All Blacks v England, Auckland
by Tracey Nelson
8 Jun 2014

So who was off the pace, who missed tackles, and who gave away penalties in the opening test of 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:	Tony Woodcock, Dane Coles, Owen Franks, Brodie Retallick, Sam Whitelock, Liam Messam, Richie McCaw (C), Jerome Kaino, Aaron Smith, Aaron Cruden, Cory Jane, Ma’a Nonu, Conrad Smith, Ben Smith, Israel Dagg
Reserves:	Keven Mealamu, Wyatt Crockett, Charlie Faumuina, Patrick Tuipulotu, Victor Vito, TJ Perenara, Beauden Barrett, Malakai Fekitoa

Points Scored	NZ	England
Tries	1	0
Conversions	0	0
Penalties	Cruden 5/5	Burns 4/4, Cipriani 1/1
TOTAL	20	15

Penalties/Free Kicks Conceded	Pen	FKs
NZ	7	1
England	8	2
TOTAL	15	3

NZ Penalty Offences
Tackler	Woodcock, C Smith	2
Ruck entry	Mealamu	1
Scrum	Wheeling	2
Obstruction	Coles	1
Foul play	Nonu	1
TOTAL		7

England Penalty Offences
Tackled player	2
Tackler	1
Ruck off feet	1
Ruck entry	1
Offside	2
Maul	1
TOTAL	8

Turnovers Conceded by NZ
Knock-ons	Dagg(2), McCaw, B Smith, Nonu, Kaino, Barrett	7
Spilled	Dagg, B Smith, Cruden	3
Forward pass	Cruden	1
Scrum		1
Lineout		1
TOTAL		13

Turnovers Conceded by England
Knock-ons	11
Spilled ball	1
Forward pass	1
Pass into touch	1
Tackle	2
Maul	1
TOTAL	17

Tackle turnovers won by NZ
Tackle	McCaw, Mealamu	2
TOTAL		2

First 3 to Breakdown	Total	Per half
McCaw	32	19+13
Whitelock	20	13+7
Retallick	17	9+8
O Franks	12	9+3
Crockett*	10
Coles	10	7+3
Messam	10	9+1
Woodcock	9	6+3
Kaino	9	6+3
C Smith	9	5+4
Mealamu*	7
Faumuina*	7
Nonu	4	4+0
Dagg	4	2+2
Jane	4	3+1
B Smith	3	2+1
Vito*	2
Barrett*	2
Fekitoa*	2
Cruden	2	0+2
Perenara*	1
A Smith	1	0+1

Forward ball carries and metres gained	No of carries	Metres
Kaino	6	27
McCaw	6	20
Retallick	3	53
Franks	3	8
Whitelock	2	9
Vito	2	18
Woodcock	2	6
Messam	1	6
Faumuina	1	4
Mealamu	1	2
Coles	1	1
TOTAL	28	154

Completed Tackles and Assists	Tackles	Assists
C Smith	11 (7+4)	3 (2+1)
McCaw	10 (2+8)	5 (3+2)
Kaino	10 (5+5)	1 (1+0)
Franks	10 (9+1)	0
Messam	8 (5+3)
Nonu	6 (4+2)	1 (1+0)
Cruden	6 (4+2)	0
Retallick	5 (1+4)	2 (2+0)
Woodcock	5 (5+0)	1 (0+1)
Coles	5 (3+2)	0
Jane	4 (3+1)	0
B Smith	3 (1+3)	1 (0+1)
Dagg	3 (3+0)	0
Crockett*	3	0
Fekitoa*	2	1
Barrett*	2	0
Faumuina*	2	0
Mealamu*	2	0
Whitelock	2 (1+1)	2 (1+1)
Vito*	1	0
Perenara*	1	0
TOTAL	141	35