22 Nov

Wales v All Blacks, Cardiff
by Tracey Nelson
22 Nov 2014

A momentous game with Richie McCaw becoming the first international player to captain his side in 100 test matches. 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, Beauden Barrett, Julian Savea, Sonny Bill Williams, Conrad Smith, Charles Piuatau, Ben Smith
Reserves:	Keven Mealamu, Joe Moody, Charlie Faumuina, Patrick Tuipolotu, Liam Messam, TJ Perenara, Colin Slade, Ryan Crotty

Points scored	NZ	Wales
Tries	5	3
Conversions	1	1
Penalties	1/2	3/3
TOTAL	34	16

Goal Kicking	Penalties	Conversions
Barrett	1/2	1/2
Slade*	0	2/3
Halfpenny	3/3	1/1

Penalties/Free Kicks Conceded	Penalties	Free kicks
NZ	9	1
Wales	8	0
TOTAL	17	1

NZ Penalty Offences
Tackled player	Retallick, A Smith	2
Tackler	Whitelock, Barrett	2
Ruck off feet	McCaw, Read	2
Ruck hands	McCaw	1
Ruck offside	A Smith	1
Scrum	Crocket	1
TOTAL		9

Wales Penalty Offences
Tackled player	1
Tackler	2
Ruck entry	1
Offside	1
Scrum	3
TOTAL	8

Turnovers Conceded by NZ
Knock-ons	Williams(2), Piutau, A smith, Crockett, Slade, Kaino, Moody, Faumuina, Mealamu	9
Spilled	Williams	1
Pass to opposition	Barrett	1
Forward pass	Kaino	1
Tackle	Retallick, A Smith, Williams	3
Ruck		2
Maul		1
Lineout		1
Kick out on full	Barrett, C Smith, Slade*	3
Accidental offside	Whitelock	1
TOTAL		24

Turnovers Conceded by Wales
Knock-ons	9
Pass to opposition	1
Forward pass	1
Tackle	3
Ruck	2
Scrum	3
TOTAL	24

Breakdown turnovers won by NZ
Tackle	Read, Crockett, C Smith	3
Ruck	McCaw, Read, Retallick	3
TOTAL		6

First 3 to Breakdown	Total	Per half
McCaw	43	27+16
Whitelock	30	19+11
Retallick	23	18+5
Read	20	11+9
Crockett	17	0
O Franks	17	13+4
Kaino	15	8+7
Moody*	13	0
Coles	12	4+8
C Smith	10	8+2
Williams	10	8+2
Mealamu*	9	0
B smith	9	6+3
Faumuina*	8	0
Tuipolotu*	5	0
Messam*	4	0
Barrett	4	1+3
Piatau	4	2+2
A Smith	2
Savea	2	1+1
Slade*	1	0

Forward ball carries	Carries
MCaw	10
Retallick	10
Read	7
Crockett	3
O Franks	3
Kaino	3
Coles	2
Whitelock	2
Messam	2
TOTAL	42

Completed Tackles and Assists	Tackles	Assists
Retallick	12 (7+5)	0
Read	10 (4+6)	0
McCaw	8 (5+3)	2 (2+0)
Williams	7 (6+1	4 (2+2)
Whitelock	7 (4+3)	2 (0+2)
Barrett	6 (4+2)	1 (1+0)
Crockett	6	0
A Smith	5 (2+3)	3 (1+2)
Moody*	4	2
Kaino	4 (2+2)	1 (0+1)
Faumuina*	3	1
Tuipolotu*	3	0
O Franks	3 (3+0)	3 (2+1)
C Smith	3 (1+2)	1 (0+1)
Coles	2 (2+0)	1 (0+1)
Mealamau*	2	0
Piutau	2 (1+1)	1 (1+0)
B Smith	2 (0+2)	0
Crotty*	1	0
Savea	1 (0+1)	0
TOTAL	91	22