This is the stats released by the Referees. Read and analyze it. i am sure we could argue a few facts here.

Believe it or not but we are into the second half of the Super 14 for 2010 and it had its surprises as the Bulls and the Stormers tumbled, and the Bulls, so squeaky clean till now, fell foul of the law. See how it affects there overall standing in the disciplinary stakes. See which team has scored and which team has conceded most tries, which team has been penalised most often. We shall also this week look at the effects of home and away in penalty awards.

Results, Round 8

Hurricanes vs Crusaders, 26-26
Western Force vs Stormers, 16-15
Blues vs Bulls, 32-17
Chiefs vs Highlanders, 27-21
Waratahs vs Cheetahs, 40-17
Sharks vs Reds, 30-28

Sanctions

There were two yellow cards – both for Bulls – and in addition Jannie du Plessis was cited.

Yellow cards

Pedrie Wannenburg (Bulls) – repeated team infringement
Flip van der Merwe (Bulls) – late, high tackle

Possession

(i) Hurricanes vs Crusaders

Penalties conceded: 22

Hurricanes: 12
Crusaders: 10

Reasons for the penalties:

Hurricanes:
Tackle: 4 (So’oialo, Nonu, Hore, Paterson*)
Offside: 4 (Schwalger & So’oialo*, Gear, Paterson, Schwalger)
Scrums: 2 (Tialata, Perenise)
Discipline: 2 (Nonu – shoulder charge; Nonu – dissent)

Crusaders:
Tackle: 4 (Thorn & McCaw, McCaw, George Whitelock* 2)
Offside: 2 (Crockett*, Owen Franks*)
Discipline: 4 (McCaw – man without ball; McCaw – deliberate knock-on; Ellis – dissent; Fotuali’i – obstruction)

Each side missed a penalty kick at goal.

Free kicks conceded

Hurricanes: 1 (mark)
Crusaders: 1 (scrum)

Line-outs

Hurricanes: 6 (1 lost)
Crusaders: 12 (1 skew, 1 quick)

Scrums

Hurricanes: 9 (2 resets, 8 collapses, 1 free kick, 1 penalty, 1 lost)
Crusaders: 6 ( 5 collapses)

Drop-outs

Hurricanes: 1
Crusaders: 1

Stoppages: 61

(ii) Blues vs Bulls

Penalties conceded: 25

Blues: 11
Bulls: 14

Reasons for the penalties:

Blues:
Tackle: 4 (Toeava, Lilo 2, Faumuina)
Offside: 2 (Ranger, Ma’afu*)
Scrums: 1 (Faumuina*)
Discipline: 4 (Mathewson – dissent; Kaino – air tackle; Brett – high tackle; Brett – dissent)

Bulls:
Tackle: 10 (Stegmann** 4, Hougaard, Van den Heever, Pretorius, Wannenburg, Flip van der Merwe, Kuün)
Scrum: 1 (Steenkamp)
Discipline: 3 (Stegmann* – obstruction; Flip van der Merwe – man without ball; Flip van der Merwe – late, high tackle*

Each side missed a penalty kick at goal.

Free kicks conceded

Blues: 0
Bulls: 1 (scrum)

Line-outs

Blues: 14 (2 lost)
Bulls: 12 (1 lost, 2 quick)

Scrums

Blues: 3 (1 collapse, 1 penalty)
Bulls: 5 (1 resets, 4 collapses, 1 penalty, 1 free kick)

Drop-outs

Blues: 1
Bulls: 2

Stoppages: 63

(iii) Western Force vs Stormers

Penalties conceded: 20

Western Force: 7
Stormers: 13

Reasons for the penalties:

Western Force:
Tackle: 7 (Inman*, Hill, McCalman*, Cross*, Sharpe*, Hodgson*, Hockings)

Stormers:
Tackle: 9 (Steenkamp* 4, Aplon, François Louw, Jaque Fourie, Bekker, Pieter Louw)
Offside: 1 (Januarie)
Scrum: 1 (Unclear)
Discipline: 2 (Burger – shoulder charge; Burger – high tackle)

The Western Force missed three penalty kicks at goal.

Free kicks conceded

Western Force: 3 (1 mark, 2 scrums)
Stormers: 3 (1 mark, 2 scrums)

Line-outs

Western Force: 17 (4 lost, 2 skew, 1 reset)
Stormers: 9 (1 lost, 1 skew, 1 quick)

Scrums

Western Force: 13 (3 reset, 3 free kicks, 1 penalty, 1 lost)
Stormers: 9 (1 collapse, 1 free kick)

One collapsed scrum in the whole match is remarkable.

Drop-outs

Western Force: 0
Stormers: 2

Stoppages: 80

(iv) Chiefs vs Highlanders

Penalties conceded: 15

Chiefs: 7
Highlanders: 8

Reasons for the penalties:

Chiefs:
Tackle: 4 (Clarke* 2, Messam*, Bourke)
Offside: 1 (Masaga)
Scrum: 1 (Taumalolo)
Discipline: 1 (Lauaki – air tackle)

Highlanders:
Tackle: 4 (Rutledge, Setephano, Newland, Vainikolo & Newland)
Offside: 2 (Newland & Soakai, Soakai & Boys)
Discipline: 1 (Rutledge – obstruction; Shoemark* – early tackle)

Free kicks conceded

Chiefs: 2 (scrums)
Highlanders: 1 (mark)

Line-outs

Chiefs: 20 (5 lost)
Highlanders: 8 (3 lost)

Scrums

Chiefs: 11 (2 resets, 3 collapses, 2 lost, 2 free kicks)
Highlanders: 8 (3 resets, 2 collapses, 1 penalty)

Drop-outs

Chiefs: 0
Highlanders: 1

Stoppages: 71

(v) Waratahs vs Cheetahs

Penalties conceded: 21

Waratahs: 12
Cheetahs: 9

Reasons for the penalties:

Waratahs:
Tackle: 4 (Horne, Kepu, Barnes, Mumm)
Offside: 3 (Mumm, Mowen, Caldwell)
Scrums: 3 (Robinson, Baxter, Kepu)
Discipline: 2 (Robinson* – obstruction; Caldwell – obstruction)

Cheetahs:
Tackle: 4 Pieterse* 2, Strauss*, Nel)
Offside: 1 (Ebersohn)
Scrums: 1 (Nel)
Discipline: 3 (De Bruyn – late shoulder charge; Nel & Du Preez – collapsing maul; Demas – deliberate knock-on)

Free kicks conceded

Waratahs: 2 (scrums)
Cheetahs: 2 (1 mark, 1 line-out)

Line-outs

Waratahs: 16 (2 lost, 1 skew, 1 free kick, 1 penalty)
Cheetahs: 16 (2 lost, 1 skew, 3 quick)

Scrums

Waratahs: 5 (3 resets, 3 collapses, 1 penalty)
Cheetahs: 7 (3 resets, 5 collapses, 2 free kicks, 2 penalties)

Drop-outs

Waratahs: 0
Cheetahs: 1

Stoppages: 77

(vi) Sharks vs Reds

Penalties conceded: 19

Sharks: 8
Reds: 11

Reasons for the penalties:

Sharks:
Tackle: 7 (Terblanche, Botes, Botes & Pienaar, Bismarck du Plessis 2, Mtawarira, Sykes)
Offside: 1 (Sykes)

Reds:
Tackle: 7 (Hynes, Daley* 2., Anthony Faingaa* 2, Hardman, Braid)
Discipline: 4 (Anthony Faingaa* – throwing ball away; Hynes – deliberate knock-on; Undetermined – collapsing maul; Kennedy – collapsing maul)

Free kicks conceded

Sharks: 0
Reds: 1 (scrum)

Line-outs

Sharks: 11 (1 lost)
Reds: 12 (3 lost)

Scrums

Sharks: 7 (1 reset, 1 collapse)
Reds: 7 (1 reset, 1 collapse, 1 free kick)

Drop-outs

Sharks: 2
Reds: 1

Stoppages: 61