Saturday's Stat Crunch

After a busy of action across the European domestic leagues we take a look at the number behind today's fixtures in the PRO 12, Premiership & Top 14...

Premiership

In total they were 15 tries in the 2 games in the Premiership today, with Bath scoring 8 of them in their 58-5 mauling of Bath at The Rec.

The 3rd quarter proved to be the most prolific today with 5 tries scored between the 40th & 60th minute in today's two games.

Breakdown of tries:

Q1: 0

Q2: 6

Q3: 5

Q4: 4

There were 119 points scored in today's game, an average of 59.5 points per game, Bath's clash with Newcastle was the highest scoring game with 63 points between the two teams.

Breakdown of points:

Q1: 9

Q2: 45

Q3: 36

Q4: 29

There were 4 yellow cards in today's games & 0 red cards. 2 cards were dished out in the final quarter of the Wasps v Leicester game as they battled it out until the final whistle.

PRO12

There were 17 tries scored today in today's three games, with 8 tries being scored in Glasgow's fantastic comeback against Leinster earlier on in the day.

5 tries were scored during the 2nd,3rd & 4th quarters of today's three games with Ospreys notching three 3 tries late on against Connacht.

Q1 - 2

Q2 - 5

Q3 - 5

Q4 - 5

124 points were scored across today's three games, an average of 41 points per game, with Glasgow's win over Leinster the highest scoring game of the day where 58 points were scored.

The 2nd quarter was the most prolific quarter where 42 points were scored in today's fixtures. Tommy Seymour was the highest scorer of the day with 4 tries totally to 20 points for the winger.

Q1 - 18

Q2 - 42

Q3 - 37

Q4 - 27

There were 4 yellow cards today in the PRO12, 2 of these yellow cards were given out between the 40th & 60th minute.

Top 14

The Top 14 was full of action today with several high scoring games, 286 points were scored across 5 games averaging 57.2 points per game. The highest scoring game took place between table toppers La Rochelle & Lyon which finished 43-18.

Benoit Paillague of Montpellier scored 19 points today, the highest of a single player in all of today's fixtures.

Points Breakdown:

Q1 :72

Q2 : 82

Q3 : 50

Q4 : 82

27 tries were scores today with Montpellier v Pau & Clermont v Racing both producing 7 tries each. Clermont were the highest try scoring team with 6 in their demolition of Racing at home. 11 tries were scored in the final 20 minutes of today's games, probably due to fatigued defences and loss of discipline.

Tries Breakdown

Q1 : 6

Q2 : 6

Q3 : 4

Q4 : 11

As usual in the french rugby, cards are a common feature of the domestic game. 10 yellow cards were dispensed by referees today in the 5 games.

Cards Breakdown

Q1 : 1

Q2 : 5

Q3 : 2

Q4 : 2