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Obviously sport is secondary to health, especially in these conditions. I won't begrudge them cancelling the games, in big part because I know they would be loathe to do it. From a finals point of view, the Highlanders made the playoffs at 8th last year with the following record: Six wins...

Happy with missed goals being -1, but what does "bad passes" capture? Is it just interceptions?

There's a half-decent chance that the three first games are all cancelled.

We're doing this with our friend's league to try and improve the competitiveness of the league compared to last year: Tries: 10 points per try for OB, M, FH, HB, and LF 12 points per try for LK 15 points per try for FR Try assists: 5 points per assist for all positions Metres: 1 point per...

Reckon this is a rule 10 situation. Numbers remain for those interested.

As in the above post, even disregarding Kuridrani, it would have to be Am or Thompson. Maybe bonus points for the mullet.

I'm not disputing how good Arnold and AAA have been, we agree there. On Kuridrani and outside centres: the following scores are based on the extent to which they excel compared to their peers, minus the categories in which they are sub-par. The scoring tiers are as follows: Less than 0: You...

We can check pretty easily, thanks in part to him not starting for the Brumbies for a month in the middle of the season. He started six games from round 1 to round 8, where he completed 45 of his 60 attempted tackles, for a success rate of 75%. He then started a further six games in the regular...

Cheers BR! The perils of filling in a template, haha. I don't really have a measure for how improved Simone is; I was very excited to sign him after seeing how he played at the Tahs (when he got the opportunity), so I don't know if he's any better now or just getting the opportunity to show...

So, that's the season. Here's a review: Bad News: There isn’t much to mention! The Brumbies low rankings for possession, runs, linebreaks, offloads, etc. may seem a negative, but this is clearly a part of our play style. Indeed, these stats are only inflated by our finals appearances, which...

The main controversies in Super Rugby stats are run metres and missed tackles. They have the GPS tracker for metres run overall, but they still literally just have stat takers who go "I guess he ran about x metres" when someone has the ball. Some collections don't even count it as a metre run...

Step one of going through Super Rugby stats: remember that SANZAAR is less accurate than throwing a hundred strawberries at a wall and counting the stains.

Hegarty includes his numbers from the 10 games at 10 and the 5 games at 15. However, the main difference between them on a game-by-game basis is his number of assists per pass, where most have occurred at 10, so the stats do appear to be indicative of his overall game. Beale is meant to have...

I think they're playing very different games, but Banks is giving you numbers you want from a centre or a winger, whereas Beale is giving you numbers you want from an attacking fullback. Meanwhile, look at DHP and Hegarty. They're giving you great fullback stats, and they eye test backs that...

I hate to have to say this, but Beale has been a better defender than Banks this year, and has contributed more in terms linebreaks, linebreak assists, effective offloads, and kick metres than Banks. Banks only really has the advantage on Beale in terms of his tries scored, metres per run, and...

Source: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6256027/brumbies-bank-on-unknown-rookies-for-rebuild/?cs=14240 No news of Makin departing permanently, and turns out the only confirmation of him being in Japan is for the current Top League season. Could be great news for keeping this front row...

Stats suggest that each fullback has something different to offer the team. I'd be going with DHP, but, failing that, there's a real argument to be made for Hegarty (not that it would ever happen). Seriously, the only things Hegarty has not excelled at this year are offloads and linebreak assists.

Here are my stats on the three wingers with the most minutes at each Super club this season. Maddocks has the second-fewest metres per run, linebreaks, and tackle busts per ten runs, and the worst tackle success rate. His best (and only noteworthy) stat is tries scored (for which Slim (I think...

Why the hell does Maddocks have such a positive reputation after this season? There are at least six players who can play on the wing in the Aussie conference who have outperformed him this year, one of them in 22 jersey in that list.

Powell is a good on-the-field leader. Look at the role he played in the wins against the Bulls and the Hurricanes in 2018: lots of pressure on the team defensively, definitely no scope for the team to shut-up shop, and he's constantly roaming the backline to shut down defensive gaps and shouting...