I read this on the SA Referees Website. These are their stats regarding the semi-finals.

The semi-finals of the Currie Cup were played on Saturday. In both games, the away team won, in both the margin was two points, in both the winning score was a kick and in both that score was in the last two minutes. There was lots of drama….

Here are some cold statistics to bring the excitement down.

Sanctions

Cards:

There was one yellow card – Bakkies Botha (Blue Bulls), elbow to the face inside the first minute.

Penalties conceded:

In this section we record the times a team was penalised.

(i) Sharks vs Free State Cheetahs

Total number of penalties:  14

• Sharks:  9
• Free State Cheetahs:  5

The reasons for the penalties were as follows:

* = points conceded

Sharks:

• Tackle/ruck: 6 (Sykes 2, Pienaar*, Bismarck du Plessis, Jacobs 2)
• Off-side: 2 (Pietersen, Kankowski)
• Scrum: 1 (Mtawarira)

Free State Cheetahs:

• Tackle/ruck: 3 (Demas, Joubert*, Brüssow)
• Off-side: 2 (De Villiers, Scholtz)

The Sharks missed a penalty kick at goal, the Free State Cheetahs 2.

(ii) Western Province vs Blue Bulls

Total number of penalties: 21

• Western Province: 11
• Blue Bulls: 10

The reasons for the penalties were as follows:

Western Province:

• Tackle/ruck: 5 (Vermeulen*, Grant*, Watson*, Bekker, Louw*)
• Off-side: 1 (Welsh)
• Scrum: 2 (Blaauw, Harris*)
• Discipline: 3 (Bekker* – high tackle; Welsh – obstruction; Naqelevuki* – high tackle)

Blue Bulls:

• Tackle/Ruck: 4 (Kruger, Stegmann* 2, Kuün*)
• Off-side: 2 (Du Preez, Potgieter*)
• Scrum: 1 (Kruger)
• Discipline: 3 (Botha – elbow to face; Olivier – obstruction; Habana* – deliberate knock-on)

Neither side missed a penalty kick at goal.

Tackles/Penalties

This gives the number of penalties at ruck/tackle as a fraction of the total number of penalties:

• Sharks vs Free State Cheetahs: 9/14 = 64%
• Western Province vs Blue Bulls: 9/21 = 43%

Getting possession – line-outs, scrums, free-kicks, drop-outs, turn-overs

In this section the figures represent the number of times you get to play with the ball.

(i) Sharks vs Free State Cheetahs

Sharks:

• Line-outs: 15 (3 lost, 1 skew, 3 quick)
• Scrums: 12 (5 reset, 5 collapses, 1  wheel, 1 free kick, 1 penalty)
• Free-kicks: 1 (mark)
• Drop-outs: 4

Free State Cheetahs:

• Line-outs: 16 (4 lost, 1 skew, 1 quick)
• Scrums: 5 (1 reset, 2 collapses)
• Free-kicks: 8 (1 scrum, 7 marks)
• Drop-outs:  4

Stoppages: 85

(ii) Western Province vs Blue Bulls

Western Province:

• Line-outs: 17 (2 lost, 1 skew, 1 quick, 1 free kick)
• Scrums: 6 (1 penalty)
• Free-kicks: 4 (1 line-out, 3 marks)
• Drop-outs: 1

Blue Bulls:

• Line-outs: 12 (3 lost, 2 quick)
• Scrums: 9 (6 reset, 4 collapses,  2 penalties)
• Free-kicks: 1 (mark)
• Drop-outs:  0

Stoppages: 77

Scoring:

Tries:

• Sharks: 2
• Free State Cheetahs: 2
• Western Province: 1
• Blue Bulls: 0

Conversions:

• Sharks: 1
• Free State Cheetahs: 2
• Western Province: 1
• Blue Bulls: 0

Penalty goals:

• Sharks: 2
• Free State Cheetahs: 2
• Western Province: 4
• Blue Bulls: 7

Drop goals:

• Sharks: 1
• Free State Cheetahs: 1
• Western Province: 0
• Blue Bulls: 0