Month: August 2014

23 Aug

All Blacks v Wallabies
by Tracey Nelson
23 Aug 2014

The usual analysis of the All Blacks game, being the First 3 to the Breakdown, tackle stats, penalties conceded, turnovers, the lineouts, and scrums.

Some notes on these stats:

First Three to the Breakdown stats are looking for those players who are getting to the tackle/breakdown quickly and are also being useful by either cleaning out opposition players or setting up ruck ball. Anyone arriving and just leaning on the ruck isn’t included, so there are times when I will only tally one or two players. Likewise, if four players arrive simultaneously and perform a clean-out and setting up of a ruck, I will include all four in the stat.

Completed Tackles means that player actually brought the ball carrier to ground (ie. as the Laws of the Game actually described the tackler), not assists in the tackle situation which are tallied separately.

Missed tackles also includes slipped tackles where the ball runner gets away. Most importantly, I do NOT included slipped tackles in the Tackles Made stats, it gets noted as a missed tackle. Either you’ve made the tackle or you’ve missed it.

Numbers in brackets are the first half/second half breakdown for each TOTAL. An asterisk denotes a player that came on as a substitute. This week:

Team: Wyatt Crockett, Dane Coles, Owen Franks, Brodie Retallick, Sam Whitelock, Liam Messam, Richie McCaw (C), Kieran Read, Aaron Smith, Aaron Cruden, Julian Savea, Ma’a Nonu, Ryan Crotty, Cory Jane, Ben Smith
Reserves: Keven Mealamu, Ben Franks, Charlie Faumuina, Steven Luatua, Sam Cane, TJ Perenara, Beauden Barrett, Malakai Fekitoa

Points Scored NZ Australia
Tries 6 2
Conversions 6 2
Penalties 3/4 2/2
TOTAL 51 20

Penalties/Free Kicks Conceded Pen FKs
NZ 10 0
Australia 11 0
TOTAL 21 0

NZ Penalty Offences
Tackled player Fekitoa 1
Tackler McCaw, Coles 2
Ruck entry Luatua 1
Ruck playing ball on ground McCaw(YC), B Franks(YC) 2
Offside general B Franks 1
Scrum O Franks, B Franks 2
Obstruction C Smith 1
TOTAL   10

Australia Penalty Offences
Tackled player 3
Tackler 1
Ruck hands 1
Ruck entry 1  
Offside 2
Maul 1 YC
Lineout 1
Not 10m 1
TOTAL 11

Turnovers Conceded by NZ
Knock-ons Savea, Messam(3), Read, Crotty, Faumuina 7
Pass B Smith 2
Tackle Fekitoa 2
Ruck   2
Maul   1
Scrum   1
TOTAL   15

Turnovers Conceded by Australia
Knock-ons 9
Tackle 3
Ruck 3
Maul 1
Lineout 1
Scrum 1
TOTAL 18

Breakdown turnovers won by NZ
Tackle McCaw, Retallick, Cane 3
TOTAL   3

First 3 to Breakdown Total Per half
McCaw 29 13+16
Whitelock 28 18+10
Crockett 25 16+9
Retallick 23 19+4
O Franks 21 16+5
Read 18 10+8
C Smith 13 5+8
Messam 10 8+2
Faumuina* 7  
Coles 6 5+1
Cane* 5  
B Smith 5 4+1
Crotty 5  
Barrett* 4  
Mealamu* 3  
Fekitoa* 3  
Savea 3 3+0
Cruden 3 1+2
Luatua* 2  
Jane 2 2+0
Perenara* 1  

Forward ball carries No of carries
Retallick 7
Whitelock 7
Messam 5
Read 5
McCaw 4
Crockett 4
O Franks 4
Luatua* 2
Cane* 1
TOTAL 39

Completed Tackles and Assists Tackles Assists
Whitelock 12 (2+10) 0
McCaw 9 (4+5) 1 (1+0)
Read 8 (5+3) 1 (0+1)
Messam 8 (5+3) 0
B Franks* 8 0
C Smith 7 (3+4) 1 (0+1)
Retallick 7 (5+2) 0
Coles 6 (2+4) 1 (1+0)
O Franks 5 (4+1) 0
Cruden 5 (1+4) 0
Fekitoa* 4 0
Cane*4 0
Luatua* 4 0
B Smith 4 (1+3) 0
Crotty 4 0
Crockett 4 (2+2) 1 (0+1)
Savea 3 (0+3) 1 (1+0)
Barett* 3 0
Jane 3 (0+3) 0
Faumuina* 3 0
Mealamu* 2 0
A Smith 2 (0+2) 0
Perenara* 1 1
TOTAL 115 9

Missed and Slipped Tackles
Crockett 1
O Franks 1
McCaw 1
Read 1
Crotty 1
C Smith 1
Savea 1
Cane 1
Fekitoa 1
  TOTAL 9

NZ Line-outs Won From
First half 4 4
Second half 10 10
TOTAL 14 14

NZ Line-out Jumpers Won From
Whitelock 5 5
Retallick 3 3
Read 3 3
Messam 1 1
Quick throw 2 2

Australia Line-outs Won From
First half 5 6
Second half 3 6
TOTAL 8 12

NZ Scrums Won From
First half 2 2
Second half 4 5
TOTAL 10 11

Australia Scrums Won From
First half 2 3
Second half 1 1
TOTAL 3 4

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16 Aug

Wallabies v All Blacks, Sydney
by Tracey Nelson
16 Aug 2014

The usual analysis of the All Blacks game, being the First 3 to the Breakdown, tackle stats, penalties conceded, turnovers, the lineouts, and scrums.

Some notes on these stats:

First Three to the Breakdown stats are looking for those players who are getting to the tackle/breakdown quickly and are also being useful by either cleaning out opposition players or setting up ruck ball. Anyone arriving and just leaning on the ruck isn’t included, so there are times when I will only tally one or two players. Likewise, if four players arrive simultaneously and perform a clean-out and setting up of a ruck, I will include all four in the stat.

Completed Tackles means that player actually brought the ball carrier to ground (ie. as the Laws of the Game actually described the tackler), not assists in the tackle situation which are tallied separately.

Missed tackles also includes slipped tackles where the ball runner gets away. Most importantly, I do NOT included slipped tackles in the Tackles Made stats, it gets noted as a missed tackle. Either you’ve made the tackle or you’ve missed it.

Numbers in brackets are the first half/second half breakdown for each TOTAL. An asterisk denotes a player that came on as a substitute. This week:

Team: Wyatt Crockett, Dane Coles, Owen Franks, Brodie Retallick, Sam Whitelock, Jerome Kaino, Richie McCaw (C), Kieran Read, Aaron Smith, Aaron Cruden, Julian Savea, Ma’a Nonu, Malakai Fekitoa, Cory Jane, Ben Smith
Reserves: Keven Mealamu, Ben Franks, Joe Moody, Steven Luatua, Sam Cane, TJ Perenara, Beauden Barrett, Ryan Crotty

Points Scored NZ Australia
Tries 0 0
Conversions 0 0
Penalties 4/5 4/5
TOTAL 12 12

Penalties/Free Kicks Conceded Pen FKs
NZ 14 2
Australia 9 0
TOTAL 23 2

NZ Penalty Offences
Tackled player Whitelock, Savea, Fekitoa 3
Tackler Retallick 1
Tackle zone entry Barrett 1
Ruck going off feet Kaino/Crockett 1
Ruck entry Crockett YC, McCaw, Jane 3
Ruck playing ball on ground Kaino 1
Offside general Crockett, B Franks 2
Offside from kick Jane 1
Not 10 m   1
TOTAL   14

Australia Penalty Offences
Tackled player 5
Ruck hands 1
Ruck offside 1
Maul 1
Scrum bind 1
TOTAL 9

Turnovers Conceded by NZ
Knock-ons Coles, Cruden, Kaino, A Smith, Nonu(2), O Franks, Cane, Fekitoa 9
Tackle Whitelock, Savea, Fekitoa 3
Lineout   3
TOTAL   15

Turnovers Conceded by Australia
Knock-ons 4
Pass 1
Tackle 7
Maul 1
Lineout 4
Scrum 2
TOTAL 19

Breakdown turnovers won by NZ
Tackle B Smith(2), Read, Retallick, Cane 5
Maul McCaw/Nonu 1
TOTAL   6

First 3 to Breakdown Total Per half
McCaw 35 17+18
Whitelock 20 7+13
Retallick 14 4+10
Mealamu* 10  
Kaino 10 3+7
Read 10 3+7
Crockett 9  
O Franks 9 6+3
Fekitoa 9 6+3
Nonu 8 5+3
B Franks* 7 0+7
B Smith 7 3+4
Coles 6 2+4
Jane 5 2+3
Moody* 4  
Crotty* 4  
Cane 2  
A Smith 2 0+2
Cruden 2 0+2
Savea 1 0+1

Forward ball carries and metres gained No of carries Metres
Retallick 5  
Read 4  
McCaw 4  
B Franks* 3  
Whitelock 3  
Mealamu* 2  
Crockett 1  
Coles 1  
O Franks 1  
Kaino 1  
TOTAL 25  

Completed Tackles and Assists Tackles Assists
Read 17 (6+11) 2 (0+2)
McCaw 16 (6+10) 7 (4+3)
Whitelock 14 (6+8) 1 (0+1)
Retallick 14 (3+11) 1 (1+0)
Kaino 9 (5+4) 2 (1+1)
A Smith 8 (4+4) 0
Coles 7 (2+5) 0
B Franks* 7 (1+6) 3 (0+3)
Cruden 7 (5+2) 1 (0+1)
Nonu 7 (5+2) 1 (1+0)
Mealamu* 6 0
Crotty* 5 1
Fekitoa 4 (2+2) 0
Savea 4 (1+3) 1 (0+1)
Barrett* 3 1
Crockett 3 0
O Franks 3 (2+1) 1 (0+1)
Cane* 2 0
Jane 2 (1+1) 2 (1+1)
Moody* 1 1
B Smith 1 (1+0) 1 (0+1)
TOTAL 140 29

Missed and Slipped Tackles
O Franks 5
Crockett 2
Nonu 2
B Franks* 2
Retallick 1
Whitelcok 1
Kaino 1
A Smith 1
Cruden 1
Fekitoa 1
  TOTAL 17

NZ Line-outs Won From
First half 6 7
Second half 4 6
TOTAL 10 12

NZ Line-out Jumpers Won From
Whitelock 3 3
Read 2 2
Retallick 2 3
McCaw 1 1
Kaino 0 1
Quick throw 1 1

Australia Line-outs Won From
First half 5 6
Second half 3 6
TOTAL 8 12

NZ Scrums Won From
First half 3 3
Second half 3 3
TOTAL 6 6

Australia Scrums Won From
First half 5 7
Second half 3 3
TOTAL 8 10

Tracey Nelson

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