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Some Trivia about Metreage by Super Rugby players as we close in on the finals;
Digby Ioane is the best winger in Super Rugby when it comes to metres gained, averaging 122metres per game. Folau has averaged 105m, Dagg 106m, and Poki 107m.
More metreage trivia. Winger Rocket Davies has averaged 81metres per game (368mins played), so what has 'crashball' centre McCabe made? 80metres per game (200 mins played). In fact the only centre with more metres than McCabe is Kahui (94m). Ranger has made 73m, AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) 63m.
Some people might wonder if all that metreage comes undone with turnovers.
Well, Digby turnsover 17% of his runs (19 of 114), and scanning across the guys making good metres that's high but not extreme. The surprising figure is Rene Ranger - in 73 runs he has turned 22 over, 30%! I'm guessing the ABs will really miss Kahui, because in his short time he has made 26 runs for precisely zero turnovers. Damn.
While on trivia about players in the comp who make good metres;
- the biggest workrate player who makes big metres is TJ Ioane, averaging a total of 55 runs, kicks, rucks and mauls, and tackles. For comparison most of the backs are hitting around 20-25 of them per game. TJ's impact is huge with no other lock/loosey (maybe loose is the operative word) coming close, and he rounds it out with a 92% tackle completion while doing it
- other guys with high tackle completion rates making good metres are Adam Whitelock 97%, Luke Watson 93%, James O'Connor 92%, Pat McCabe 91%, Fruean, and Ranger 89%
- on O'Connor, he has made 46 tackles and missed 4. On the two where he got smashed (I think it was Halai who injured him? and Ranger) he has two recorded for that game - and that single game doubles his missed tackles
- other players of note - Mogg 77metres per game, Tom Kingston 96, Peter Betham 82, Robbie Coleman 89, Drew Mitchell 70, James O'Connor 69, Kurtley Beale 68.
Digby Ioane is the best winger in Super Rugby when it comes to metres gained, averaging 122metres per game. Folau has averaged 105m, Dagg 106m, and Poki 107m.
More metreage trivia. Winger Rocket Davies has averaged 81metres per game (368mins played), so what has 'crashball' centre McCabe made? 80metres per game (200 mins played). In fact the only centre with more metres than McCabe is Kahui (94m). Ranger has made 73m, AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) 63m.
Some people might wonder if all that metreage comes undone with turnovers.
Well, Digby turnsover 17% of his runs (19 of 114), and scanning across the guys making good metres that's high but not extreme. The surprising figure is Rene Ranger - in 73 runs he has turned 22 over, 30%! I'm guessing the ABs will really miss Kahui, because in his short time he has made 26 runs for precisely zero turnovers. Damn.
While on trivia about players in the comp who make good metres;
- the biggest workrate player who makes big metres is TJ Ioane, averaging a total of 55 runs, kicks, rucks and mauls, and tackles. For comparison most of the backs are hitting around 20-25 of them per game. TJ's impact is huge with no other lock/loosey (maybe loose is the operative word) coming close, and he rounds it out with a 92% tackle completion while doing it
- other guys with high tackle completion rates making good metres are Adam Whitelock 97%, Luke Watson 93%, James O'Connor 92%, Pat McCabe 91%, Fruean, and Ranger 89%
- on O'Connor, he has made 46 tackles and missed 4. On the two where he got smashed (I think it was Halai who injured him? and Ranger) he has two recorded for that game - and that single game doubles his missed tackles
- other players of note - Mogg 77metres per game, Tom Kingston 96, Peter Betham 82, Robbie Coleman 89, Drew Mitchell 70, James O'Connor 69, Kurtley Beale 68.
