If you get the feeling that this was not a great round, have a look at the tries and penalty goals scored compared with previous weeks. Apart from records of getting possession in matches, you can also see who has scored most tries and most penalties and be surprised at who has conceded most penalties.

If you get the feeling that this was not a great round, have a look at the tries and penalty goals scored compared with previous weeks. Apart from records of getting possession in matches, you can also see who has scored most tries and most penalties and be surprised at who has conceded most penalties. And if you suspected that the Newlands match was a drab one, have a look at Jan Taljaard's 'Ball in Play' time. And if you felt that it was not a well-mannered match, have a look at the penalties for ill-discipline.

Results, Round 8

Highlanders vs Cheetahs, 24-21
Crusaders vs Bulls, 27-0
Brumbies vs Hurricanes, 17-16
Waratahs vs Force, 31-3 in Perth
Reds vs Stormers, 19-6 at Newlands
Sharks vs Lions, 27-3

Sanctions

Cited and suspended

Nobody

Yellow cards

Deon Fourie (Stormers) - tripping
Duane Vermeulen (Stormers) - punching
David Smith (Force) - tip tackle

Possession

(i) Highlanders vs Cheetahs

Penalties conceded: 16

Highlanders: 9
Cheetahs: 7

Reasons for the penalties:

Highlanders:
Tackle: 6 (Soakai, Cowan 2, Manu, Poki, Thomson
Offside: 1 (Thomson)
Scrums: 1 (Cowan)
Discipline: 1 (Donnelly - high tackle)

Cheetahs:
Tackle: 7 (Louw, Johnson 4, Oosthuizen 2)

It is remarkable that a side was penalised for only one facet of the game.

The Highlanders side missed a penalty kick at goal, the Cheetahs three.

Free kicks conceded

Highlanders: 0
Cheetahs: 2 (1 mark, 1 scrum)

Line-outs

Highlanders: 12 (1 lost, 1 quick)
Cheetahs: 16 (13 lost, 1 skew)

Scrums

Highlanders: 6 (1 reset, 1 collapse, 1 free kick, 1 lost)
Cheetahs: 8 (3 reset, 2 collapses, 1 penalty)

Drop-outs

Highlanders: 3
Cheetahs: 2

Stoppages: 69

(ii) Crusaders vs Bulls

Penalties conceded: 20

Crusaders: 11
Bulls: 9

Reasons for the penalties:

Crusaders:
Tackle: 7 (Berquist, Maitland 2, George Whitelock 2, Crockett, Adam Whitelock)
Offside: 1 (Ben Franks)
Scrum: 2 (Crockett, Ben Franks)
Discipline: 1 (Dagg - obstruction)

Bulls:
Tackle: 8 (Bakkies Botha, Stegmann** 3, Greyling, Potgieter*, Kirchner* 2)
Discipline: 1 (Matfield - air tackle)

Each side missed a penalty kick at goal.

Free kicks conceded

Crusaders: 1 (scrum)
Bulls: 2 (1 scrum, 1 line-out)

Line-outs

Crusaders: 11 (3 lost, 1 skew, 1 quick)
Bulls: 12 (1 lost, 1 free kick)

Scrums

Crusaders: 11 (1 reset, 4 collapses)
Bulls: 10 (1 reset, 4 collapses, 1 penalty, 2 free kicks)

Drop-outs

Crusaders: 1
Bulls: 1

Stoppages: 71

(iii) Brumbies vs Hurricanes

Penalties conceded: 23

Brumbies: 6
Hurricanes: 17

Reasons for the penalties:

Brumbies:
Tackle: 6 (Andrew Smith, Speight, Edmonds, Hooper*, Hand*, Salvi*)

It is remarkable that a team is penalised on only one facet of play.

Hurricanes:
Tackle: 8 (Tialata 2, Lilo 4, Leiua, Nonu)
Offside: 4 (Nonu* 2, Chris Eaton*, Broadhurst)
Scrum: 3 (Hore, Tialata, Schwalger)
Discipline: 2 (Chris Eaton* - high tackle; Conrad Smith - + 10)

The Brumbies missed a penalty kick at goal.

Free kicks conceded

Brumbies: 0
Hurricanes: 1 (scrum)

Line-outs

Brumbies: 15 (5 lost)
Hurricanes: 11 (1 lost, 1 skew)

Scrums

Brumbies: 8 (2 reset, 2 collapses, 1 free kick, 1 penalty)
Hurricanes: 3 (1 penalty)

Drop-outs

Brumbies: 0
Hurricanes: 2

Stoppages: 65

(iv) Waratahs vs Force

Penalties conceded: 18

Waratahs: 8
Force: 10

Reasons for the penalties:

Waratahs:
Tackle: 5 (Robinson, Palu 2, Dennis, Carter)
Offside: 2 (Mowen 2)
Scrum: 3 (Robinson 2, Kepu)

Force:
Tackle: 5 (Wykes, Sheehan, Whittaker, Jenkins, Cummins)
Scrum: 1 (Fairbrother*)
Discipline: 2 (David Smith - tip tackle; Metuiselsa - obstruction)

Free kicks conceded

Waratahs: 0
Force: 0

Line-outs

Waratahs: 13 (1 skew, 2 quick)
Force: 5 (1 lost)

Scrums

Waratahs: 7 (3 reset, 6 collapses, 1 wheel, 3 penalties)
Force: 11 (3 resets, 6 collapses, 1 penalty)

This was the worst scrumming of Round 8 of the Super 15.

Drop-outs

Waratahs: 2
Force: 2

Stoppages: 65

(v) Stormers vs Reds

Penalties conceded: 20

Stormers: 7
Reds: 13

Reasons for the penalties:

Stormers:
Tackle: 4 (Blaauw*, Grant*, Louw* 2)
Scrum: 1 (Blaauw)
Discipline: 2 (Vermeulen - punching; Deon Fourie* - tripping)

Reds:
Tackle: 4 (Robinson, Samo, Simmonds, Gill)
Offside: 2 (Horwill*, Saia Faingaa*)
Discipline: 7 (Horwill - collapsing maul; Horwill - air tackle; Samo - obstruction; Cooper - high tackle; Samo - dangerous shoulder; Harris - late tackle; Higginbotham - high tackle)

This is an inordinately high number of penalties for foul play infringements.

The Stormers missed a penalty kick at goal.

Free kicks conceded

Stormers: 1 (mark)
Reds: 1 (scrum)

Line-outs

Stormers: 15 (1 lost, 1 skew)
Reds: 18 (6 lost, 1 quick)

Scrums

Stormers: 5
Reds: 14 (5 reset, 7 collapses, 1 free kick)

Drop-outs

Stormers: 1
Reds: 2

Stoppages: 82

(vi) Sharks vs Lions

Penalties conceded: 22

Sharks: 11
Lions: 11

Reasons for the penalties:

Sharks:
Tackle: 6 (Ndungane, McLeod 2, Ludik, Potgieter, Sykes)
Offside: 1 (Daniel*)
Scrum: 1 (Van Staden)
Discipline: 3 (Smit, Kankowski, Daniel - obstruction; Alberts - high tackle; Mostert - high tackle)

Lions:
Tackle: 5 (Minnie, Earle, Pretorius*, Adriaanse, Kockott)
Offside: 2 (Minnie, Kockott)
Scrum: 3 (Cilliers, Janse van Rensburg 2)
Discipline: 1 Earle - air tackle()

The Sharks missed two penalty kicks at goal, the Lions one.

Free kicks conceded

Sharks: 0
Lions: 2 (marks)

Line-outs

Sharks: 11 (3 lost)
Lions: 12 (3 lost, 1 quick)

Scrums

Sharks: 8 (1 reset, 3 collapses, 2 penalties)
Lions: 9 (2 reset, 3 collapses, 1 penalty)

Drop-outs

Sharks: 2
Lions: 3

Stoppages: 72

Ball in Play time

Jan Taljaard has provided the calculations. The average for a match of this kind is roughly 33 minutes.

Highlanders vs Cheetahs (Pearce):
17 minutes 34 seconds + 17 minutes 27 seconds = 35 minutes 1 seconds

Crusaders vs Bulls (White):
14 minutes 13 seconds + 19 minutes 8 seconds = 33 minutes 14 seconds

Brumbies vs Hurricanes (Joubert):
18 minutes 58 seconds + 20 minutes 6 seconds = 39 minutes 4 seconds

Western Force vs Waratahs Williamson():
15 minutes 35 seconds + 19 minutes 0 seconds = 34 minutes 35 seconds

Stormers vs Reds (Peyper):
14 minutes 36 seconds + 17 minutes 10 seconds = 31 minutes 46 seconds

Sharks vs Lions (Kaplan):
19 minutes 1 second + 19 minutes 2 seconds = 38 minutes 3 seconds

Some Match Totals

Tries scored per match

Highlanders vs Cheetahs, 3 + 2 = 5
Crusaders vs Bulls, 3 + 0 = 3
Brumbies vs Hurricanes, 1 + 1 = 2
Force vs Waratahs, 0 + 4 = 4
Stormers vs Reds, 0 + 1 = 1
Sharks vs Lions, 4 + 0 = 4

Penalties scored per match

Highlanders vs Cheetahs, 1 + 3 = 3
Crusaders vs Bulls, 4 + 0 = 0
Brumbies vs Hurricanes, 4 + 3 = 7
Force vs Waratahs, 1 + 1 = 2
Stormers vs Reds, 2 + 3 = 5
Sharks vs Lions, 1 + 1 = 2

Tries for Week 8: 19
Tries for Week 7: 30
Tries for Week 6: 42
Tries for Week 5: 26
Tries for Week 4: 25
Tries for Week 3: 36
Tries for Week 2: 21
Tries for Week 1: 29

Penalties for Week 8: 19
Penalties for Week 7: 39
Penalties for Week 6: 38
Penalties for Week 5: 42
Penalties for Week 4: 44
Penalties for Week 3: 45
Penalties for Week 2: 36
Penalties for Week 1: 37

Stoppages per Match

Blues vs Crusaders: 61
Brumbies vs Chiefs: 71
Hurricanes vs Highlanders: 75
Lions vs Bulls: 64
Rebels vs Waratahs: 91
Reds vs Force: 70
Sharks vs Cheetahs: 76

Highlanders vs Chiefs: 56
Rebels vs Brumbies: 61
Waratahs vs Reds: 77
Bulls vs Cheetahs: 53
Stormers vs Lions: 76
Sharks vs Blues: 71

Bulls vs Highlanders: 65
Chiefs vs Rebels: 82
Crusaders vs Waratahs: 70
Stormers vs Cheetahs: 73
Lions vs Blues: 56
Force vs Sharks: 73
Brumbies' vs Reds: 68

Crusaders vs Brumbies: 72
Rebels vs Sharks: 76
Stormers vs Highlanders: 73
Hurricanes vs Chiefs: 47
Force vs Blues: 65
Cheetahs vs Lions: 63

Chiefs vs Sharks, 72
Reds vs Rebels, 81
Highlanders vs Crusaders, 67
Blues vs Hurricanes, 58
Waratahs vs Cheetahs, 72
Lions vs Force, 71
Bulls vs Stormers, 71

Stormers vs Force, 72
Rebels vs Hurricanes, 65
Brumbies vs Waratahs, 50
Reds vs Cheetahs, 73
Crusaders vs Sharks, 47
Chiefs + Blues, 77
Bulls vs Lions, 69

Highlanders vs Brumbies, 70
Waratahs vs Chiefs, 66
Blues vs Cheetahs, 69
Hurricanes vs Bulls, 66
Force vs Rebels, 55
Lions vs Reds, 68
Sharks vs Stormers, 57

Highlanders vs Cheetahs, 89
Crusaders vs Bulls, 71
Brumbies vs Hurricanes, 65
Force vs Waratahs, 65
Stormers vs Reds, 82
Sharks vs Lions, 72

Sanctionary Cards per team

Blues: Y, Y
Brumbies: C
Bulls: Y
Cheetahs: Y, Y
Chiefs: Y, Y, Y
Crusaders: Y
Force: Y, R, Y, C, Y, Y, Y
Highlanders: Y, Y, Y
Hurricanes: Y, Y, C, Y
Lions: Y, C
Rebels: Y, Y, Y, Y
Reds: Y, Y, Y, Y
Sharks:
Stormers: Y, Y, Y, Y, Y
Waratahs: Y, Y

Y = yellow card; R = red card; C = cited and suspended.

Tries per team

Blues: 3 + 0 + 5 + 1 + 5 + 1 + 4 = 19
Brumbies: 3 + 2 + 4+ 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 = 15
Bulls: 2 + 3 + 3 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 0 = 13
Chiefs: 3 + 1 + 4 + 3 + 0 + 2 + 1 = 14
Crusaders: 2 + 2 + 6 + 6 + 5 + 3 = 24
Cheetahs: 0 + 3 + 0 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 2 = 11
Force: 1 + 0 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 0 = 7
Highlanders: 1 + 2 + 4 + 0 + 1 + 3 + 3 = 14
Hurricanes: 0 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 7
Lions: 3 + 2 + 4 + 0 + 2 + 2+ 0 = 13
Rebels: 0 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 0 + 6 + 3 = 15
Reds: 2 + 0 + 1 + 7 + 6 + 3 + 1 = 20
Sharks: 2 + 2 + 5 + 4 + 0 + 4 + 0 = 17
Stormers: 1 + 0 + 0 + 1 + 6 + 1 + 0 = 9
Waratahs: 7 + 4 + 3 + 0 + 2 + 2 + 4 = 22

Penalties scored per team

Blues: 3 + 4 + 1 + 5 + 2 + 3 + 1 = 19
Brumbies: 3 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 5 + 1 + 4 = 18
Bulls: 4 + 2 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 5 + 0 = 19
Chiefs: 1 + 2 + 4 + 3 + 5 + 1 + 1 = 17
Crusaders: 4 + 4 + 4 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 21
Cheetahs: 3 + 2 + 5 + 5 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 = 24
Force: 5 + 4 + 5 + 5 + 3 + 2 + 1 = 25
Highlanders: 3 + 2 + 3 +2 + 2 + 3 + 1 = 16
Hurricanes: 3 + 5 + 4 + 1 + 3 + 3 = 19
Lions: 1 + 2 + 2 + 4 + 4 + 3 + 5 + 1 = 22
Rebels: 0 + 6 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 4 + 3 = 17
Reds: 3 + 2 + 7 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 3 = 21
Sharks: 4 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 20
Stormers: 4 + 7 + 6 + 6 + 3 + 3 + 2 = 31
Waratahs: 0 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 5 + 3 + 1 = 13

Penalties conceded per team

Blues: 11 + 8 + 12 + 12 + 10 + 7 + 8 = 68
Brumbies: 12 + 10 + 12 + 10 + 6 + 8 + 6 = 64
Bulls: 13 + 9 + 5 + 13 + 15 + 13 + 9 = 77
Chiefs: 7 + 13 + 13 + 7 + 9 + 15 + 10 = 74
Crusaders: 9 + 12 + 12+ 11 + 9 + 11 = 64
Cheetahs: 13 + 9 + 13 + 10 + 7 + 9 + 9 + 7 = 77
Force: 9 + 11 + 13 + 11 + 11 + 7 + 8 = 70
Highlanders: 13 + 10 + 9 + 10 +12 + 10 + 9 = 73
Hurricanes: 13 + 7 + 10 + 9 + 10 + 17 = 66
Lions: 9 + 15 + 4 + 13 + 8 + 10 + 7 + 11 = 77
Rebels: 13 + 8 + 12 + 14 + 8 + 12 = 67
Reds: 11 + 10 + 7 + 10 + 11 + 13 + 14 + 13 = 89
Sharks: 7 + 11 + 11 + 7 + 9 + 6 + 7 +11 = 69
Stormers: 9 + 11 + 18 + 7 + 14 + 7 + 7= 73
Waratahs: 9 + 10 + 9 + 6 + 15 + 11 + 10 = 70