The IRB's Game Analysis report has been published from the opening three rounds of the HSBC Sevens World Series in Australia (Gold Coast), Dubai and South Africa (Port Elizabeth).
Those three tournaments were won respectively by Fiji, England and New Zealand, but the findings of the report are far-reaching.
The report comprises a quantitative analysis of all elements of play, together with the approach and performance of all participating teams in various aspects of the game.
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Scoring snapshots
Most tries scored per match – New Zealand
Fewest tries scored per match – Niue
Most tries conceded per match – UAE
Fewest tries conceded per match – New Zealand and South Africa
Most points scored per match – Fiji
Fewest points conceded per match - South Africa
Best try scoring rate - Fiji
Best try conceding rate- New Zealand
Highest conversion success - Argentina
Try-scoring snapshots
Most tries scored from penalty/free kicks – Australia
Most tries scored from restarts – Argentina
Most tries scored from turnovers – New Zealand
Most tries scored from own half – Zimbabwe, Kenya and USA
Highest % of tries with no rucks in build-up – Fiji
Highest % of tries with 3 or fewer passes in build-up – Australia
Activity & Possession
Highest average possession – New Zealand
Highest passing rate – PNG
Lowest passing rate – Portugal
Highest rucking rate Australia
Lowest rucking rate - Fiji
Highest ruck success – UAE
Lowest ruck success – Niue
Most likely to kick – UAE
Least likely to kick – Niue
Set piece and discipline
Highest contestable restart success – Argentina
Most likely to kick contestable restarts – Tonga
Least likely to kick contestable restarts - Niue
Highest scrum success – Wales, USA, Zimbabwe and Argentina
Highest lineout success - USA
Penalised the most – Samoa
Penalised the least – Tonga
Most yellow/red cards - Fiji
Tries!
Overall there was a try scored every 75 seconds of play. Fiji had the best try-scoring rate, scoring a try every 48 seconds, while New Zealand had the meanest try-conceding rate, conceding a try every 130 seconds.
In all there were 759 tries scored at an average of 5.6 per match. New Zealand averaged 4.3 tries scored per match and averaged just 1.6 tries conceded per match.
During pool stage there were 428 tries scored (average of 5.9 per match) while the knockout stages produced 331 at an average of 5.3.