15 Jun

Game stats: All Blacks v France, Dunedin, 13 June 2009
by Tracey Nelson
15 Jun 2009

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

Please note Completed Tackles means that player actually brought the ball carrier to ground (ie. halting the movement and being the tackler according to the laws of the game), not assists in the tackle situation which are tallied separately. Missed tackles also includes slipped tackles where the ball carrier isn’t stopped. Most importantly, I do NOT call a slipped tackle a tackle, it gets noted as a missed tackle.

Numbers in brackets are the first half/second half breakdown for each total. An asterisk denotes a player who came on as a substitute.

Team: Mils Muliaina(c), Cory Jane, Isaia Toeava, Ma’a Nonu, Joe Rokocoko, Stephen Donald, Jimmy Cowan, Liam Messam, Adam Thomson, Kieran Read, Isaac Ross, Brad Thorn, Neemia Tialata, Andrew Hore, Tony Woodcock.
Reserves: Keven Mealamu, John Afoa, Bryn Evans, Tanerau Latimer, Piri Weepu, Luke McAlister, Lelia Masaga.

Points Scored	NZ	Fra
Tries	2	3
Conversions	0	3
Penalties	4	2
Total	22	27

Penalties/Free Kicks Conceded	Pen	FKs
NZ	7	1
Fra	11	2
Total	18	3

NZ Penalty Offences
Tackle	Thomson,Tialata, Messam	3
Maul	Hore/Ross, unknown	2
Scrum	Front row, Tialata	2
Total		7

Opp Penalty Offences
Tackle	1
Ruck	7
Off side	2
Scrum	1
Total	11

Turnovers Conceded by NZ
Knock-ons	7
Spilled or passed to opposition	3
Restart out on full	1
Drop outfrom 22 not over line	1
In the tackle	1
At the ruck	3
Total	16

First 3 to Breakdown	Total	Per half
Thorn	36	14+22
Thomson	27	14+13
Read	25	10+15
Messam	24	8+16
Ross	22	12+10
Woodcock	22	11+11
Tialata	20	11+9
Mealamu*	18	2+16
Latimer*	11
Muliaina	11	5+6
Nonu	10	4+6
Jane	10	4+6
Toeava	9	5+4
Afoa*	7
Rokocoko	7	6+1
Hore	4
Donald	4	3+1
Evans*	3
McAlister*	2
Weepu*	1
Cowan	1	0+1

Ball carries
Mealamu	8 (3+5)
Woodcock	8 (4+4)
Thorn	7 (4+3)
Messam	5 (3+2)
Latimer*	3
Read	3 (0+3)
Ross	1 (0+1)
Hore	1
Tialata	1 (0+1)
Afoa*	1
Total	38

Completed Tackles and Assists	Tackles	Assists
Tomson	9 (7+2)	2 (1+1)
Messam	7 (2+5)	2 (1+1)
Mealamu*	6 (1+5)	1 (0+1)
Thorn	5 (3+2)	5 (1+4)
Donald	4 (3+1)	2 (2+0)
Nonu	4 (2+2)	2 (2+0)
Cowan	4 (4+0)	1 (0+1)
Read	4 (1+3)	1 (0+1)
Muliaina	3 (1+2)	2 (2+0)
Woodcock	3 (1+2)	2 (0+2)
Ross	3 (1+2)	2 (1+1)
Tialata	3 (2+1)	1 (1+0)
Toeava	3 (3+0)	1 (1+0)
Latimer*	2	0
Rokocoko	2 (0+2)	0
McAlister*	1	0
Jane	1 (0+1)	0
Total	64	24