The Super 14 is rattling on, sometimes surprisingly, sometimes predictably, often entertainingly, sometimes controversially. We give some stats of the seventh round and some totals of who did what right and wrong over the seven rounds, the half-way house. You can see who scored and who conceded the most tries, who was most penalised and who was least penalised.

Results, Round 7

Highlanders vs Lions, 39-29
Brumbies vs Chiefs, 30-23
Reds vs Cheetahs, 31-10
Sharks vs Hurricanes, 29-26
Waratahs vs Blues, 39-32
Bulls vs Western Force, 28-15

Sanctions

Nick Cummins was cited and suspended for a dangerous tackle of the tip type, and there were three yellow card - for Ryan Cross of the Western Force, Walter Venter of the Lions and Quade Cooper of the Reds who may well have been fortunate not to be cited.

The Lions conceded a penalty try and may well have been fortunate not to have the guilty player sin-binned.

Cited and suspended

Nick Cummins (Western Force) - dangerous (tip) tackle - suspended for two weeks

Yellow cards

Ryan Cross (Western Force) - repeated infringement by the team
Walter Venter (Lions) - late tackle
Quade Cooper (Reds) - trip

Possession

(i) Highlanders vs Lions

Penalties conceded:  31

Highlanders:  13
Lions:  18 (including a penalty try)

Reasons for the penalties:

Highlanders: 
Tackle: 8 (Setephano, Smith, Thomson, Bekhuis, Hardie, Undetermined, Newland, Shoemaker)
Offside: 1 (Tuineau)
Scrums: 1 (Mackintosh)
Discipline: 3 (Newland - high tackle; Triggs - high tackle; Bekhuis - obstruction)

Lions:
Tackle: 11 (Janse van Rensburg, Minnie* 2, Grobbelaar** 3, Stoltz 2, Chavhanga, Vermaak, Geldenhuys)
Scrum: 1 (Heinke van der Merwe)
Discipline:  6 (Venter - air tackle; Geldenhuys - obstruction; Geldenhuys - man without ball; Franklin - high tackle; Venter - late tackle; Franco van der Merwe - collapsing maul for penalty try)

Each side missed a penalty kick at goal.

Free kicks conceded 

Highlanders: 0
Lions:  1 (scrum)

Line-outs

Highlanders: 10 (\1 skew\)
Lions: 16 (2 lost, 1 skew, 1 quick)

Scrums 

Highlanders: 7 (3 resets, 1 free kick)
Lions: 11 (3 resets, 1 collapse, 1 penalty)

Drop-outs

Highlanders: 1
Lions:  1

Stoppages:   84

(ii) Brumbies vs Chiefs

Penalties conceded:  16

Brumbies:  5
Chiefs: 11

Reasons for the penalties:

Brumbies: 
Tackle: 3 (Moore** 2, Chapman)
Scrums: 2 (Alexander 2)

Chiefs:   
Tackle: 5 (Retallick, Willison, Muliaina* 2, Latimer*)
Offside: 1 (Lauaki*)
Scrum: 3 (Messam - hands, Taumalolo, Afeaki)
Discipline: 1 (Lauaki - late tackle; Retallick - air tackle)

The Brumbies missed a penalty kick at goal.

Free kicks conceded 

Brumbies: 1 (mark)
Chiefs: 0

Line-outs

Brumbies: 9 (1 lost)
Chiefs: 13  (3 lost, 1 skew, 1 penalty)

Scrums 

Brumbies: 9 (6 reset, 8 collapses, 1 wheel, 2 penalties)
Chiefs:  12 (4 resets,  4 collapses, 1 penalty)

Drop-outs

Brumbies:  0
Chiefs:  1

Stoppages:  71

(iii) Cheetahs vs Reds

Penalties conceded:  24

Cheetahs:  11
Reds:  13

Reasons for the penalties:

Cheetahs: 
Tackle: 4 (Scholtz** 2, Johnson)
Offside: 3 (Nel, Scholtz, Bosman)
Scrums: 2 (Nel, Oosthuizen)
Discipline: 2 (Johnson - high tackle; Demas - high tackle

Reds: 
Tackle: 4 (Faingaa, Schatz, Va'aulu, Houston)
Offside: 2 (Schatz, Byrnes)
Scrum: 5 (Daley* 3, Holmes 2)
Discipline: 2 (Va'aulu - air tackle; Cooper - trip)

Each side missed a penalty kick at goal.

Free kicks conceded 

Cheetahs: 0
Reds: 1 (scrum)

Line-outs

Cheetahs: 13 (1 lost, 1 reset, 1 quick)
Reds: 10 (1 lost)

Scrums 

Cheetahs: 9 (3 reset, 4 collapses, 1 free kick, 21 penalties)
Reds: 10 (5 resets, 8 collapses, 4 penalties)

The scrums were a mess.

Drop-outs

Cheetahs:  1
Reds:  3

Stoppages:  80

(iv) Hurricanes vs Sharks

Penalties conceded:  24

Hurricanes: 11
Sharks: 13

Reasons for the penalties:

Hurricanes: 
Tackle: 8 (Conrad Smith 2, So'oialo & Thrush, Tialata* 2, Keats* Cruden** 2)
Offside: 1 (Hore)
Discipline: 2 (Vito - collapsing maul; Jane - air tackle)

Sharks:  
Tackle: 9 (Jannie du Plessis, Swanepoel* 2, Smit, Terblanche*, Hargreaves, Botes*, Undetermined - nobody obvious, Mtawarira)
offside: 1 (Bismarck di Plessis)
Scrums: 1 (Mtawarira)
Discipline: 2 (Bismarck du Plessis* - obstruction, Bismarck du Plessis - obstruction)

The Sharks missed a penalty kick at goal.

Free kicks conceded 

Hurricanes: 0
Sharks: 1 (mark)

Line-outs

Hurricanes: 7  (3 lost)
Sharks: 11 (1 lost)

Scrums 

Hurricanes: 11 (1 collapse, 1 lost, 1 penalty)
Sharks: 9

The scrumming was excellent - not a reset!

Drop-outs

Hurricanes: 3
Sharks:  0

Stoppages:  66

(v) Waratahs vs Blues

Penalties conceded:  20

Waratahs:  8
Blues:  12

Reasons for the penalties:

Waratahs: 
Tackle: 8 (Polota-Nau, Dennis 2, Barnes 2, Robinson*, Caldwell* 2)

Unusual - all the penalties for the same offence.

Blues: 
Tackle: 4 (Woodcock, Kaino, Toeava, Ranger)
Offside: 2 (Haiu, Toeava*)
Scrums: 3 (Faumuina, Kaino, Afoa*)
Discipline: 3 (Faumuina - collapsing maul; Kaino - obstruction; Afoa & Haiu - obstruction)

Free kicks conceded 

Waratahs:  1 (line-out)
Blues: 0

Line-outs

Waratahs: 11 (1 lost)
Blues: 13 (1 lost, 1 skew, 1 free kick)

Scrums 

Waratahs: 7 (3 resets, 1 penalty)
Blues:  6(2 resets, 3 collapses, 1 penalty)

Drop-outs

Waratahs: 1
Blues: 1

Stoppages:  65

(vi) Western Force vs Bulls

Penalties conceded:  24

Western Force:  14
Bulls: 10

Reasons for the penalties:

Western Force: 
Tackle: 8 (Sharpe* 2, Sharpe & McCalman, McCalman, Hodgson 2, Stanford, Fairbrother*)
Offside: 5 (O'Connor, Cross 2, Hodgson, Hill)
Discipline: 1 (Cummins - dangerous tackle)

Bulls: 
Tackle: 5 (Hougaard*, Rossouw, Stegmann*, Roux, Wannenburg)
Offside: 3 (Steenkamp*, Flip van der Merwe, Wannenburg)
Scrums: 1 (Steenkamp)
Discipline: 1 (Steyn - high tackle)

The Bulls missed three penalty kicks at goal.

Free kicks conceded 

Western Force: 0
Bulls: 0

Line-outs

Western Force: 5 (1 quick)
Bulls: 12 (1 lost, 1 quick)

Scrums 

Western Force: 8 (1 reset, 1 collapse, 1 lost)
Bulls: 9 (3 resets, 2 collapses)

Drop-outs

Western Force: 4
Bulls: 0

Stoppages:  68

Some Match Totals

Stoppages per match

Western Force vs Brumbies: 73
Sharks vs Chiefs: 88
Crusaders vs Highlanders: 65
Cheetahs vs Bulls: 60
Blues vs Hurricanes: 69
Lions vs Stormers: 77
Reds vs Waratahs: 74

Bulls vs Brumbies: 55
Highlanders vs Blues: 77
Lions vs Chiefs: 74
Sharks vs Cheetahs: 76
Hurricanes vs Western Force: 68
Reds vs Crusaders: 62
Stormers vs Waratahs: 91

Stormers vs Brumbies: 81
Bulls vs Waratahs: 58
Reds vs Blues: 68
Western Force vs Chiefs: 73
Crusaders vs Sharks: 80
Cheetahs vs Highlanders: 69
Hurricanes vs Lions: 81

Brumbies vs Sharks: 78
Bulls vs Highlanders: 71
Crusaders vs Chiefs: 65
Reds vs Western Force: 84
Stormers vs Hurricanes: 67
Waratahs vs Lions: 71\

Blues vs Brumbies: 65
Bulls vs Hurricanes: 71
Crusaders vs Lions: 70
Highlanders vs Sharks: 69
Western Force vs Waratahs: 70
Stormers vs Cheetahs: 72

Highlanders vs Lions: 84
Brumbies vs Chiefs: 79
Cheetahs vs Reds: 80
Hurricanes vs Sharks: 66
Waratahs vs Blues: 65
Western Force vs Bulls: 68

Fewest stoppages: Bulls vs Brumbies - 55
Most stoppages: Stormers vs Waratahs - 91

Tries per match

Western Force vs Brumbies: 0 + 3 = 3
Sharks vs Chiefs: 0 + 1 = 1
Crusaders vs Highlanders: 4 + 2 = 6
Cheetahs vs Bulls: 3 + 6 = 9
Blues vs Hurricanes: 2 + 1 = 3
Lions vs Stormers :1 + 2 = 3
Reds vs Waratahs: 3 + 2 = 5

Bulls vs Brumbies: 5 + 3 = 8
Highlanders vs Blues: 2 + 3 = 5
Lions vs Chiefs: 8 + 8 = 16
Sharks vs Cheetahs: 1 + 1 = 2
Hurricanes vs Western Force: 7 + 3 = 10
Reds vs Crusaders: 4 + 2 = 6
Stormers vs Waratahs: 3 + 0 = 3

Stormers vs Brumbies: 1 + 1 = 2
Bulls vs Waratahs: 6 + 4 = 10
Reds vs Blues: 2 + 4 = 6
Western Force vs Chiefs: 1 + 4 = 5
Crusaders vs Sharks: 4 + 0 = 4
Cheetahs vs Highlanders: 2 + 3 = 5
Hurricanes vs Lions: 4 + 2 = 6

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

Brumbies vs Sharks: 2 + 1 = 3
Bulls vs Highlanders: 7 + 5 = 12
Chiefs vs Crusaders : 1 + 2 = 3
Reds vs Western Force: 7 + 1 = 8
Stormers vs Hurricanes: 5 + 2 = 7
Waratahs vs Lions: 11 + 2 = 13

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

Highlanders vs Lions: 3 + 5 = 8
Brumbies vs Chiefs: 3 + 2  5
Cheetahs vs Reds: 1 + 3 = 4
Hurricanes vs Sharks: 2 + 2 = 4
Waratahs vs Blues: 5 + 4 = 9
Western Force vs Bulls: 0 + 3 = 3

Tries per team

Blues: 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 4 = 18
Brumbies: 3 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 3 = 15
Bulls: 6 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 1 + 3 = 28
Cheetahs: 3 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 8
Chiefs: 1 + 8 + 4 + 1 + 2 = 16
Crusaders: 4 + 2 + 4 + 2 + 5 = 17
Highlanders: 2 + 2 + 3 + 5 + 1 + 3 = 16
Hurricanes: 1 + 7 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 18
Lions: 1 + 8 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 5 = 19
Reds: 3 + 4 + 2 + 7 + 3 = 19
Sharks: 0 + 1 + 0 + 1 + 3 + 2 = 7
Stormers: 2 + 3 + 1 + 5 + 2 = 13
Waratahs: 2 + 0 + 4 + 11 + 1 + 5 = 23
Western Force: 0 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 0 = 6

Tries conceded per team

Blues: 1 + 2 + 2 + 3 + 3 + 5 = 16
Brumbies: 0 + 5 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 5 + 2 = 15
Bulls: 3 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 2 + 0 = 17
Cheetahs: 6 + 1 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 3 = 17
Chiefs: 0 + 8 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 18
Crusaders: 2 + 4 + 0 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 9
Highlanders: 4 + 3 + 2 + 4 + 7 + 3 + 5 = 28
Hurricanes: 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 5 + 1 + 2 = 18
Lions: 2 + 8 + 2 + 3 + 11 + 5 + 3 = 34
Reds: 2 + 2 + 4 + 3 + 1 + 1 = 13
Sharks: 1 + 1 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 1`+ 2 = 13
Stormers: 1+ 0 + 1 + 0 + 2 + 1 = 6
Waratahs: 3 + 3 + 6 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 4 = 21
Western Force: 3 + 7 + 1 + 7 + 1 + 3 = 22

Penalties conceded: per match

Western Force vs Brumbies: 9 + 10 = 19
Sharks vs Chiefs: 14 + 9 = 23
Crusaders vs Highlanders: 7 + 6 = 13
Cheetahs vs Bulls: 6 + 9 = 15
Blues vs Hurricanes: 13 + 12 = 25
Lions vs Stormers: 9 + 11 = 20
Reds vs Waratahs: 14 + 9 = 23

Bulls vs Brumbies: 8 + 12 = 20
Highlanders vs Blues: 7 + 9 = 16
Lions vs Chiefs: 11 + 21 = 32
Sharks vs Cheetahs: 10 + 15 = 25
Hurricanes vs Western Force: 12 + 7 = 19
Reds vs Crusaders: 10 + 12 = 22
Stormers vs Waratahs: 12 + 12 = 24

Stormers vs Brumbies: 12 + 14 = 26
Bulls vs Waratahs: 4 + 12 = 16
Reds vs Blues: 5 + 8 = 13
Western Force vs Chiefs: 7 + 8 = 15
Crusaders vs Sharks: 6 + 9 = 15
Cheetahs vs Highlanders: 8 + 14 = 22
Hurricanes vs Lions: 14 + 12 = 26

Brumbies vs Lions: 7 + 18 (+PT) = 26
Cheetahs vs Hurricanes: 9 + 11 = 20
Crusaders vs Blues: 10 + 7 = 17
Chiefs vs Reds: 9 + 7 = 16
Stormers vs Highlanders: 10 + 12 = 22
Waratahs vs Sharks: 6 + 6 = 12

Brumbies vs Sharks: 9 + 13 = 22
Bulls vs Highlanders: 7 + 11 = 18
Chiefs vs Crusaders: 8 + 12 = 20
Reds vs Western Force: 13 + 10 = 23
Stormers vs Hurricanes: 6 + 6 = 12
Waratahs vs Lions: 14 + 10 = 24

Blues vs Brumbies: 13 + 8 = 21
Bulls vs Hurricanes': 6 + 12 = 18
Crusaders vs Lions: 8 + 11 =19
Highlanders vs Sharks: 8 + 10 = 18
Western Force vs Waratahs: 14 + 7 = 21
Stormers vs Cheetahs: 10 + 5 =15

Highlanders vs Lions: 13 + 18 = 31
Brumbies vs Chiefs: 5 + 11 = 16
Cheetahs vs Reds: 10 + 14 = 24
Hurricanes vs Sharks: 11 + 13 = 24
Waratahs vs Blues: 8 + 12 = 20
Western Force vs Bulls: 14 + 10 = 25

Penalties per Team

Blues: 13 + 9 + 13 + 7 + 13+ 12 = 67
Brumbies: 10 + 12 + 14 + 7+ 9 + 8 + 5 = 65
Bulls: 9 + 8 + 4 + 7 + 6+ 10  = 44
Cheetahs: 6 + 15 + 8 + 9 + 5 + 10 = 53
Chiefs: 9 + 21 + 8 + 9 + 8 + 11 = 66
Crusaders: 7 + 12 + 9 + 10 + 12 + 8 = 58
Highlanders: 6 + 7 + 15 + 12 + 11 + 8 + 13 = 72
Hurricanes: 12 + 12 + 14 + 11 + 6 + 11 = 66
Lions: 9 + 11 + 12 + 19 + 10 + 11 + 18 = 90
Reds: 14 + 10 + 5 + 7 + 13 + 14 = 63
Sharks: 14 + 10 + 9 + 6 + 13 + 10 + 13 = 75
Stormers: 11 + 12 + 12 + 10 + 6 + 10 = 61
Waratahs: 9 + 12 + 12 +_ 6 + 14 + 7 + 8 = 68
Western Force: 9 + 7 + 7 + 10 + 14 + 14 = 61

Sanctions

Cited and suspended

Dean Mumm (Waratahs): shoulder charge
Sione Lauaki (Chiefs) - dangerous tackle
Willem Stoltz (Lions) - leading elbow
Nick Cummins (Western Force) - dangerous tackle

Yellow cards

Adam Byrnes (Reds) - tackle infringement (repeated)
Andy Goode (Sharks) - high tackle
Andy Goode (Sharks) - tackle infringement
Alando Soakai (Highlanders) - tackle infringement, a repeated team infringement
Aled de Malmanche (Chiefs) - deliberate infringement
Anthony Faingaa (Reds) - high tackle
Bismarck du Plessis (Sharks) - dangerous, late tackle
David Hill (Western Force) - offside, a repeated infringement
Dean Mumm (Waratahs) - dangerous charge
Isaia Toeava (Blues) - tackle infringement (repeated)
Josh Bekhuis (Highlanders) - tackle infringement (repeated)
John Smit (Sharks) - tackle infringement (repeated)
Ma'a Nonu (Hurricanes) - offside, a repeated team infringement
Owen Franks (Crusaders) - tackle infringement (repeated)
Peter Hynes (Reds) - tackle infringement
Quade Cooper (Reds) - trip
Rene Ranger (Blues) - tackle infringement (repeated)
Richard Kahui (Chiefs) - dangerous tackle.
Ryan Cross (Western Force) - repeated infringement (offside)
Sione Lauaki (Chiefs) - dangerous tackle
Victor Vito (Hurricanes) - repeated team infringement
Walter Venter (Lions) - late tackle

Sanctionary Cards per team

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

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

If you gave points for such serious offences (1 for a yellow card, 3 for a red card and for a citing with suspension), it would look like this:

Brumbies: 0
Blues: 2
Bulls: 0
Chiefs: 6
Crusaders: 1
Cheetahs: 0
Hurricanes: 2
Highlanders: 2
Lions: 4
Reds: 3
Stormers: 0
Sharks: 3
Western Force: 5
Waratahs: 4