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Thanks mate.....I don't think they could afford my hourly rate! ;)

Let's call it a "labour of love" because the Ruck Involvements are not available from anywhere else. Few of us have access to OPTA. If anybody knows how to access this data for free would love to know about it. The average test has 12 Scums, 24 Lineouts but 170 Rucks. IMO, making calls on...

He clearly came on knowing what he had to do for the remaining 35 minutes. His intercept tackle on the sideline was very impressive. His 6 tackles in 35 mins places him with the Wallabies leading tacklers for this game. R Gray was the only Lock who made any impact as a ball carrier.

High level of ruck involvements by Scotland’s Tight 5. Wallabies missing Coleman’s contribution and Arnold well below his work rate from the Wales Test. Wallabies Back Row showing their normal high work rate with good support from the Backs. High level of involvement from Scotland’s Front...

Ruck Involvements – Scotland v Wallabies – Edinburgh How fortunate to see a Scotland 22:23 Wallabies scoreline with the final whistle. Can’t help but think that the Scots were trying to defend their 22:13 lead after their 3rd try. If they’d switched on the effort they showed in the last...

Fairly evenly matched workloads in ruck involvements. Not often do we see the ABs Front Row involvements get matched/bettered by the opposition. Ireland averaged 2.8 players per Attack Ruck (SR2016 average about 2.5). Clearly they wanted to negate/match any effort from the ABs. ABs averaged...

Ruck Involvements – Ireland V All Blacks - Chicago For those who missed this game it's certainly worth watching. Ireland 40:29 All Blacks a very fair result. Can't imagine that the ABs set out to lose this game. Ireland played with conviction and passion and a winning game plan (and kept to...

Just imagine how good we'd be if the Front Row became more involved!

Similar work load by major playing groups in both teams. Wales Front Row more involved than Wallabies with big effort from Jenkins. Wallabies Locks more involved than recent past games. Wallabies back Row carrying most of work load - as usual. More involvement in DRIs from Tight 5 than...

Ruck Involvements – Wales v Wallabies – Cardiff The final score line (Wales 8:32 Wallabies) was almost a reversal of Bled 3. It was great to see the Wallabies playing high speed, strong support, running rugby. The Wallabies dominated with 91% Possession for the opening 15 minutes. Their 68%...

I assume you are referring to Moore's efforts in the lineout as all of his other stats, except for a some improvement in av m/carry, have shown little change.

Most blogs have rules which allow disagreement but not ridicule. I have no issue when others disagree with my opinion. Most injuries to forwards are due to repetitious strains or trauma - or a combination of both. Hence the serious injury which isn't explained by the nature of the last...

@Braveheart81. From my observations, the injury rate on Pocock is high because too often he's taking on the opposition alone as the support play from the Wallabies is too slow to protect him. It was the same under Deans who elected to have Pocock ONLY in RWC 2011. Pocock was broken for the...

Hooper v Pocock – Defensive Effort in Tests Did Michael Hooper show any improvement after Bob Dwer’s assessment in April 2016? Michael Hooper was the deserved winner of the 2016 John Eales Medal. He played an impressive 15 of the possible 18 Tests and was very consistent over the...

A new and exciting development at the Western Force in response to the SANZAAR review. Offers a good chance to get involved as normal Membership really means little more than "paying for a match day experience"...

Totally agree Bairdy. The lack of game time is the reason why he moved West from the Brumbies. Since then he's been developing himself physically, esp strength, and improving his skill set. Working with players such as Matt Hodgson he's improved his tackling and strength at the breakdown. When...

Both teams showed a similar distribution of Ruck Involvements over the main player groups. The ABs tight 5 are generally more involved than their Wallabies counterparts. The Wallabies Back Row and Backs usually make up the difference. The usual picture of the ABs Front Row more...

Ruck Involvements – All Blacks v Wallabies – Bled 3 - Auckland The final score line (AB 37:10 Wallabies) was almost the repeat of Bled 1 despite the Wallabies having 65% Possession and 68% of the Territory. Once again the ABs were very effective on making best use of their possession and...

3 Coleman 2 Hooper 1 DHP

Ruck Involvements - NRC Final - 22 October 2016 An absolutely fantastic win by the Perth Spirit over the NSW Country Eagles. There is no doubt that the full team rock solid defence and hard work at the breakdown won the day. The Ruck Involvements stats show just how much it was a XXXIII man...