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WORLD RUGBY NATIONS CUP 2015 STATISTICAL REPORT WORLD RUGBY GAME ANALYSIS


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FINAL RESULTS AND STANDINGS

P = Played W = Won D = Draw L = Lost PF = Points for PA = Points against

PD = Points difference TF = Tries for TA = Tries against BP – Bonus points PTS = Points

P W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP PTS

Romania 3 3 0 0 101 12 +89 11 0 1 13

Arg. Jaguars 3 2 0 1 45 39 +6 6 3 1 9

Spain 3 1 0 2 35 53 -18 3 4 0 0

Namibia 3 0 0 3 16 93 -77 1 14 0 0

Namibia 10-30 Argentina Jaguars

Romania 35-9 Spain

Argentina Jaguars 15-6 Spain

Romania 43-3 Namibia

Spain 20-3 Namibia

Romania 23-0 Argentina Jaguars


NATIONS CUP 2015 STATISTICAL REPORT 3

MATCH FACTS

Romania won the tournament, winning all three of their matches

There was an average of 3.5 tries and 3.5 penalty goals per match

The winning team scored the most tries in all six of the matches

Three of the six matches had a points difference of 21 or more

The lineout continued to be the most fruitful source of tries, with almost 40 per cent coming from this source.

Only one of 21 tries were scored from turnovers

One try in five started from inside the scoring team’s own half – three of the four tries were scored by Argentina Jaguars

76 per cent of tries contained two or fewer phases and 77per cent contained three or fewer passes

Eleven tries were scored in the first half and 10 in the second

Backs scored 12 tries and forwards nine

The conversion success rates was just over 60 per cent

Ball in play was just over 29 minutes or 36 per cent

Overall, there was a pass every nine seconds, a ruck every 13 seconds and a kick every 44 seconds

Only one in 10 restarts was contestable

Lineouts were successfully retained on 73 per cent of occasions – 57 per cent were contested

Scrum possession was retained on 84 per cent of occasions

The ball came back into play from scrums on only 42 per cent of occasions as a result of the awarding of 52 penalties and free kicks in 91 scrums

Just over a third of all penalties were at the breakdown with a further third at the scrum

Two thirds of tries came from the set-piece possessions of scrum and lineout

The winning team had most possession in five of the six matches



TEAM FACTS

ROMANIA

Romania won the title after winning all three matches

All three matches were won by more than 21 points

More than half their points came from tries

They did not concede a single try

They scored an average of 34 points per match, more than twice as many as any other team

The only points conceded were from four penalty goals

Five tries were scored in the first half and six in the second

Eight of their 11 tries were converted.

Their forwards scored more tries than the backs.

Nine of their 11 tries were scored from possession gained inside the opposition 22

Nine of their 11 tries were scored from lineout and scrum possession

They had the second best goal-kicking success.

They had the most possession in all three of their matches

Their back row were the least likely to pass the ball, their fly-half the most likely

They were the most successful at contested restarts

Their centres were the most likely to kick possession

They were the most successful in receiving contestable restarts

They had the most successful lineout and conceded the fewest steals

Their lineout was the most challenged

They had the most successful lineout on their opponents’ throw in

60 per cent of their own winning scrums came from penalties and free-kicks

They were awarded the highest proportion of penalties and free-kicks

They received one yellow card



ARGENTINA JAGUARS

Argentina Jaguars were runners-up, winning two of their three matches

They scored six tries and conceded three

They scored the second highest number of tries and conceded the second fewest

Three of four tries from opponents’ kicks were scored by Argentina Jaguars

Three of four tries scored from inside the opponents’ half were scored by Argentina Jaguars

Five of their tries came from one or fewer rucks

Five of their six tries contained three or fewer passes

Four of their six tries were scored by backs

They had the least successful kick at goal rate

They passed at the highest rate

Their forwards made proportionately the fewest passes

Their backs were the most likely to pass the ball

Their front row was the most likely to pass the ball

Their back row was the most likely to pass the ball

Their back three players were the most likely to pass the ball

Their scrum-half kicked the least

They were the most successful at regaining contestable restarts

They had the least successful lineout

They conceded 11 penalties on their opponents scrums and were awarded one

They received two yellow cards.

SPAIN

Spain came third, winning one match and losing two

Spain scored an average of 12 points per game and conceded an average of 18 points

Three tries and six penalty goals were scored, while four tries and nine penalty goals were

conceded

All three tries were scored in the first half, while three of four tries conceded were in the second

half

All three tries were scored from lineout possession

All three tries contained at least two phases and at least four passes

Kick at goal success rate was 50 per cent

20 per cent of Spain’s passes were made by forwards – a higher percentage than any other team

Their forwards were the most likely to pass the ball

Their back three players were the least likely to pass the ball

Their fly-half was the least likely to kick the ball as were their back three

They kicked the most contestable restarts and retained two of the four kicked



They lost one in three of their lineouts, conceding 11 steals

They had the least success on their opponents’ lineout, winning only three steals

Their 74 per cent scrum retention rate was less than any other team

They received the most yellow cards (3)

NAMIBIA

Namibia lost all three matches

They conceded an average of 31 points per game

They scored an average of five points per game

They scored one try and conceded 14 – twice as many as the other three teams combined

They conceded a try every three minutes 32 seconds of opponents’ possession

They conceded eight tries in the first half and six in the second

They kicked the only drop goal in the tournament

Nine of their opponents’ 14 tries contained one or fewer rucks and mauls

Three of six kicks at goal were successful

They had less possession than their opponents in all three matches

They kicked the most and at the highest rate

Their fly-half kicked the most, their centres the least

All restarts kicked or received were kicked long

They had the most successful scrum losing just two out of thirty

They tap kicked more penalties than any other team

They did not receive a single yellow card



OVERALL SUMMARY

NATIONS CUP 2015

NATIONS CUP 2014

NATIONS CUP 2013

Scoring

Avg. points 33 45 42

Avg. tries 3.5 5 3.7

Avg. penalty goals 3.5 3 5.5

Conversion success 62% 81% 91%

Drop goals 1 of 1 2 of 2 1 of 3

General play

Avg. Ball in play 29m 02s = 36% 33m 04s or

41% 30m 58s or

39%

Avg. passes 198 219 222

Avg. ruck/mauls 130 146 148

Ruck/Maul success 92% 91% 93%

Avg. kicks 40 43 37

Set piece

Avg. lineouts 25 26 26

Lineout success 73% 80% 80%

Avg. scrums 18 19 19

Scrum success 84% 88% 88%

Contestable 50m restart regain success

57% 40% 24%

Discipline

Avg. penalties/FKs 23 24 23

Total cards 7 18 10



TEAM SUMMARY

ARGENTINA JAGUARS

NAMIBIA

ROMANIA

SPAIN

Scoring 2015 2015 2015 2015

Total points scored 45 16 101 35

Total points conceded 39 93 12 53

Total tries scored 6 1 11 3

Total tries conceded 3 14 - 4

Total penalty goals scored

3 2 10 6

Total penalty goals conceded

5 3 4 9

Points from tries 67% 31% 54% 43%

Kicks at goal success 46% 50% 75% 50%

Drop goal success rate - 1 of 1 - -

General play

Avg. possession 13m 38s 14m 29s 15m 59s 13m 37s

Avg. passes 107 95 105 88

Avg. ruck/mauls 57 67 73 76

Ruck/maul retention 91% 93% 93% 92%

Avg. kicks 16 26 18 19

Set piece

Own lineout success 59% 81% 86% 67%

Own scrum success 82% 93% 89% 74%

Own contestable 50m restart success

2 of 3 0 of 0 0 of 0 2 of 4

Discipline

Penalties and FKs for 34 28 41 37

Penalties and FKs against

39 34 28 39

Yellow/red cards 2 0 1 3



1. SCORING

IMPACT OF TRIES AND PENALTY GOALS ON MATCH RESULTS The winning team scored the most tries in all six matches.

SCORING MARGINS There was one match with a margin of 10 points or fewer.

The following table shows the winning and losing margins for each team.

WON SCORING MORE TRIES

WON SCORING EQUAL TRIES

WON SCORING LESS TRIES

Romania 3 - -

Arg. Jaguars 2 - -

Namibia - - -

Spain 1 - -

POINTS DIFFERENCE

NO OF MATCHES

CUMULATIVE

Draw - drawn

1–5 - none with 5 points or less

6–10 1 1 with 10 points or less



31+ 1

WON BY

31 +

WON BY

21 - 30

WON BY

11 - 20

WON BY

1 - 10

DRAW

LOST BY

1 - 10

LOST BY

11 - 20

LOST BY

21 - 30

LOST BY

31 +

Arg. Jaguars - - 1 1 - - - 1 -

Namibia - - - - - - 2 - 1

Romania 1 2 - - - - - - -

Spain - - 1 - - 1 - 1 -



POINTS SCORING AND CONCEDING There were 197 points scored, giving an average of 33 points per match. The following table shows a breakdown of all points scored.

The following tables show the total and average points scored and conceded per team.

The following tables show the breakdown of points scored by each team.

The following table shows the breakdown of points conceded by each team.

TOTAL AVERAGE POINTS %

Tries 21 3.5 105 53%

Conversions 13 2.2 26 13%

Penalty goals 21 3.5 63 32%

Drop goals 1 0.2 3 2%

POINTS SCORED

POINTS CONCEDED

TOTAL AVERAGE TOTAL AVERAGE

Romania 101 34

Romania 12 4

Arg. Jaguars 45 15

Arg. Jaguars 39 13

Namibia 16 5 Namibia 93 31

Spain 35 12

Spain 53 18

TRIES

SCORED

PENALTY GOALS

SCORED

DROP GOALS

SCORED

% POINTS SCORED

FROM TRIES

% POINTS SCORED

FROM KICKS

TRIES : PK SCORED

Arg. Jaguars 6 3 - 67% 33% 2.0 : 1

Namibia 1 2 1 31% 69% 0.5 : 1

Romania 11 10 - 54% 46% 1.2 : 1

Spain 3 6 - 43% 57% 0.5 : 1

TRIES

CONCEDED

PENALTY GOALS

CONCEDED

DROP GOALS

CONCEDED

% POINTS CONCEDED FROM TRIES

% POINTS CONCEDED

FROM KICKS

TRIES : PK CONCEDED

Arg. Jaguars 3 5 1 38% 62% 0.6 : 1

Namibia 14 3 - 75% 25% 4.7 : 1

Romania - 4 - 0% 100% None to 4

Spain 4 9 - 38% 62% 0.4 : 1



TIMING OF SCORES – TRIES AND PENALTY GOALS

The following table shows when tries and penalty goals were scored.

The following tables show the number of tries and penalty goals scored and conceded per half per team.

RATE OF TRY SCORING AND CONCEDING There were 21 tries scored giving a try scoring rate of one try every eight minutes of play. The following tables show the rate of try scoring and the rate of try conceding for each team. This is a measure of each team’s success in converting possession into tries and their opponents’ success in converting possession into tries.

TRIES % PENALTY GOALS %

First half 11 52% 8 38%

Second half 10 48% 13 62%

TRIES

PENALTY GOALS

FIRST HALF SECOND HALF FIRST HALF SECOND HALF

OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP

Arg. Jaguars 2 2 4 1 2 1 5

Namibia 1 8 6 2 1 2

Romania 5 6 3 2 7 2

Spain 3 1 3 1 5 5 4

TRY SCORING RATE TRY CONCEDING RATE

Arg. Jaguars 1 try every 6min 59s

Romania No tries conceded

Romania 4min 22s

Arg. Jaguars 1 try every 14m 26s

Spain 13m 37s

Spain 11m 22s

Namibia 43min 26s Namibia 3m 32s



SOURCE OF TRIES The following table shows the possession source of tries.

The following table shows the source of tries scored and conceded by each team.

ORIGIN OF TRIES The following table shows the origin of tries.

The following table shows the origin of tries scored and conceded per team.

TRY SOURCE

Lineout 8 = 38%

Turnover/handling error 1 = 5%

Opponents kick 4 = 19%

Penalty/free-kick 1 = 5%

Scrum 6 = 28%

Restart 1 = 5%

LINEOUT SCRUM PEN & FK KICK TURNOVER RESTART TOTAL

OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP

Arg. Jaguars 1 1 1 1 - 1 3 - 1 - - - 6 3

Namibia - 6 - 4 1 - - 3 - - - 1 1 14

Romania 4 5 - - 1 - - - 1 - 11 -

Spain 3 1 - 1 - - - 1 - 1 - - 3 4

TRY ORIGIN

Own half 4 = 19%

Halfway to 10m 1 = 5%

10m to 22m 3 = 14%

22m to goal line 13 = 62%

OWN HALF HW – 10m 10m – 22m 22m - TRY TOTAL

OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP

Arg. Jaguars 3 - 1 - - - 2 3 6 3

Namibia - 3 - - - 3 1 8 1 14

Romania 1 - - - 1 - 9 - 11 -

Spain - 1 - 1 2 - 1 2 3 4



NUMBER OF RUCKS AND MAULS IN BUILD UP TO TRIES The following table show the number of rucks and mauls that preceded each try.

The following table shows the number of ruck/mauls in the build up to tries scored and conceded per team.

NUMBER OF PASSES IN BUILD UP TO TRIES The following table shows the number of passes that preceded each try.

The following table shows the number of passes in the build up to tries scored and conceded per team.

Rucks and mauls NUMBER % CUMULATIVE %

0 R/Ms 6 29% 29%

1 R/Ms 7 33% 62%

2 R/Ms 3 14% 76%

3+ R/Ms 5 24% 100%

NO R/Ms 1 R/Ms 2 R/Ms 3+ R/Ms TOTAL

OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP

Arg. Jaguars 1 2 4 1 - - 1 - 6 3

Namibia 1 4 - 5 - 3 - 2 1 14

Romania 4 - 3 - 1 - 3 - 11 -

Spain - - - 1 2 - 1 3 3 4

Passes NUMBER % CUMULATIVE %

0 9 44% 44%

1–3 7 33% 77%

4–6 1 5% 82%

7–9 2 9% 91%

10+ 2 9% 100%

NO PASSES 1 – 3 PASSES 4 – 6 PASSES 7 – 9 PASSES 10+ PASSES TOTAL

OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP

Arg. Jaguars 3 3 2 - - - - - 1 - 6 3

Namibia 1 5 - 5 - 1 - 2 - 1 1 14

Romania 5 - 5 - - - 1 - - - 11 -

Spain - 1 - 2 1 - 1 - 1 1 3 4



TRY SCORERS The following table shows tries scored by backs, forwards and penalty tries.

The following table shows the number and percentage of tries scored by backs and forwards per team.

TOTAL TRIES

TRIES %

Tries by backs 12 57%

Tries by forwards 8 38%

Penalty tries 1 5%

TRIES BY BACKS

TRIES BY FORWARDS

PENALTY TRIES

TOT % TOT % TOT %

Arg. Jaguars 4 67% 1 17% 1 16%

Namibia 1 100% - - - -

Romania 5 46% 6 54 - -

Spain 2 67% 1 33 - -



2. KICKS AT GOAL The following table shows kick success rates.

The following table shows the kicking success for penalty goals, conversions and drop goals per team.

KICKING SUCCESS

Conversions 62%

Penalty goals 58%

Drop goals 1 of 1

PENALTY SUCCESS

CONVERSION SUCCESS

OVERALL SUCCESS

DROP GOAL SUCCESS

Arg. Jaguars 3 of 7 = 43% 3 of 6 = 50% 46% -

Namibia 2 of 5 = 40% 1 of 1 = 100% 50% 1 of 1

Romania 10 of 13 = 77% 8 of 11 = 73% 75% -

Spain 6 of 11 = 65% 1 of 3 = 33% 50% -



3. BALL IN PLAY AND POSSESSION

The average ball in play time per match was 29 minutes 02 seconds or 36 per cent. The highest ball in play in any match was 32m 43s or 41 per cent and the lowest was 25m 42s or 32 per cent. The table below shows the ball in play times and possession times for each match and team. The winning team won, with less possession in one match (highlighted in gold).

The following tables show the average possession time and the proportion of possession per match obtained by each team and their opponents.

TEAM POSSESSION

TIME % TEAM

POSSESSION TIME

% TOTAL TIME

% BIP

Namibia 14m:06s 47% Argentina Jaguars 15m:42s 53% 29m 48 37%

Romania 15m:37s 61% Spain 10m:05s 39% 25m 42 32%

Argentina Jaguars 13m:33s 49% Spain 14m:22s 51% 27m 55 35%

Romania 17m:28s 57% Namibia 13m:01s 43% 30m 30 38%

Spain 16m:24s 50% Namibia 16m:19s 50% 32m 43 41%

Romania 14m:49s 54% Argentina Jaguars 12m:37s 46% 27m 26 34%

OWN POSSESSION

AVERAGE

OPP POSSESSION

AVERAGE

OWN POSSESSION

%

OPP POSSESSION

%

Arg. Jaguars 13m 58s 14m 26s

Arg. Jaguars 49% 51%

Namibia 14m 29s 16m 32s Namibia 47% 53%

Romania 15m 59s 11m 54s

Romania 57% 43%

Spain 13m 37s 15m 10s

Spain 47% 53%



4. OPEN PLAY

Open play activity includes passes, ruck and mauls and kicks. The following table shows the average number and rate of passes, ruck/mauls and kicks per match.

PASSING The average number of passes per match was 198 and the passing rate was one every eight seconds of possession. The most passes in a match was 238 (Romania v Namibia) and the least was 159 (Romania v Spain) The following table shows the average, the most, the least and the passing frequency rate per team.

The following table shows frequency of passing movements for each team. Overall, 14 per cent of all passing movements contained three or more passes.

AVG. PER

MATCH

RATE FREQUENCY OF

PASSING

Passes 198 One every 9secs

Rucks and mauls 130 One every 13secs

Kicks 40 One every 44secs

AVG. PASSES PER MATCH

MOST LEAST RATE

FREQUENCY OF PASSING

Arg. Jaguars 107 129 80 1 every 8secs

Namibia 95 111 81 1 every 9secs

Romania 105 127 92 1 every 9secs

Spain 88 118 60 1 every 9secs

1 PASS 2 PASS 3+ PASS

Arg. Jaguars 55% 27% 18%

Spain 50% 35% 16%

Namibia 62% 27% 11%

Romania 61% 27% 12%



PLAYER PASSING

The following table shows the proportion of all passes made by forwards, scrum-halves and backs.

The following table shows the number and proportion of passes made by the forwards, the scrum-half and backs of each team.

The following tables show how often forwards and backs of each team passed the ball.

Overall, forwards passed the ball once in every 3.6 possessions. The following tables show how often front rows, second rows and back rows of each team passed the ball.

%

Passes by forwards 16%

Passes by scrum-half 49%

Passes by backs 35%

PASSES BY FORWARDS

% PASSES BY

SCRUM-HALF %

PASSES BY BACKS

%

Spain 53 20% 119 45% 93 35%

Namibia 49 17% 147 51% 90 32%

Romania 43 14% 166 53% 104 33%

Arg. Jaguars 43 13% 148 46% 130 41%

FORWARDS PASS : POSSESSION

RATIO

BACKS PASS : POSSESSION

RATIO

Spain 1 in 3.2 possessions

Arg. Jaguars 1 in 2.0 possessions

Arg. Jaguars 3.4

Spain 2.1

Namibia 3.8

Romania 2.2

Romania 4.3

Namibia 2.4

FRONT ROW PASS :

POSSESSION

SECOND ROW PASS :

POSSESSION

BACK ROW PASS :

POSSESSION

Arg. Jaguars

1 in 3.7 possessions

Spain 1 in 2.9

possessions Spain


Romania 5.3

Romania 5.9

Arg. Jaguars 2.5

Namibia 5.7

Arg. Jaguars 7.6

Romania 3.4

Spain 11.7

Namibia 9.0

Namibia 2.9



Overall, backs passed the ball every 2.2 possessions. The following tables show how often fly-halves, centres and back threes of each team passed the ball.

RUCKS AND MAULS The average number of ruck/mauls per match was 130 and the ruck/maul rate was one every 14 seconds of possession. The most ruck/mauls in a match was 140 (Spain v Namibia; Romania v Namibia) and the least was 116 (Romania v Spain). The following table shows the average, the most, the least and the ruck/maul frequency rate per team.

RUCK AND MAUL RETENTION The retention rate at ruck/mauls was 92 per cent. The following table shows how often each team retained ruck/maul possession and how often each team turned over opposition possession.

FLY-HALF PASS :

POSSESSION

CENTRES PASS :

POSSESSION

BACK THREE PASS :

POSSESSION

Romania


Spain 1.8

Arg. Jaguars 1 in 2.6

possessions

Spain 1.7

Namibia 1.9

Namibia 3.8

Arg. Jaguars 1.8

Arg. Jaguars 2.0

Romania 3.8

Namibia 2.0

Romania 2.6

Spain 4.1

AVERAGE R/Ms PER MATCH

MOST LEAST FREQUENCY RATE

OF R/Ms





SUCCESS IN OWN RUCK/MAULS

SUCCESS IN OPP RUCK/MAULS

Romania 93% 10%

Namibia 93% 5%

Spain 92% 10%

Arg. Jaguars 91% 6%



KICKING The average number of kicks per match was 44 and the kick rate was one every 50 secs of possession. The most kicks in a match was 68 (Spain v Namibia) and the least was 23 (Romania v Spain). The following table shows the average, the most, the least and the kick frequency rate by each team.

PLAYER KICKING

Overall, scrum-halves kicked every 11.4 possessions and backs kicked every 5.3 possessions. The following tables show the scrum-half, fly-half, centres and back threes kick frequency for each team.

AVERAGE KICKS PER MATCH

MOST LEAST FREQUENCY RATE

OF KICKS





SCRUM-HALF KICK : POSSESSION

FLY-HALF KICK : POSSESSION

Namibia 1 in 8 possessions

Namibia 1 in 3 possessions

Spain 8

Arg. Jaguars 5

Romania 16

Romania 7

Arg. Jaguars 28

Spain 33

CENTRES KICK : POSSESSION

BACK THREE KICK : POSSESSION

Romania 1 in 5 possessions

Namibia 4

Spain 15

Arg. Jaguars 5

Arg. Jaguars 19

Romania 5

Namibia 42

Spain 9



5. SET PIECE

50m RESTARTS The following table shows the proportion of 50m restarts that were contestable and the success rates of contestable restarts.

The following tables show the success per team on own and opposition 50m restarts by each team.

The following tables show the type of 50m restart received and kicked by each team.

50m RESTARTS

Contestable 11%

Not contestable 89%

Receiving – success 3 of 7

Regaining – success 4 of 7

SUCCESS RECEIVING CONTESTABLE

50m RESTARTS

SUCCESS REGAINING CONTESTABLE

50m RESTARTS

Romania 3 of 7

Arg. Jaguars 2 of 3

Namibia 0 of 0

Spain 2 of 4

Arg. Jaguars 0 of 0

Romania 0 of 0

Spain 0 of 0 Namibia 0 of 0

TYPE OF 50m RESTARTS RECEIVED

TYPE OF 50m RESTARTS KICKED

CONTESTABLE NOT CONTESTABLE CONTESTABLE NOT CONTESTABLE

Romania 7 17

Spain 4 12

Arg. Jaguars 0 12

Arg. Jaguars 3 9

Namibia 0 7 Namibia 0 20

Spain 0 12

Romania 0 7



LINEOUTS The following table shows the average number of lineouts per match, the most/least number of lineouts in a match, the proportion of lineouts contested and the lineout retention rates.

The following table shows the success per team on their own lineouts.

The following table shows the success per team on their opponents’ lineouts.

LINEOUTS

Average per match 25

Most in a match 30

Least in a match 17

Success 73%

Contested 57%

OWN LINEOUTS

SUCCESS CONTESTED STEALS LOST

Romania 86% 84% 4

Namibia 81% 39% 7

Spain 67% 62% 11

Arg. Jaguars 59% 71% 11

OPP LINEOUTS

SUCCESS CONTESTED STEALS WON

Romania 42% 50% 8

Namibia 31% 60% 11

Arg. Jaguars 25% 74% 11

Spain 12% 52% 3



SCRUMS

The following table shows the average number of scrums per match, the most/least number of scrums in a match, the percentage of times the ball came out of the scrum back into play and the scrum retention rate.

In total there were seven tightheads and one through 90 degree turnovers in 109 scrums. The following table shows the success per team on their own scrums.

The following table shows the success per team on their opponents’ scrums.

SCRUMS


Most in a match 22

Least in a match 15

Ball back into play 62%

Success 84%

OWN SCRUMS

WON % BALL

RELEASED PEN/FK

FOR LOST %

TIGHTHEAD/ THRU 90

PEN/FK AGAINST

Namibia 93% 22 6 7% 2 0

Romania 89% 10 15 11% 1 2

Arg. Jaguars 82% 15 8 18% 2 3

Spain 74% 13 5 26% 3 3

OPP SCRUMS

WON % TIGHTHEAD /

THRU 90 PEN/FK

FOR LOST %

BALL RELEASED

PEN/FK AGAINST

Romania 36% 6 3 64% 10 6

Spain 10% 0 3 90% 16 10

Namibia 8% 1 1 92% 16 6

Arg. Jaguars 6% 1 1 94% 18 11



6. PENALTIES AND FREE-KICKS

The following table shows the overall average number of penalties/free-kicks per match.

The following tables show the total penalties for and against, and the proportion of penalties for and against for each team.

OPTIONS TAKEN AT PENALTIES/FREE-KICKS

The following table shows the options taken at penalties/free-kicks.

The following table shows the options taken at penalties and free-kicks per team.

PENALTY/ FREE-KICKS


Most in a match 28

Least in a match 18

PK/FK FOR

PK/FK AGAINST

PK/FK FOR

PK/FK AGAINST

Romania 41 28 59% 41%

Spain 37 39 49% 51%

Arg. Jaguars 34 39 46% 53%

Namibia 28 34 45% 55%

%

Kick to touch 57%

Kick at goal 26%

Tap kicks 11%

Scrum 5%

Penalty tries 1%

KICK TO TOUCH

KICK AT GOAL

TAP KICKS SCRUM PENALTY

TRIES

Spain 62% 30% 8% 0% 0%

Romania 58% 32% 5% 5% 0%

Namibia 54% 18% 21% 7% 0%

Arg. Jaguars 53% 20% 15% 9% 3%



7. CARDS The following table shows the total number of cards.

The most cards in any match was three and the least was none. There were three matches that contained at least one yellow card with three containing none. The following table shows the reasons for the yellow cards.

The following table shows the number of cards awarded against each team and the reasons for the cards.

YELLOW CARDS RED CARDS

Total 7 -

YELLOW CARDS RED CARDS

Ruck/tackle offside 1 -

Scrum - repeated 1 -

Dangerous tackle 2 -

Collapse maul 1 -

Not back 10m 1 -

YELLOW CARDS

RED CARDS REASONS

Spain 3 0

Offside / scrum – repeated infringements / dangerous tackle

Arg. Jaguars 2 0 Dangerous tackle / collapse maul

Romania 1 0 Not back 10m

Namibia 0 0 -

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