Argentina dominated all the attacking stats, but they gave away 15 penalties while the Boks amassed 13 turnovers, five of them via Francois Louw. Take in all the match stats from their 24-13 win over Argentina.
Tank Lanning
Last week the All Blacks dominated the attacking stats while also winning the game, a rarity in modern day rugby, sadly. As can be seen from the match stats out of Friday night’s 24-13 win over Argentina by the Springboks.
The men from South America dominated every single attacking stat – carries, defenders beaten, metres run, offloads and passes – yet were never in the game on the scoreboard.
Sure, these attacking phases put together by the Pumas probably took place in the wrong part of the field, but they also gave away 15 penalties, and coughed up the ball via turnover 13 times.
And for a side like the Boks, who to be fair, did try and run the ball a little more than they have in the tournament to date, these errors were more than enough to not only keep them in the game, but apply pressure that resulted in points.
Both Damien de Allende and Jesse Kriel were busy on the night, the latter contributing hugely with ball in hand, but his 4 missed tackles will have the coaches calling for the big stick.
Frans Malherbe was again very impressive at tighthead prop, growing into the position nicely since taking over from stalwart Jannie du Plessis. His defence is good (17 tackles made), while his carries (3 on Friday night) are now also becoming more effective.
But the man who shines brightest in the stats is that ultimate workhorse, Francois Louw. His 5 carries, 1 offload, and 18 tackles are impressive, but it’s the 5 turnovers that he burgled at the breakdown that really steal the limelight.
A look at all the match stats from the Vodacom Rugby App:
Points: SA 24-13 ARG
Tries: SA 2-1 ARG
Penalty tries: SA 0-0 ARG
Penalty goals: SA 4-1 ARG
Conversions: SA 1-1 ARG
Drop goals: SA 0-1 ARG
Missed penalty goals: SA 1-0 ARG
Missed conversions: SA 1-0 ARG
Possession: SA 35%-65% ARG
Territory: SA 37%-63% ARG
Carries: SA 96-184 ARG
Clean breaks: SA 8-7 ARG
Defenders beaten: SA 17-32 ARG
Handling errors: SA 8-14 ARG
Kicks from hand: SA 42-31 ARG
Kicks caught: SA 29-27 ARG
Knock ons: SA 8-10 ARG
Lineouts won on own ball: SA 15-13 ARG
Lineouts stolen: SA 0-1 ARG
Loose ball collected: SA 21-32 ARG
Metres run: SA 367-560 ARG
Offloads: SA 3-10 ARG
Passes: SA 134-245 ARG
Penalties conceded: SA 10-15 ARG
Red cards: SA 0-0 ARG
Scrums won: SA 4-5 ARG
Scrums lost: SA 0-1 ARG
Tackles made: SA 195-104 ARG
Tackles missed: SA 32-17 ARG
Try assists: SA 2-0 ARG
Turnovers won: SA 13-4 ARG
Yellow cards: SA 0-1 ARG
Key individual stats:
Willie le Roux: 1 try assist, 1 penalty conceded, 12 kicks from hand, 34 metres run, 7 carries, 13 passes, 3 missed tackles
Bryan Habana: 1 try assist, 1 penalty conceded, 2 kicks from hand, 56 metres run, 2 clean breaks, 2 defenders beaten, 3 knock ons
JP Pietersen: 1 try, 2 kicks from hand, 1 clean break
Jesse Kriel: 0 kicks from hand, 71 metres run, 2 clean breaks, 6 carries, 3 defenders beaten, 3 passes, 1 offload, 10 tackles, 4 missed tackles,
Damien de Allende: 1 kick from hand, 23 metres run, 9 carries, 6 passes, 14 tackles, 3 turnovers won
Handre Pollard: 4 penalty goals, 1 missed penalty goal, 1 conversion, 1 missed conversion, 15 kicks from hand, 15 metres run, 1 clean break, 3 defenders beaten, 15 passes
Ruan Pienaar: 9 kicks from hand, 39 metres run, 70 passes, 4 missed tackles
Duane Vermeulen: 23 metres run, 12 carries, 16 tackles, 2 turnovers won, 3 linouts won
Schalk Burger: 1 penalty conceded, 8 carries, 10 passes, 3 missed tackles, 1 knock on
Francois Louw: 2 penalties conceded, 5 carries, 1 offload, 18 tackles, 3 missed tackles, 1 knock on, 5 turnovers won
Victor Matfield: 21 metres run, 5 carries, 16 tackles, 5 lineouts won
Eben Etzebeth: 1 try, 24 metres run, 1 clean break, 9 carries, 1 defenders beaten, 22 tackles, 2 missed tackles, 4 lineouts won
Frans Malherbe: 1 penalty conceded, 21 metres run, 1 clean break, 3 carries, 1 defender beaten, 17 tackles, 1 knock on
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All stats courtesy of the Vodacom Rugby App, which is available for download in all app stores. Download it now and feel like a coach during the match, and a know-it-all at the post match braai.
