All the excitement of the Six Nations is over. For some the end of it was a dull thud, for others sheer joy and bubble and dancing in the air. We give in this part some statistics. In Part 2 we shall discuss incidents.

Cards

Marco Bortolami got one for taking away a jumper's support in the line-out, thus causing him to crash.

But Salvatore Perugini who used a swinging arm to knock Christophe Dominici out and send him to hospital was fortunate to stay on the field and would be fortunate to avoid further censure. Paul O'Connell is also fortunate that he was not seen punching Robert Sidoli six times on the head as he lay on top of the Welshman. He would also be fortunate to avoid further censure.

In the 2005 Six Nations Jon Petrie, Brent Cockbain and Marco Bortolami received yellow cards.

Benoît Baby was cited and suspended for a month.

Penalties conceded

In this section we record the times a team was penalised. In (i), for example, Italy were penalised 14 times, France six times.
• = points conceded

(i) Italy vs France

Total number of penalties: 20

Italy: 14
France: 6

The reasons for the penalties were as follows:

Italy:

Tackle/ruck: 6 (Masi, Orquera, Persico*, Bortolami*, Dal Maso, Undetermined)
Off-side: 2 (Dellapè, Parisse)
Scrum: 1 (Perugini)
Discipline: 5 (Ongaro* - not 10m, Bortolami - air tackle, Castrogiovanni - late tackle, Orlando - not 10m)
 
France:

Tackle/ruck: 2 (Nyanga, Pelous)
Off-side: 1 (Nyanga*)
Scrum: 1 (Marconnet)
Discipline: 2 (Pelous* - line-out barging, Papé - line-out barging)

Neither side missed a penalty kick at goal.

(ii) Wales vs Ireland

Total number of penalties: 20

Wales: 10
Ireland: 10

The reasons for the penalties were as follows:

Wales:
Tackle/ruck: 6 (Ryan Jones 2, Sidoli*, Martyn Williams, Gethin Jenkins, Mefin Davies)
Off-side: 1 (Martyn Williams)
Discipline: 3 (Sidoli* - air tackle, Stephen Jones - not 10m, Henson - trip)

Ireland:
Tackle/Ruck: 5 (Maggs, O' Kelly*, O'Driscoll*, O'Connor - 2)
Off-side: 1 (O'Gara)
Discipline: 4 (O'Connell - collapsing maul, O' Kelly - obstruction, Easterby - air tackle, Horan* - undetermined foul play at scrum)

Wales and Ireland each missed a penalty kick at goal.

(iii) England vs Scotland

Total number of penalties: 9

England: 4
Scotland: 5

The sides each conceded only one penalty in the second half.

The reasons for the penalties were as follows:

England:

Tackle/ruck: 3 (Corry, Thompson*, Grewcock)
Off-side: 1 (Corry)

Scotland:

Tackle/ruck: 3 (Blair, Hines, Petrie
Off-side: 1 (Southwell)
Scrum: 1 (Kerr)
 
Tackles/Penalties

This gives the number of penalties at ruck/tackle as a fraction of the total number of penalties:

Italy vs France: 8/20 = 40%
wakes vs Ireland: 11/20 = 55%
England vs Scotland: 6/9 = 67%

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. In (i), for example, Italy threw into 22 line-outs, France into 3 scrums. A line-out lost is recorded and a skew throw-in. At scrums, resets, loss and sanctions are recorded.

(i) Italy vs France

Italy:

Line-outs: 22 (3 lost, 1 reset)
Scrums: 10 (4 reset, 2 penalties)
Free-kicks: 2 (mark, not 10m)
Drop-outs: 1

France:

Line-outs: 14 (4 lost, 1 penalty)
Scrums: 3
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 0

(ii) Wales vs Ireland

Wales:
Line-outs: 21 (3 lost)
Scrums: 11 (2 reset, 1 wheel)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 1
 
Ireland:

Line-outs: 9 (1 penalty)
Scrums: 12 (9 reset, 1 free kick, 1 lost)
Free-kicks: 2 (1 mark, 1 scrum)
Drop-outs: 1

(iii) England vs Scotland

England:

Line-outs: 14 (1 skew)
Scrums: 6 (1 reset)
Free-kicks: 2 (1 mark, 1 line-out)
Drop-outs: 2

Scotland:

Line-outs: 16 (4 lost, 1 free kick, 2 quick)
Scrums: 11 (1 reset, 2 free kicks)
Free-kicks: 2 (2 scrums)
Drop-outs: 2

Unplayables:

This happens when the ball does not emerge from a tackle.

Italy vs France: 1 (Italy)
Wales vs Ireland: 5 (Ireland)
England vs Scotland: 4 (3 England, 1 Scotland)

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

Italy vs France: 84
Wales vs Ireland: 64
England vs Scotland: 65

Tries

This is the number of tries each team scored.

(i) Italy vs France:

Italy: 1
France: 7

(ii) Wales vs Ireland:

Wales: 2
Ireland: 2

(iii) England vs Scotland:

England: 7
Scotland: 3

Some Totals

After four rounds of the 2005 Six RBS Nations:

Penalties conceded:

England: 11 + 13 + 10 + 7 + 4 = 45
France: 8 + 11 + 9 + 12 + 6 = 46
Ireland: 10 + 11 + 4 + 7 + 10 = 42
Italy: 7 + 4 + 8 + 13 + 16 = 48
Scotland: 14 + 10 + 8 + 8 + 5 = 45
Wales: 9 + 10 + 5 + 10 + 10 = 44

The player who conceded most penalties: Marco Bortolami

Home teams concede ferwer penalties than visiting teams - 123 to 145.

Tries scored:

England: 0 + 2 + 1 + 6 + 7 = 16
France: 1 + 0 + 2 + 3 + 7 = 13
Ireland: 3 + 5 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 12
Italy: 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 6
Scotland: 0 + 2 + 0 + 3 + 3 = 8
Wales: 1 + 6 + 2 + 6 + 2 = 17