6 Nations, Week 1, Part 1

Of stats

The opening three matches of the Six Nations have come and gone. The stats give some idea of stoppages and their causes.

We have already discussed four significant events over the past weekend and in Part 2 will talk about some law incidents which may be of interest.

Cards

There were three yellow cards - one each for Jon Petrie of Scotland, Danny Grewcock of England and Gareth Thomas of Wales.

Penalties conceded

In this section we record the times a team was penalised. In (i), for example, Scotland were penalised 14 times, France eight times.

* = penalty goal scored

(i) France vs Scotland

Total number of penalties: 22

France: 8
Scotland: 14

The reasons for the penalties were as follows:

France:
Tackle/ruck: 2 (Thion**, Pelous)
Scrum: 2 (De Villiers, Milloud)
Off-side: 2 (Pelous, Chabal*)
Discipline: 2 (Pelous - obstruction, Thion - collapsed maul)

Scotland:
Tackle/Ruck: 6 (Grimes. Kerr, Craig, White, Bulloch* 2)
Scrum: 4 (Kerr 3, Douglas)
Off-side: 2 (Danielli, Grimes)
Discipline: 2 (Hogg - stopping tap, Paterson* - stopping quick throw-in)

France missed three penalty kicks at goal, Scotland 2 .

(ii) Wales vs England

Total number of penalties: 23

Wales: 13
England: 10

The reasons for the penalties were as follows:

Wales:
Tackle/Ruck: 9 (Sidoli*, G Thomas, S Jones, Henson, M Williams, Cockbain, Owen, R Jones, Jenkins*)
Off-side: 1 (M Davies*)
Scrum: 1 (Jenkins)
Discipline: 2 (G Thomas - hit, Cockbain - air tackle)

England:
Tackle/Ruck: 4 (Noon, Worsley, Grewcock, Lewsey*)
Off-side: 3 (Dawson, Hazell 2)
Scrum: 1 (White)
Discipline: 2 (C Jones* - stamping, Kay - air tackle)

England missed a penalty kick at goal, Wales two.

(iii) Italy vs Ireland

Total number of penalties: 17

Italy: 7
Ireland: 10

The reasons for the penalties were as follows:

Italy:
Tackle/Ruck: 3 (Bortolami* 2, Mauro Bergamasco)
Off-side: 1 (Bortolami *)
Scrum: 1 (Castrogiovanni)
Discipline: 2 (Bortolami* 2 - collapsing maul, grabbing legs in maul)

Ireland:
Tackle/Ruck: 6 (O'Connell* 2, Murphy, Leamy, Horgan *O' Kelly)
Scrum: 1 (Corrigan)
Off-side: 1 (Horgan)
Discipline: 2 (Leamy - collapsing maul, Sheahan - collapsing maul)

Italy missed three penalty kicks at goal, Ireland none.

Getting possession - line-outs, scrums, free-kicks, drop-outs

In this section the figures represent the number of times you get to play with the ball. In (i), for example, Scotland threw into 16 line-outs, France into 6 scrums. A line-out lost is recorded and a skew throw-in. At scrums resets, loss and sanctions are recorded.

(i) France vs Scotland

France:
Line-outs: 20 (3 lost, 1 free kick)
Scrums: 6 (2 reset, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 3 (2 marks, 1 line-out)
Drop-outs: 3

Scotland:
Line-outs: 16 (2 lost, 2 free kicks)
Scrums: 15 (9 reset, 1 free kick, 5 penalties)
Free-kicks: 2 (1 line-out, 1 scrum)
Drop-outs: 3

(ii) Wales vs England

Wales:
Line-outs: 18 (3 lost, 1 free kick, 1 quick, 1 skew)
Scrums: 9 (5 reset, 1 lost, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 2 (line-out, mark)
Drop-outs: 1

England:
Line-outs: 17 (3 lost, 1 quick)
Scrums: 8 (7 reset, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 5

(iii) Italy vs Ireland

Italy:
Line-outs: 21 (3 lost, 2 quick)
Scrums: 6 (2 reset, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 1 (mark)
Drop-outs: 1

Ireland:
Line-outs: 14 (1 lost)
Scrums: 7 (3 reset, 1 penalty)
Free-kicks: 3 (marks)
Drop-outs: 3

Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties):

France vs Scotland: 68
Wales vs England: 60
Italy vs Ireland: 56

Tries

This is the number of tries each team scored.

(i) France vs Scotland

France: 1
Scotland: 0

(ii) Wales vs England

Wales: 1
England: 0

(iii) Italy vs Ireland

Italy: 1
Ireland: 3