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For those who thought David Pocock was quiet - a comparison with Hooper. POCOCK: Ruck Involvements: 54 Total - 34 Attack/20 Defence (32% of team's DRIs) Turn Overs Won: 2 (1TOW/10DRIs) Tackles: 8/8 - 100% Carries: 10 carries for 18m - 1.8m/carry 5 Passes HOOPER: Ruck Involvements: 29 Total -...

Skelton averaged 57 minutes in SR2016 and managed to make it to 59 minutes in the NRC.

After all of his fitness work with the Wallabies, shouldn't Skelton be dominating at this level?

Has there been any disclosure about how much the Reds/ARU had to pay to get Quade's early return?

I don't have any of this data.

Ruck Involvements - Bled 2 2016 Remember: 1. Early means 1st or 2nd of player’s team AFTER the ball carrier has been tackled and brought to ground. 2. Impact means active engagement: strong physical contact, changed shape of ruck, clean-out, protecting ball etc. (more than hand on someone’s...

I keep reading such comments about Sio and Slipper but they are not supported by their SR2016 stats. Slipper averaged 8 carries for 12m (1.4m/carry) per 80 minutes played. Sio averaged 7 carries for 6m (0.9m/carry) per 80 mins played. Hardly 'good' or 'explosive' (as used by others). In...

Bled 1 - Numbers at Rucks Have had a closer look at the ruck involvements for Bled 1 and particularly the number of players involved at each ruck. These numbers represent players after the tackler/s who actually made contact with the ruck. The profiles for Attack and Defence Rucks below...

But they do show which forwards are actually putting in the effort while they are on the field and who is shirking their duties compared to other Forwards. The efforts of Franks and Crockett really showed up the poor efforts of the Wallabies Front Rowers. To me work rate is an important...

Bullrush.....Do you ever sleep? ;)

Ruck Involvements - Bled 1 2016 Apologies for the delay but family stuff and it wasn't easy watching this game 3 times to gather this data. Remember: 1. Early means 1st or 2nd of player’s team AFTER the ball carrier has been tackled and brought to ground. 2. Impact means active engagement...

Be patient Bullrush - just steeling myself to watch the game for the 3rd time. A quick rundown of top Wallabies Ruck Involvements: FULL GAME Pocock - 39 Total (17 Attack/22 Defence) - 7TOW (1TOW/3DRIs) Douglas - 33T (28A/5D) Hooper - 27T (14A/13D) - 1TOW (1TOW/13DRIs) 50-60 Mins McCalman -...

WALLABIES 36-PLAYER TRAIN-ON SQUAD Allan Ala'alatoa* (0 Tests) Adam Ashley-Cooper (114 Tests) Adam Coleman (1 Test) Quade Cooper (58 Tests) Kane Douglas (23 Tests) Scott Fardy (33 Tests) Israel Folau (41 Tests) Bernard Foley (30 Tests) Nick Frisby (2 Tests) Will Genia (66 Tests) Matt Giteau (102...

Has a list been posted of which players are actually at the current Wallabies camp? There's a headline of FoxSports Rugby which gives hope "Who's In and Out of the Wallabies Squad" and then absolutely no detail.

The normal Ruck Involvement Data shows a significantly different game plan and some serious implications for the Wallabies. Remember: 1. Early means 1st or 2nd of player’s team AFTER the ball carrier has been tackled and brought to ground. 2. Impact means active engagement: strong physical...

A bit tragic that no Australian teams left in the Super Rugby Finals. Also tragic, despite the weather, that such a small crowd turn out to support and watch the top team in the Aussie group. Says a lot about the general growing lack of interest in attending matches. The Brumbies attendance has...

On average there are about 20-30 Line Outs per game. On average there are 15-25 scrums. On average there are about 160-180 rucks and about 540 Ruck Involvements. Perhaps I should explain why I reckon a player's Ruck Involvements are so important. I think that they are a great indicator of...

The numbers for the ABs Front Row are averages over ALL of the RWC. There is no doubt that the ABs brought their 'A" game to the RWC. Some AB average involvements (per 80 minutes) from the short TRC 2015: Tony Woodcock - 35 Total - 26 Attack - 9 Defence Owen Franks - 26 Total - 23 Attack - 3...

We place a very big burden on our Back Row and often on our Backs because of our general lack of ruck involvement from our Tight 5. If our Back Rowers and Backs are busy at the breakdown then they're not being available to carry the ball. And as the stats show our Tight 5 certainly aren't...

All fixed Scrubber Thanks for the great proof-reading.