Statistics: Super 14 Final

The people of Pretoria turned their city blue and so did their players in their first-ever home Super Rugby Final. We give some statistics for the match.

Result

Bulls vs Chiefs, 61-17

Sanctions

Mercifully there were no cards of any hue.

Possession

Bulls vs Chiefs

Penalties conceded: 9

Bulls: 5
Chiefs: 4

Reasons for the penalties:

Bulls:
Tackle: 2 (Potgieter, Kirchner)
Offside: 2 Wannenburg, Kirchner*)
Discipline: 1 (Botha - armless tackle)

Chiefs:
Tackle: 2 (Taumalolo, Messam)
Discipline: 2 (Lauaki* - deliberate knock-on; McGougan* - obstruction)

The Chiefs missed a penalty kick at goal.

The Bulls goaled two penalty kicks, the Chiefs one.

Free kicks conceded

Bulls: 8 (5 tackles, 1 maul, 2 scrums)
Chiefs: 11 (8 tackles, 3 scrums)

Line-outs

Bulls: 5 (1 quick)
Chiefs: 14 (6 lost, 1 skew, 1 reset, 1 quick)

Scrums

Bulls: 7 (2 free kicks)
Chiefs: 12 (4 resets, 4 collapses, 3 free kicks, 1 lost)

Drop-outs

Bulls: 1
Chiefs: 0

Stoppages: 71

Tries: 10

Bulls: 8
Chiefs: 2




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