2009-10 IRB Sevens Report 3
2010/11 HSBC SEVENS WORLD SERIES
STATISTICAL REVIEW HONG KONG & ADELAIDE
IRB GAME ANALYSIS
This 2010/11 HSBC Sevens World Series statistical report summarises Hong Kong and Adelaide, Adelaide featuring 26 teams. It comprises a quantitative analysis of all elements of play together with the approach to, and performance of, all participating teams in various aspects of the game. The report looks, oks, therefore, at such areas as: as • • • • • • • •
Scoring and the effectiveness of each team in attack and defence The source, origin and build up of tries Each team’s possession times and percentages Each team’s ’s passes and rate of passing Each team’s rucks and rate of rucking ucking Each team’s success and approach at rucks Each team’s performance at Set Piece Plus data on Penalties, Free Kicks and Cards
So far the 2010/11 HSBC Sevens World Series has produced 1675 tries and only 4 penalty goals.
CONTENTS PAGE 1
CURRENT STANDINGS & PLAYER STATISTICS
PAGE 2
MATCH RESULTS
PAGE 3
STATISTICAL COMPARISON SUMMARIES
STATISTICAL REVIEW & MATCH ANALYSIS PAGE 5
SCORING & CONCEDING
PAGE 6
TRY SCORING
PAGE 10
BALL IN PLAY & POSSESSION
PAGE 11
ACTIVITY
PAGE 15
RESTARTS, SCRUMS & LINEOUTS
PAGE 16
PENALTIES & FREE KICKS
PAGE 17
CARDS
The team who head the table are New Zealand - England won in Dubai, South Africa won in Las Vegas with New Zealand winning in George, Wellington, Hong Kong and Adelaide. Adelaide Hong Kong and Adelaide produced the following team highlights: • New Zealand scored an average of 5.2 tries per game; Fiji scored 4.7 and England scored 4.4. • New Zealand conceded an average of 1.8 tries per game; South Africa conceded 1.9 • New Zealand and Fiji had the best try scoring rates, rate scoring a try for every 49 secs of possession; with Samoa scoring a try every 53 secs and England scoring a try every 54 secs. • New Zealand had the best try conceding rate, conceding a try every 124 secs of opposition possession,, with South Africa conceding every 106 secs and Fiji conceding every 97 secs • Australia had the best conversion success – 91% • Canada obtained 59% % possession in their matches. matches • Korea had the highest passing rate and Cook Islands were the team most likely to make 5+ passing movement making 1 in every 3. • Australia had the highest success at own rucks and Hong Kong had the highest success at opponent’s rucks. • Zimbabwe had the highest success rate at own contestable restarts. restarts • South Africa won 96% of their own scrums and won all their own lineouts, • Hong Kong and Australia were least penalised team in proportion to their opponents. • Tonga conceded 5 yellow cards and 1 red card, card, which was more than any other team. The above data and more extensive analysis on all participating sevens teams can be found in the following report.
2010/11 HSBC SEVENS CURRENT STANDINGS DUB
GEO
WEL
LAS
HKG
ADE
LON
EDI
TOT
NZL
16
24
24
16
30
24
134
ENG
24
20
20
16
25
16
121
SAM
20
16
16
12
20
16
100
RSA
12
12
8
24
16
20
92
FJI
16
16
12
20
20
6
90
AUS
8
6
16
6
10
6
52
ARG
4
8
6
6
0
8
32
WAL
6
6
6
0
0
12
30
KEN
0
0
4
8
0
0
12
USA
6
0
0
0
0
4
10
POR
0
0
0
0
8
0
8
RUS
0
0
0
0
8
0
8
SCO
0
4
0
4
0
0
8
CAN
0
0
0
0
5
0
5
2010/11 IRB SEVENS CURRENT PLAYER STATISTICS
POINTS SCORED 2009/10
TRIES SCORED 2009/10
Cecil Afrika
RSA
309
Cecil Afrika
RSA
34
Tomasi Cama
NZL
234
Seremaia Burotu
FIJ
29
Ben Gollings
ENG
216
Frank Halai
NZL
26
Hamish Angus
AUS
204
Declan O'Donnell
NZL
26
Emosi Vucago
FIJ
195
Toby Arnold
NZL
22
IRB GAME ANALYSIS
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2011 HONG KONG MATCH RESULTS POOL
TEAM
SCORE
TEAM
KNOCKOUT
TEAM
SCORE
TEAM
Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool
PORTUGAL JAPAN TONGA RUSSIA HONG KONG CANADA NEW ZEALAND ENGLAND SAMOA FIJI SOUTH AFRICA AUSTRALIA FRANCE USA SCOTLAND KENYA WALES ARGENTINA FRANCE USA SCOTLAND KENYA WALES ARGENTINA NEW ZEALAND ENGLAND SAMOA FIJI SOUTH AFRICA AUSTRALIA
41 - 14 17 - 12 41 - 0 50 - 0 7 - 24 24 - 10 19 - 12 33 - 14 24 - 17 29 - 14 45 - 0 26 - 24 40 - 7 36 - 14 40 - 7 45 - 12 28 - 5 21 - 12 5 - 12 24 - 19 12 - 10 5 - 22 35 - 12 21 - 22 61 - 0 59 - 5 64 - 0 59 - 0 33 - 5 42 - 0
KOREA CHINA MEXICO MALAYSIA SPAIN ZIMBABWE PORTUGAL JAPAN TONGA RUSSIA HONG KONG CANADA KOREA CHINA MEXICO MALAYSIA SPAIN ZIMBABWE PORTUGAL JAPAN TONGA RUSSIA HONG KONG CANADA KOREA CHINA MEXICO MALAYSIA SPAIN ZIMBABWE
Cup Final Plate Final Bowl Final Shield Final Cup S/F Cup S/F Plate S/F Plate S/F Bowl S/F Bowl S/F Shield S/F Shield S/F Cup Q/F Cup Q/F Cup Q/F Cup Q/F Bowl Q/F Bowl Q/F Bowl Q/F Bowl Q/F Shield Q/F Shield Q/F Shield Q/F Shield Q/F Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool
NEW ZEALAND SOUTH AFRICA JAPAN KENYA SAMOA NEW ZEALAND AUSTRALIA PORTUGAL CANADA JAPAN ZIMBABWE KENYA RUSSIA SAMOA SOUTH AFRICA NEW ZEALAND ARGENTINA CANADA TONGA SCOTLAND MEXICO ZIMBABWE HONG KONG KENYA NEW ZEALAND ENGLAND SAMOA FIJI SOUTH AFRICA AUSTRALIA
29 - 17 26 - 19 12 - 33 17 - 12 14 - 19 19 - 14 35 - 12 5 - 28 24 - 17 14 - 12 14 - 17 24 - 5 7 - 10 15 - 12 19 - 24 33 - 5 14 - 29 12 - 7 21 - 26 14 - 19 5 - 26 28 - 12 26 - 35 59 - 7 19 - 7 37 - 12 31 - 14 40 - 0 42 - 12 21 - 14
ENGLAND AUSTRALIA CANADA SPAIN ENGLAND FIJI RUSSIA SOUTH AFRICA WALES USA SPAIN CHINA ENGLAND AUSTRALIA FIJI PORTUGAL WALES FRANCE USA JAPAN SPAIN KOREA CHINA MALAYSIA FRANCE USA SCOTLAND KENYA WALES ARGENTINA
2010 ADELAIDE MATCH RESULTS POOL
TEAM
SCORE
TEAM
KNOCKOUT
TEAM
SCORE
TEAM
Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool
FIJI ENGLAND NEW ZEALAND SOUTH AFRICA USA SCOTLAND WALES FRANCE AUSTRALIA FIJI ARGENTINA ENGLAND KENYA NEW ZEALAND SAMOA SOUTH AFRICA AUSTRALIA FIJI ARGENTINA ENGLAND KENYA NEW ZEALAND SAMOA SOUTH AFRICA
26 - 21 21 - 19 34 - 14 17 - 26 24 - 12 19 - 14 53 - 0 40 - 7 28 - 10 33 - 14 22 - 7 45 - 12 14 - 26 40 - 7 19 - 12 21 - 12 40 - 14 41 - 5 45 - 5 45 - 7 19 - 12 36 - 10 40 - 7 19 - 0
AUSTRALIA ARGENTINA KENYA SAMOA TONGA PNG COOK ISLANDS JAPAN USA TONGA SCOTLAND PNG WALES COOK ISLANDS FRANCE JAPAN TONGA USA PNG SCOTLAND COOK ISLANDS WALES JAPAN FRANCE
Cup Final Plate Final Bowl Final Shield Final Cup S/F Cup S/F Plate S/F Plate S/F Bowl S/F Bowl S/F Shield S/F Shield S/F Cup Q/F Cup Q/F Cup Q/F Cup Q/F Bowl Q/F Bowl Q/F Bowl Q/F Bowl Q/F
NEW ZEALAND ARGENTINA KENYA TONGA SOUTH AFRICA NEW ZEALAND FIJI ARGENTINA USA KENYA JAPAN PNG ENGLAND FIJI SAMOA NEW ZEALAND SCOTLAND USA FRANCE KENYA
28 - 20 7 - 14 10 - 17 5 - 22 19 - 0 33 - 17 21 - 22 31 - 28 29 - 19 24 - 10 31 - 21 19 - 24 17 - 12 12 - 24 19 - 14 47 - 7 28 - 0 22 - 19 21 - 17 26 - 17
SOUTH AFRICA WALES USA JAPAN ENGLAND SAMOA WALES AUSTRALIA SCOTLAND FRANCE COOK ISLANDS TONGA WALES SOUTH AFRICA AUSTRALIA ARGENTINA COOK ISLANDS JAPAN TONGA PNG
IRB GAME ANALYSIS
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2010/11 IRB SEVENS – TOURNAMENT COMPARISON STATISTICAL SUMMARY 2011 HKG 60
2010 HKG 60
2011 ADE 44
2010 ADE 44
POINTS (average per game)
41
41
41
37
TRIES (average per game)
6.5
6.5
6.5
6.0
TRY RATE (rate)
Try every 67 secs
Try every 65 secs
Try every 68 secs
Try every 67 secs
CONVERSION SUCCESS (%)
66%
67%
64%
60%
PENALTY GOALS (total)
0
0
1
0
MATCHES WON by team scoring most tries (%)
95%
85%
91%
86%
SOURCE OF TRIES - pens/fks (%)
30%
28%
27%
34%
ORIGIN OF TRIES - own Half (%)
42%
45%
50%
37%
BUILD UP TO TRIES – no rucks/mauls (%)
59%
62%
54%
60%
BUILD UP TO TRIES - 3 Or fewer passes (%)
58%
55%
49%
56%
BALL IN PLAY (%)
51%
50%
52%
49%
PASSES (average per game)
66
71
67
68
5+ PASSING MOVENTS (rate)
1 in 11
1 in 7.4
1 in 12
1 in 8.0
RUCKS/MAULS (average per game)
18
17
18
16
RUCK/MAUL RETENTION (%)
85%
85%
86%
86%
KICKS (average per game)
2.3
2.9
2.2
3.0
CONTESTABLE RESTARTS (%)
78%
85%
83%
85%
CONTESTABLE RESTARTS REGAINED (%)
40%
38%
42%
43%
RESTART ERRORS (rate)
1 in 21
1 in 27
1 in 25
1 in 30
SCRUMS (average per game)
3
4
3
5
SCRUMS possession retained (%)
90%
89%
92%
81%
LINEOUTS (average per game)
2
2
2
2
LINEOUTS possession retained (%)
74%
80%
76%
71%
QUICK THROWS (total)
1 in 15
1 in 10
1 in 7
1 in 9
PENALTIES (average per game)
5.6
5.5
4.5
6.2
CARDS (total)
19 + 0
25 + 0
8+1
17 + 0
MATCHES SCORING
ACTIVITY
SET PIECE
PENALTIES/FREE KICKS & CARDS
IRB GAME ANALYSIS
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2010/11 IRB SEVENS – SERIES COMPARISON STATISTICAL SUMMARY 2010/11 IRB SEVENS 280
2009/10 IRB SEVENS 368
POINTS (average per game)
38
37
TRIES (average per game)
6.0
6.0
TRY RATE (rate)
Try every 73 secs
Try every 75 secs
CONVERSION SUCCESS (%)
65%
62%
PENALTY GOALS (total)
4
3
MATCHES WON by team scoring most tries (%)
90%
88%
SOURCE OF TRIES - pens/fks (%)
31%
29%
ORIGIN OF TRIES - own Half (%)
44%
43%
BUILD UP TO TRIES – no rucks/mauls (%)
53%
61%
BUILD UP TO TRIES - 3 Or fewer passes (%)
53%
55%
BALL IN PLAY (%)
52%
50%
PASSES (average per game)
69
70
5+ PASSING MOVENTS (rate)
1 in 9.9
1 in 7.7
RUCKS/MAULS (average per game)
20
17
RUCK/MAUL RETENTION (%)
86%
84%
KICKS (average per game)
2.4
3.7
CONTESTABLE RESTARTS (%)
71%
77%
CONTESTABLE RESTARTS REGAINED (%)
39%
37%
RESTART ERRORS (rate)
1 in 20
1 in 18
SCRUMS (average per game)
4
4
SCRUMS possession retained (%)
91%
84%
LINEOUTS (average per game)
2
2
LINEOUTS possession retained (%)
74%
78%
QUICK THROWS (total)
1 in 10
1 in 10
PENALTIES (average per game)
5.5
5.4
CARDS (total)
58 + 3
110 + 4
MATCHES SCORING
ACTIVITY
SET PIECE
PENALTIES/FREE KICKS & CARDS
IRB GAME ANALYSIS
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2010/11 HSBC SEVENS WORLD SERIES – HONG KONG & ADELAIDE STATISTICAL REVIEW & MATCH ANALYSIS o
1. SCORING & CONCEDING The average number of points scored in a match was 41. The average number of points scored/conceded by a team was 20.5 but, not surprisingly, there were major variations variations around this average. average New Zealand scored an average of 33 points and conceded an average aver of 11 points, whereas Mexico scored an average of 3 points and conceded an average of 43 points. points The figures do not show, however, how effective each team was in scoring points in relation to the possession that it obtained and d also, the figures do not show how effective each team was in restricting points in relation to the possession that their opponents obtained. A team may, for example, obtain little possession ssion but still manage to score a significant number of tries. tries Conversely onversely a team may concede very few tries in the face of considerable opposition possession. Overall, a try was scored every 68 seconds of play (2009/10 – 72 secs) The following table gives es the relevant figures for each participating team. New Zealand had the best try scoring rate and the best try conceding rate,, scoring a try every 49 secs and only conceding ceding a try every 124 secs. Av POINTS SCORED
Av POINTS CONCEDED
Av TRIES SCORED
Av TRIES CONCEDED
TRY SCORING RATE RATE*
TRY CONCEDING RATE*
NZL
33
11
5.2
1.8
NZL
49 secs
NZL
124 secs
FJI
30
14
4.7
2.2
FJI
49 secs
RSA
106 secs
ENG
28
14
4.4
2.2
SAM
53 secs
FJI
97 secs
SAM
27
15
4.3
2.3
ENG
54 secs
ENG
95 secs
AUS
26
17
3.8
2.8
RSA
57 secs
SPA
90 secs
RSA
26
12
4.1
1.9
RUS
59 secs
SAM
84 secs
WAL
24
18
3.8
2.6
AUS
61 secs
FRA
84 secs
CAN
23
16
3.8
2.5
KEN
64 secs
RUS
81 secs
KEN
21
18
3.4
3.0
TON
66 secs
POR
80 secs
RUS
21
16
3.4
2.6
ARG
68 secs
ARG
74 secs
USA
20
21
3.4
3.5
CAN
68 secs
TON
73 secs
ARG
20
21
3.1
3.2
WAL
69 secs
KEN
72 secs
SCO
18
20
2.7
3.2
USA
70 secs
WAL
72 secs
TON
18
22
2.9
3.5
JAP
72 secs
CAN
71 secs
FRA
16
15
2.4
2.4
PNG
76 secs
ZIM
69 secs
JAP
16
23
2.6
3.6
CHI
81 secs
AUS
69 secs
POR
15
20
2.6
3.0
ZIM
81 secs
JAP
64 secs
SPA
15
17
2.5
2.7
SCO
82 secs
SCO
59 secs
CHI
14
32
2.2
5.2
POR
84 secs
USA
52 secs
PNG
13
32
2.2
5.0
SPA
89 secs
COO
49 secs
ZIM
13
23
2.0
3.6
FRA
95 secs
PNG
49 secs
HKG
11
35
1.8
5.3
KOR
140 secs
CHI
48 secs
COO
8
34
1.2
5.4
COO
144 secs
KOR
40 secs
KOR
8
43
1.3
6.5
HKG
149 secs
HKG
38 secs
5 53 0.8 8.3 160 secs 38 secs MEX MAL 3 43 0.5 6.8 386 secs 37 secs *Scoring rates are calculated (a) by dividing the total possession obtained by a team by the number of tries scored (b) by dividing the total possession obtained by a team opponents by the total number n of tries conceded. MAL
MAL
MEX
MEX
IRB GAME ANALYSIS
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2010/11 HSBC SEVENS WORLD SERIES – HONG KONG & ADELAIDE STATISTICAL REVIEW & MATCH ANALYSIS o There was 1 penalty goal and 0 drop goals. The overall conversion success rate was 65%. There were noticeable variations in the percentage success rates as seen in the attached table: Because of the relatively few tries scored s by some teams, applying percentages can only be regarded as indicative. In addition, the location of the score can be a significant factor in achieving a successful conversion. This iss the reason that the attached table has assigned a percentage success rate only to those teams that scored 16 tries or more. Australia had the highest conversion success rate with 91% and USA had the lowest with 43%.
CONVERSION SUCCESS %
CONVERSION SUCCESS %
AUS
91%
TON
54%
SCO
83%
CAN
52%
ARG
74%
USA
43%
FRA
73%
CHI
8/11
NZL
71%
COO
5/6
FJI
70%
HKG
5/7
RSA
69%
KOR
4/5
KEN
67%
MAL
2/3
ENG
63%
MEX
1/2
SAM
63%
PNG
6/11
JAP
61%
POR
5/13
RUS
59%
SPA
7/15
WAL
57%
ZIM
7/10
2. TRY SCORING There were 671 tries scored in Hong Kong & Adelaide giving an average of 6.5 per match. New Zealand scored an average of 5.2 tries per match,, which was more than any other team, tea and conceded an average of 1.8 tries per match,, which was fewer than any other team. During the pool stage there were 404 tries scored (average – 6.7) and during the knockout stages there were 267 tries scored (average – 6.1) 2.1 IMPACT OF TRIES With only 1 penalty goal, 0 drop goals goal and a conversion success rate of 65%, it was inevitable that tries would determine the winning team in the vast majority of cases – and this proved to be the case. Of the 104 matches, 97 (or 93%) were won by the team scoring the most tries. There The were 7 matches where the tries were the same - 6 matches were won by scoring more conversions (including Adelaide A Cup Final between New Zealand v South Africa) Africa and 1 match won by a penalty goal (England v Wales). Wales) 2.2 POSSESSION SOURCE OF TRIES The teams obtained possession of the ball prior to the scoring of the try from a variety of sources. This is shown in the attached table: It can be seen that the most fruitful source of tries was penalties/free kicks (29%). The he table shows the importance of restart possession, possession with 24% of all tries originating from restarts, with more tries being scored at restarts than scrums and lineouts combined.
IRB GAME ANALYSIS
TRY SOURCE
OVERALL 2009/10
PENALTY/FREE KICK
29%
29%
TURNOVER
21%
21%
RESTART
24%
21%
SCRUM
13%
14%
LINEOUT
9% 4%
10%
KICK RECEIPT
5%
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2010/11 HSBC SEVENS WORLD SERIES – HONG KONG & ADELAIDE STATISTICAL REVIEW & MATCH ANALYSIS o The table shows the possession source of tries scored (own) and tries conceded conceded (opp) by each team: PEN & FK
TURNOVER
RESTART
SCRUM
LINEOUT
OWN
OPP
OWN
OPP
OWN
OPP
OWN
OPP
OWN
KICK
OPP
OWN
TOTAL OPP
OWN
OPP
62
22
1
49
23
NZL
11
7
20
4
11
4
10
7
4
RSA
9
8
10
3
11
7
11
3
6
1
ENG
11
9
10
2
19
8
4
2
4
2
1
48
24
FJI
13
7
11
5
12
4
7
3
4
2
1
47
22
SAM AUS
12 18
10 5
10 9
4 6
13 7
5 12
5 3
2 4
3 4
2 4
43 42
23 31
WAL
15
9
6
8
11
5
9
3
1
2
2
42
29
KEN
11 14 8 11 8
7 6 6 8 6
7 9 10 11 10
10 10 9 6 5
7 11 4 10 7
5 3 2 4 8
5 3 2 5 7
5 3 3 2 2
5 1 7 5 2
1 1 2
1
TON
13 14 9 11 7
41 37 31 31 29
36 38 32 43 35
SCO
8
6
8
5
1
11
2
3
3
4
2
24
29
CAN
5 4 3 7 3
4 4 2 4 3
2 5 3 2 4
7 9 4 1 2
4 4 2 2 1
1 3 1 3 4
2 7 3 3 3
4 3 5 1
POR
7 2 4 6 2
1 1 2 1 2
1 1 1 2
2
23 22 17 16 13
15 22 13 15 15
CHI
4
9
3
2
3
8
1
3
2
11
26
PNG
1 5 6
7 8 4
1
7 3 9
5 2 1
5 4 4
2 1
1 2 3
1
11 10 7
25 18 21
2 3 1 1
6 8 9 9
2 1 1
8 5 2 6
2
6 8 13 5
6 5 3 1
27 26 33 28
USA ARG JAP
FRA RUS SPA
ZIM HKG COO KOR MAL MEX
1
5 1 5 3
6 2
1
1
2 1 2
5
1 1 1 1 1
1
1
1
2 1 4 2
3 3
Australia scored 43% of their tries from penalties/free kicks, while New Zealand scored 32% of their tries from turnovers and England scored 40% of tries from restarts. 2.3 .3 ORIGIN & LOCATION OF TRIES Tries originate from various parts of the pitch. pitch Of all the tries scored, 45% originated in the try scoring team’s own half and 55% in the opposition half (only 15% originated within 22m), with 38% scored behind the posts. LEFT SIDE OF THE POST 29%
OWN HALF
OPP HALF
45%
55%
BEHIND THE POSTS 38%
RIGHT SIDE OF THE POST 33%
IRB GAME ANALYSIS
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2010/11 HSBC SEVENS WORLD SERIES – HONG KONG & ADELAIDE STATISTICAL REVIEW & MATCH ANALYSIS o The following table shows the origin of tries scored (own) and tries conceded (opp) by each team. The teams which scored a high percentage of their tries from their own half were New Zealand, Zealand Scotland and PNG. The teams which scored a low percentage of their tries from their own half were Russia and Spain. OWN HALF
HW – 10m
10m – 22m
22m - TRY
TOTAL
OWN
OPP
OWN
OPP
OWN
OPP
OWN
OPP
OWN
OPP
NZL
34
7
6
4
14
6
8
5
62
22
RSA
19
11
7
2
12
6
11
4
49
23
ENG
20
16
4
21
4
3
4
48
24
FJI
21
7
6
2
16
10
4
3
47
22
SAM AUS
16 19
8 19
5 3
3
14 11
11 6
8 9
4 3
43 42
23 31
WAL
16
14
4
2
14
10
8
3
42
29
KEN
TON
15 19 15 13 12
15 19 14 25 19
5 4 3 3 3
6 5 5 4 4
12 12 8 6 10
9 10 7 13 7
9 2 5 9 4
6 4 6 1 5
41 37 31 31 29
36 38 32 43 35
SCO
15
13
1
7
12
2
3
24
29
CAN
POR
11 10 4 5 6
6 15 5 10 7
2 3 1 1 2
1 1 1 1 3
8 8 8 6 2
5 2 5 3 2
2 1 4 4 3
3 4 2 1 3
23 22 17 16 13
15 22 13 15 15
CHI
5
13
1
2
3
7
2
4
11
26
PNG
9 5 5
12 6 6
4 1
2 3
6 5 9
2 1
3 6 6
11 10 7
25 18 21
6 1 1 1
9 11 8 8
5 3 7 6
6 5 3 1
27 26 33 28
USA ARG JAP
FRA RUS SPA
ZIM HKG COO KOR MAL MEX
1 3 3 3 3
1 2
10 9 15 11
3
2.4 BUILD UP TO TRIES The table shows how many rucks/mauls preceded each try scored in the tournament. The table shows that 57% of tries were preceded by not one ruck or maul. The next table shows the total number of passes that preceded each try scored in the tournament. The table shows that 55% of tries were preceded by 3 or fewer passes.
None 1 rucks/mauls 2+ rucks/mauls
No passes 1 - 3 passes 4 - 6 passes 7 - 9 passes 10+ passes
%
CUMULATIVE %
OVERALL 2009/10
57% 25% 18%
57% 82% 18%
61% 84% 100%
%
CUMULATIVE %
OVERALL 2009/10
10% 45% 23% 14% 8%
10% 55% 78% 92% 100%
11% 55% 81% 94% 100%
When the build up to tries during the pool stage is compared mpared to the knockout stages, stages the percentages below show that tries contained more rucks and passes during the knockout stages. Pool: 60% of tries had no r/ms & 58% of tries had 3 or less passes Knockout: 52% of tries had no r/ms & 51% of tries had 3 or less passes IRB GAME ANALYSIS
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2010/11 HSBC SEVENS WORLD SERIES – HONG KONG & ADELAIDE STATISTICAL REVIEW & MATCH ANALYSIS o In the table below are the figures for each team. The figures in the table include the % of tries scored and conceded with no o rucks in the build up and the % of tries scored with 3 or fewer passes. % OF TRIES WITH NO RUCKS
% OF TRIES WITH 3 OR FEWER PASSES
TRIES SCORED
TRIES CONCEDED
COO
100%
56%
KOR
100%
KOR
80%
85%
PNG
73%
ZIM
80%
44%
ENG
69%
CHI
73%
58%
MAL
66%
FJI
70%
50%
RUS
65%
ENG
65%
33%
JAP
65%
FRA
64%
50%
FJI
62%
PNG
64%
60%
POR
61%
TON
62%
57%
AUS
60%
POR
27% 51%
ZIM
JAP
62% 61%
TON
60% 59%
CAN
61%
60%
HKG
57%
SPA
50% 46%
CAN
RUS
60% 59%
FRA
57% 55%
SAM
58%
52%
CHI
55%
HKG
67% 59%
SAM
NZL
57% 55%
KEN
54% 54%
KEN
54%
58%
USA
54%
RSA
53%
39%
RSA
53%
USA
51% 50%
74% 67%
WAL
50% 50%
46% 45%
55% 48%
MEX
AUS
SPA
50% 47%
WAL
45%
62%
NZL
44%
ARG
39%
72%
SCO
38%
MAL
33%
64%
ARG
35%
MEX SCO
TRIES SCORED
COO
It can be seen that 100% of tries scored by Cook Islands contained no rucks in the build up, while 85% 85 of tries conceded by Korea contained no rucks. It can also be seen that 100% of tries scored by Korea contained 3 or fewer passes in the build up, up while 65% of Argentina’s tries contained more than 3 passes. passes
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2010/11 HSBC SEVENS WORLD SERIES – HONG KONG & ADELAIDE STATISTICAL REVIEW & MATCH ANALYSIS o
3. BALL IN PLAY & POSSESSION SESSION BALL IN PLAY & POSSESSION
OVERALL 2009/10
AVERAGE B-I-P
7m 18s or 52%
7m 04s or 50%
HIGHEST B-I-P
9m 28s or 68%
9m 28s or 68%
LOWEST B-I-P
5m 28s or 39%
4m 35s or 32%
HIGHEST POSSESSION TIME
6m 47s
6m 26s
LOWEST POSSESSION TIME
39s
52s
There was a considerable variation between the ball in play figures achieved by the various teams. This is shown in the following table which gives the average possession times and percentages achieved by each team and their opponents throughout the 2 legs: As seen in the table, there were some noticeable differences. Canada, Wales, Hong Kong and New Zealand all averaged over ver 4 minutes possession per game, with Malaysia only averaging 2 minutes. Cup winners New Zealand had an average of 53% of possession but the highestt was Canada averaging 59% possession in their matches. Of the core teams, Argentina had the least possession, averaging only 47% of possession in their matches.
OWN AVERAGE POSSESSION
%
OPPONENTS AVERAGE POSSESSION
%
CAN
4m 19s
59%
2m 57s
41%
WAL
4m 23s
58%
3m 10s
42%
USA
3m 57s 4m 26s
57% 57%
2m 59s 3m 18s
43% 43%
SAM
3m 53s 3m 48s
55% 54%
3m 13s 3m 12s
45% 46%
NZL
4m 12s
53%
3m 47s
47%
ENG
RSA
3m 53s 3m 53s 3m 52s
53% 53% 53%
3m 26s 3m 24s 3m 23s
47% 47% 47%
SCO
3m 37s
53%
3m 10s
47%
FJI
3m 52s
52%
3m 34s
48%
KEN
3m 40s
50%
3m 36s
50%
RUS
3m 20s
49%
3m 31s
51%
POR
3m 3m 3m 3m 3m 3m 2m 2m 2m 2m 2m 2m
48% 48% 47% 45% 43% 43% 42% 40% 40% 39% 39% 28%
3m 4m 3m 3m 4m 4m 4m 4m 4m 4m 4m 5m
52% 52% 53% 55% 57% 57% 58% 60% 60% 61% 61% 72%
HKG AUS
FRA
SPA ARG JAP TON MEX CHI KOR PNG COO ZIM MAL
IRB GAME ANALYSIS
39s 42s 29s 05s 10s 12s 58s 55s 46s 52s 42s 00s
59s 01s 57s 49s 15s 15s 08s 20s 06s 26s 09s 03s
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2010/11 HSBC SEVENS WORLD SERIES – HONG KONG & ADELAIDE STATISTICAL REVIEW & MATCH ANALYSIS o
4. ACTIVITY 4.1 PASSING The average number of passes in a game was 67. The average number of passes by a team was 33.5 but there were major variations around this average.
PASSES
OVERALL 2009/10
AVERAGE PASSES
67
70
HIGHEST PASSING MATCH
101
119
LOWEST PASSING MATCH
38
32
PASSING RATE
AVERAGE PASSES
KOR
11.2
33
COO
1 in 3
COO
11.1
32
CHI
1 in 4
ARG
10.8
38
SCO
1 in 5
HKG
10.6
46
FJI
1 in 6
SCO
10.4
38
FRA
1 in 6
CHI
10.3
30
ZIM
1 in 6
ZIM
10.1
27
NZL
1 in 7
KEN
10
37
KEN
1 in 7
SPA
9.6
36
PNG
1 in 7
RUS
32 31 26
ARG
PNG
9.5 9.5 9.5
CAN
1 in 8 1 in 8 1 in 9
SAM
9.4
36
RSA
1 in 10
RSA
36 35 35
POR
FRA
9.2 9.1 9
JAP
1 in 10 1 in 10 1 in 11
PASSING MOVEMENTS
WAL
9
40
ENG
1 in 12
Passes came in passing movements of which there were just over 2500.
CAN
9
39
SAM
1 in 12
NZL
8.8
37
WAL
1 in 15
Of these passing movements: s:
FJI
8.8
34
TON
1 in 15
TON
8.4 8.4
27 26
RUS
JAP
USA
1 in 16 1 in 17
ENG
8.2
32
AUS
1 in 18
MAL
7.8
16
MEX
1 in 18
POR
7.6
28
HKG
1 in 23
USA Most teams fell into this profile – ie around 7.5 30 50% of their passing movements contained ed 2 or fewer passes. Where major differences arose, these were seen in the more lengthy passing movements. Of all passing movements, 1 in 9 contained 5+ passes.
MAL
1 in 26
RATES & AVERAGES The table shows hows major differences between the teams. Such differences can however partly be explained by the amount of possession obtained by each team – more possession means more passes. If possession is taken into account, therefore, the rate at which each country passed the ball is far closer. Korea, Cook Islands,, Argentina and Hong Kong had the highest passing rates rate and Portugal and USA had the lowest. Samoa on average made 28% % more passes than PNG, but it can n be seen that PNG passed at a slightly higher rate when possession is taken into account.
MEX
AUS
27% comprised 1 pass 27% comprised 2 passes 23% comprised 3 passes 12% comprised 4 passes 11% comprised 5+ passes
5+ PASSING
KOR
SPA
Certain ertain teams were far more inclined to continue passing than others. This is shown in the above table which notes the proportion of 5+ pass movements to total number of passing movements made by each country. Cook Islands, China and Scotland were the most likely to make a 5+ passing movement, Malaysia were least likely.
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2010/11 HSBC SEVENS WORLD SERIES – HONG KONG & ADELAIDE STATISTICAL REVIEW & MATCH ANALYSIS o 4.2 RUCKS & MAULS The average number of rucks and m mauls in a game was 18. The average number of ruck and mauls by a team was 9 but there were major variations around this average. RATES & AVERAGES
RUCKS
OVERALL 2009/10
AVERAGE RUCKS
18
17
HIGHEST RUCKING MATCH
34
34
LOWEST RUCKING MATCH
6
4
SUCCESS %
85%
84%
The table below shows major differences in the average number of rucks created by each team. Some of this can be explained by the amount of possession obtained by each team. If this is taken into account, the rate at which each country rucked is far closer, as also shown in the table. This expresses rucks as ‘rucks per minute possession ‘. Hong Kong had the highest rucking rate and PNG had the lowest. RUCKING RATE
AVERAGE RUCKS
HKG
3.8
17
MEX
3.6
12
SUCCESS % OWN RUCKS
SUCCESS % OPP RUCKS
AUS
95%
12%
SAM
94%
14%
USA
3.1
13
NZL
93%
16%
MAL
3
6
RSA
90%
19%
WAL
2.9
13
ARG
90%
13%
AUS
2.8
11
CAN
89%
14%
RSA
2.7
11
WAL
88%
8%
ARG
2.7
9
SCO
88%
15%
RUS
2.7
9
RUS
87%
14%
CAN
2.7
12
USA
86%
17%
SPA
2.6
10
TON
86%
20%
FRA
2.4
9
ENG
85%
10%
SAM
2.4
9
KEN
85%
19%
KEN
2.4
9
KOR
85%
10%
POR
2.3
9
FJI
84%
13%
JAP
7 7 8
POR
ENG
2.3 2.3 2.1
SPA
84% 82% 82%
10% 16% 17%
SCO
2.1
8
CHI
80%
17%
TON
7 8 5 5
JAP
ZIM
2.1 1.9 1.9 1.9
COO
80% 76% 75% 74%
18% 14% 3% 8%
FJI
1.7
6
HKG
71%
22%
CHI
1.7
5
ZIM
69%
12%
PNG
1.2
3
PNG
63%
12%
KOR
NZL COO
FRA
MEX MAL
RUCK SUCCESS At the breakdown, the team taking in the ball retained possession by either winning the ball or being awarded a a penalty on 85% of occasions. The percentage success rate of each team in attack and defence is shown in the above table. In Attack, Australia, Samoa and New Zealand had the highest success rates while PNG and Zimbabwe had lowest success rates. In defence, Hong Kong won ruck possession from opponents more m frequently than other teams, while of the core teams Wales, had the least success rate at opponent’s rucks. IRB GAME ANALYSIS
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2010/11 HSBC SEVENS WORLD SERIES – HONG KONG & ADELAIDE STATISTICAL REVIEW & MATCH ANALYSIS o NUMBER OF PLAYERS COMMITTED TO RUCKS – ATTACK & DEFENCE Currently there are between 800 and 900 breakdowns in a 44 match tournament - and a breakdown occurs when at least one player from each side is on his feet at or over the ball. When the tackler is on his feet and an opponent joins in, then there is a breakdown. When the tackler is not on his feet, a breakdown breakdow occurs when at least one player from each side joins in. What became immediately noticeable was that there were clear differences in the approach of the various countries in committing players to the breakdown. While certain teams frequently committed few additional players, other countriess consistently committed more. The extent of the differences between each team’s approach is illustrated by an exercise that looked at how many players were committed to the breakdown (1) in attack and (2) in defence. Overall on average, the attacking team committed more than 1 player on only 9% of occasions, while defending teams committed co more than 1 player on 7% % of occasions. It can be seen that in the table below, in attack, Samoa and Canada committed just one player on 99% % of occasions while Zimbabwe committed just one player 73% of the time. In defence, England committed no extra players on 42% of occasions, whereas South Africa were the team most likely to commit 2 or more players in defence. (1) ATTACK 1 PLAYER
2+ PLAYERS
SAM
99%
1%
CAN
99%
RUS ARG
(2) DEFENCE NO PLAYER
1 PLAYER
2+ PLAYERS
ENG
42%
52%
6%
1%
COO
37%
60%
3%
96%
4%
FRA
36%
62%
2%
95%
5%
CAN
36%
64%
0%
NZL
94%
6%
RSA
34%
53%
13%
SCO
94%
6%
KEN
34%
56%
10%
FJI
92%
8%
SCO
34%
62%
4%
KEN
92% 92%
8% 8%
NZL
USA
AUS
33% 28%
58% 69%
9% 3%
HKG
92%
8%
ARG
28%
69%
3%
MAL
92%
8%
FJI
25%
69%
6%
AUS
91%
9%
PNG
24%
71%
5%
WAL
91%
9%
WAL
23%
77%
0%
SPA
9% 10% 11% 12%
SAM
TON
91% 90% 89% 88%
TON
22% 22% 21% 19%
70% 66% 74% 72%
8% 12% 5% 9%
CHI
88%
12%
MAL
19%
78%
3%
PNG
88%
12%
USA
17%
72%
11%
RSA
87%
13%
JAP
16%
74%
10%
JAP
86%
14%
POR
12%
83%
5%
COO
ENG
85% 85% 84%
15% 15% 16%
CHI
MEX
9% 7% 4%
77% 83% 96%
14% 10% 0%
POR
77%
23%
HKG
0%
85%
15%
ZIM
73%
27%
KOR
0%
90%
10%
FRA MEX
KOR
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ZIM RUS
SPA
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2010/11 HSBC SEVENS WORLD SERIES – HONG KONG & ADELAIDE STATISTICAL REVIEW & MATCH ANALYSIS o 4.3 KICKS Kicks comprise all kicks made in general play including punts, chips, ground (i.e. football kick) and grubber kicks. The average number of kicks in a game was 2.
KICKS
OVERALL 2009/10
AVERAGE KICKS
2
4
HIGHEST KICKING MATCH
7
12
LOWEST KICKING MATCH
0
0
1 in 3.4
1 in 3.1
As can be seen in the table below, on average KICK REGAIN RATE Spain, PNG and Korea were most likely to kick while USA, Hong Kong and Cook Islands kicked the least.
Of the total kicks made by teams in open play, the attached table shows how many were regained. The overall kick regain rate was 1 in 3.4. Scotland were the most successful at regaining kicks in general genera play, regaining 1 in every 1.4 kicks. There were a wide variety of kicks - 37% were chip kicks, 31% were punt kicks, 20% % were ground kicks and 12% were grubber kicks. AVERAGE KICKS
KICKS REGAINED
TOTAL CHIPS
TOTAL PUNTS
PNG
2.7 2.4
1 in 2.7 1 in 3.0
7 8
6 2
KOR
2.0
1 in 8.0
1
1
MEX
1.8
1 in 7.0
1
5
ENG
1.6
1 in 2.6
5
8
CHI
1.6
1 in 8.0
3
4
POR
1.6
1 in 4.0
2
3
SAM
1.5
1 in 3.0
7
FJI
1.4
1 in 4.7
WAL
1.4
SCO
TOTAL GROUND
TOTAL GRUBBER
TOTAL KICKS
3 2
16 12
2
8
1
7
1
18
1
8
2
1
8
4
2
2
15
6
4
3
1
14
1 in 3.0
3
8
4
1 in 1.4 1 in 4.0 1 in 2.0 1 in 6.0 1 in 5.5 0 in 5 1 in 3.7 1 in 4.0 0 in 3
5 5 5 3 5 1 4 5 1
1 1 4 3 2 1 3 1 1
7 5 4 3 1 2 1
MAL
1.4 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8
1 2 2 1 1
13 12 14 6 11 5 11 8 3
KEN
0.7
1 in 2.7
3
3
1
1
8
CAN
0 in 4 1 in 7.0 1 in 2.3 0 in 4 0 in 1
1 3 2
1 2
2 1 2
HKG
0.7 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.3
4 7 7 4 1
COO
0.2
0 in 1
1
SPA
FRA RSA ZIM ARG RUS JAP TON
NZL AUS USA
IRB GAME ANALYSIS
2 4
4
4
2 1
15 1 1
1
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2010/11 HSBC SEVENS WORLD SERIES – HONG KONG & ADELAIDE STATISTICAL REVIEW & MATCH ANALYSIS o
5. RESTARTS, SCRUMS & LINEOUTS RESTARTS
SCRUMS
LINEOUTS
RESTARTS OVERALL 2009/10
SCRUMS OVERALL 2009/10
LINEOUTS OVERALL 2009/10
AVERAGE
7
3
2
7.0
3.8
2.4
HIGHEST IN A MATCH
10
7
5
13
11
9
0
0
8 matches
37 matches
84%
78%
LOWEST IN A MATCH
4
1
0
3
SUCCESS %
40%
91%
75%
37%
Restarts are the most common set piece in sevens rugby with an average of 7 restarts per match. Restarts were classified into 2 types,, contestable and non contestable: contestable 80% of restarts kicks were contestable & 20% of restarts kicks were non contestable Retention rates reflect the number of times that possession was retained at contestable restarts – they varied considerably. Off all contestable restarts, the kicking team regained rega 40% or 1 in 2.5. OWN RESTARTS REGAIN SUCCESS
OPP RESTARTS RECEIVE SUCCESS
OWN RESTARTS CONTESTABLE
NON CONTESTABLE
ZIM
1 in 1.5
WAL
1 in 1.2
KOR
100%
0%
SAM
1 in 1.8
PNG
1 in 1.3
PNG
100%
0%
POR
1 in 1.8
RSA
1 in 1.4
ARG
97%
3%
FJI
1 in 2
HKG
1 in 1.4
SCO
93%
7%
WAL
1 in 2
RUS
1 in 1.4
WAL
89%
11%
NZL
1 in 2.1
POR
1 in 1.4
SAM
89%
11%
ARG
1 in 2.1
USA
1 in 1.5
KEN
89%
11%
FRA
1 in 2.2
ARG
1 in 1.5
COO
89%
11%
ENG
1 in 2.3
NZL
1 in 1.6
RUS
89%
11%
USA
ENG
1 in 1.6
CAN
88%
12%
RUS
1 in 2.3 1 in 2.3
JAP
1 in 1.6
AUS
87%
13%
JAP
1 in 2.3
FRA
1 in 1.7
ENG
86%
14%
CAN
1 in 2.4
SAM
1 in 1.7
FRA
86%
14%
RSA
KEN
1 in 1.7
SPA
80%
20%
TON
1 in 2.7 1 in 2.7
COO
1 in 1.7
JAP
78%
22%
CHI
1 in 2.7
TON
1 in 1.7
HKG
75%
25%
MEX
CAN ZIM
1 in 1.7 1 in 1.7
ZIM
AUS
1 in 3 1 in 3.2
USA
75% 73%
25% 27%
KEN
1 in 3.2
FJI
1 in 1.8
POR
73%
27%
PNG
1 in 3.5
KOR
1 in 1.9
FJI
71%
29%
SCO
1 in 3.7 1 in 4
MEX
1 in 1.9
MAL
71%
29%
SPA
1 in 1.9
RSA
70%
30%
SPA
1 in 5.3
SCO
1 in 2
TON
67%
33%
HKG
CHI
1 in 2.1
NZL
65%
35%
KOR
1 in 6 0
MAL
1 in 2.1
CHI
57%
43%
MAL
0
AUS
1 in 2.4
MEX
50%
50%
COO
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2010/11 HSBC SEVENS WORLD SERIES – HONG KONG & ADELAIDE STATISTICAL REVIEW & MATCH ANALYSIS o Zimbabwe, Samoa and Portugal were the most successful in regaining own short restarts and Wales the most successful in receiving opposition short restarts. Korea and PNG always kicked kick contestable restarts whereas Mexico were most likely to kick a non contestable contes restart. There was a restart error every e 22 restarts. Overall Scrum success was 91% and overall Lineout success was 75%.. The following table shows the success rate for each team on own put/throw in and opposition put/throw in: SCRUM
LINEOUT
OWN
OPP
OWN
OPP
FJI
100 100%
13%
AUS
100%
30%
ENG
100 100%
17%
RSA
100%
18%
HKG
100 100%
KOR
14%
KEN
100%
15%
100% 100 96 96%
50% 0%
COO
RSA
FRA
100% 92%
0% 50%
NZL
95 95%
5%
TON
90%
20%
WAL
95 95%
20%
FJI
86%
22%
JAP
7% 5% 8%
PNG
AUS
95% 95 94 94% 94 94%
NZL
86% 83% 82%
13% 60% 27%
SAM
94 94%
4%
ENG
80%
36%
USA
93 93%
5%
SPA
80%
13%
SPA
93 93%
8%
HKG
75%
0%
TON
91 91%
0%
MAL
75%
0%
KEN
90 90%
13%
JAP
72%
18%
CHI
90 90%
0%
USA
70%
33%
ZIM
90 90%
0%
RUS
70%
25%
SCO
89 89%
27%
CAN
67%
43%
CAN
86 86%
0%
WAL
64%
33%
MEX
83 83%
25%
CHI
60%
0%
RUS
80 80%
10%
ARG
53%
30%
ARG
78 78%
9%
KOR
50%
14%
COO
75 75%
14%
SCO
40%
25%
POR
71 71%
0%
SAM
33%
71%
PNG
63 63%
0%
MEX
33%
50%
MAL
57 57%
0%
POR
-
0%
FRA
ZIM
Fiji, England, Hong Kong and Korea won possession on every ry one of their own scrum put ins in and Australia, South Africa, Kenya and Cook islands won every one of their lineout throws. throws Korea were the most successful on opposition scrums and Samoa were more successful ccessful on opposition lineout throws than their own.
6. PENALTIES & FREE KICKS The average number of penalties and nd free kicks per game (not inc restart free kicks) was 5.1.
IRB GAME ANALYSIS
PENS/FKS
OVERALL 2009/10
AVERAGE PENS/FKs
5.1
5.4
HIGHEST IN A MATCH
12
15
LOWEST IN A MATCH
0
0 (4 matches)
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What needs to be noted is that absolute statistics and averages do not necessarily reflect the true degree of discipline or ill-discipline scipline of a particular team.
PENS & FKS FOR
PENS & FKS AGAINST
TOTAL
TOTAL
HKG
71% %
29%
AUS RUS
70% % 65% %
30% 35%
SCO
63% %
37%
POR MEX
61% % 58% % 57% %
39% 42% 43%
WAL
54% %
46%
Hong Kong and Australia were least penalised team in proportion to their opponents.
ARG
53% %
47%
FJI
51% %
49%
Of the penalties awarded 61% were awarded at the breakdown, with 64% of the penalties FOR the attacking team and 36% AGAINST the attacking acking team. tea
KEN
51% % 51% % 50% %
49% 49% 50%
RSA
50% % 50% % 50% % 47% % 46% %
50% 50% 50% 53% 54%
CHI
42% %
58%
SAM
41% %
59%
PNG
38% % 37% % 36% % 36% % 33% % 26% %
62% 63% 64% 64% 67% 74%
The number of penalties can, for example, vary from match to match. Some ome referees penalise more than others. A better and probably more accurate indicator, therefore, is the proportion of penalties conceded by a team in all their matches compared with their opponents. Each team’s percentage for and against can be seen in the following table together with the he totals. It can be seen that 12 teams were awarded more penalties than they conceded.
USA
JAP ENG COO
Of all penalty/free kick options, 83% were tap kicks.
CAN KOR FRA
ZIM NZL SPA TON
7. CARDS
MAL
There were 27 yellow cards and 1 red card issued. 17 of the 26 teams conceded at least one card. card It can be seen below that Tonga conceded 5 yellow cards and 1 red card and the yellow cards were mainly awarded for Dangerous Tackles and Ruck offences. YELLOW + RED CARDS
YELLOW + RED CARDS TON
5+1
CAN
1
SAM
CHI
SPA
3 2 2
HKG
1 1 1
PNG
2
KEN
FJI
2
ARG
CARD REASON
Dangerous Tackle/Charge Tackle
13 + 1
Ruck offence/offside
8
General Play
3
1
Foul Play
3
WAL
1
Total
1
AUS
1
POR
1
NZL
1
RUS
1
ZIM
IRB GAME ANALYSIS
FRA
27 + 1
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STATISTICAL REVIEW HONG KONG & ADELAIDE
IRB GAME ANALYSIS
This 2010/11 HSBC Sevens World Series statistical report summarises Hong Kong and Adelaide, Adelaide featuring 26 teams. It comprises a quantitative analysis of all elements of play together with the approach to, and performance of, all participating teams in various aspects of the game. The report looks, oks, therefore, at such areas as: as • • • • • • • •
Scoring and the effectiveness of each team in attack and defence The source, origin and build up of tries Each team’s possession times and percentages Each team’s ’s passes and rate of passing Each team’s rucks and rate of rucking ucking Each team’s success and approach at rucks Each team’s performance at Set Piece Plus data on Penalties, Free Kicks and Cards
So far the 2010/11 HSBC Sevens World Series has produced 1675 tries and only 4 penalty goals.
CONTENTS PAGE 1
CURRENT STANDINGS & PLAYER STATISTICS
PAGE 2
MATCH RESULTS
PAGE 3
STATISTICAL COMPARISON SUMMARIES
STATISTICAL REVIEW & MATCH ANALYSIS PAGE 5
SCORING & CONCEDING
PAGE 6
TRY SCORING
PAGE 10
BALL IN PLAY & POSSESSION
PAGE 11
ACTIVITY
PAGE 15
RESTARTS, SCRUMS & LINEOUTS
PAGE 16
PENALTIES & FREE KICKS
PAGE 17
CARDS
The team who head the table are New Zealand - England won in Dubai, South Africa won in Las Vegas with New Zealand winning in George, Wellington, Hong Kong and Adelaide. Adelaide Hong Kong and Adelaide produced the following team highlights: • New Zealand scored an average of 5.2 tries per game; Fiji scored 4.7 and England scored 4.4. • New Zealand conceded an average of 1.8 tries per game; South Africa conceded 1.9 • New Zealand and Fiji had the best try scoring rates, rate scoring a try for every 49 secs of possession; with Samoa scoring a try every 53 secs and England scoring a try every 54 secs. • New Zealand had the best try conceding rate, conceding a try every 124 secs of opposition possession,, with South Africa conceding every 106 secs and Fiji conceding every 97 secs • Australia had the best conversion success – 91% • Canada obtained 59% % possession in their matches. matches • Korea had the highest passing rate and Cook Islands were the team most likely to make 5+ passing movement making 1 in every 3. • Australia had the highest success at own rucks and Hong Kong had the highest success at opponent’s rucks. • Zimbabwe had the highest success rate at own contestable restarts. restarts • South Africa won 96% of their own scrums and won all their own lineouts, • Hong Kong and Australia were least penalised team in proportion to their opponents. • Tonga conceded 5 yellow cards and 1 red card, card, which was more than any other team. The above data and more extensive analysis on all participating sevens teams can be found in the following report.
2010/11 HSBC SEVENS CURRENT STANDINGS DUB
GEO
WEL
LAS
HKG
ADE
LON
EDI
TOT
NZL
16
24
24
16
30
24
134
ENG
24
20
20
16
25
16
121
SAM
20
16
16
12
20
16
100
RSA
12
12
8
24
16
20
92
FJI
16
16
12
20
20
6
90
AUS
8
6
16
6
10
6
52
ARG
4
8
6
6
0
8
32
WAL
6
6
6
0
0
12
30
KEN
0
0
4
8
0
0
12
USA
6
0
0
0
0
4
10
POR
0
0
0
0
8
0
8
RUS
0
0
0
0
8
0
8
SCO
0
4
0
4
0
0
8
CAN
0
0
0
0
5
0
5
2010/11 IRB SEVENS CURRENT PLAYER STATISTICS
POINTS SCORED 2009/10
TRIES SCORED 2009/10
Cecil Afrika
RSA
309
Cecil Afrika
RSA
34
Tomasi Cama
NZL
234
Seremaia Burotu
FIJ
29
Ben Gollings
ENG
216
Frank Halai
NZL
26
Hamish Angus
AUS
204
Declan O'Donnell
NZL
26
Emosi Vucago
FIJ
195
Toby Arnold
NZL
22
IRB GAME ANALYSIS
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2011 HONG KONG MATCH RESULTS POOL
TEAM
SCORE
TEAM
KNOCKOUT
TEAM
SCORE
TEAM
Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool
PORTUGAL JAPAN TONGA RUSSIA HONG KONG CANADA NEW ZEALAND ENGLAND SAMOA FIJI SOUTH AFRICA AUSTRALIA FRANCE USA SCOTLAND KENYA WALES ARGENTINA FRANCE USA SCOTLAND KENYA WALES ARGENTINA NEW ZEALAND ENGLAND SAMOA FIJI SOUTH AFRICA AUSTRALIA
41 - 14 17 - 12 41 - 0 50 - 0 7 - 24 24 - 10 19 - 12 33 - 14 24 - 17 29 - 14 45 - 0 26 - 24 40 - 7 36 - 14 40 - 7 45 - 12 28 - 5 21 - 12 5 - 12 24 - 19 12 - 10 5 - 22 35 - 12 21 - 22 61 - 0 59 - 5 64 - 0 59 - 0 33 - 5 42 - 0
KOREA CHINA MEXICO MALAYSIA SPAIN ZIMBABWE PORTUGAL JAPAN TONGA RUSSIA HONG KONG CANADA KOREA CHINA MEXICO MALAYSIA SPAIN ZIMBABWE PORTUGAL JAPAN TONGA RUSSIA HONG KONG CANADA KOREA CHINA MEXICO MALAYSIA SPAIN ZIMBABWE
Cup Final Plate Final Bowl Final Shield Final Cup S/F Cup S/F Plate S/F Plate S/F Bowl S/F Bowl S/F Shield S/F Shield S/F Cup Q/F Cup Q/F Cup Q/F Cup Q/F Bowl Q/F Bowl Q/F Bowl Q/F Bowl Q/F Shield Q/F Shield Q/F Shield Q/F Shield Q/F Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool
NEW ZEALAND SOUTH AFRICA JAPAN KENYA SAMOA NEW ZEALAND AUSTRALIA PORTUGAL CANADA JAPAN ZIMBABWE KENYA RUSSIA SAMOA SOUTH AFRICA NEW ZEALAND ARGENTINA CANADA TONGA SCOTLAND MEXICO ZIMBABWE HONG KONG KENYA NEW ZEALAND ENGLAND SAMOA FIJI SOUTH AFRICA AUSTRALIA
29 - 17 26 - 19 12 - 33 17 - 12 14 - 19 19 - 14 35 - 12 5 - 28 24 - 17 14 - 12 14 - 17 24 - 5 7 - 10 15 - 12 19 - 24 33 - 5 14 - 29 12 - 7 21 - 26 14 - 19 5 - 26 28 - 12 26 - 35 59 - 7 19 - 7 37 - 12 31 - 14 40 - 0 42 - 12 21 - 14
ENGLAND AUSTRALIA CANADA SPAIN ENGLAND FIJI RUSSIA SOUTH AFRICA WALES USA SPAIN CHINA ENGLAND AUSTRALIA FIJI PORTUGAL WALES FRANCE USA JAPAN SPAIN KOREA CHINA MALAYSIA FRANCE USA SCOTLAND KENYA WALES ARGENTINA
2010 ADELAIDE MATCH RESULTS POOL
TEAM
SCORE
TEAM
KNOCKOUT
TEAM
SCORE
TEAM
Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool Pool
FIJI ENGLAND NEW ZEALAND SOUTH AFRICA USA SCOTLAND WALES FRANCE AUSTRALIA FIJI ARGENTINA ENGLAND KENYA NEW ZEALAND SAMOA SOUTH AFRICA AUSTRALIA FIJI ARGENTINA ENGLAND KENYA NEW ZEALAND SAMOA SOUTH AFRICA
26 - 21 21 - 19 34 - 14 17 - 26 24 - 12 19 - 14 53 - 0 40 - 7 28 - 10 33 - 14 22 - 7 45 - 12 14 - 26 40 - 7 19 - 12 21 - 12 40 - 14 41 - 5 45 - 5 45 - 7 19 - 12 36 - 10 40 - 7 19 - 0
AUSTRALIA ARGENTINA KENYA SAMOA TONGA PNG COOK ISLANDS JAPAN USA TONGA SCOTLAND PNG WALES COOK ISLANDS FRANCE JAPAN TONGA USA PNG SCOTLAND COOK ISLANDS WALES JAPAN FRANCE
Cup Final Plate Final Bowl Final Shield Final Cup S/F Cup S/F Plate S/F Plate S/F Bowl S/F Bowl S/F Shield S/F Shield S/F Cup Q/F Cup Q/F Cup Q/F Cup Q/F Bowl Q/F Bowl Q/F Bowl Q/F Bowl Q/F
NEW ZEALAND ARGENTINA KENYA TONGA SOUTH AFRICA NEW ZEALAND FIJI ARGENTINA USA KENYA JAPAN PNG ENGLAND FIJI SAMOA NEW ZEALAND SCOTLAND USA FRANCE KENYA
28 - 20 7 - 14 10 - 17 5 - 22 19 - 0 33 - 17 21 - 22 31 - 28 29 - 19 24 - 10 31 - 21 19 - 24 17 - 12 12 - 24 19 - 14 47 - 7 28 - 0 22 - 19 21 - 17 26 - 17
SOUTH AFRICA WALES USA JAPAN ENGLAND SAMOA WALES AUSTRALIA SCOTLAND FRANCE COOK ISLANDS TONGA WALES SOUTH AFRICA AUSTRALIA ARGENTINA COOK ISLANDS JAPAN TONGA PNG
IRB GAME ANALYSIS
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2010/11 IRB SEVENS – TOURNAMENT COMPARISON STATISTICAL SUMMARY 2011 HKG 60
2010 HKG 60
2011 ADE 44
2010 ADE 44
POINTS (average per game)
41
41
41
37
TRIES (average per game)
6.5
6.5
6.5
6.0
TRY RATE (rate)
Try every 67 secs
Try every 65 secs
Try every 68 secs
Try every 67 secs
CONVERSION SUCCESS (%)
66%
67%
64%
60%
PENALTY GOALS (total)
0
0
1
0
MATCHES WON by team scoring most tries (%)
95%
85%
91%
86%
SOURCE OF TRIES - pens/fks (%)
30%
28%
27%
34%
ORIGIN OF TRIES - own Half (%)
42%
45%
50%
37%
BUILD UP TO TRIES – no rucks/mauls (%)
59%
62%
54%
60%
BUILD UP TO TRIES - 3 Or fewer passes (%)
58%
55%
49%
56%
BALL IN PLAY (%)
51%
50%
52%
49%
PASSES (average per game)
66
71
67
68
5+ PASSING MOVENTS (rate)
1 in 11
1 in 7.4
1 in 12
1 in 8.0
RUCKS/MAULS (average per game)
18
17
18
16
RUCK/MAUL RETENTION (%)
85%
85%
86%
86%
KICKS (average per game)
2.3
2.9
2.2
3.0
CONTESTABLE RESTARTS (%)
78%
85%
83%
85%
CONTESTABLE RESTARTS REGAINED (%)
40%
38%
42%
43%
RESTART ERRORS (rate)
1 in 21
1 in 27
1 in 25
1 in 30
SCRUMS (average per game)
3
4
3
5
SCRUMS possession retained (%)
90%
89%
92%
81%
LINEOUTS (average per game)
2
2
2
2
LINEOUTS possession retained (%)
74%
80%
76%
71%
QUICK THROWS (total)
1 in 15
1 in 10
1 in 7
1 in 9
PENALTIES (average per game)
5.6
5.5
4.5
6.2
CARDS (total)
19 + 0
25 + 0
8+1
17 + 0
MATCHES SCORING
ACTIVITY
SET PIECE
PENALTIES/FREE KICKS & CARDS
IRB GAME ANALYSIS
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2010/11 IRB SEVENS – SERIES COMPARISON STATISTICAL SUMMARY 2010/11 IRB SEVENS 280
2009/10 IRB SEVENS 368
POINTS (average per game)
38
37
TRIES (average per game)
6.0
6.0
TRY RATE (rate)
Try every 73 secs
Try every 75 secs
CONVERSION SUCCESS (%)
65%
62%
PENALTY GOALS (total)
4
3
MATCHES WON by team scoring most tries (%)
90%
88%
SOURCE OF TRIES - pens/fks (%)
31%
29%
ORIGIN OF TRIES - own Half (%)
44%
43%
BUILD UP TO TRIES – no rucks/mauls (%)
53%
61%
BUILD UP TO TRIES - 3 Or fewer passes (%)
53%
55%
BALL IN PLAY (%)
52%
50%
PASSES (average per game)
69
70
5+ PASSING MOVENTS (rate)
1 in 9.9
1 in 7.7
RUCKS/MAULS (average per game)
20
17
RUCK/MAUL RETENTION (%)
86%
84%
KICKS (average per game)
2.4
3.7
CONTESTABLE RESTARTS (%)
71%
77%
CONTESTABLE RESTARTS REGAINED (%)
39%
37%
RESTART ERRORS (rate)
1 in 20
1 in 18
SCRUMS (average per game)
4
4
SCRUMS possession retained (%)
91%
84%
LINEOUTS (average per game)
2
2
LINEOUTS possession retained (%)
74%
78%
QUICK THROWS (total)
1 in 10
1 in 10
PENALTIES (average per game)
5.5
5.4
CARDS (total)
58 + 3
110 + 4
MATCHES SCORING
ACTIVITY
SET PIECE
PENALTIES/FREE KICKS & CARDS
IRB GAME ANALYSIS
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2010/11 HSBC SEVENS WORLD SERIES – HONG KONG & ADELAIDE STATISTICAL REVIEW & MATCH ANALYSIS o
1. SCORING & CONCEDING The average number of points scored in a match was 41. The average number of points scored/conceded by a team was 20.5 but, not surprisingly, there were major variations variations around this average. average New Zealand scored an average of 33 points and conceded an average aver of 11 points, whereas Mexico scored an average of 3 points and conceded an average of 43 points. points The figures do not show, however, how effective each team was in scoring points in relation to the possession that it obtained and d also, the figures do not show how effective each team was in restricting points in relation to the possession that their opponents obtained. A team may, for example, obtain little possession ssion but still manage to score a significant number of tries. tries Conversely onversely a team may concede very few tries in the face of considerable opposition possession. Overall, a try was scored every 68 seconds of play (2009/10 – 72 secs) The following table gives es the relevant figures for each participating team. New Zealand had the best try scoring rate and the best try conceding rate,, scoring a try every 49 secs and only conceding ceding a try every 124 secs. Av POINTS SCORED
Av POINTS CONCEDED
Av TRIES SCORED
Av TRIES CONCEDED
TRY SCORING RATE RATE*
TRY CONCEDING RATE*
NZL
33
11
5.2
1.8
NZL
49 secs
NZL
124 secs
FJI
30
14
4.7
2.2
FJI
49 secs
RSA
106 secs
ENG
28
14
4.4
2.2
SAM
53 secs
FJI
97 secs
SAM
27
15
4.3
2.3
ENG
54 secs
ENG
95 secs
AUS
26
17
3.8
2.8
RSA
57 secs
SPA
90 secs
RSA
26
12
4.1
1.9
RUS
59 secs
SAM
84 secs
WAL
24
18
3.8
2.6
AUS
61 secs
FRA
84 secs
CAN
23
16
3.8
2.5
KEN
64 secs
RUS
81 secs
KEN
21
18
3.4
3.0
TON
66 secs
POR
80 secs
RUS
21
16
3.4
2.6
ARG
68 secs
ARG
74 secs
USA
20
21
3.4
3.5
CAN
68 secs
TON
73 secs
ARG
20
21
3.1
3.2
WAL
69 secs
KEN
72 secs
SCO
18
20
2.7
3.2
USA
70 secs
WAL
72 secs
TON
18
22
2.9
3.5
JAP
72 secs
CAN
71 secs
FRA
16
15
2.4
2.4
PNG
76 secs
ZIM
69 secs
JAP
16
23
2.6
3.6
CHI
81 secs
AUS
69 secs
POR
15
20
2.6
3.0
ZIM
81 secs
JAP
64 secs
SPA
15
17
2.5
2.7
SCO
82 secs
SCO
59 secs
CHI
14
32
2.2
5.2
POR
84 secs
USA
52 secs
PNG
13
32
2.2
5.0
SPA
89 secs
COO
49 secs
ZIM
13
23
2.0
3.6
FRA
95 secs
PNG
49 secs
HKG
11
35
1.8
5.3
KOR
140 secs
CHI
48 secs
COO
8
34
1.2
5.4
COO
144 secs
KOR
40 secs
KOR
8
43
1.3
6.5
HKG
149 secs
HKG
38 secs
5 53 0.8 8.3 160 secs 38 secs MEX MAL 3 43 0.5 6.8 386 secs 37 secs *Scoring rates are calculated (a) by dividing the total possession obtained by a team by the number of tries scored (b) by dividing the total possession obtained by a team opponents by the total number n of tries conceded. MAL
MAL
MEX
MEX
IRB GAME ANALYSIS
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2010/11 HSBC SEVENS WORLD SERIES – HONG KONG & ADELAIDE STATISTICAL REVIEW & MATCH ANALYSIS o There was 1 penalty goal and 0 drop goals. The overall conversion success rate was 65%. There were noticeable variations in the percentage success rates as seen in the attached table: Because of the relatively few tries scored s by some teams, applying percentages can only be regarded as indicative. In addition, the location of the score can be a significant factor in achieving a successful conversion. This iss the reason that the attached table has assigned a percentage success rate only to those teams that scored 16 tries or more. Australia had the highest conversion success rate with 91% and USA had the lowest with 43%.
CONVERSION SUCCESS %
CONVERSION SUCCESS %
AUS
91%
TON
54%
SCO
83%
CAN
52%
ARG
74%
USA
43%
FRA
73%
CHI
8/11
NZL
71%
COO
5/6
FJI
70%
HKG
5/7
RSA
69%
KOR
4/5
KEN
67%
MAL
2/3
ENG
63%
MEX
1/2
SAM
63%
PNG
6/11
JAP
61%
POR
5/13
RUS
59%
SPA
7/15
WAL
57%
ZIM
7/10
2. TRY SCORING There were 671 tries scored in Hong Kong & Adelaide giving an average of 6.5 per match. New Zealand scored an average of 5.2 tries per match,, which was more than any other team, tea and conceded an average of 1.8 tries per match,, which was fewer than any other team. During the pool stage there were 404 tries scored (average – 6.7) and during the knockout stages there were 267 tries scored (average – 6.1) 2.1 IMPACT OF TRIES With only 1 penalty goal, 0 drop goals goal and a conversion success rate of 65%, it was inevitable that tries would determine the winning team in the vast majority of cases – and this proved to be the case. Of the 104 matches, 97 (or 93%) were won by the team scoring the most tries. There The were 7 matches where the tries were the same - 6 matches were won by scoring more conversions (including Adelaide A Cup Final between New Zealand v South Africa) Africa and 1 match won by a penalty goal (England v Wales). Wales) 2.2 POSSESSION SOURCE OF TRIES The teams obtained possession of the ball prior to the scoring of the try from a variety of sources. This is shown in the attached table: It can be seen that the most fruitful source of tries was penalties/free kicks (29%). The he table shows the importance of restart possession, possession with 24% of all tries originating from restarts, with more tries being scored at restarts than scrums and lineouts combined.
IRB GAME ANALYSIS
TRY SOURCE
OVERALL 2009/10
PENALTY/FREE KICK
29%
29%
TURNOVER
21%
21%
RESTART
24%
21%
SCRUM
13%
14%
LINEOUT
9% 4%
10%
KICK RECEIPT
5%
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2010/11 HSBC SEVENS WORLD SERIES – HONG KONG & ADELAIDE STATISTICAL REVIEW & MATCH ANALYSIS o The table shows the possession source of tries scored (own) and tries conceded conceded (opp) by each team: PEN & FK
TURNOVER
RESTART
SCRUM
LINEOUT
OWN
OPP
OWN
OPP
OWN
OPP
OWN
OPP
OWN
KICK
OPP
OWN
TOTAL OPP
OWN
OPP
62
22
1
49
23
NZL
11
7
20
4
11
4
10
7
4
RSA
9
8
10
3
11
7
11
3
6
1
ENG
11
9
10
2
19
8
4
2
4
2
1
48
24
FJI
13
7
11
5
12
4
7
3
4
2
1
47
22
SAM AUS
12 18
10 5
10 9
4 6
13 7
5 12
5 3
2 4
3 4
2 4
43 42
23 31
WAL
15
9
6
8
11
5
9
3
1
2
2
42
29
KEN
11 14 8 11 8
7 6 6 8 6
7 9 10 11 10
10 10 9 6 5
7 11 4 10 7
5 3 2 4 8
5 3 2 5 7
5 3 3 2 2
5 1 7 5 2
1 1 2
1
TON
13 14 9 11 7
41 37 31 31 29
36 38 32 43 35
SCO
8
6
8
5
1
11
2
3
3
4
2
24
29
CAN
5 4 3 7 3
4 4 2 4 3
2 5 3 2 4
7 9 4 1 2
4 4 2 2 1
1 3 1 3 4
2 7 3 3 3
4 3 5 1
POR
7 2 4 6 2
1 1 2 1 2
1 1 1 2
2
23 22 17 16 13
15 22 13 15 15
CHI
4
9
3
2
3
8
1
3
2
11
26
PNG
1 5 6
7 8 4
1
7 3 9
5 2 1
5 4 4
2 1
1 2 3
1
11 10 7
25 18 21
2 3 1 1
6 8 9 9
2 1 1
8 5 2 6
2
6 8 13 5
6 5 3 1
27 26 33 28
USA ARG JAP
FRA RUS SPA
ZIM HKG COO KOR MAL MEX
1
5 1 5 3
6 2
1
1
2 1 2
5
1 1 1 1 1
1
1
1
2 1 4 2
3 3
Australia scored 43% of their tries from penalties/free kicks, while New Zealand scored 32% of their tries from turnovers and England scored 40% of tries from restarts. 2.3 .3 ORIGIN & LOCATION OF TRIES Tries originate from various parts of the pitch. pitch Of all the tries scored, 45% originated in the try scoring team’s own half and 55% in the opposition half (only 15% originated within 22m), with 38% scored behind the posts. LEFT SIDE OF THE POST 29%
OWN HALF
OPP HALF
45%
55%
BEHIND THE POSTS 38%
RIGHT SIDE OF THE POST 33%
IRB GAME ANALYSIS
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2010/11 HSBC SEVENS WORLD SERIES – HONG KONG & ADELAIDE STATISTICAL REVIEW & MATCH ANALYSIS o The following table shows the origin of tries scored (own) and tries conceded (opp) by each team. The teams which scored a high percentage of their tries from their own half were New Zealand, Zealand Scotland and PNG. The teams which scored a low percentage of their tries from their own half were Russia and Spain. OWN HALF
HW – 10m
10m – 22m
22m - TRY
TOTAL
OWN
OPP
OWN
OPP
OWN
OPP
OWN
OPP
OWN
OPP
NZL
34
7
6
4
14
6
8
5
62
22
RSA
19
11
7
2
12
6
11
4
49
23
ENG
20
16
4
21
4
3
4
48
24
FJI
21
7
6
2
16
10
4
3
47
22
SAM AUS
16 19
8 19
5 3
3
14 11
11 6
8 9
4 3
43 42
23 31
WAL
16
14
4
2
14
10
8
3
42
29
KEN
TON
15 19 15 13 12
15 19 14 25 19
5 4 3 3 3
6 5 5 4 4
12 12 8 6 10
9 10 7 13 7
9 2 5 9 4
6 4 6 1 5
41 37 31 31 29
36 38 32 43 35
SCO
15
13
1
7
12
2
3
24
29
CAN
POR
11 10 4 5 6
6 15 5 10 7
2 3 1 1 2
1 1 1 1 3
8 8 8 6 2
5 2 5 3 2
2 1 4 4 3
3 4 2 1 3
23 22 17 16 13
15 22 13 15 15
CHI
5
13
1
2
3
7
2
4
11
26
PNG
9 5 5
12 6 6
4 1
2 3
6 5 9
2 1
3 6 6
11 10 7
25 18 21
6 1 1 1
9 11 8 8
5 3 7 6
6 5 3 1
27 26 33 28
USA ARG JAP
FRA RUS SPA
ZIM HKG COO KOR MAL MEX
1 3 3 3 3
1 2
10 9 15 11
3
2.4 BUILD UP TO TRIES The table shows how many rucks/mauls preceded each try scored in the tournament. The table shows that 57% of tries were preceded by not one ruck or maul. The next table shows the total number of passes that preceded each try scored in the tournament. The table shows that 55% of tries were preceded by 3 or fewer passes.
None 1 rucks/mauls 2+ rucks/mauls
No passes 1 - 3 passes 4 - 6 passes 7 - 9 passes 10+ passes
%
CUMULATIVE %
OVERALL 2009/10
57% 25% 18%
57% 82% 18%
61% 84% 100%
%
CUMULATIVE %
OVERALL 2009/10
10% 45% 23% 14% 8%
10% 55% 78% 92% 100%
11% 55% 81% 94% 100%
When the build up to tries during the pool stage is compared mpared to the knockout stages, stages the percentages below show that tries contained more rucks and passes during the knockout stages. Pool: 60% of tries had no r/ms & 58% of tries had 3 or less passes Knockout: 52% of tries had no r/ms & 51% of tries had 3 or less passes IRB GAME ANALYSIS
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2010/11 HSBC SEVENS WORLD SERIES – HONG KONG & ADELAIDE STATISTICAL REVIEW & MATCH ANALYSIS o In the table below are the figures for each team. The figures in the table include the % of tries scored and conceded with no o rucks in the build up and the % of tries scored with 3 or fewer passes. % OF TRIES WITH NO RUCKS
% OF TRIES WITH 3 OR FEWER PASSES
TRIES SCORED
TRIES CONCEDED
COO
100%
56%
KOR
100%
KOR
80%
85%
PNG
73%
ZIM
80%
44%
ENG
69%
CHI
73%
58%
MAL
66%
FJI
70%
50%
RUS
65%
ENG
65%
33%
JAP
65%
FRA
64%
50%
FJI
62%
PNG
64%
60%
POR
61%
TON
62%
57%
AUS
60%
POR
27% 51%
ZIM
JAP
62% 61%
TON
60% 59%
CAN
61%
60%
HKG
57%
SPA
50% 46%
CAN
RUS
60% 59%
FRA
57% 55%
SAM
58%
52%
CHI
55%
HKG
67% 59%
SAM
NZL
57% 55%
KEN
54% 54%
KEN
54%
58%
USA
54%
RSA
53%
39%
RSA
53%
USA
51% 50%
74% 67%
WAL
50% 50%
46% 45%
55% 48%
MEX
AUS
SPA
50% 47%
WAL
45%
62%
NZL
44%
ARG
39%
72%
SCO
38%
MAL
33%
64%
ARG
35%
MEX SCO
TRIES SCORED
COO
It can be seen that 100% of tries scored by Cook Islands contained no rucks in the build up, while 85% 85 of tries conceded by Korea contained no rucks. It can also be seen that 100% of tries scored by Korea contained 3 or fewer passes in the build up, up while 65% of Argentina’s tries contained more than 3 passes. passes
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2010/11 HSBC SEVENS WORLD SERIES – HONG KONG & ADELAIDE STATISTICAL REVIEW & MATCH ANALYSIS o
3. BALL IN PLAY & POSSESSION SESSION BALL IN PLAY & POSSESSION
OVERALL 2009/10
AVERAGE B-I-P
7m 18s or 52%
7m 04s or 50%
HIGHEST B-I-P
9m 28s or 68%
9m 28s or 68%
LOWEST B-I-P
5m 28s or 39%
4m 35s or 32%
HIGHEST POSSESSION TIME
6m 47s
6m 26s
LOWEST POSSESSION TIME
39s
52s
There was a considerable variation between the ball in play figures achieved by the various teams. This is shown in the following table which gives the average possession times and percentages achieved by each team and their opponents throughout the 2 legs: As seen in the table, there were some noticeable differences. Canada, Wales, Hong Kong and New Zealand all averaged over ver 4 minutes possession per game, with Malaysia only averaging 2 minutes. Cup winners New Zealand had an average of 53% of possession but the highestt was Canada averaging 59% possession in their matches. Of the core teams, Argentina had the least possession, averaging only 47% of possession in their matches.
OWN AVERAGE POSSESSION
%
OPPONENTS AVERAGE POSSESSION
%
CAN
4m 19s
59%
2m 57s
41%
WAL
4m 23s
58%
3m 10s
42%
USA
3m 57s 4m 26s
57% 57%
2m 59s 3m 18s
43% 43%
SAM
3m 53s 3m 48s
55% 54%
3m 13s 3m 12s
45% 46%
NZL
4m 12s
53%
3m 47s
47%
ENG
RSA
3m 53s 3m 53s 3m 52s
53% 53% 53%
3m 26s 3m 24s 3m 23s
47% 47% 47%
SCO
3m 37s
53%
3m 10s
47%
FJI
3m 52s
52%
3m 34s
48%
KEN
3m 40s
50%
3m 36s
50%
RUS
3m 20s
49%
3m 31s
51%
POR
3m 3m 3m 3m 3m 3m 2m 2m 2m 2m 2m 2m
48% 48% 47% 45% 43% 43% 42% 40% 40% 39% 39% 28%
3m 4m 3m 3m 4m 4m 4m 4m 4m 4m 4m 5m
52% 52% 53% 55% 57% 57% 58% 60% 60% 61% 61% 72%
HKG AUS
FRA
SPA ARG JAP TON MEX CHI KOR PNG COO ZIM MAL
IRB GAME ANALYSIS
39s 42s 29s 05s 10s 12s 58s 55s 46s 52s 42s 00s
59s 01s 57s 49s 15s 15s 08s 20s 06s 26s 09s 03s
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2010/11 HSBC SEVENS WORLD SERIES – HONG KONG & ADELAIDE STATISTICAL REVIEW & MATCH ANALYSIS o
4. ACTIVITY 4.1 PASSING The average number of passes in a game was 67. The average number of passes by a team was 33.5 but there were major variations around this average.
PASSES
OVERALL 2009/10
AVERAGE PASSES
67
70
HIGHEST PASSING MATCH
101
119
LOWEST PASSING MATCH
38
32
PASSING RATE
AVERAGE PASSES
KOR
11.2
33
COO
1 in 3
COO
11.1
32
CHI
1 in 4
ARG
10.8
38
SCO
1 in 5
HKG
10.6
46
FJI
1 in 6
SCO
10.4
38
FRA
1 in 6
CHI
10.3
30
ZIM
1 in 6
ZIM
10.1
27
NZL
1 in 7
KEN
10
37
KEN
1 in 7
SPA
9.6
36
PNG
1 in 7
RUS
32 31 26
ARG
PNG
9.5 9.5 9.5
CAN
1 in 8 1 in 8 1 in 9
SAM
9.4
36
RSA
1 in 10
RSA
36 35 35
POR
FRA
9.2 9.1 9
JAP
1 in 10 1 in 10 1 in 11
PASSING MOVEMENTS
WAL
9
40
ENG
1 in 12
Passes came in passing movements of which there were just over 2500.
CAN
9
39
SAM
1 in 12
NZL
8.8
37
WAL
1 in 15
Of these passing movements: s:
FJI
8.8
34
TON
1 in 15
TON
8.4 8.4
27 26
RUS
JAP
USA
1 in 16 1 in 17
ENG
8.2
32
AUS
1 in 18
MAL
7.8
16
MEX
1 in 18
POR
7.6
28
HKG
1 in 23
USA Most teams fell into this profile – ie around 7.5 30 50% of their passing movements contained ed 2 or fewer passes. Where major differences arose, these were seen in the more lengthy passing movements. Of all passing movements, 1 in 9 contained 5+ passes.
MAL
1 in 26
RATES & AVERAGES The table shows hows major differences between the teams. Such differences can however partly be explained by the amount of possession obtained by each team – more possession means more passes. If possession is taken into account, therefore, the rate at which each country passed the ball is far closer. Korea, Cook Islands,, Argentina and Hong Kong had the highest passing rates rate and Portugal and USA had the lowest. Samoa on average made 28% % more passes than PNG, but it can n be seen that PNG passed at a slightly higher rate when possession is taken into account.
MEX
AUS
27% comprised 1 pass 27% comprised 2 passes 23% comprised 3 passes 12% comprised 4 passes 11% comprised 5+ passes
5+ PASSING
KOR
SPA
Certain ertain teams were far more inclined to continue passing than others. This is shown in the above table which notes the proportion of 5+ pass movements to total number of passing movements made by each country. Cook Islands, China and Scotland were the most likely to make a 5+ passing movement, Malaysia were least likely.
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2010/11 HSBC SEVENS WORLD SERIES – HONG KONG & ADELAIDE STATISTICAL REVIEW & MATCH ANALYSIS o 4.2 RUCKS & MAULS The average number of rucks and m mauls in a game was 18. The average number of ruck and mauls by a team was 9 but there were major variations around this average. RATES & AVERAGES
RUCKS
OVERALL 2009/10
AVERAGE RUCKS
18
17
HIGHEST RUCKING MATCH
34
34
LOWEST RUCKING MATCH
6
4
SUCCESS %
85%
84%
The table below shows major differences in the average number of rucks created by each team. Some of this can be explained by the amount of possession obtained by each team. If this is taken into account, the rate at which each country rucked is far closer, as also shown in the table. This expresses rucks as ‘rucks per minute possession ‘. Hong Kong had the highest rucking rate and PNG had the lowest. RUCKING RATE
AVERAGE RUCKS
HKG
3.8
17
MEX
3.6
12
SUCCESS % OWN RUCKS
SUCCESS % OPP RUCKS
AUS
95%
12%
SAM
94%
14%
USA
3.1
13
NZL
93%
16%
MAL
3
6
RSA
90%
19%
WAL
2.9
13
ARG
90%
13%
AUS
2.8
11
CAN
89%
14%
RSA
2.7
11
WAL
88%
8%
ARG
2.7
9
SCO
88%
15%
RUS
2.7
9
RUS
87%
14%
CAN
2.7
12
USA
86%
17%
SPA
2.6
10
TON
86%
20%
FRA
2.4
9
ENG
85%
10%
SAM
2.4
9
KEN
85%
19%
KEN
2.4
9
KOR
85%
10%
POR
2.3
9
FJI
84%
13%
JAP
7 7 8
POR
ENG
2.3 2.3 2.1
SPA
84% 82% 82%
10% 16% 17%
SCO
2.1
8
CHI
80%
17%
TON
7 8 5 5
JAP
ZIM
2.1 1.9 1.9 1.9
COO
80% 76% 75% 74%
18% 14% 3% 8%
FJI
1.7
6
HKG
71%
22%
CHI
1.7
5
ZIM
69%
12%
PNG
1.2
3
PNG
63%
12%
KOR
NZL COO
FRA
MEX MAL
RUCK SUCCESS At the breakdown, the team taking in the ball retained possession by either winning the ball or being awarded a a penalty on 85% of occasions. The percentage success rate of each team in attack and defence is shown in the above table. In Attack, Australia, Samoa and New Zealand had the highest success rates while PNG and Zimbabwe had lowest success rates. In defence, Hong Kong won ruck possession from opponents more m frequently than other teams, while of the core teams Wales, had the least success rate at opponent’s rucks. IRB GAME ANALYSIS
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2010/11 HSBC SEVENS WORLD SERIES – HONG KONG & ADELAIDE STATISTICAL REVIEW & MATCH ANALYSIS o NUMBER OF PLAYERS COMMITTED TO RUCKS – ATTACK & DEFENCE Currently there are between 800 and 900 breakdowns in a 44 match tournament - and a breakdown occurs when at least one player from each side is on his feet at or over the ball. When the tackler is on his feet and an opponent joins in, then there is a breakdown. When the tackler is not on his feet, a breakdown breakdow occurs when at least one player from each side joins in. What became immediately noticeable was that there were clear differences in the approach of the various countries in committing players to the breakdown. While certain teams frequently committed few additional players, other countriess consistently committed more. The extent of the differences between each team’s approach is illustrated by an exercise that looked at how many players were committed to the breakdown (1) in attack and (2) in defence. Overall on average, the attacking team committed more than 1 player on only 9% of occasions, while defending teams committed co more than 1 player on 7% % of occasions. It can be seen that in the table below, in attack, Samoa and Canada committed just one player on 99% % of occasions while Zimbabwe committed just one player 73% of the time. In defence, England committed no extra players on 42% of occasions, whereas South Africa were the team most likely to commit 2 or more players in defence. (1) ATTACK 1 PLAYER
2+ PLAYERS
SAM
99%
1%
CAN
99%
RUS ARG
(2) DEFENCE NO PLAYER
1 PLAYER
2+ PLAYERS
ENG
42%
52%
6%
1%
COO
37%
60%
3%
96%
4%
FRA
36%
62%
2%
95%
5%
CAN
36%
64%
0%
NZL
94%
6%
RSA
34%
53%
13%
SCO
94%
6%
KEN
34%
56%
10%
FJI
92%
8%
SCO
34%
62%
4%
KEN
92% 92%
8% 8%
NZL
USA
AUS
33% 28%
58% 69%
9% 3%
HKG
92%
8%
ARG
28%
69%
3%
MAL
92%
8%
FJI
25%
69%
6%
AUS
91%
9%
PNG
24%
71%
5%
WAL
91%
9%
WAL
23%
77%
0%
SPA
9% 10% 11% 12%
SAM
TON
91% 90% 89% 88%
TON
22% 22% 21% 19%
70% 66% 74% 72%
8% 12% 5% 9%
CHI
88%
12%
MAL
19%
78%
3%
PNG
88%
12%
USA
17%
72%
11%
RSA
87%
13%
JAP
16%
74%
10%
JAP
86%
14%
POR
12%
83%
5%
COO
ENG
85% 85% 84%
15% 15% 16%
CHI
MEX
9% 7% 4%
77% 83% 96%
14% 10% 0%
POR
77%
23%
HKG
0%
85%
15%
ZIM
73%
27%
KOR
0%
90%
10%
FRA MEX
KOR
IRB GAME ANALYSIS
ZIM RUS
SPA
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2010/11 HSBC SEVENS WORLD SERIES – HONG KONG & ADELAIDE STATISTICAL REVIEW & MATCH ANALYSIS o 4.3 KICKS Kicks comprise all kicks made in general play including punts, chips, ground (i.e. football kick) and grubber kicks. The average number of kicks in a game was 2.
KICKS
OVERALL 2009/10
AVERAGE KICKS
2
4
HIGHEST KICKING MATCH
7
12
LOWEST KICKING MATCH
0
0
1 in 3.4
1 in 3.1
As can be seen in the table below, on average KICK REGAIN RATE Spain, PNG and Korea were most likely to kick while USA, Hong Kong and Cook Islands kicked the least.
Of the total kicks made by teams in open play, the attached table shows how many were regained. The overall kick regain rate was 1 in 3.4. Scotland were the most successful at regaining kicks in general genera play, regaining 1 in every 1.4 kicks. There were a wide variety of kicks - 37% were chip kicks, 31% were punt kicks, 20% % were ground kicks and 12% were grubber kicks. AVERAGE KICKS
KICKS REGAINED
TOTAL CHIPS
TOTAL PUNTS
PNG
2.7 2.4
1 in 2.7 1 in 3.0
7 8
6 2
KOR
2.0
1 in 8.0
1
1
MEX
1.8
1 in 7.0
1
5
ENG
1.6
1 in 2.6
5
8
CHI
1.6
1 in 8.0
3
4
POR
1.6
1 in 4.0
2
3
SAM
1.5
1 in 3.0
7
FJI
1.4
1 in 4.7
WAL
1.4
SCO
TOTAL GROUND
TOTAL GRUBBER
TOTAL KICKS
3 2
16 12
2
8
1
7
1
18
1
8
2
1
8
4
2
2
15
6
4
3
1
14
1 in 3.0
3
8
4
1 in 1.4 1 in 4.0 1 in 2.0 1 in 6.0 1 in 5.5 0 in 5 1 in 3.7 1 in 4.0 0 in 3
5 5 5 3 5 1 4 5 1
1 1 4 3 2 1 3 1 1
7 5 4 3 1 2 1
MAL
1.4 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8
1 2 2 1 1
13 12 14 6 11 5 11 8 3
KEN
0.7
1 in 2.7
3
3
1
1
8
CAN
0 in 4 1 in 7.0 1 in 2.3 0 in 4 0 in 1
1 3 2
1 2
2 1 2
HKG
0.7 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.3
4 7 7 4 1
COO
0.2
0 in 1
1
SPA
FRA RSA ZIM ARG RUS JAP TON
NZL AUS USA
IRB GAME ANALYSIS
2 4
4
4
2 1
15 1 1
1
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2010/11 HSBC SEVENS WORLD SERIES – HONG KONG & ADELAIDE STATISTICAL REVIEW & MATCH ANALYSIS o
5. RESTARTS, SCRUMS & LINEOUTS RESTARTS
SCRUMS
LINEOUTS
RESTARTS OVERALL 2009/10
SCRUMS OVERALL 2009/10
LINEOUTS OVERALL 2009/10
AVERAGE
7
3
2
7.0
3.8
2.4
HIGHEST IN A MATCH
10
7
5
13
11
9
0
0
8 matches
37 matches
84%
78%
LOWEST IN A MATCH
4
1
0
3
SUCCESS %
40%
91%
75%
37%
Restarts are the most common set piece in sevens rugby with an average of 7 restarts per match. Restarts were classified into 2 types,, contestable and non contestable: contestable 80% of restarts kicks were contestable & 20% of restarts kicks were non contestable Retention rates reflect the number of times that possession was retained at contestable restarts – they varied considerably. Off all contestable restarts, the kicking team regained rega 40% or 1 in 2.5. OWN RESTARTS REGAIN SUCCESS
OPP RESTARTS RECEIVE SUCCESS
OWN RESTARTS CONTESTABLE
NON CONTESTABLE
ZIM
1 in 1.5
WAL
1 in 1.2
KOR
100%
0%
SAM
1 in 1.8
PNG
1 in 1.3
PNG
100%
0%
POR
1 in 1.8
RSA
1 in 1.4
ARG
97%
3%
FJI
1 in 2
HKG
1 in 1.4
SCO
93%
7%
WAL
1 in 2
RUS
1 in 1.4
WAL
89%
11%
NZL
1 in 2.1
POR
1 in 1.4
SAM
89%
11%
ARG
1 in 2.1
USA
1 in 1.5
KEN
89%
11%
FRA
1 in 2.2
ARG
1 in 1.5
COO
89%
11%
ENG
1 in 2.3
NZL
1 in 1.6
RUS
89%
11%
USA
ENG
1 in 1.6
CAN
88%
12%
RUS
1 in 2.3 1 in 2.3
JAP
1 in 1.6
AUS
87%
13%
JAP
1 in 2.3
FRA
1 in 1.7
ENG
86%
14%
CAN
1 in 2.4
SAM
1 in 1.7
FRA
86%
14%
RSA
KEN
1 in 1.7
SPA
80%
20%
TON
1 in 2.7 1 in 2.7
COO
1 in 1.7
JAP
78%
22%
CHI
1 in 2.7
TON
1 in 1.7
HKG
75%
25%
MEX
CAN ZIM
1 in 1.7 1 in 1.7
ZIM
AUS
1 in 3 1 in 3.2
USA
75% 73%
25% 27%
KEN
1 in 3.2
FJI
1 in 1.8
POR
73%
27%
PNG
1 in 3.5
KOR
1 in 1.9
FJI
71%
29%
SCO
1 in 3.7 1 in 4
MEX
1 in 1.9
MAL
71%
29%
SPA
1 in 1.9
RSA
70%
30%
SPA
1 in 5.3
SCO
1 in 2
TON
67%
33%
HKG
CHI
1 in 2.1
NZL
65%
35%
KOR
1 in 6 0
MAL
1 in 2.1
CHI
57%
43%
MAL
0
AUS
1 in 2.4
MEX
50%
50%
COO
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2010/11 HSBC SEVENS WORLD SERIES – HONG KONG & ADELAIDE STATISTICAL REVIEW & MATCH ANALYSIS o Zimbabwe, Samoa and Portugal were the most successful in regaining own short restarts and Wales the most successful in receiving opposition short restarts. Korea and PNG always kicked kick contestable restarts whereas Mexico were most likely to kick a non contestable contes restart. There was a restart error every e 22 restarts. Overall Scrum success was 91% and overall Lineout success was 75%.. The following table shows the success rate for each team on own put/throw in and opposition put/throw in: SCRUM
LINEOUT
OWN
OPP
OWN
OPP
FJI
100 100%
13%
AUS
100%
30%
ENG
100 100%
17%
RSA
100%
18%
HKG
100 100%
KOR
14%
KEN
100%
15%
100% 100 96 96%
50% 0%
COO
RSA
FRA
100% 92%
0% 50%
NZL
95 95%
5%
TON
90%
20%
WAL
95 95%
20%
FJI
86%
22%
JAP
7% 5% 8%
PNG
AUS
95% 95 94 94% 94 94%
NZL
86% 83% 82%
13% 60% 27%
SAM
94 94%
4%
ENG
80%
36%
USA
93 93%
5%
SPA
80%
13%
SPA
93 93%
8%
HKG
75%
0%
TON
91 91%
0%
MAL
75%
0%
KEN
90 90%
13%
JAP
72%
18%
CHI
90 90%
0%
USA
70%
33%
ZIM
90 90%
0%
RUS
70%
25%
SCO
89 89%
27%
CAN
67%
43%
CAN
86 86%
0%
WAL
64%
33%
MEX
83 83%
25%
CHI
60%
0%
RUS
80 80%
10%
ARG
53%
30%
ARG
78 78%
9%
KOR
50%
14%
COO
75 75%
14%
SCO
40%
25%
POR
71 71%
0%
SAM
33%
71%
PNG
63 63%
0%
MEX
33%
50%
MAL
57 57%
0%
POR
-
0%
FRA
ZIM
Fiji, England, Hong Kong and Korea won possession on every ry one of their own scrum put ins in and Australia, South Africa, Kenya and Cook islands won every one of their lineout throws. throws Korea were the most successful on opposition scrums and Samoa were more successful ccessful on opposition lineout throws than their own.
6. PENALTIES & FREE KICKS The average number of penalties and nd free kicks per game (not inc restart free kicks) was 5.1.
IRB GAME ANALYSIS
PENS/FKS
OVERALL 2009/10
AVERAGE PENS/FKs
5.1
5.4
HIGHEST IN A MATCH
12
15
LOWEST IN A MATCH
0
0 (4 matches)
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What needs to be noted is that absolute statistics and averages do not necessarily reflect the true degree of discipline or ill-discipline scipline of a particular team.
PENS & FKS FOR
PENS & FKS AGAINST
TOTAL
TOTAL
HKG
71% %
29%
AUS RUS
70% % 65% %
30% 35%
SCO
63% %
37%
POR MEX
61% % 58% % 57% %
39% 42% 43%
WAL
54% %
46%
Hong Kong and Australia were least penalised team in proportion to their opponents.
ARG
53% %
47%
FJI
51% %
49%
Of the penalties awarded 61% were awarded at the breakdown, with 64% of the penalties FOR the attacking team and 36% AGAINST the attacking acking team. tea
KEN
51% % 51% % 50% %
49% 49% 50%
RSA
50% % 50% % 50% % 47% % 46% %
50% 50% 50% 53% 54%
CHI
42% %
58%
SAM
41% %
59%
PNG
38% % 37% % 36% % 36% % 33% % 26% %
62% 63% 64% 64% 67% 74%
The number of penalties can, for example, vary from match to match. Some ome referees penalise more than others. A better and probably more accurate indicator, therefore, is the proportion of penalties conceded by a team in all their matches compared with their opponents. Each team’s percentage for and against can be seen in the following table together with the he totals. It can be seen that 12 teams were awarded more penalties than they conceded.
USA
JAP ENG COO
Of all penalty/free kick options, 83% were tap kicks.
CAN KOR FRA
ZIM NZL SPA TON
7. CARDS
MAL
There were 27 yellow cards and 1 red card issued. 17 of the 26 teams conceded at least one card. card It can be seen below that Tonga conceded 5 yellow cards and 1 red card and the yellow cards were mainly awarded for Dangerous Tackles and Ruck offences. YELLOW + RED CARDS
YELLOW + RED CARDS TON
5+1
CAN
1
SAM
CHI
SPA
3 2 2
HKG
1 1 1
PNG
2
KEN
FJI
2
ARG
CARD REASON
Dangerous Tackle/Charge Tackle
13 + 1
Ruck offence/offside
8
General Play
3
1
Foul Play
3
WAL
1
Total
1
AUS
1
POR
1
NZL
1
RUS
1
ZIM
IRB GAME ANALYSIS
FRA
27 + 1
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