IRB SEVENS WORLD SERIES 2009/10 STATISTICAL REVIEW DUBAI 2009 IRB GAME ANALYSIS

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1 IRB SEVENS WORLD SERIES 2009/10 STATISTICAL REVIEW DUBAI 2009 IRB GAME ANALYSIS

2 This is a report on the DUBAI leg of the IRB Sevens World Series 2009/10. 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, therefore, at such areas as: Scoring and the effectiveness of each team in attack and defence The source, origin and build up of tries The effectiveness of teams in retaining possession Each country s passes and rate of passing Each country s second phases and rate of second phase play Each team s approach and success at the breakdown Each country s performance on its own restarts Plus data on scrums, lineouts, penalties, refereeing and temporary suspensions. CONTENTS CURRENT STANDINGS RESULTS PLAYER STATIISTICS STATISTICAL SUMMARY STATISTICAL REVIEW TEAMS PAGE 1 SCORING & CONCEDING POINTS PAGE 2 TRY SCORING PAGE 4 BALL IN PLAY & POSSESSION PAGE 5 ACTIVITY PAGE 9 SET PIECE PAGE 10 PENALTIES & FREE KICKS PAGE 12 CARDS CURRENT STANDINGS DUB GEO NZL USA HKG AUS LON SCO TOT NZL SAM ENG FJI AUS RSA ARG KEN WAL

3 DUBAI 2009 RESULTS NO. TEAM SCORE TEAM Cup Final NEW ZEALAND SAMOA Plate Final SOUTH AFRICA 0-7 AUSTRALIA Bowl Final WALES 38-7 ZIMBABWE Shield Final PORTUGAL RUSSIA Cup S/F ENGLAND SAMOA Cup S/F FIJI 0-19 NEW ZEALAND Plate S/F ARGENTINA AUSTRALIA Plate S/F SOUTH AFRICA KENYA Bowl S/F FRANCE ZIMBABWE Bowl S/F WALES UNITED STATES Shield S/F RUSSIA ARABIAN GULF Shield S/F SCOTLAND 5-29 PORTUGAL Cup Q/F SAMOA AUSTRALIA Cup Q/F ENGLAND ARGENTINA Cup Q/F NEW ZEALAND KENYA Cup Q/F SOUTH AFRICA 5-17 FIJI Bowl Q/F ZIMBABWE ARABIAN GULF Bowl Q/F RUSSIA FRANCE Bowl Q/F PORTUGAL 0-5 UNITED STATES Bowl Q/F WALES SCOTLAND Pool SOUTH AFRICA 29-0 AUSTRALIA Pool NEW ZEALAND ARGENTINA Pool ENGLAND KENYA Pool FIJI SAMOA Pool WALES 50-0 ARABIAN GULF Pool PORTUGAL FRANCE Pool UNITED STATES RUSSIA Pool SCOTLAND ZIMBABWE Pool AUSTRALIA 14-7 WALES Pool SOUTH AFRICA 36-7 ARABIAN GULF Pool ARGENTINA 40-7 PORTUGAL Pool NEW ZEALAND FRANCE Pool KENYA UNITED STATES Pool ENGLAND 28-0 RUSSIA Pool SAMOA 36-7 SCOTLAND Pool FIJI ZIMBABWE Pool AUSTRALIA 47-7 ARABIAN GULF Pool SOUTH AFRICA WALES Pool ARGENTINA FRANCE Pool NEW ZEALAND 34-0 PORTUGAL Pool KENYA 26-5 RUSSIA Pool ENGLAND UNITED STATES Pool SAMOA 40-5 ZIMBABWE Pool FIJI SCOTLAND

DUBAI 2009 PLAYER STATISTICS POINTS SCORED DUBAI 2009 AUS CLINTON SILLS 9 NZL SHERWIN STOWERS 9 RUS VASILY ARTEMYEV 8 SAM MIKAELE PESAMINO 8 RSA RYNO BENJAMIN 7 WAL ALEX CUTHBERT 7 ARG NICOLAS

4 DUBAI 2009 PLAYER STATISTICS POINTS SCORED DUBAI 2009 AUS CLINTON SILLS 9 NZL SHERWIN STOWERS 9 RUS VASILY ARTEMYEV 8 SAM MIKAELE PESAMINO 8 RSA RYNO BENJAMIN 7 WAL ALEX CUTHBERT 7 ARG NICOLAS BRUZZONE 6 KEN COLLINS INJERA 6 KEN HUMPHREY KAYANGE 6 TRIES SCORED DUBAI 2009 SAM LOLO LUI 49 ENG BEN GOLLINGS 46 AUS CLINTON SILLS 45 NZL SHERWIN STOWERS 45 RUS VASILY ARTEMYEV 40 FJI WILLIAM RYDER 40 SAM MIKAELE PESAMINO 40 RSA MZWANDILE STICK 40

5 STATISTICAL SUMMARY - DUBAI 2009 MATCHES SCORING POINTS (average per game) TRIES (average per game) 6 6 CONVERSION SUCCESS (%) 63% 62% PENALTY GOALS (total) 0 6 DROP GOALS (total) 0 2 TRY SCORING MATCHES WON by team scoring most tries 91% 90% SOURCE OF TRIES - Pens/FKs (%) 29% 29% SOURCE OF TRIES - Turnover/Opp Error (%) 23% 22% ORIGIN OF TRIES - Own Half (%) 42% 42% BUILD UP TO TRIES - No Rucks/Mauls 61% 63% BUILD UP TO TRIES - 3 Or Fewer Passes 57% 59% BALL IN PLAY BALL IN PLAY (%) 51% 50% ACTIVITY PASSES (average per game) RUCKS/MAULS (average per game) RUCK/MAUL RETENTION (%) 79% 79% KICKS (average per game) 4 4 SET PIECE CONTESTABLE RESTARTS (%) 75% 74% CONTESTABLE RESTARTS REGAINED (%) RESTART ERRORS (Total) 39% or 1 in or 1 in 19 35% or 1 in or 1 in 15 SCRUMS (average per game) 4 4 SCRUMS possession retained (%) 79% 85% LINEOUTS (average per game) 2 3 LINEOUTS possession retained (%) 82% 75% QUICK THROWS (Total) PENALTIES/FREE KICKS & CARDS 12 or 1 in or 1 in 8 PENALTIES (average per game) 5 6 CARDS (Total)

6 STATISTICAL SUMMARY TEAMS 1. SCORING & CONCEDING POINTS The average number of points scored in a game was 37. The average number of points scored/conceded by a team was 18.5 but, not surprisingly, there were major variations around this average. The Cup winners New Zealand for example, scored an average of 28 points per game while Arabian Gulf managed just 9. With regard to points conceded South Africa, for example, conceded an average of 10 points per game while Scotland conceded 30. The figures do not show, however, how effective each team was in scoring points in relation to the possession that it obtained and 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 but still manage to score a significant number of tries conversely a team may concede very few tries in the face of considerable opposition possession. 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 of tries conceded. The following table gives the relevant figures for each participating team. New Zealand had the best try scoring rate (47 secs per try scored) and the best try conceding rate (194 secs per try conceded). MATCHES PLAYED Av POINTS SCORED TRY SCORING RATE Av POINTS CONCEDED TRY CONCEDING RATE NZL secs NZL secs ENG secs RSA secs SAM secs FJI secs WAL secs AUS secs ZIM secs ENG secs AUS secs WAL secs RSA secs RUS secs FJI secs SAM secs ARG secs POR secs KEN secs USA secs USA secs ARG secs RUS secs KEN secs FRA secs ZIM secs SCO secs FRA secs POR secs SCO secs GLF secs GLF secs IRB GAME ANALYSIS PAGE 1

0 penalty goals or drop goals were kicked - The overall conversion success rate was 63%. There were noticeable variations in the percentage success rates as seen in the attached table.

7 0 penalty goals or drop goals were kicked - The overall conversion success rate was 63%. There were noticeable variations in the percentage success rates as seen in the attached table. Because of the relatively few tries scored, applying percentages can, at this stage, only be regarded as indicative. In addition, the location of the score can be a significant factor in achieving a s uccessful conversion. This is the reason that the attached table has assigned a percentage success rate only to those teams that scored 16 tries or more. CONVERSION SUCCESS % CONVERSION SUCCESS % SAM 75% KEN 10/15 WAL 72% RUS 9/13 AUS 68% POR 7/12 FJI 65% FRA 6/12 ENG 62% USA 6/11 RSA 58% SCO 5/9 ZIM 56% GLF 6/7 NZL 56% ARG 50% There were 263 tries scored in the tournament making an average of 6.0 per game. (Dubai 7s 2008 = 225 tries) On Day 1 there were 154 tries scored (average 6.4) and on Day 2 there were 109 tries scored (average 5.5) 2.1 IMPACT OF TRIES With no penalty goals or no drop goals and a conversion success rate of 63%, 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 44 matches, 40 (or 91%) were won by the team scoring the most tries. There were 2 drawn matches and 2 were won because of conversions (USA v RUS and SAM v AUS). 2.2 POSSESSION SOURCE OF TRIES The teams scoring the tries obtained possession of the ball prior to the scoring of the try from a variety of sources. This is shown: DUBAI 2009 It can be seen that the most fruitful PENALTY/FREE KICK source of tries is penalties/free kicks 29% 29% (29%). RESTART 26% 18% Of all the tries scored from penalties/free kicks, 76% (or 58 tries) of the tries were pen/ fk taps taken under 10 seconds of being awarded and 24% (18 tries) of the tries were taken 10 seconds or over. 2. TRY SCORING TURNOVER (Gen Play or Ruck) 23% 22% SCRUM 11% 14% LINEOUT 8% 11% KICK RECEIPT 3% 6% The following table on the next page shows the possession source of tries scored (own) and tries conceded (opp) by each team: IRB GAME ANALYSIS PAGE 2

8 PEN & FK T/OVER & ERROR SCRUM LINEOUT RESTART KICK TOTAL OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP NZL WAL SAM ENG AUS RSA FJI ARG ZIM KEN RUS FRA POR USA SCO GLF ORIGIN & LOCATION OF TRIES Tries originate from various parts of the pitch and are scored all across the try line. The following diagram shows the location on the pitch of where the attacking team obtained possession from which they eventually scored and where they were scored along try line. 42% of all tries originated in the try scoring team s own half and 38% were scored under the posts. LEFT OF POSTS TRIES 33% OWN HALF 42% or 111 tries HW to 10m 10% or 27 tries 10m to 22m 29% or 76 tries 22m to TRY 19% or 49 tries UNDER POSTS TRIES 38% RIGHT OF POSTS TRIES 29% IRB GAME ANALYSIS PAGE 3

9 The following table shows the origin of tries scored (own) and tries conceded (opp) by each team. The teams which scored a high number of tries from their own half were Kenya, Zimbabwe and Russia. The teams which scored few tries from their own half were South Africa and Argentina. OWN HALF HW 10m 10m 22m 22m - TRY TOT OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP NZL WAL SAM ENG AUS RSA FJI ARG ZIM KEN RUS FRA POR USA SCO GLF BUILD UP TO TRIES Possession of the ball that leads to tries is obtained from a number of sources and they are listed above. More often than not, % Cumulative other actions second phase, kicks and passes then take place before the try is scored. The table shows how many rucks/mauls preceded each try scored in the tournament. None 61% 61% 63% 1 rucks/mauls 26% 87% 86% 2 rucks/mauls 8% 95% 95% 3 + rucks/mauls 5% 100% 100% The table shows that 61% of tries were preceded by not one ruck or maul. It shows the total number of passes that preceded each try scored in the tournament. The table shows that 57% of tries were preceded by 3 or fewer passes. % Cumulative No passes 9% 9% 12% 1-3 passes 48% 57% 58% 4-6 passes 26% 83% 83% 7-9 passes 13% 96% 94% 10+ passes 4% 100% 100% IRB GAME ANALYSIS PAGE 4

When the build up to tries on day 1 is compared to day 2, the percentages decrease which shows that teams needed to pass and ruck more in the build up to tries on the second day of the tournament:

10 When the build up to tries on day 1 is compared to day 2, the percentages decrease which shows that teams needed to pass and ruck more in the build up to tries on the second day of the tournament: Day 1: 66% of tries had no r/ms & 60% < 3 passes Day 2: 54% of tries had no r/ms & 51% < 3 passes 3. BALL IN PLAY & POSSESSION DUBAI 2009 AVERAGE B-I-P 7m 06s or 51% 6m 58s or 50% HIGHEST B-I-P 9m 28s 9m 28s LOWEST B-I-P 5m 12s 4m 53s HIGHEST POSSESSION TIME 6m 26s 7m 18s LOWEST POSSESSION TIME 1m 50s 1m 06s 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 OWN OPPONENTS AVERAGE % AVERAGE average possession times POSSESSION POSSESSION achieved by each team % throughout the tournament in attack and defence: WAL 3m 57s 57% 2m 58s 43% POR 4m 23s 57% 3m 17s 43% As seen in the table, there were some noticeable differences. Portugal averaged the highest, being the only team to average over 4 minutes possession per game with Zimbabwe averaging the lowest. 10 out of the 16 teams spent more time attacking than defending. Wales and Portugal had a high percentage of possession in their matches. SAM 3m 45s 55% 3m 07s 45% ARG 3m 46s 55% 3m 08s 45% KEN 3m 38s 54% 3m 06s 46% FJI 3m 56s 52% 3m 34s 48% RSA 3m 34s 52% 3m 20s 48% ENG 3m 35s 52% 3m 15s 48% FRA 3m 46s 52% 3m 28s 48% SCO 3m 48s 51% 3m 40s 49% USA 3m 15s 47% 3m 40s 53% GLF 3m 15s 46% 3m 50s 54% AUS 3m 02s 45% 3m 44s 55% NZL 3m 31s 45% 4m 19s 55% ZIM 2m 35s 41% 3m 41s 59% RUS 3m 15s 41% 4m 40s 59% IRB GAME ANALYSIS PAGE 5

11 4. ACTIVITY 4.1 PASSING The table shows 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. Scotland had the highest passing rate and Australia had the lowest. Passes came in passing sequences of which there were just over Of these passing sequences: 26% comprised 1 pass 27% comprised 2 passes 21% comprised 3 passes 12% comprised 4 passes 14% comprised 5+ passes Most teams fell into this profile ie around 50% of their passing movements contained 2 or fewer passes. Where major differences arose, these were seen in the more lengthy passing movements. Of all passing movements, 1 in 8 contained 5+ passes. Certain 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. Fiji made a 5+ passing movement once in 3.2, Wales 1 in 3.6, whereas South Africa 1 in 28.7 and Australia 1 in 30. DUBAI 2009 AVERAGE PASSES HIGHEST PASSING MATCH LOWEST PASSING MATCH AVERAGE PASSES PASSING RATE 5+ PASSING SCO in 3.6 WAL in 6.3 FJI in 3.2 ZIM in 9.3 SAM in 8.8 NZL in 6.5 ARG in 7 POR in 7.8 RUS in 6 USA in 5.7 GLF in 6.2 KEN in 8.2 FRA in 6 RSA in 28.7 ENG in 21 AUS in 30 IRB GAME ANALYSIS PAGE 6

12 4.2 KICKS Kicks include all kicks made in general play inc. punts, chips, ground and grubber kicks. Surprisingly, the highest kicking match was between New Zealand and Fiji. DUBAI 2009 AVERAGE KICKS 4 4 HIGHEST KICKING MATCH LOWEST KICKING MATCH 0 0 KICK REGAIN RATE 1 in in 3 As can be seen in the table Fiji and England kicked far more often than any other team. Scotland and France, on the other hand, kicked very little. A high percentage of England s kick were ground kicks (i.e. football kicks). 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 2.6. Of all the kicks, 29% were chip kicks, 25% were punt kicks, 31% were ground kicks and 15% were grubber kicks. TOTAL KICKS KICKS REGAINED % CHIP % PUNT % GROUND % GRUBBER FJI in % 18% 35% 24% ENG in % 7% 60% 13% AUS in % 44% 13% 25% POR in % 13% 53% 7% RUS in % 14% 36% 14% ARG in % 36% 18% 0% GLF in % 36% 9% 36% RSA in % 36% 27% 0% SAM in % 27% 9% 9% NZL in % 38% 13% 25% ZIM in % 50% 0% 13% WAL in % 14% 57% 14% USA in % 0% 50% 0% KEN in % 20% 20% 40% SCO in 4 25% 0% 75% 0% FRA in 2.0 0% 50% 50% 0% IRB GAME ANALYSIS PAGE 7

13 4.3 RUCKS & MAULS DUBAI 2009 AVERAGE RUCKS/MAULS HIGHEST RUCKING MATCH LOWEST RUCKING MATCH 6 4 SUCCESS % 79% 79% The table below shows major differences in the average number of rucks/mauls 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 and mauled is far closer, as also shown in the table. This expresses rucks/mauls as rucks/mauls per minute possession. South Africa had the highest rucking rate and Fiji had the lowest. At the breakdown, the team taking in the ball retained possession by either winning the ball or being awarded a penalty on 79% of occasions. The percentage success rate of each team in attack and defence is also shown in the table below: AVERAGE RUCKS RUCKING RATE SUCCESS % OWN RUCKS SUCCESS % OPP RUCKS RSA % 32% POR % 24% GLF % 17% AUS % 16% KEN % 28% ARG % 19% SCO % 4% FRA % 10% USA % 20% RUS % 16% ENG % 16% SAM % 24% NZL % 26% WAL % 29% ZIM % 13% FJI % 30% England and Zimbabwe had the high success percentage in attack, while Fiji had the least 58%. In defence, Kenya, Wales, Fiji and South Africa won possession from opponents on a number of occasions. Scotland only had a 4% success rate at opposition rucks. IRB GAME ANALYSIS PAGE 8

14 There are over 500 breakdowns in a 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 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 countries 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. (1) ATTACK (2) DEFENCE 1 PLAYER 2+ PLAYERS NO PLAYER 1 PLAYER 2+ PLAYERS POR 77% 23% SCO 54% 46% 0% RUS 77% 23% FJI 40% 47% 14% WAL 77% 23% FRA 33% 50% 17% ZIM 77% 23% RSA 30% 57% 13% FJI 74% 26% ZIM 30% 53% 17% SAM 69% 31% ENG 27% 47% 27% NZL 68% 32% AUS 25% 50% 25% SCO 68% 32% RUS 25% 59% 16% ARG 68% 32% POR 24% 60% 16% RSA 63% 38% USA 24% 54% 22% USA 62% 38% NZL 21% 50% 29% GLF 53% 47% SAM 21% 36% 42% AUS 52% 48% ARG 17% 56% 27% ENG 50% 50% GLF 14% 77% 9% KEN 46% 54% KEN 14% 58% 28% FRA 43% 57% WAL 11% 69% 20% It can be seen that, in Attack, 4 teams committed only one player on 77% of occasions while England, Kenya and France were 50% or below. In Defence, Scotland (54%) and Fiji (40%) committed no extra players on a number of occasions, whereas Wales only 11%. Quite a few teams committed 2+ extra players in defence regularly, especially Samoa whom committed 2+ players on 42% of occasions. IRB GAME ANALYSIS PAGE 9

15 5. SET PIECE Set piece includes Restarts, Scrums and Lineouts. RESTARTS SCRUMS LINEOUTS AVERAGE HIGHEST IN A MATCH LOWEST IN A MATCH matches 0 7 matches 0 2 matches 0 30 matches SUCCESS % 39% 35% 79% 85% 82% 75% Restarts were classified into 2 types, contestable and not contestable. 75% of restarts were kicked contestable 25% of restarts were kicked not contestable There were 17 restart errors (Dubai ) Lack of success at the restart is not always the result of successful challenge. Certain teams can intentionally kick long (not contestable) on more occasions than others. Retention rates reflect the number of times that possession was retained at contestable restarts they varied considerably. Of all contestable restarts, the kicking team regained 39% or 1 in 2.6. CONTESTABLE REGAINING RESTARTS NOT CONTESTABLE REGAIN SUCCESS RECEIVING RESTARTS NOT CONTESTABLE CONTESTABLE REGAIN SUCCESS SAM 96% 4% 60% FJI 77% 23% 90% ARG 89% 11% 59% ARG 83% 17% 87% KEN 100% 0% 59% RSA 60% 40% 83% FJI 90% 10% 50% WAL 40% 60% 83% USA 60% 40% 44% KEN 67% 33% 75% AUS 43% 57% 40% RUS 85% 15% 71% POR 94% 6% 40% AUS 88% 12% 67% ZIM 83% 17% 33% FRA 83% 17% 65% RUS 84% 16% 31% POR 76% 24% 63% WAL 78% 22% 29% SAM 38% 62% 63% ENG 78% 22% 28% ZIM 69% 31% 61% RSA 73% 27% 25% ENG 73% 27% 55% FRA 85% 15% 18% NZL 100% 0% 54% NZL 50% 50% 7% SCO 96% 4% 52% GLF 22% 78% 0% USA 80% 20% 50% SCO 80% 20% 0% GLF 83% 17% 44% IRB GAME ANALYSIS PAGE 10

16 Samoa, Argentina and Kenya were the most successful in regaining own short restarts and Fiji and Argentina the most successful in receiving opposition short restarts. Scotland and Arabian Gulf were the least successful at regaining own short restarts and receiving opposition short restarts. Overall Scrum success was 79% and overall Lineout success was 82%. The following table shows the success rate for each team on own put/throw in and opposition put/throw in: SCRUM LINEOUT Argentina, New Zealand, England and Wales won possession on everyone of their own scrum put in s and 7 teams won everyone of their lineouts. Wales and Kenya only had 3 lineouts in the entire tournament. Wales won 4 of the 7 opposition scrum put in s and managed to steal 5 of the 9 opposition lineouts. There were 12 quick throws or 1 in 12. OWN OPP OWN OPP WAL 13/13 4/7 POR 6/6 1/13 NZL 7/7 3/9 ARG 5/5 0/5 ENG 7/7 1/7 ENG 4/4 1/6 ARG 6/6 3/9 FJI 4/4 0/6 ZIM 9/10 5/17 SAM 4/4 0/5 POR 7/8 2/10 KEN 3/3 1/6 USA 11/13 1/5 WAL 3/3 5/9 RSA 9/11 4/16 NZL 8/9 0/5 SAM 9/11 0/13 ZIM 6/7 3/6 KEN 7/9 0/6 RUS 6/7 1/7 GLF 7/9 3/13 SCO 4/5 0/1 SCO 8/11 2/6 RSA 10/12 1/9 AUS 13/17 1/13 FRA 3/5 1/5 RUS 5/9 2/12 GLF 2/4 1/6 FJI 8/13 0/14 USA 5/8 0/2 FRA 4/10 3/7 AUS 7/11 2/6 8. PENALTIES & FREE KICKS PENALTIES & FREE KICKS AVERAGE 5 6 HIGHEST IN A MATCH LOWEST IN A MATCH 1 0 (2 matches) IRB GAME ANALYSIS PAGE 11

17 The average number of penalties and free kicks per game was 5 (Dubai ). What needs to be noted that absolute statistics and averages do not necessarily reflect the true degree of discipline or ill-discipline of a particular team. The number of penalties can, for example, vary from match to match. Some 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 proportion % for and against can be seen in the following table together with the totals and averages per game: PENS & FKS FOR PENS & FKS AGAINST TOTAL AVERAGE % TOTAL AVERAGE % RSA % % SCO % % ARG % % FJI % % FRA % % POR % % WAL % % GLF % % AUS % % USA % % ENG % % NZL % % RUS % % ZIM % % SAM % % KEN % % Of the penalties and free kicks awarded 64% were awarded at the breakdown. 83% of Penalties and Free kicks were tap kicks and 17% were kicks to touch there was only 1 Penalty Goal attempt. The average number of penalties and the total number of cards awarded by the 8 participating referees was as follows: MATCHES AVERAGE PENS & FKS PER GAME TOTAL YELLOW/ RED CARDS HIRABAYASHI DOYLE HODGES HOFFMAN CARDONA FALZONE JAFTHA McMENEMY IRB GAME ANALYSIS PAGE 12

18 9. CARDS There were 3 yellow cards and 0 red cards issued in Dubai (Dubai 7s 2008 = ) This year, 3 of the 16 teams conceded at least one card, as seen in the table. The offences for which they were awarded were as follows: DUBAI 2009 TRIPPING 1 DANGEROUS CHARGING 1 REPEATED INFRINGEMENTS 1 TOTAL 3 The following table shows the number of yellow and red cards awarded at each leg of the IRB Sevens: YELLOW CARDS 2009/10 YELLOW CARDS DUBAI GEORGE WELLINGTON YELLOW CARDS RED CARDS AUS 1 - WAL 1 - KEN 1 - SAM - - ARG - - SCO - - NZL - - RSA - - FJI - - USA - - ENG - - GLF - - FRA - - ZIM - - POR - - RUS - - USA HONG KONG ADELAIDE LONDON SCOTLAND IRB GAME ANALYSIS PAGE 13

IRB SEVENS WORLD SERIES 2009/10 STATISTICAL REVIEW ADELAIDE 2010 IRB GAME ANALYSIS

IRB SEVENS WORLD SERIES 2009/10 STATISTICAL REVIEW IRB GAME ANALYSIS This is a report on the leg of the IRB Sevens World Series 2009/10. It comprises a quantitative analysis of all elements of play together