Pacific Islanders: 11 (8 tackle, 1 off-side, 1 not back 10)
South Africa: 13 (6 tackle, 5 off-side, 1 not 10, 1 illegal tackle)

Line-outs:

This is the number of times the team put the ball into the line-out. In the case of the Pacific Islanders it was 17 times against Australia.

Pacific Islanders vs Australia:

Pacific Islanders: 17 (5 lost, 1 quick)
Australia: 18 (1 lost, 1 quick)

Pacific Islanders vs New Zealand:

Pacific Islanders: 10 (2 quick)
New Zealand: 13 (1 quick)

Pacific Islanders vs South Africa:

Pacific Islanders: 16 (4 lost, 1 quick)
South Africa: 8

Scrums:

This is the number of times the team put the ball into the scrum. In the case of the Pacific Islanders it was six times against Australia.

Pacific Islanders vs Australia:

Pacific Islanders: 6 (1 reset)
Australia: 8 (3 reset)

Pacific Islanders vs New Zealand:

Pacific Islanders: 11 (1 lost, 2 reset)
New Zealand: 8 (1 reset)

Pacific Islanders vs South Africa:

Pacific Islanders: 14 (4 reset, 1 wheel, 1 free kick)
South Africa: 12 (6 reset, 1 free kick)