19 Oct

Wallabies v All Blacks, Brisbane
by Tracey Nelson
19 Oct 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, Beauden Barrett, Julian Savea, Malakai Fekitoa, Conrad Smith, Cory Jane, Israel Dagg
Reserves:	Keven Mealamu, Ben Franks, Charlie Faumuina, Patrick Tuipulotu, Sam Cane, TJ Perenara, Colin Slade, Charles Piutau

Points Scored	NZ	Australia
Tries	4	3
Conversions	3	2
Penalties	1/1	3/3
TOTAL	29	28

Penalties/Free Kicks Conceded	Pen	FKs
NZ	11	0
Australia	8	0
TOTAL	19	0

NZ Penalty Offences
Tackled player	Messam(2), O Franks, Read, Fekitoa	5
Tackler	O Franks, McCaw(2)	3
Tackle offside	Barrett	1
Slapping ball down	Read	1
Taking player in air	Tuipulotu*	1 YC
TOTAL		11

Australia Penalty Offences
Tackled player	3
Tackler	1
Ruck entry	2
Scrum bind	2
TOTAL	8

Turnovers Conceded by NZ
Knock-ons	Jane, Fekitoa, Savea, O Franks, Crockett, Barrett, A Smith	7
Spilled		1
Pass to opposition	Barrett	1
Tackle	Barrett, Messam(2), O Franks(2), Read, Fekitoa(2)	8
Ruck		2
Stripped of ball	MCaw	1
Miss touch from penalty	Slade	1
TOTAL		21

Turnovers Conceded by Australia
Knock-ons	7
Spilled	2
Forward Pass	2
Tackle	4
Maul	1
Ruck	3
Lineout	2
Scrum	1
TOTAL	22

Breakdown turnovers won by NZ
Tackle	McCaw, Read, Fekitoa, Cane	4
Ruck	McCaw(2), Counter ruck(2)	4
Maul		1
TOTAL		9

First 3 to Breakdown	Total	Per half
McCaw	27	14+13
Crockett	22	18+4
Retallick	20	6+12
Read	20	13+7
O Franks	12	11+1
C Smith	12	3+9
Whitelock	11	9+2
Mealamu*	10
B Franks	10
Dagg	10	6+4
Fekitoa	10	4+6
Faumuina*	9
Coles	7	6+1
Cane*	6
Messam	6	6+0
Jane	6
Piutau*	5
Savea	5	0+5
Perenara*	1
Slade*	1
Barrett	1	0+1
Tuipulotu*	1

Forward ball carries	Number of carries
Retallick	8
Messam	8
Read	6
Cane	6
Whitelock	4
O Franks	3
McCaw	2
Mealamu*	2
Faumuina*	2
Tuipulotu*	1
TOTAL	42

Completed Tackles and Assists	Tackles	Assists
McCaw	19 (9+10)	7 (5+2)
Retallick	19 (11+8)	2 (2+0)
Whitelock	13 (8+5)	3 (2+1)
Crockett	13 (8+5)	2 (2+0)
Read	13 (5+8)	2 (0+2)
O Franks	13 (11+2)	1 (1+0)
C Smith	12 (6+6)	3 (2+1)
Fekitoa	11 (5+6)	4 (2+2)
Messam	11 (8+3)	2 (1+1)
Mealamu*	8	2
Barrett	8 (5+3)	0
A Smith	8 (4+4)	0
Coles	8 (8+0)	0
Faumuina*	6	1
Tuipulotu*	5	0
Jane	4	1
Slade*	4	0
Cane*	4	0
Savea	4 (3+1)	0
Dagg	4 (2+2)	0
Piutau*	1	1
B Franks*	1	0
TOTAL	189	31