Super XV: Scrum resets and ball in play.

By the end of week 8 the average time the ball was in play is 33 minutes and 50 seconds in comparison to the average since 2000 of 33 minutes and 30 seconds.

These are the individual referees and how much time the ball was in play on average per game:

Brown 37 minutes and 50 seconds
White 37 minutes and 10 seconds
Williamson 36 minutes and 30 seconds
Steve Walsh 35 minutes and 17 seconds
Chris Pollock 35 minutes and 17 seconds
Mark Lawrence 33 minutes and 50 seconds
Glen Jackson 33 minutes and 23 seconds
Marius Jonker 33 minutes and 19 seconds
Fraser 32 minutes and 51 seconds
Jaco Peyper 32 minutes and 46 seconds
Jonothan Kaplan 31 minutes and 34 seconds
Bryce Lawrence 31 minutes and 26 seconds
Craig Joubert 31 minutes and 10 seconds
Smith 30 minutes and 21 seconds

Total scrums 747
Total resets 132
Total penalties 123
Total free kicks 53

The log for penalties at scrums looks like this, with the Bulls the worst offenders:

17 Bulls
10 Reds, Highlanders, Rebels
9 Cheetahs, Crusaders
8 Hurricanes, Sharks, Chiefs
7 Blues, Force
6 Stormers, Brumbies
4 Lions, Waratahs

In total only 59% of scrums are succesfully completed.

Interesting stats.

It's an epidemic problem.

how about average play time by team biltong?

Ngan I have that but need to put it all together, it will take time, what I will do is post all the matches, then you can at least get an idea of which teams have played how long.

Week 8

Blues vs Sharks (Walsh): 16 minutes 27 seconds + 17 minutes 42 seconds = 34 minutes 9 seconds
Western Force vs Waratahs (Jackson) : 15 minutes 33 seconds + 18 minutes 28 seconds = 34 minutes 1 second
Crusaders vs Stormers (Pollock) : 16 minutes 23 seconds + 21 minutes 42 seconds = 38 minutes 5 seconds
Brumbies vs Rebels (Joubert): 15 minutes 40 seconds + 17 minutes 54 seconds = 33 minutes 34 seconds
Cheetahs vs Chiefs (Kaplan): 12 minutes 21 seconds + 18 minutes 51 seconds = 31 minutes 12 seconds
Lions vs Bulls (Williamson) : 15 minutes 50 seconds + 16 minutes 33 seconds = 32 minutes 23 seconds

Week 7

Rebels vs Blues (Bryce Lawrence): 12 minutes 52 seconds + 14 minutes 20 seconds = 27 minutes 12 seconds
Hurricanes vs Sharks (Jackson): 15 minutes seconds + 7420 minutes 04 seconds = 35 minutes 47 seconds
Reds vs Brumbies (Walsh): 20 minutes 28 seconds + 16 minutes 31 seconds = 36 minutes 59 seconds
Western Force vs Chiefs (White): 16 minutes 54 seconds + 19 minutes 55 seconds = 36 minutes 49 seconds
Highlanders vs Stormers (Pollock): 17 minutes 21 seconds + 20 minutes 8 seconds = 37 minutes 29 seconds
Cheetahs vs Lions (Mark Lawrence): 17 minutes 49 seconds + 19 minutes 32 seconds = 37 minutes 21 seconds
Bulls vs Crusaders (Peyper) : 17 minutes 42 seconds + 18 minutes 29 seconds = 36 minutes 11 seconds

Week 6

Highlanders vs Rebels (Jonker): 20 minutes 20 seconds + 17 minutes 39 seconds = 37 minutes 59 seconds
Hurricanes vs Cheetahs (Smith): 17 minutes 56 seconds + 18 minutes 47 seconds = 36 minutes 43 seconds
Chiefs vs Waratahs (Fraser): 17 minutes 43 seconds + 15 minutes 13 seconds = 32 minutes 56 seconds
Brumbies vs Sharks (Brown): 17 minutes 47 seconds + 23 minutes 26 seconds = 41 minutes 13 seconds
Western Force vs Reds (Williamson): 20 minutes 23 seconds + 17 minutes 16 seconds = 37 minutes 39 seconds
Lions vs Crusaders (Kaplan): 14 minutes 35 seconds + 14 minutes 6 seconds = 28 minutes 41 seconds
Stormers vs Bulls (Joubert): 14 minutes 22 seconds + 16 minutes 46 seconds = 31 minutes 8 seconds

Week 5

Blues vs Hurricanes (Walsh): 17 minutes 14 seconds + 16 minutes 57 seconds = 34 minutes 11 seconds
Rebels vs Western Force (Jonker): 16 minutes 39 seconds + 20 minutes 20 seconds = 36 minutes 59 seconds
Waratahs vs Sharks (Pollock): 17 minutes 12 seconds + 17 minutes 50 seconds = 35 minutes 02 seconds
Crusaders vs Cheetahs (Brown): 16 minutes 25 seconds + 18 minutes 58 seconds = 35 minutes 23 seconds
Brumbies vs Highlanders (Van der Merwe): 17 minutes 42 seconds + 16 minutes 16 seconds = 33 minutes 58 seconds
Bulls vs Reds (Kaplan): 13 minutes 53 seconds + 16 minutes 31 seconds = 30 minutes 24 seconds
Lions vs Stormers (Jackson): 17 minutes 12 seconds + 18 minutes 59 seconds = 36 minutes 11 seconds

Week 4

Chiefs vs Brumbies (Smith): 16 minutes 04 seconds + 17 minutes 3 seconds = 33 minutes 7 seconds
Stormers vs Blues (Jackson): 12 minutes 35 seconds + 14 minutes 59 seconds = 27 minutes 34 seconds
Hurricanes vs Highlanders (Lawrence, B/Brown): 13 minutes 47 seconds + 16 minutes 18 seconds = 30 minutes 5 seconds
Waratahs vs Western Force (White): 16 minutes 50 seconds + 20 minutes 51 seconds = 37 minutes 41 seconds
Rebels vs Cheetahs (Williamson): 19 minutes 47 seconds + 19 minutes seconds = 39 minutes 30 seconds
Sharks vs Reds (Kaplan): 17 minutes 41 seconds + 19 minutes 20 seconds = 37 minutes 1 seconds

Week 3

Blues vs Crusaders (Pollock): 15 minutes 47 seconds + 17 minutes 8 seconds = 32 minutes 55 seconds
Brumbies vs Western Force (Lawrence, B): 15 minutes 9 seconds + 17 minutes 32 seconds = 32 minutes 41 seconds
Bulls vs Sharks (Kaplan): 13 minutes 14 seconds + 17 minutes 49 seconds = 31 minutes 3 seconds
Chiefs vs Highlanders (White): 17 minutes 52 seconds + 19 minutes 51 seconds = 37 minutes 11 seconds
Waratahs vs Reds (Peyper): 14 minutes 32 seconds + 18 minutes 01 seconds = 32 minutes 33 seconds
Stormers vs Hurricanes (Jonker): 14 minutes 9 seconds + 14 minutes 59 seconds = 29 minutes 8 seconds
Lions vs Cheetahs (Lawrence, M): 15 minutes 30 seconds + 17 minutes 11 seconds = 32 minutes 41 seconds


Week 2

Chiefs vs Blues (Brown): 14 minutes 44 seconds + 22 minutes 10 seconds = 36 minutes 54 seconds
Rebels vs Waratahs (Lawrence, B): 18 minutes 02 seconds + 16 minutes 28 seconds = 34 minutes 30 seconds
Lions vs Hurricanes (Walsh): 17 minutes 10 seconds + 19 minutes 12 seconds = 36 minutes 22 seconds
Highlanders vs Crusaders (Peyper): 14 minutes 59 seconds + 14 minutes 46 seconds = 29 minutes 45 seconds
Reds vs Western Force (Smith/Lees): 11 minutes 54 seconds + 15 minutes 42 seconds = 27 minutes 36 seconds
Cheetahs vs Bulls (Joubert): 14 minutes 5 seconds + 14 minutes 42 seconds = 28 minutes 47 seconds
Stormers vs Sharks (Lawrence, M): 16 minutes 02 seconds + 16 minutes 33 seconds = 32 minutes 35 seconds

Week 1

Blues vs Crusaders (Pollock): 15 minutes 47 seconds + 17 minutes 8 seconds = 32 minutes 55 seconds
Brumbies vs Western Force (Lawrence, B): 15 minutes 9 seconds + 17 minutes 32 seconds = 32 minutes 41 seconds
Bulls vs Sharks (Kaplan): 13 minutes 14 seconds + 17 minutes 49 seconds = 31 minutes 03 seconds
Chiefs vs Highlanders (White): 17 minutes 52 seconds + 19 minutes seconds = 37 minutes seconds
Waratahs vs Reds (Peyper): 14 minutes 32 seconds + 18 minutes 1 seconds = 32 minutes 33 seconds
Stormers vs Hurricanes (Jonker): 14 minutes 09 seconds + 14 minutes 59 seconds = 29 minutes 08 seconds
Lions vs Cheetahs (Lawrence, M): 15 minutes 30 seconds + 17 minutes 11 seconds = 32 minutes 41 seconds

I think it is very interesting that the top refs seem to have less ball in play.
I wonder if that is because they see more which is why they are better or leave less go which is why they are better

Just comparing the top NZ team and the bottom NZ team the chiefs have played a total of 242 mins wheras the Blues have only played 222mins nearly a game less, and theyve both played the same number of games.