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The Pooper is nothing new. The Western Force had one of Super Rugby's most effective Back Rows with 6 Hodgson, 7 Pocock and 8 Brown or McCalman. The Wallabies are being rolled by the ABs and by England in the June series as they were ineffective defensively. In particular there was little...

Chatting with him at the ground, he has a serious lower back problem which has prevented him playing this year.

Sorry - don't gather this type of information.

Happy to post in the Forum where the real discussions take place. Didn't include field goal stats as EVERYBODY knows that Liam Gill is an expert! ;)

What’s Wrong with the Wallabies? Player Selection – No 7 - Open Side Flanker The Wallabies have just lost to England 3:0 and there’s been plenty of discussion of what went wrong – especially after the good showing in the RWC. After Round 17, I thought it was time to update statistics for...

David Pocock had 57T - 36A/21D against the Bulls in 2015. Previous best for Liam Gill was 46 against the Hurricanes in 2016. Gill av 38 in 2015. Av 37 in 2016. Other high ruck involvements: 51 - Hodgson - Highlanders - 2016 (Av 38 in 2016) 51 - Pocock - Blues - 2015 (Av 44 in 2015; Av 35...

Normal Ruck Involvement stats from the Reds v Rebels match. 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...

The normal Ruck Involvement stats from the Stormers game. 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...

I could think of nothing worse - would rather stick pins in my eyes! Just an Engineer who became tired of not having access to any level of reliable Ruck Data.

For those who may be interested in which Forwards did the work at the breakdown against the Sunwolves. 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...

For those who may be interested in which Forwards did the work at the breakdown in this match. 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...

My numbers are individual player Ruck Involvements not Rucks. Your ratios above will depend upon % Possession and game strategies re protecting own ball carriers and how often/how much pressure on the opposition ball carriers. Brumbies took the ball into 102 rucks and won 91% (93/102). Reds...

The usual Ruck Involvements stats from the Cheetahs game. 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...

For those who may be interested in which Forwards did the work at the breakdown in this match. 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...

Interested in the final selections and how the team performs under Pakahou Cowan. Both will be an indication who those who show real character, have applied themselves at training over the past month and can rise above the turmoil at the franchise. Hoping that all 3 Wallabies get a full game. GO...

It's probably fair to say that the opposition has worked him out. Rather than draw 3 players as he did in 2015, its now a case of either one high/one low or two high smothering the ball and preventing an off load. In the 3rd test against England there were simply too many 'hospital' passes...

I have finally watched the Brumbies v Sunwolves game. This and the 2 games by Rory Arnold against England confirmed to me that Arnold is very soft going into contact - he makes few tackles (4 in each Test and 8 against the Swolves - Carter had 14) and has very few ruck involvements (compared to...

My comments regarding Will Skelton's ongoing poor performances as a Test level Lock have drawn a few comments. Although we see glimpses of Skelton's potential in Super Rugby, he has yet to prove himself as a regular and reliable Lock for the Wallabies. Accordingly, he is taking the place of...

An insight into the kicking problems with Australian Rugby. In the Super Rugby pre-season 2 years ago I attended a training session to watch the Western Force and was surprised to see ALL of the Backs in the squad being schooled on the basic fundamentals of how to kick a rugby ball. This was the...

Ruck work for England in the Sydney Test Comments 1. Impressive work rates and contributions by Itoje and Hartley over the 3 games. Itoje leading Ruck Involvements in all 3 games. Hartley in top 3 in all games. 2. Big work rates by England Tight 5 with Front Row (30%) and Locks (32%)...