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Just read the article. You'll see the relevance.

About 12 months ago the esteemed Juan Cote put together a few stats from the 2009 Super 14.  Great idea I reckon. So I stole it.  Now the first Wallaby squad of has been named as of yesterday. As with any team announcement there are always surprise selections and omissions. So this now gives us a chance to review some of the key stats of the season and make some of our own observations.

As they say ‘98% of stats are made up’. As they (no, the other ones) also say ‘statistics are like bikinis – what they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital’. So take what you read here however you want. Regardless I find them interesting to at least pick up some trends and tendencies.

As such I’ve tried to put together similar stats to those JC did last year. Unfortunately the stats I use don’t have the same details as Juan’s did, so I’ve extrapolated into a few other areas of interest, with regards the attacking stats. I’ve put together stats based on the attacking and defensive side of the game.

For the attacking stats I have based it on the number of ball carries per game.  For further comparison I’ve included stats on line breaks (and % of runs that eventuated in line breaks), off loads (and the % of runs that ended with an off load/pass in contact) and metres carried (and metres per carry). I’ve also included a total handle count (simply the number of times a player has touched the ball in play) as well as the number of handling errors giving us something that might be considered a ‘security rate’ (maybe?). Basically the percentage of times a player touched the ball that resulted in a stuff up of handling.

Thankfully defensive stats are a little more easy. Simply tackles made, tackles missed and an effectiveness percentage.

Attacking stats based on most ball carries – Forwards only

Player Team Ball Carries Line Breaks LB/ Carry Off Loads OL/ Carry Metres Gained Mtr/

Carry

Handle Count Handling Errors HE/ Carry
1 Matt Hodgson Force 153 5 3.27% 6 3.92% 698 4.56 257 24 9.34%
2 Nathan Sharpe Force 140 6 4.29% 13 9.29% 791 5.65 269 15 5.58%
3 Rocky Elsom Brumbies 99 7 7.07% 25 25.25% 655 6.62 210 22 10.48%
4 Ben Alexander Brumbies 94 7 7.45% 13 13.83% 555 5.90 170 18 10.59%
5 Ben Mowen Waratahs 94 6 6.38% 9 9.57% 564 6.00 206 21 10.19%
6 Stephen Moore Brumbies 93 4 4.30% 15 16.13% 514 5.53 153 12 7.84%
7 Stephen Hoiles Brumbies 92 13 14.13% 15 16.30% 667 7.25 249 30 12.05%
8 Saia Faingaa Reds 86 3 3.49% 3 3.49% 326 3.79 113 6 5.31%
9 Dean Mumm Waratahs 85 5 5.88% 5 5.88% 469 5.52 152 13 8.55%
10 Phil Waugh Waratahs 82 2 2.44% 12 14.63% 330 4.02 196 17 8.67%

Best Effective tackle stats (70 Tackle minimum) – Forwards only

Player Team Tackles Missed Effectiveness
1 Tim Fairbrother Force 90 4 95.56%
2 David Pocock Force 127 6 95.28%
3 Ben Hand Brumbies 84 4 95.24%
4 David Dennis Waratahs 113 6 94.69%
5 Van Humphries Reds 89 5 94.38%
6 Nathan Sharpe Force 113 7 93.80%
7 Rob Simmons Reds 80 5 93.75%
8 Rocky Elsom Brumbies 130 9 93.08%
9 Ben Mowen Waratahs 114 8 92.98%
10 Ben Daley Reds 114 8 92.98%

Worst Effective tackle stats (70 Tackle minimum) – Forwards only

Player Team Tackles Missed Effectiveness
1 Tatafu Polota-Nau Waratahs 78 20 74.36%
2 Tom Hockings Force 70 11 84.29%
3 Richard Brown Force 75 11 85.33%
4 Kane Douglas Waratahs 106 14 86.79%
5 Mark Chisholm Brumbies 103 13 87.38%
6 Dean Mumm Waratahs 112 13 88.39%
7 Matt Hodgson Force 183 21 88.52%
8 Scott Higginbotham Reds 109 12 88.99%
9 Saia Faingaa Reds 100 11 89.00%
10 Wycliff Palu Waratahs 72 7 90.28%

Attacking stats based on most ball carries – Backs only

Player Team Ball Carries Line Breaks LB/ Carry Off Loads OL/ Carry Metres Gained M/ Carry Handle Count Handling Errors HE/ Carry
1 Adam Ashley- Cooper Brumbies 126 15 11.90% 5 3.97% 1626 12.90 245 24 9.80%
2 Digby Ioane Reds 120 18 15.00% 21 17.50% 1047 8.73 171 22 12.87%
3 Quade Cooper Reds 111 19 17.12% 41 36.94% 2106 18.97 488 42 8.61%
4 Ryan Cross Force 108 10 9.26% 18 16.67% 925 8.56 156 8 5.13%
5 Drew Mitchell Waratahs 106 16 15.09% 17 16.04% 1398 13.19 223 21 9.42%
6 Peter Hynes Reds 99 15 15.15% 9 9.09% 1317 13.30 180 9 5.00%
7 Pat McCabe Brumbies 93 15 16.13% 9 9.68% 983 10.57 135 12 8.89%
8 James O’Connor Force 92 15 16.30% 15 16.30% 1489 16.18 274 15 5.47%
9 Anthony Faingaa Reds 92 14 15.22% 13 14.13% 826 8.98 167 18 10.78%
10 Tom Carter Waratahs 87 10 11.49% 9 10.35% 701 8.06 118 7 5.93%

Best Effective tackle % stats (40 Tackle minimum) – Backs only

Player Team Tackles Missed Effectiveness
1 Lachie Turner Waratahs 78 3 96.15
2 Matt Toomua Brumbies 44 2 95.45
3 Ryan Cross Force 77 5 93.51
4 Josh Holmes Waratahs 43 3 93.02
5 Pat McCabe Brumbies 54 4 92.59
6 Peter Hynes Reds 52 5 90.38
7 Chris O’Young Force 40 4 90.00
8 Tom Carter Waratahs 85 9 89.41
9 Will Genia Reds 92 11 88.04
10 Luke Burgess Waratahs 79 10 87.34

Worst Effective tackle % stats (40 tackle minimum) – Backs only

Player Team Tackles Missed Effectiveness
1 Quade Cooper Reds 69 25 63.79%
2 Josh Valentine Brumbies 44 12 72.73%
3 Drew Mitchell Waratahs 71 18 74.65%
4 Christian Lealiifano Brumbies 44 11 75.00%
5 James O’Connor Force 72 15 79.17%
6 Brett Sheehan Force 59 12 79.66%
7 Matt Giteau Brumbies 79 16 79.75%
8 Digby Ioane Reds 50 10 80.00%
9 Berrick Barnes Waratahs 97 19 80.41%
10 Daniel Halangahu Waratahs 84 15 82.14%

The players in red are those that were not selected in the Wallaby squad, despite being fit (to the best of my knowledge).

You can make your own comments below as to specific elements, but a couple of quick observations:

  • Hoiles has some pretty damn decent attack figures.
  • Cooper just bloody brilliant on attack. Quite dismal on defense.
  • JOC pretty bloody brilliant as well, on attack.
  • Reds did all their attacking through their backs.
  • Timmy Fairbrother – the quiet achiever!
  • Lachie Turner – best defender in the game?
  • TPN? Seriously? Perhaps he needs to reign in his torpedo hits? Comparatively, are these stats as bad as QC’s?

Match Highs:

Whilst those stats carry over the season there were a few stand out performances by individuals in single matches that I thought worth recording.

  • Rob Simmons (v Lions) and Matty Hodgson (v Tahs) had the season high tackle count with 24 one on one tackles for the game. Simmons also had the season high ‘tackle assist’ stat, for the same game, with 10. So 34 tackles for the game for the young lock!
  • Hodgson also had the most ball carries in a match, v the Stormers, with 20.
  • Whilst the Brumbies thrashed the Reds, it was this game that saw Gits missed the most tackles of anyone in a single match in the season, with six missed tackles.
  • Quade’s game v the Sharks was as brilliant as we all thought making the most line breaks (6) and metres (242) of anyone this season.
  • His mate in the halves, Will Genia, had a staggering 103 touches of the ball in the Reds upset win over the Bulls. A indication of their game plan based on possession and recycling.
  • At the ruck, Dave Pocock lead the way with an incredible 41 in a single game (v the Crusaders) whilst fellow open-side Phil Waugh set the mark for the most number of opposition rucks hit (counter rucking) in a game, with 25 also against the Crusaders.
  • Sammy Harris won’t remember his return to Super footy this year with a season high nine errors in the Force’s opening match against the Brumbies.

Ok. I think that will do.  Make sure you let us know your interpretations below.

PS: Following a request, the below table shows the leaders in average tackles per game.

Player Team Ave/Game
David Pocock Force 15.88
Matt Hodgson Force 14.08
Daniel Braid Reds 13.4
Anthony Faingaa Reds 12.33
George Smith Brumbies 11.75
Phil Waugh Waratahs 11.17
Rocky Elsom Brumbies 10.83
Wycliff Palu Waratahs 10.29
Dean Mumm Waratahs 10.18

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