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WORLD RUGBY NATIONS CUP 2015 STATISTICAL REPORT WORLD RUGBY GAME ANALYSIS
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FINAL RESULTS AND STANDINGS
P = Played W = Won D = Draw L = Lost PF = Points for PA = Points against
PD = Points difference TF = Tries for TA = Tries against BP – Bonus points PTS = Points
P W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP PTS
Romania 3 3 0 0 101 12 +89 11 0 1 13
Arg. Jaguars 3 2 0 1 45 39 +6 6 3 1 9
Spain 3 1 0 2 35 53 -18 3 4 0 0
Namibia 3 0 0 3 16 93 -77 1 14 0 0
Namibia 10-30 Argentina Jaguars
Romania 35-9 Spain
Argentina Jaguars 15-6 Spain
Romania 43-3 Namibia
Spain 20-3 Namibia
Romania 23-0 Argentina Jaguars
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MATCH FACTS
Romania won the tournament, winning all three of their matches
There was an average of 3.5 tries and 3.5 penalty goals per match
The winning team scored the most tries in all six of the matches
Three of the six matches had a points difference of 21 or more
The lineout continued to be the most fruitful source of tries, with almost 40 per cent coming from this source.
Only one of 21 tries were scored from turnovers
One try in five started from inside the scoring team’s own half – three of the four tries were scored by Argentina Jaguars
76 per cent of tries contained two or fewer phases and 77per cent contained three or fewer passes
Eleven tries were scored in the first half and 10 in the second
Backs scored 12 tries and forwards nine
The conversion success rates was just over 60 per cent
Ball in play was just over 29 minutes or 36 per cent
Overall, there was a pass every nine seconds, a ruck every 13 seconds and a kick every 44 seconds
Only one in 10 restarts was contestable
Lineouts were successfully retained on 73 per cent of occasions – 57 per cent were contested
Scrum possession was retained on 84 per cent of occasions
The ball came back into play from scrums on only 42 per cent of occasions as a result of the awarding of 52 penalties and free kicks in 91 scrums
Just over a third of all penalties were at the breakdown with a further third at the scrum
Two thirds of tries came from the set-piece possessions of scrum and lineout
The winning team had most possession in five of the six matches
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TEAM FACTS
ROMANIA
Romania won the title after winning all three matches
All three matches were won by more than 21 points
More than half their points came from tries
They did not concede a single try
They scored an average of 34 points per match, more than twice as many as any other team
The only points conceded were from four penalty goals
Five tries were scored in the first half and six in the second
Eight of their 11 tries were converted.
Their forwards scored more tries than the backs.
Nine of their 11 tries were scored from possession gained inside the opposition 22
Nine of their 11 tries were scored from lineout and scrum possession
They had the second best goal-kicking success.
They had the most possession in all three of their matches
Their back row were the least likely to pass the ball, their fly-half the most likely
They were the most successful at contested restarts
Their centres were the most likely to kick possession
They were the most successful in receiving contestable restarts
They had the most successful lineout and conceded the fewest steals
Their lineout was the most challenged
They had the most successful lineout on their opponents’ throw in
60 per cent of their own winning scrums came from penalties and free-kicks
They were awarded the highest proportion of penalties and free-kicks
They received one yellow card
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ARGENTINA JAGUARS
Argentina Jaguars were runners-up, winning two of their three matches
They scored six tries and conceded three
They scored the second highest number of tries and conceded the second fewest
Three of four tries from opponents’ kicks were scored by Argentina Jaguars
Three of four tries scored from inside the opponents’ half were scored by Argentina Jaguars
Five of their tries came from one or fewer rucks
Five of their six tries contained three or fewer passes
Four of their six tries were scored by backs
They had the least successful kick at goal rate
They passed at the highest rate
Their forwards made proportionately the fewest passes
Their backs were the most likely to pass the ball
Their front row was the most likely to pass the ball
Their back row was the most likely to pass the ball
Their back three players were the most likely to pass the ball
Their scrum-half kicked the least
They were the most successful at regaining contestable restarts
They had the least successful lineout
They conceded 11 penalties on their opponents scrums and were awarded one
They received two yellow cards.
SPAIN
Spain came third, winning one match and losing two
Spain scored an average of 12 points per game and conceded an average of 18 points
Three tries and six penalty goals were scored, while four tries and nine penalty goals were
conceded
All three tries were scored in the first half, while three of four tries conceded were in the second
half
All three tries were scored from lineout possession
All three tries contained at least two phases and at least four passes
Kick at goal success rate was 50 per cent
20 per cent of Spain’s passes were made by forwards – a higher percentage than any other team
Their forwards were the most likely to pass the ball
Their back three players were the least likely to pass the ball
Their fly-half was the least likely to kick the ball as were their back three
They kicked the most contestable restarts and retained two of the four kicked
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They lost one in three of their lineouts, conceding 11 steals
They had the least success on their opponents’ lineout, winning only three steals
Their 74 per cent scrum retention rate was less than any other team
They received the most yellow cards (3)
NAMIBIA
Namibia lost all three matches
They conceded an average of 31 points per game
They scored an average of five points per game
They scored one try and conceded 14 – twice as many as the other three teams combined
They conceded a try every three minutes 32 seconds of opponents’ possession
They conceded eight tries in the first half and six in the second
They kicked the only drop goal in the tournament
Nine of their opponents’ 14 tries contained one or fewer rucks and mauls
Three of six kicks at goal were successful
They had less possession than their opponents in all three matches
They kicked the most and at the highest rate
Their fly-half kicked the most, their centres the least
All restarts kicked or received were kicked long
They had the most successful scrum losing just two out of thirty
They tap kicked more penalties than any other team
They did not receive a single yellow card
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OVERALL SUMMARY
NATIONS CUP 2015
NATIONS CUP 2014
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Scoring
Avg. points 33 45 42
Avg. tries 3.5 5 3.7
Avg. penalty goals 3.5 3 5.5
Conversion success 62% 81% 91%
Drop goals 1 of 1 2 of 2 1 of 3
General play
Avg. Ball in play 29m 02s = 36% 33m 04s or
41% 30m 58s or
39%
Avg. passes 198 219 222
Avg. ruck/mauls 130 146 148
Ruck/Maul success 92% 91% 93%
Avg. kicks 40 43 37
Set piece
Avg. lineouts 25 26 26
Lineout success 73% 80% 80%
Avg. scrums 18 19 19
Scrum success 84% 88% 88%
Contestable 50m restart regain success
57% 40% 24%
Discipline
Avg. penalties/FKs 23 24 23
Total cards 7 18 10
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TEAM SUMMARY
ARGENTINA JAGUARS
NAMIBIA
ROMANIA
SPAIN
Scoring 2015 2015 2015 2015
Total points scored 45 16 101 35
Total points conceded 39 93 12 53
Total tries scored 6 1 11 3
Total tries conceded 3 14 - 4
Total penalty goals scored
3 2 10 6
Total penalty goals conceded
5 3 4 9
Points from tries 67% 31% 54% 43%
Kicks at goal success 46% 50% 75% 50%
Drop goal success rate - 1 of 1 - -
General play
Avg. possession 13m 38s 14m 29s 15m 59s 13m 37s
Avg. passes 107 95 105 88
Avg. ruck/mauls 57 67 73 76
Ruck/maul retention 91% 93% 93% 92%
Avg. kicks 16 26 18 19
Set piece
Own lineout success 59% 81% 86% 67%
Own scrum success 82% 93% 89% 74%
Own contestable 50m restart success
2 of 3 0 of 0 0 of 0 2 of 4
Discipline
Penalties and FKs for 34 28 41 37
Penalties and FKs against
39 34 28 39
Yellow/red cards 2 0 1 3
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1. SCORING
IMPACT OF TRIES AND PENALTY GOALS ON MATCH RESULTS The winning team scored the most tries in all six matches.
SCORING MARGINS There was one match with a margin of 10 points or fewer.
The following table shows the winning and losing margins for each team.
WON SCORING MORE TRIES
WON SCORING EQUAL TRIES
WON SCORING LESS TRIES
Romania 3 - -
Arg. Jaguars 2 - -
Namibia - - -
Spain 1 - -
POINTS DIFFERENCE
NO OF MATCHES
CUMULATIVE
Draw - drawn
1–5 - none with 5 points or less
6–10 1 1 with 10 points or less
11–20 2 3 with 20 points or less
21–30 2 5 with 30 points or less
31+ 1
WON BY
31 +
WON BY
21 - 30
WON BY
11 - 20
WON BY
1 - 10
DRAW
LOST BY
1 - 10
LOST BY
11 - 20
LOST BY
21 - 30
LOST BY
31 +
Arg. Jaguars - - 1 1 - - - 1 -
Namibia - - - - - - 2 - 1
Romania 1 2 - - - - - - -
Spain - - 1 - - 1 - 1 -
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POINTS SCORING AND CONCEDING There were 197 points scored, giving an average of 33 points per match. The following table shows a breakdown of all points scored.
The following tables show the total and average points scored and conceded per team.
The following tables show the breakdown of points scored by each team.
The following table shows the breakdown of points conceded by each team.
TOTAL AVERAGE POINTS %
Tries 21 3.5 105 53%
Conversions 13 2.2 26 13%
Penalty goals 21 3.5 63 32%
Drop goals 1 0.2 3 2%
POINTS SCORED
POINTS CONCEDED
TOTAL AVERAGE TOTAL AVERAGE
Romania 101 34
Romania 12 4
Arg. Jaguars 45 15
Arg. Jaguars 39 13
Namibia 16 5 Namibia 93 31
Spain 35 12
Spain 53 18
TRIES
SCORED
PENALTY GOALS
SCORED
DROP GOALS
SCORED
% POINTS SCORED
FROM TRIES
% POINTS SCORED
FROM KICKS
TRIES : PK SCORED
Arg. Jaguars 6 3 - 67% 33% 2.0 : 1
Namibia 1 2 1 31% 69% 0.5 : 1
Romania 11 10 - 54% 46% 1.2 : 1
Spain 3 6 - 43% 57% 0.5 : 1
TRIES
CONCEDED
PENALTY GOALS
CONCEDED
DROP GOALS
CONCEDED
% POINTS CONCEDED FROM TRIES
% POINTS CONCEDED
FROM KICKS
TRIES : PK CONCEDED
Arg. Jaguars 3 5 1 38% 62% 0.6 : 1
Namibia 14 3 - 75% 25% 4.7 : 1
Romania - 4 - 0% 100% None to 4
Spain 4 9 - 38% 62% 0.4 : 1
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TIMING OF SCORES – TRIES AND PENALTY GOALS
The following table shows when tries and penalty goals were scored.
The following tables show the number of tries and penalty goals scored and conceded per half per team.
RATE OF TRY SCORING AND CONCEDING There were 21 tries scored giving a try scoring rate of one try every eight minutes of play. The following tables show the rate of try scoring and the rate of try conceding for each team. This is a measure of each team’s success in converting possession into tries and their opponents’ success in converting possession into tries.
TRIES % PENALTY GOALS %
First half 11 52% 8 38%
Second half 10 48% 13 62%
TRIES
PENALTY GOALS
FIRST HALF SECOND HALF FIRST HALF SECOND HALF
OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP
Arg. Jaguars 2 2 4 1 2 1 5
Namibia 1 8 6 2 1 2
Romania 5 6 3 2 7 2
Spain 3 1 3 1 5 5 4
TRY SCORING RATE TRY CONCEDING RATE
Arg. Jaguars 1 try every 6min 59s
Romania No tries conceded
Romania 4min 22s
Arg. Jaguars 1 try every 14m 26s
Spain 13m 37s
Spain 11m 22s
Namibia 43min 26s Namibia 3m 32s
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SOURCE OF TRIES The following table shows the possession source of tries.
The following table shows the source of tries scored and conceded by each team.
ORIGIN OF TRIES The following table shows the origin of tries.
The following table shows the origin of tries scored and conceded per team.
TRY SOURCE
Lineout 8 = 38%
Turnover/handling error 1 = 5%
Opponents kick 4 = 19%
Penalty/free-kick 1 = 5%
Scrum 6 = 28%
Restart 1 = 5%
LINEOUT SCRUM PEN & FK KICK TURNOVER RESTART TOTAL
OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP
Arg. Jaguars 1 1 1 1 - 1 3 - 1 - - - 6 3
Namibia - 6 - 4 1 - - 3 - - - 1 1 14
Romania 4 5 - - 1 - - - 1 - 11 -
Spain 3 1 - 1 - - - 1 - 1 - - 3 4
TRY ORIGIN
Own half 4 = 19%
Halfway to 10m 1 = 5%
10m to 22m 3 = 14%
22m to goal line 13 = 62%
OWN HALF HW – 10m 10m – 22m 22m - TRY TOTAL
OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP
Arg. Jaguars 3 - 1 - - - 2 3 6 3
Namibia - 3 - - - 3 1 8 1 14
Romania 1 - - - 1 - 9 - 11 -
Spain - 1 - 1 2 - 1 2 3 4
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NUMBER OF RUCKS AND MAULS IN BUILD UP TO TRIES The following table show the number of rucks and mauls that preceded each try.
The following table shows the number of ruck/mauls in the build up to tries scored and conceded per team.
NUMBER OF PASSES IN BUILD UP TO TRIES The following table shows the number of passes that preceded each try.
The following table shows the number of passes in the build up to tries scored and conceded per team.
Rucks and mauls NUMBER % CUMULATIVE %
0 R/Ms 6 29% 29%
1 R/Ms 7 33% 62%
2 R/Ms 3 14% 76%
3+ R/Ms 5 24% 100%
NO R/Ms 1 R/Ms 2 R/Ms 3+ R/Ms TOTAL
OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP
Arg. Jaguars 1 2 4 1 - - 1 - 6 3
Namibia 1 4 - 5 - 3 - 2 1 14
Romania 4 - 3 - 1 - 3 - 11 -
Spain - - - 1 2 - 1 3 3 4
Passes NUMBER % CUMULATIVE %
0 9 44% 44%
1–3 7 33% 77%
4–6 1 5% 82%
7–9 2 9% 91%
10+ 2 9% 100%
NO PASSES 1 – 3 PASSES 4 – 6 PASSES 7 – 9 PASSES 10+ PASSES TOTAL
OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP
Arg. Jaguars 3 3 2 - - - - - 1 - 6 3
Namibia 1 5 - 5 - 1 - 2 - 1 1 14
Romania 5 - 5 - - - 1 - - - 11 -
Spain - 1 - 2 1 - 1 - 1 1 3 4
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TRY SCORERS The following table shows tries scored by backs, forwards and penalty tries.
The following table shows the number and percentage of tries scored by backs and forwards per team.
TOTAL TRIES
TRIES %
Tries by backs 12 57%
Tries by forwards 8 38%
Penalty tries 1 5%
TRIES BY BACKS
TRIES BY FORWARDS
PENALTY TRIES
TOT % TOT % TOT %
Arg. Jaguars 4 67% 1 17% 1 16%
Namibia 1 100% - - - -
Romania 5 46% 6 54 - -
Spain 2 67% 1 33 - -
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2. KICKS AT GOAL The following table shows kick success rates.
The following table shows the kicking success for penalty goals, conversions and drop goals per team.
KICKING SUCCESS
Conversions 62%
Penalty goals 58%
Drop goals 1 of 1
PENALTY SUCCESS
CONVERSION SUCCESS
OVERALL SUCCESS
DROP GOAL SUCCESS
Arg. Jaguars 3 of 7 = 43% 3 of 6 = 50% 46% -
Namibia 2 of 5 = 40% 1 of 1 = 100% 50% 1 of 1
Romania 10 of 13 = 77% 8 of 11 = 73% 75% -
Spain 6 of 11 = 65% 1 of 3 = 33% 50% -
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3. BALL IN PLAY AND POSSESSION
The average ball in play time per match was 29 minutes 02 seconds or 36 per cent. The highest ball in play in any match was 32m 43s or 41 per cent and the lowest was 25m 42s or 32 per cent. The table below shows the ball in play times and possession times for each match and team. The winning team won, with less possession in one match (highlighted in gold).
The following tables show the average possession time and the proportion of possession per match obtained by each team and their opponents.
TEAM POSSESSION
TIME % TEAM
POSSESSION TIME
% TOTAL TIME
% BIP
Namibia 14m:06s 47% Argentina Jaguars 15m:42s 53% 29m 48 37%
Romania 15m:37s 61% Spain 10m:05s 39% 25m 42 32%
Argentina Jaguars 13m:33s 49% Spain 14m:22s 51% 27m 55 35%
Romania 17m:28s 57% Namibia 13m:01s 43% 30m 30 38%
Spain 16m:24s 50% Namibia 16m:19s 50% 32m 43 41%
Romania 14m:49s 54% Argentina Jaguars 12m:37s 46% 27m 26 34%
OWN POSSESSION
AVERAGE
OPP POSSESSION
AVERAGE
OWN POSSESSION
%
OPP POSSESSION
%
Arg. Jaguars 13m 58s 14m 26s
Arg. Jaguars 49% 51%
Namibia 14m 29s 16m 32s Namibia 47% 53%
Romania 15m 59s 11m 54s
Romania 57% 43%
Spain 13m 37s 15m 10s
Spain 47% 53%
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4. OPEN PLAY
Open play activity includes passes, ruck and mauls and kicks. The following table shows the average number and rate of passes, ruck/mauls and kicks per match.
PASSING The average number of passes per match was 198 and the passing rate was one every eight seconds of possession. The most passes in a match was 238 (Romania v Namibia) and the least was 159 (Romania v Spain) The following table shows the average, the most, the least and the passing frequency rate per team.
The following table shows frequency of passing movements for each team. Overall, 14 per cent of all passing movements contained three or more passes.
AVG. PER
MATCH
RATE FREQUENCY OF
PASSING
Passes 198 One every 9secs
Rucks and mauls 130 One every 13secs
Kicks 40 One every 44secs
AVG. PASSES PER MATCH
MOST LEAST RATE
FREQUENCY OF PASSING
Arg. Jaguars 107 129 80 1 every 8secs
Namibia 95 111 81 1 every 9secs
Romania 105 127 92 1 every 9secs
Spain 88 118 60 1 every 9secs
1 PASS 2 PASS 3+ PASS
Arg. Jaguars 55% 27% 18%
Spain 50% 35% 16%
Namibia 62% 27% 11%
Romania 61% 27% 12%
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PLAYER PASSING
The following table shows the proportion of all passes made by forwards, scrum-halves and backs.
The following table shows the number and proportion of passes made by the forwards, the scrum-half and backs of each team.
The following tables show how often forwards and backs of each team passed the ball.
Overall, forwards passed the ball once in every 3.6 possessions. The following tables show how often front rows, second rows and back rows of each team passed the ball.
%
Passes by forwards 16%
Passes by scrum-half 49%
Passes by backs 35%
PASSES BY FORWARDS
% PASSES BY
SCRUM-HALF %
PASSES BY BACKS
%
Spain 53 20% 119 45% 93 35%
Namibia 49 17% 147 51% 90 32%
Romania 43 14% 166 53% 104 33%
Arg. Jaguars 43 13% 148 46% 130 41%
FORWARDS PASS : POSSESSION
RATIO
BACKS PASS : POSSESSION
RATIO
Spain 1 in 3.2 possessions
Arg. Jaguars 1 in 2.0 possessions
Arg. Jaguars 3.4
Spain 2.1
Namibia 3.8
Romania 2.2
Romania 4.3
Namibia 2.4
FRONT ROW PASS :
POSSESSION
SECOND ROW PASS :
POSSESSION
BACK ROW PASS :
POSSESSION
Arg. Jaguars
1 in 3.7 possessions
Spain 1 in 2.9
possessions Spain
1 in 2.6 possessions
Romania 5.3
Romania 5.9
Arg. Jaguars 2.5
Namibia 5.7
Arg. Jaguars 7.6
Romania 3.4
Spain 11.7
Namibia 9.0
Namibia 2.9
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Overall, backs passed the ball every 2.2 possessions. The following tables show how often fly-halves, centres and back threes of each team passed the ball.
RUCKS AND MAULS The average number of ruck/mauls per match was 130 and the ruck/maul rate was one every 14 seconds of possession. The most ruck/mauls in a match was 140 (Spain v Namibia; Romania v Namibia) and the least was 116 (Romania v Spain). The following table shows the average, the most, the least and the ruck/maul frequency rate per team.
RUCK AND MAUL RETENTION The retention rate at ruck/mauls was 92 per cent. The following table shows how often each team retained ruck/maul possession and how often each team turned over opposition possession.
FLY-HALF PASS :
POSSESSION
CENTRES PASS :
POSSESSION
BACK THREE PASS :
POSSESSION
Romania
1 in 1.4 possessions
Spain 1.8
Arg. Jaguars 1 in 2.6
possessions
Spain 1.7
Namibia 1.9
Namibia 3.8
Arg. Jaguars 1.8
Arg. Jaguars 2.0
Romania 3.8
Namibia 2.0
Romania 2.6
Spain 4.1
AVERAGE R/Ms PER MATCH
MOST LEAST FREQUENCY RATE
OF R/Ms
Namibia 67 77 61 1 every 13secs
Romania 73 77 65 1 every 13secs
Arg. Jaguars 57 60 52 1 every 15secs
Spain 60 76 40 1 every 14secs
SUCCESS IN OWN RUCK/MAULS
SUCCESS IN OPP RUCK/MAULS
Romania 93% 10%
Namibia 93% 5%
Spain 92% 10%
Arg. Jaguars 91% 6%
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KICKING The average number of kicks per match was 44 and the kick rate was one every 50 secs of possession. The most kicks in a match was 68 (Spain v Namibia) and the least was 23 (Romania v Spain). The following table shows the average, the most, the least and the kick frequency rate by each team.
PLAYER KICKING
Overall, scrum-halves kicked every 11.4 possessions and backs kicked every 5.3 possessions. The following tables show the scrum-half, fly-half, centres and back threes kick frequency for each team.
AVERAGE KICKS PER MATCH
MOST LEAST FREQUENCY RATE
OF KICKS
Namibia 26 33 13 1 every 33secs
Spain 19 36 11 1 every 42secs
Arg. Jaguars 16 19 15 1 every 51secs
Romania 18 24 12 1 every 53secs
SCRUM-HALF KICK : POSSESSION
FLY-HALF KICK : POSSESSION
Namibia 1 in 8 possessions
Namibia 1 in 3 possessions
Spain 8
Arg. Jaguars 5
Romania 16
Romania 7
Arg. Jaguars 28
Spain 33
CENTRES KICK : POSSESSION
BACK THREE KICK : POSSESSION
Romania 1 in 5 possessions
Namibia 4
Spain 15
Arg. Jaguars 5
Arg. Jaguars 19
Romania 5
Namibia 42
Spain 9
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5. SET PIECE
50m RESTARTS The following table shows the proportion of 50m restarts that were contestable and the success rates of contestable restarts.
The following tables show the success per team on own and opposition 50m restarts by each team.
The following tables show the type of 50m restart received and kicked by each team.
50m RESTARTS
Contestable 11%
Not contestable 89%
Receiving – success 3 of 7
Regaining – success 4 of 7
SUCCESS RECEIVING CONTESTABLE
50m RESTARTS
SUCCESS REGAINING CONTESTABLE
50m RESTARTS
Romania 3 of 7
Arg. Jaguars 2 of 3
Namibia 0 of 0
Spain 2 of 4
Arg. Jaguars 0 of 0
Romania 0 of 0
Spain 0 of 0 Namibia 0 of 0
TYPE OF 50m RESTARTS RECEIVED
TYPE OF 50m RESTARTS KICKED
CONTESTABLE NOT CONTESTABLE CONTESTABLE NOT CONTESTABLE
Romania 7 17
Spain 4 12
Arg. Jaguars 0 12
Arg. Jaguars 3 9
Namibia 0 7 Namibia 0 20
Spain 0 12
Romania 0 7
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LINEOUTS The following table shows the average number of lineouts per match, the most/least number of lineouts in a match, the proportion of lineouts contested and the lineout retention rates.
The following table shows the success per team on their own lineouts.
The following table shows the success per team on their opponents’ lineouts.
LINEOUTS
Average per match 25
Most in a match 30
Least in a match 17
Success 73%
Contested 57%
OWN LINEOUTS
SUCCESS CONTESTED STEALS LOST
Romania 86% 84% 4
Namibia 81% 39% 7
Spain 67% 62% 11
Arg. Jaguars 59% 71% 11
OPP LINEOUTS
SUCCESS CONTESTED STEALS WON
Romania 42% 50% 8
Namibia 31% 60% 11
Arg. Jaguars 25% 74% 11
Spain 12% 52% 3
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SCRUMS
The following table shows the average number of scrums per match, the most/least number of scrums in a match, the percentage of times the ball came out of the scrum back into play and the scrum retention rate.
In total there were seven tightheads and one through 90 degree turnovers in 109 scrums. The following table shows the success per team on their own scrums.
The following table shows the success per team on their opponents’ scrums.
SCRUMS
Average per match 18
Most in a match 22
Least in a match 15
Ball back into play 62%
Success 84%
OWN SCRUMS
WON % BALL
RELEASED PEN/FK
FOR LOST %
TIGHTHEAD/ THRU 90
PEN/FK AGAINST
Namibia 93% 22 6 7% 2 0
Romania 89% 10 15 11% 1 2
Arg. Jaguars 82% 15 8 18% 2 3
Spain 74% 13 5 26% 3 3
OPP SCRUMS
WON % TIGHTHEAD /
THRU 90 PEN/FK
FOR LOST %
BALL RELEASED
PEN/FK AGAINST
Romania 36% 6 3 64% 10 6
Spain 10% 0 3 90% 16 10
Namibia 8% 1 1 92% 16 6
Arg. Jaguars 6% 1 1 94% 18 11
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6. PENALTIES AND FREE-KICKS
The following table shows the overall average number of penalties/free-kicks per match.
The following tables show the total penalties for and against, and the proportion of penalties for and against for each team.
OPTIONS TAKEN AT PENALTIES/FREE-KICKS
The following table shows the options taken at penalties/free-kicks.
The following table shows the options taken at penalties and free-kicks per team.
PENALTY/ FREE-KICKS
Average per match 23
Most in a match 28
Least in a match 18
PK/FK FOR
PK/FK AGAINST
PK/FK FOR
PK/FK AGAINST
Romania 41 28 59% 41%
Spain 37 39 49% 51%
Arg. Jaguars 34 39 46% 53%
Namibia 28 34 45% 55%
%
Kick to touch 57%
Kick at goal 26%
Tap kicks 11%
Scrum 5%
Penalty tries 1%
KICK TO TOUCH
KICK AT GOAL
TAP KICKS SCRUM PENALTY
TRIES
Spain 62% 30% 8% 0% 0%
Romania 58% 32% 5% 5% 0%
Namibia 54% 18% 21% 7% 0%
Arg. Jaguars 53% 20% 15% 9% 3%
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7. CARDS The following table shows the total number of cards.
The most cards in any match was three and the least was none. There were three matches that contained at least one yellow card with three containing none. The following table shows the reasons for the yellow cards.
The following table shows the number of cards awarded against each team and the reasons for the cards.
YELLOW CARDS RED CARDS
Total 7 -
YELLOW CARDS RED CARDS
Ruck/tackle offside 1 -
Scrum - repeated 1 -
Dangerous tackle 2 -
Collapse maul 1 -
Not back 10m 1 -
YELLOW CARDS
RED CARDS REASONS
Spain 3 0
Offside / scrum – repeated infringements / dangerous tackle
Arg. Jaguars 2 0 Dangerous tackle / collapse maul
Romania 1 0 Not back 10m
Namibia 0 0 -
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