Things are getting tense now as the top sides jockey for the top places. There are match and individual totals at the end.

Results, Round 10

Blues vs Highlanders, 26-6
Brumbies vs Bulls, 32-31
Hurricanes vs Stormers, 34-11
Lions vs Reds, 31-20
Western Force vs Waratahs, 15-14
Chiefs vs Cheetahs, 28-10
Crusaders vs Sharks, 13-10

Sanctions

The big one this week was the red card for Jimmy Cowan who had previously been penalised for pretty gross stamping - not that he received a suspension.

Red Card

Jimmy Cowan (Highlanders) - dangerous tackle

Yellow cards

David Hall (Highlanders) - offside
Will Caldwell (Waratahs) - high tackle
Heinrich Brüssow (Cheetahs) - tackle infringement
Robert Kruger (Lions) - late tackle
Anton van Zyl (Lions) - tackle infringement
Guy Shepherdson (Brumbies) - kicking

Possession

(i) Blues vs Highlanders

Penalties conceded: 14

Blues: 6
Highlanders: 8

Reasons for the penalties:

Blues:
Tackle: 3 (Boric*, Haiu, Mealamu)
Offside: 2 (Woodcock, Haiu)
Discipline: i (Lowrey - obstruction)

Highlanders:
Tackle: 1 ()
Offside: 4 (Thomson, Hall, Cowan, Newland)
Discipline: 3 (Cowan - stamping; Shoemark - air tackle; Cowan - dangerous tackle)

Each side missed a penalty kick at goal.

Free kicks conceded

Blues: 11 (5 tackles, 5 scrums, 1 +10)
Highlanders: 6 (2 tackles, 1 scrum,  1 maul, 1 line-out, 1 mark)

Line-outs

Blues: 10 (1 lost, 1 quick)
Highlanders: 7 (1 lost, 1 skew, 1 free kick)

Scrums

Blues: 12 (3 resets, 3 collapses, 1 free kick)
Highlanders: 18 (7 resets, 5 collapses, 5 free kicks)

That is a lot of scrums.

Drop-outs

Blues: 1
Highlanders: 1

Stoppages: 91

(ii) Brumbies vs Bulls

Penalties conceded: 6

Brumbies: 2
Bulls: 4

Reasons for the penalties:

Brumbies:
Offside: 1 (Hoiles)
Discipline: 1 (Holmes* - air tackle)

Bulls:
Offside: 3 (Kuün*, Wannenburg, Rossouw*)
Discipline: 1 (Potgieter - late tackle)

Each side missed a penalty kick at goal.

Free kicks conceded

Brumbies: 5 (5 tackles)
Bulls: 8 ( 6 tackles, 1 scrum, 1 mark)

Line-outs

Brumbies: 14 (6 lost)
Bulls: 7

Scrums

Brumbies: 4 (3 resets, 3 collapses, 1 lost, 2 free kicks)
Bulls: 10 (3 resets, 3 collapses, 1 lost)

Drop-outs

Brumbies: 2
Bulls: 2

Stoppages: 63

(iii) Hurricanes vs Stormers

Penalties conceded: 13

Hurricanes: 7
Stormers: 6

Reasons for the penalties:

Hurricanes:
Tackle: 2 (Eaton*, Tialata*)
Offside: 4 (Jacob Ellison, Waldrom, D Smith, Lowe)
Scrums: 1 (Tialata)

Stormers:
Tackle: 1 (Blaauw*)
Offside: 3 (Moller*, Blaauw & Moller, Louw)
Scrums: 1 (Blaauw)
Discipline: 1 (Liebenberg - high tackle)

The Stormers missed a penalty kick at goal.

Free kicks conceded

Hurricanes: 15 (7 tackles, 4 scrums, 3 +10), 1 mark)
Stormers: 7 (4 tackles, 2 scrums, 1 mark)

Line-outs

Hurricanes: 16 (4 lost, 2 skew, 1 quick)
Stormers: 11 (3 lost)

Scrums

Hurricanes: 10 (2 resets, 4 collapses, 3 free kicks)
Stormers: 14 (2 resets, 3 collapses, 3 free kicks)

Drop-outs

Hurricanes: 1
Stormers: 0

Stoppages: 91

(iv) Reds vs Lions

Penalties conceded: 10

Reds: 4
Lions: 7

Reasons for the penalties:

Reds:
Scrums: 1 (Holmes)
Discipline:  3 (Cooper* - high tackle; Byrnes - diving on a player on the ground; Horwill - obstruction)

Lions:
Tackle: 1 (Wepener)
Offside: 3 (Alberts, Vermaak, Van Zyl)
Discipline: 3 (Alberts - high tackle; Van Rensburg - man without ball; Kruger - late tackle)

The Reds missed a penalty kick at goal.

Free kicks conceded

Reds: 5 (3 tackles, 1 scrum, 1 maul)
Lions: 8 (6 tackles, 2 line-outs)

Line-outs

Reds: 21 (2 lost, 3 quick)
Lions: 11 (1 quick, 2 free kicks)

Scrums

Reds: 10 (2 resets, 1 collapse, 2 wheels)
Lions: 15 ( 3 resets, 5 collapses, 1 free kick)

Drop-outs

Reds: 1
Lions:  0

Stoppages: 86

(v) Cheetahs vs Chiefs

Penalties conceded: 12

Cheetahs: 5
Chiefs: 7

Reasons for the penalties:

Cheetahs:
Tackle: 2 Brüssow** 2)
Offside: 1 Smith*)
Discipline: 2 (Smith - armless tackle; Floors - obstruction)

Chiefs:
Tackle: 3 (Clarke, Messam, Lilo*)
Offside: 1 (Sweeney)
Discipline: 3 (Mikkelson - high tackle; McGougan - stamping; Kahui - dangerous tackle)

Neither side missed a penalty kick at goal.

Free kicks conceded

Cheetahs: 6 (4 tackles, 1 maul, 1 line-out)
Chiefs: 4 (4 tackles)

Line-outs

Cheetahs: 11 (2 lost)
Chiefs: 16 (1 lost, 4 quick, 1 free kick)

Scrums

Cheetahs: 12 (2 resets, 3 collapses)
Chiefs: 14 (3 resets, 4 collapses, 1 free kick)

Drop-outs

Cheetahs: 1
Chiefs: 0

Stoppages: 80

(vi) Sharks vs Crusaders

Penalties conceded: 8

Sharks: 5
Crusaders: 3

Reasons for the penalties:

Sharks:
Tackle: 1 (Botes)
Offside: 1 (Kockott*)
Scrums: 1 (Smit)
Discipline: 2 (Daniel - high tackle; Smit - deliberate knock-on

Crusaders:
Offside: 2 (Thorn, McCaw*)
Discipline: 1 Read - air tackle)

The Sharks missed a penalty kick at goal;, the Crusaders two.

Free kicks conceded

Sharks: 5 (4 tackles, 1 +10)
Crusaders: 3 ()

Line-outs

Sharks:  13 (13 tackles)
Crusaders: ()

13 is a lot of free kicks at the tackle.

Scrums

Sharks: 11 (2 resets, 3 collapses)
Crusaders: 10 (1 reset, 1 collapses)

This is a small number of resets.

Drop-outs

Sharks: 2
Crusaders: 3

Stoppages: 73

Some Match Totals

Stoppages

Highlanders vs Stormers: 81
Western Force vs Blues: 85
Lions vs Cheetahs: 80
Reds vs Chiefs: 83
Hurricanes vs Waratahs: 74
Stormers vs Sharks: 74
Bulls vs Reds: 77

Hurricanes vs Highlanders: 70
Waratahs vs Chiefs, 94
Western Force vs Cheetahs: 101
Stormers vs Reds: 76
Brumbies vs Crusaders: 86
Bulls vs Blues: 72
Sharks vs Lions: 87

Crusaders vs Hurricanes: 76
Waratahs vs Highlanders: 90
Chiefs vs Sharks: 79
Brumbies vs Western Force: 85
Lions vs Bulls: 79
Stormers vs Blues: 78
Reds vs Cheetahs: 93

Chiefs vs Western Force: 87
Waratahs vs Reds: 97
Hurricanes vs Cheetahs: 92
Blues vs Sharks: 73
Highlanders vs Crusaders: 98:
Bulls vs Stormers: 90

Blues vs Cheetahs: 78
Brumbies vs Waratahs: 87
Crusaders vs Western Force: 64
Highlanders vs Chiefs: 79
Reds vs Sharks: 78
Stormers vs Lions: 55

Hurricanes vs Bulls: 81
Highlanders vs Cheetahs: 90
Chiefs vs Blues: 54
Western Force vs Sharks: 74
Waratahs vs Crusaders: 79
Lions vs Brumbies: 80

Blues vs Waratahs: 77
Highlanders vs Bulls: 86
Crusaders vs Stormers: 86
Reds vs Chiefs: 67
Sharks vs Brumbies: 80
Lions vs Hurricanes: 68

Crusaders vs Bulls: 74
Western Force vs Reds: 80
Chiefs vs Lions: 81
Waratahs vs Stormers: 95
Cheetahs vs Brumbies: 80
Sharks vs Hurricanes: 70

Blues vs Lions: 82
Western Force vs Hurricanes: 79
Highlanders vs Reds: 83
Brumbies vs Stormers: 92
Waratahs vs Bulls: 101
Cheetahs vs Sharks: 82

Blues vs Highlanders: 91
Brumbies vs Bulls: 63
Hurricanes vs Stormers: 91
Reds vs Lions: 86
Waratahs vs Western Force: 87
Cheetahs vs Chiefs: 80
Sharks vs Crusaders: 73

Fewest stoppages: 54
Most stoppages: 101

Tries per match

Four is the magic number. The team which scored four or more gets a bonus point.

Highlanders vs Stormers: 5 + 4 = 9
Western Force vs Blues: 3 + 4 = 7
Lions vs Cheetahs: 4 + 3 = 7
Reds vs Chiefs: 3 + 2 = 5
Hurricanes vs Waratahs: 3 + 4 = 7
Stormers vs Sharks: 2 + 2 = 4
Bulls vs Reds: 4 + 2 = 6

Hurricanes vs Highlanders: 3 + 2 = 5
Waratahs vs Chiefs: 1 + 1 = 2
Western Force vs Cheetahs: 1 + 1 = 2
Stormers vs Reds: 3 = 4 = 7
Brumbies vs Crusaders: 2 + 2 = 4
Bulls vs Blues: 7 + 4 = 11
Sharks vs Lions: 3 + 1 = 4

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

Chiefs vs Western Force: 4 + 1 = 5
Waratahs vs Reds: 2 + 1 = 3
Hurricanes vs Cheetahs: 4 + 2 = 6
Blues vs Sharks: 3 + 4 = 7
Highlanders vs Crusaders: 0 + 0 = 0
Bulls vs Stormers: 1 + 1 = 2

Blues vs Cheetahs: 6 + 2 = 8
Brumbies vs Waratahs: 2 + 1 = 3
Crusaders vs Western Force: 3 + 2 = 5
Highlanders vs Chiefs: 1 + 2 = 3
Reds vs Sharks: 3 + 1 = 4
Stormers vs Lions: 8 + 2 = 10

Hurricanes vs Bulls: 2 + 1 = 3
Highlanders vs Cheetahs: 1 + 1 = 2
Chiefs vs Blues: 9 + 5 = 14
Western Force vs Sharks: 1 + 3 = 4
Waratahs vs Crusaders: 1 + 2 = 3
Lions vs Brumbies: 3 + 2 = 5

Blues vs Waratahs: 3 + 3 = 6
Highlanders vs Bulls: 5 + 2 = 7
Crusaders vs Stormers: 1 + 1 = 2
Reds vs Chiefs: 4 + 6 = 10
Sharks vs Brumbies: 5 + 2 = 7
Lions vs Hurricanes: 4 + 5 = 9

Crusaders vs Bulls: 1 + 2 = 3
Western Force vs Reds: 4 + 1 = 5
Chiefs vs Lions: 5 + 4 = 9
Waratahs vs Stormers: 2 + 0 = 2
Cheetahs vs Brumbies: 3+ 4 = 7
Sharks vs Hurricanes: 3 + 2 = 5

Blues vs Lions: 6 + 2 = 8
Western Force vs Hurricanes: 4 + 3 = 7
Highlanders vs Reds: 3 + 3 = 6
Brumbies vs Stormers: 1 + 1 = 2
Waratahs vs Bulls: 0 + 2 = 2
Cheetahs vs Sharks: 4 + 0 = 4

Blues vs Highlanders: 4 + 1 = 5
Brumbies vs Bulls: 4 + 4 = 8
Hurricanes vs Stormers: 4 + 1 = 5
Reds vs Lions: 3 + 4 = 7
Waratahs vs Western Force: 1 + 2 = 3
Cheetahs vs Chiefs:  1 + 3 = 4
Sharks vs Crusaders: 1 + 1 = 2

Penalties conceded per match

Highlanders vs Stormers: 6 + 3 = 9
Western Force vs Blues: 6 + 3 = 9
Lions vs Cheetahs: 4 + 4 = 8
Reds vs Chiefs: 1 + 7 = 8
Hurricanes vs Waratahs: 1 + 6 = 7
Stormers vs Sharks: 7 + 8 = 15
Bulls vs Reds: 4 + 8 = 12

Hurricanes vs Highlanders: 2 + 4 = 6
Waratahs vs Chiefs: 3 + 7 = 10
Western Force vs Cheetahs: 5 + 10 = 15
Stormers vs Reds: 5 + 3 = 8
Brumbies vs Crusaders: 4 + 8 = 12
Bulls vs Blues: 2 + 4 = 6
Sharks vs Lions: 3 + 8 = 11

Crusaders vs Hurricanes: 6 + 5 = 11
Waratahs vs Highlanders: 5 + 4 = 9
Chiefs vs Sharks: 2 + 7 = 9
Brumbies vs Western Force: 2+ 9 = 11
Lions vs Bulls: 7 + 9 = 16
Stormers vs Blues: 4 + 4 = 8
Reds vs Cheetahs: 4 + 8 = 12

Chiefs vs Western Force: 7 + 8 = 15
Waratahs vs Reds: 4 + 3 = 7
Hurricanes vs Cheetahs: 6 + 7 = 13
Blues vs Sharks: 6 + 4 = 10
Highlanders vs Crusaders: 4 + 4 = 8
Bulls vs Stormers: 3 + 4 = 7

Blues vs Cheetahs: 6 + 4 = 10
Brumbies vs Waratahs: 10 + 4 = 14
Crusaders vs Western Force: 7 + 7 = 14
Highlanders vs Chiefs: 6 + 7 = 13
Reds vs Sharks: 7 + 3 = 10
Stormers vs Lions: 7 + 3 = 10

Hurricanes vs Bulls: 11 + 3 = 14
Highlanders vs Cheetahs: 5 + 8 = 13
Chiefs vs Blues: 6 + 2 = 8
Western Force vs Sharks: 1 + 7 = 8
Waratahs vs Crusaders: 3 + 8 = 11
Lions vs Brumbies: 5 + 4 = 9

Blues vs Waratahs: 7 + 4 = 11
Highlanders vs Bulls: 5 + 7 = 12
Crusaders vs Stormers: 3 + 5 = 8
Reds vs Chiefs: 6 + 5 = 11
Sharks vs Brumbies: 5 + 1 = 6
Lions vs Hurricanes: 3 + 4 = 7

Crusaders vs Bulls: 1 + 3 = 4
Western Force vs Reds: 5 + 7 = 12
Chiefs vs Lions: 4 + 9 = 13
Waratahs vs Stormers: 4 + 7 = 11
Cheetahs vs Brumbies: 4 + 8 = 12
Sharks vs Hurricanes: 3 + 7 = 10

Blues vs Lions: 4 + 5 = 9
Western Force vs Hurricanes: 8 + 3 = 11
Highlanders vs Reds: 3 + 7 = 10
Brumbies vs Stormers: 2 + 6 = 8
Waratahs vs Bulls: 3 + 8 = 11
Cheetahs vs Sharks: 4 + 3 = 7

Blues vs Highlanders: 6 + 8 = 14
Brumbies vs Bulls: 1 + 5 = 6
Hurricanes vs Stormers: 7 + 6 = 13
Reds vs Lions: 4 + 6 = 10
Waratahs vs Western Force: 6 + 4 = 10
Cheetahs vs Chiefs: 5 + 7 = 12
Sharks vs Crusaders: 5 + 3 = 8

Most penalties in a match: 15
Fewest penalties in a match: 4

Free kicks conceded per match

Highlanders vs Stormers: 16 + 11 = 27
Western Force vs Blues: 11 + 8 = 19
Lions vs Cheetahs: 10 + 8 = 18
Reds vs Chiefs: 12 + 6 = 18
Hurricanes vs Waratahs: 4 + 14 = 18
Stormers vs Sharks: 11 + 10 = 21
Bulls vs Reds: 10 + 1 = 11

Hurricanes vs Highlanders: 6 + 6 = 12
Waratahs vs Chiefs: 14 + 6 = 20
Western Force vs Cheetahs: 15 + 14 = 29
Stormers vs Reds: 7 + 8 = 15
Brumbies vs Crusaders: 6 + 11 = 17
Bulls vs Blues: 13 + 11 = 24
Sharks vs Lions: 11 + 7 = 18

Crusaders vs Hurricanes: 7 + 11= 18
Waratahs vs Highlanders: 10 + 10 = 20
Chiefs vs Sharks: 7 + 8 = 15
Brumbies vs Western Force: 11 + 9 = 20
Lions vs Bulls: 12 + 8 = 20
Stormers vs Blues: 6 + 9 = 15
Reds vs Cheetahs: 7 + 8 = 15

Chiefs vs Western Force: 10 + 5 = 15
Waratahs vs Reds: 10 + 9 = 19
Hurricanes vs Cheetahs: 6 + 7 = 13
Blues vs Sharks: 2 + 10 = 12
Highlanders vs Crusaders: 11 + 11 = 22
Bulls vs Stormers: 11 + 12 = 23

Blues vs Cheetahs: 9 + 5 = 14
Brumbies vs Waratahs: 7 + 6 = 13
Crusaders vs Western Force: 7 + 3 = 10
Highlanders vs Chiefs: 5 + 6 = 11
Reds vs Sharks: 4 + 8 = 12
Stormers vs Lions: 8 + 6 = 14

Hurricanes vs Bulls: 4 + 7 = 11
Highlanders vs Cheetahs: 9 + 10 = 19
Chiefs vs Blues: 9 + 3 = 12
Western Force vs Sharks: 8 + 10 = 18
Waratahs vs Crusaders: 6 + 7 = 13
Lions vs Brumbies: 8 + 5 = 13

Blues vs Waratahs: 7 + 7 = 14
Highlanders vs Bulls: 15 + 8 = 23
Crusaders vs Stormers: 8 + 13 = 21
Reds vs Chiefs: 9 + 11 = 20
Sharks vs Brumbies: 9 + 9 = 18
Lions vs Hurricanes: 7 + 5 = 12

Crusaders vs Bulls: 8 + 9 = 17
Western Force vs Reds: 3 + 7 = 10
Chiefs vs Lions: 10 + 8 = 18
Waratahs vs Stormers: 12 + 5 = 17
Cheetahs vs Brumbies: 10 + 5 = 15
Sharks vs Hurricanes: 5 + 6 = 11

Blues vs Lions: 7 + 8 = 15
Western Force vs Hurricanes: 8 + 4 = 12
Highlanders vs Reds: 9 + 7 = 16
Brumbies vs Stormers: 9 + 10 = 19
Waratahs vs Bulls: 7 + 18 = 25
Cheetahs vs Sharks: 10 + 13 = 23

Blues vs Highlanders: 11 + 6 = 17
Brumbies vs Bulls: 5 + 8 = 13
Hurricanes vs Stormers: 15 + 7 = 22
Reds vs Lions: 5 + 8 = 13
Waratahs vs Western Force: 12 + 10 = 22
Cheetahs vs Chiefs: 6 + 4 = 10
Sharks vs Crusaders: 5 + 13 = 18

Most free kicks in a match: 29
Fewest free kicks in a match: 10

Team Totals

Tries per team

Blues: 4 + 4 + 1 + 3 + 6 + 5 + 3 + 6 + 4 = 36
Brumbies: 4 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 4 + 1 + 4 = 24
Bulls: 4 + 7 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 4 = 24
Cheetahs: 3 + 1 + 0 + 2 + 2 +1 + 3 + 4 + 1 = 17
Chiefs: 2 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 2 + 9 + 6 + 5 + 3 = 34
Crusaders: 3 + 2 + 4 + 0 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 17
Highlanders: 5 + 2 + 1 + 0 + 1 + 5 + 5 + 3 + 1 = 23
Hurricanes: 3 + 3 + 3 + 4 + 2 + 5 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 29
Lions: 4 + 1 + 0 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 4 + 2 + 4 = 24
Reds: 2 + 4 + 3 + 1 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 3 + 3 = 24
Sharks: 2 + 3 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 5 + 3 + 0 + 1 = 23
Stormers: 2 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 8 + 1 + 0 + 1 + 1 = 18
Waratahs: 4 + 1 + 4 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 2 + 0 + 1 = 19
Western Force: 3 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 4 + 4 + 2 = 22

Penalties per team

Blues: 3 + 4 + 4 + 6 + 6 + 2 + 7 + 4 + 6 = 42
Brumbies: 3 + 4 + 2 + 10 + 4 + 1 + 8 + 2 + 1 = 35
Bulls: 4 + 2 + 9 + 3 + 3 + 7 + 3 + 8 + 5 = 44
Cheetahs: 4 + 10+ 8 + 7 + 4 + 8 + 4 + 4 = 49
Chiefs: 7 + 7 + 2 + 7 + 7 + 6 + 5 + 4 = 45
Crusaders: 1 + 8 + 6 + 4 + 7 + 8 + 3 + 1 = 38
Highlanders: 5 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 6 + 5 + 5 + 3 + 8 = 44
Hurricanes: 1 + 2 + 5 + 6 + 11 + 4 + 7 + 3 + 7 = 46
Lions: 4 + 8 + 7 + 3 + 5 + 3 + 9 + 5 = 44
Reds: 8 + 3 + 4 + 3 + 7 + 6 + 7 + 7 = 45
Sharks: 8 + 3 + 7 + 4 + 3 + 7 + 5 + 3 + 3 = 43
Stormers: 7 + 5 + 4 + 4 + 7 + 5 + 7 + 6 + 6 = 51
Waratahs: 6 + 3 + 5 + 4 + 4 + 3 + 4 + 4 + 3 + 6 = 42
Western Force: 6 + 5 + 9 + 8 + 7 + 1 + 5 + 8 + 4 = 54

Free kicks conceded per team

Blues: 8 + 11 + 9 + 2 + 9 + 9 + 7 = 55
Brumbies: 11 + 6 + 11 + 7 + 5 + 9 + 5 + 9 = 63
Bulls: 10 + 13 + 8 + 11 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 18 = 84
Cheetahs: 8 + 14 + 8 + 7 + 5 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 6 = 78
Chiefs: 6 + 6 + 7 + 10 + 6 + 3 + 11 + 10 + 4 = 63
Crusaders: 12 + 11 + 7 + 11 + 7 + 7 + 8 + 8 + 13 = 84
Highlanders: 16 + 6 + 10 + 11 + 5 + 9 + 15 + 9 = 81
Hurricanes: 4 + 6 + 11 + 6 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 4 = 46
Lions: 10 + 7 + 12 + 6 + 8 + 7 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 74
Reds: 1 + 8 + 7 + 9 + 4 + 9 + 3 + 7 + 5 = 53
Sharks: 10 + 11 + 8 + 10 + 8 + 10 + 9 + 5 + 13 + 5 = 89
Stormers: 12 + 7 + 6 + 12 + 8 + 13 + 5 + 10 = 73
Waratahs: 14 + 6 + 10 + 10 + 6 + 6 + 12+ 7 + 12 = 83
Western Force: 11 + 15 + 9 + 5 + 8 + 7 + 8 + 10 = 73

Sanctionary Cards per team

Recipients

Red Card:

Jimmy Cowan (Highlanders) - dangerous tackle

Yellow cards

Kurtis Haiu (Blues) - dangerous tackle
George Smith (Brumbies) - late tackle
Guy Shepherdson (Brumbies) - kicking
Wynand Olivier (Bulls) - late tackle
Deon Stegmann (Bulls) - tackle infringement
Pedrie Wannenburg (Bulls) - tackle infringement
Deon Stegmann (Bulls) - tackle infringement
Deon Stegmann (Bulls) - dangerous tackle
Heinrich Brüssow (Cheetahs) - fighting
Meyer Bosman (Cheetahs) - dangerous tackle
Wiaan du Preez (Cheetahs) - tackle infringement
Wayne van Heerden (Cheetahs) - playing man without ball
Heinrich Brüssow (Cheetahs) - tackle infringement
Mils Muliaina (Chiefs) - tackle infringement
Dwayne Sweeney (Chiefs) - man without ball and in the air
Leon MacDonald (Crusaders) - air tackle
Isaac Ross (Crusaders) - lazy runner
Richie McCaw (Crusaders) - tackle infringement
George Whitelock (Crusaders - tackle infringement
Adam Thomson (Highlanders - tackle infringement
David Hall (Highlanders) - offside
David Hall (Highlanders) - offside
Rodney So'oialo (Hurricanes) - tackle infringement
Ma'a Nonu (Hurricanes) - tackle infringement
Scott Waldrom (Hurricanes) - tackle infringement
Jason Eaton (Hurricanes) - stamping
Neemia Tialata (Hurricanes) - playing the man without the ball
Kobus Grobbelaar (Lions) - tackle infringement
Doppies la Grange (Lions) - tackle infringement
Earl Rose (Lions) - air tackle
Jano Vermaak (Lions) - tackle infringement
Ernst Joubert (Lions) - tackle infringement
Robert Kruger (Lions) - late tackle
Anton van Zyl (Lions) - tackle infringement
Adam Byrnes (Reds) - dangerous play
Mark McLinden (Reds) - tackle infringement
Scott Higginbotham (Reds) - fighting
Rory Kockott (Sharks) - playing the man without the ball
Tendai Mtawarira (Sharks) - tackle infringement
Deon Carstens (Sharks) - lazy running
Bismarck du Plessis (Sharks) - dangerous tackle
Schalk Brits (Stormers) - tackle infringement
Wycliff Palu (Waratahs) - tackle infringement
Wycliff Palu (Waratahs) - deliberate knock-on
Will Caldwell (Waratahs) - high tackle

Citing and suspension

Rodney So'oialo (Hurricanes) - the reason is unclear in a convoluted verdict but the original citing was for using his boot on the face of Phil Waugh who had a cut on his head - suspended for one week.

René Ranger (Blues) - for a dangerous tackle - high and late - suspended for one week

Will Genia (Reds) - for a dangerous tackle - suspended for three matches.

Deon Stegmann (Bulls) - dangerous tackle, suspended for four weeks - suspended for three matches.

Bakkies Botha (Bulls) - elbowing an opponent in the face

Team Summary

Blues C, Y
Brumbies Y, Y
Bulls Y, Y, Y, Y, Y, C, C
Cheetahs 2Y, Y, Y, Y
Chiefs Y, Y
Crusaders Y, Y, Y, Y
Highlanders Y, Y, Y, R
Hurricanes C, Y, Y, Y ,Y, Y
Lions Y, Y, Y, Y, Y, 2Y
Reds Y, Y, C, Y
Sharks, Y, Y, Y, Y
Stormers Y
Waratahs Y, Y, Y
Western Force

Y = Yellow card
R = Red card
C = citing with suspension

If you gave points for such serious offences (1 for a yellow card, 4 for a red card and for a citing with suspension), it would look like this:

Blues 5
Brumbies 2
Bulls 13
Cheetahs 5
Chiefs 2
Crusaders 4
Highlanders 7
Hurricanes 9
Lions 7
Reds 7
Sharks 4
Stormers 1
Waratahs 1
Western Force