20 Sep

RWC Game Stats: All Blacks v Argentina, Wembley Stadium
by Tracey Nelson
20 Sep 2015

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 the 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 who came on as a substitute.

This week:

Team:	Tony Woodcock, Dane Coles, Owen Franks, Brodie Retallick, Sam Whitelock, Jerome Kaino, Richie McCaw (c), Kieran Read, Aaron Smith, Dan Carter, Julian Savea, Ma’a Nonu, Conrad Smith, Nehe Milner-Skudder, Ben Smith
Reserves:	Keven Mealamu, Wyatt Crockett, Charlie Faumuina, Victor Vito, Sam Cane, TJ Perenara, Beauden Barrett, Sonny Bill Williams

Points scored	NZ	Argentina
Tries	2	1
Conversions	2	1
Penalties	4/4	3/3
TOTAL	26	16

Goal Kicking	Penalties	Conversions
Carter	4/4	2/2
Sanchez	3/3	1/1

Restarts won	NZ	Argentina
Own kick-off	0	0
Opposition kick-off	5	4
TOTAL	5	4

Kicks in play	NZ	Argentina
Own 22	7	11
Rest of field	15	13
TOTAL	22	24

Penalties/Free Kicks Conceded	Penalties	Free kicks
NZ	9	0
Argentina	12	1
TOTAL	21	1

NZ Penalty Offences
Offside general play	Franks	1
Offside ruck	McCaw	1
Ruck not supporting weight	McCaw	1
Ruck hands	C Smith (YC)	1
Ruck playing ball on ground	Cane*	1
Scrum	Front row, Second row	2
Taking player in air	C Smith	1
Foot trip	McCaw (YC)	1
TOTAL		9

Argentina Penalty Offences
Tackled player	1
Tackler	5
Ruck offside	3
Not 10m for penalty	1 (YC)
Ruck off feet	2
Scrum	1
TOTAL	12

Turnovers Conceded by NZ
Knock-ons	Retallick(2), Read, Milner-Skudder, Franks, Coles, Barrett(2), Cane, C Smith	10
Pass	Milner-Skudder, Coles, C Smith, Read, Kaino, Perenara*	6
Forward pass	Read	1
Tackle	Faumuina*, B Smith	1
Lineout	Read	1
TOTAL		19

Turnovers Conceded by Argentina
Knock-ons	8
Tackle	1
Ruck	2
Maul	1
Lineout	1
Touch on full	1
TOTAL	14

Breakdown turnovers won by NZ
Tackle	Read, Kaino	2
Ruck	McCaw, counter ruck	2
TOTAL		4

First 3 to Breakdown	Total	Per half
McCaw	44	15+29
Whitelock	32	12+20
Retallick	26	12+14
Franks	24	18+6
Kaino	18	12+6
Woodcock	16	15+1
Crockett*	16
C Smith	16	8+8
Read	15	6+9
B Smith	13	6+7
Coles	11	7+4
Cane*	10
Mealamu*	8
Carter	7	3+4
Faumuina*	6
Savea	6	4+2
Barrett*	4
Nonu	3	3+0
Milner-Skudder	3	1+2
Vito*	1
Williams*	1

Forward ball carries	Carries
Read	13
Retallick	8
Kaino	8
Faumuina*	6
McCaw	6
Whitelock	6
Crockett*	4
Coles	4
Vito*	3
Franks	3
Woodcock	1
Cane*	1
TOTAL	63

Completed Tackles and Assists	Tackles	Assists
McCaw	13 (10+3)	2 (1+1)
Read	13 (8+5)	0
A Smith	10 (7+3)	1 (1+0)
Carter	9 (3+6)	1 (0+1)
Whitelock	7 (6+1)	2 (2+0)
Kaino	7 (5+2)	2 (2+1)
Retallick	5 (3+2)	1 (1+0)
Woodcock	4 (4+0)	6 (6+0)
Franks	4 (3+1)	3 (3+0)
Coles	4 (2+2)	0
Nonu	4 (3+1)	0
B Smith	4 (1+3)	0
Cane*	3	1
C Smith	3 (1+2)	3 (3+0)
Savea	3 (0+3)	0
Williams*	2	1
Vito*	2	1
Crockett*	2	0
Perenara*	2	0
Mealamu*	1	1
Faumuina*	1	1
Milner-Skudder	1 (1+0)	0
Barrett*	0	1
TOTAL	104	27