We give some statistics from the two Tests played in Australasia over the weekend.

New Zealand turned the tables on Italy and again Australia beat a brave Italian side which showed greater intensity than Italian sides usually do.

Results

New Zealand vs France, 14-10
Australia vs Italy, 35-12

Sanctions

There were no cards of any hue.

Penalties

In this section we record the times a team was penalised.

* = points conceded

(i) New Zealand vs Italy

Total number of penalties: 21

New Zealand: 13
Italy: 8

The reasons for the penalties were as follows:

New Zealand:
Tackle/ruck: 5 (Masaga, Nonu* 2, Thorn, Weepu)
Scrum: 1 (Afoa)
Offside: 2 (Kaino, Toeava*)
Discipline: 5 (Read - air tackle; Kaino - man without ball; Afoa - man without ball; Masaga - man without ball; Franks - obstruction)

Italy:
Tackle/ruck: 2 (Ghiraldini, Del Fava)
Offside: 3 (Parisse** - 2, Canale)

Italy missed two penalty kicks at goal.

(ii) Australia vs France

Total number of penalties: 21

Australia: 9
France: 12

The reasons for the penalties were as follows:

Australia:
Tackle: 6 (Sharpe & Horwill, Sharpe, Barnes, Pocock, Smith, Ashley-Cooper)
Scrum: 2 (Baxter, Alexander)
Discipline: 1 (Smith* - late tackle)

France:
Tackle/Ruck: 7 (Marconnet, Ouedraogo, Dusautoir, Heymans*, Beauxis, Szarzewski, Dupuy)
Offside: 3 (Mermoz* 2, Mas*)
Scrum: 1 (Szarzewski)
Discipline: 1 (Heymans* - air tackle)

Each side missed a penalty kick at goal.

Possession

Getting possession - line-outs, scrums, free-kicks, drop-outs, turn-overs

In this section the figures represent the number of times you get to play with the ball.

(i) New Zealand vs Italy

New Zealand:
Line-outs: 13 (3 lost, 1 free kick)
Scrums: 5 (1 reset, 2 collapses)
Free-kicks: 2 (scrums)
Drop-outs: 4

Italy:
Line-outs: 15 (4 lost)
Scrums: 7 (4 reset, 6 collapses, 2  penalties, 2 free kicks)
Free-kicks: 2 (1 scrum, 1 line-out)
Drop-outs: 1

(ii) Australia vs France

Australia:
Line-outs: 14 (2 lost, 1 quick)
Scrums: 8 (1 reset, 3 collapses, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: 4 (3 scrums, 1 mark
Drop-outs: 4

France:
Line-outs: 16 (1 lost, 1 reset, 1 quick)
Scrums: 5 (1 reset, 3 collapses, 1 penalty, 2 free kicks)
Free-kicks: 1 (scrum)
Drop-outs: 1

Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs):

New Zealand vs Italy: 74
Australia vs France: 75

Tries

This is the number of tries each team scored.

(i) New Zealand vs Italy: 3

New Zealand: 3
Italy: 0

(ii) Australia vs France: 1

Australia: 1
France: 0