NRC Fun Facts & Stats

[Hugh Jarse]

Campbell magnay surely played NRC 2014 and he is born Nov. 10 1996

I can see Magnay was listed on the bench for the Round 2 Game for Q Country last year (30 August 2014). That would make him 17 yrs 9 months and 20 days.

Jooste's DOB is July 7 1997. He came on off the bench for the Spirit in Round 2 on 29 August 2015. That would make him 18 years, 1 month and 22 days.

Magnay is the youngest NRC debutant by 4 months.

Jooste remains the only player to debut in NRC while still attending School.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Some useless facts on NRC 2015 are:

Most points in a game:
29 points - Ian PRIOR (Perth Spirit) - 1T 8C Round 5 vs Queensland Country
22 points - Jono LANCE (NSW Country Eagles) - 2T 4C Round 4 vs Sydney Stars
22 points - Sam GREENE (Queensland Country) - 2T 4C Round 4 vs Greater Sydney Rams
21 points - Jake McINTYRE (Brisbane City) - 7C Round 5 vs NSW Country Eagles

314 tries have been scored, with 221 converted (70 %).
148 different players have crossed the try line (46% of 324 players used).
176 players are on a duck.
71 players have scored 1 try
36 players have scored 2 tries
18 players have scored 3 tries
12 players have scored 4 tries
4 players have scored 5 tries
4 players have scored 6 tries
2 players have scored 7 tries
1 player has scored 11 tries

37 players have scored 2 tries or more in one game. 7 players have done this twice: Junior LALOIFI (Brisbane City), Samu KEREVI (Brisbane City), Boyd KILLINGWORTH (North Harbour Rays), Harry JONES (Stars), Francis FAINIFO (Canberra Vikings), Jarrad BUTLER (Canberra Vikings), and Jed HOLLOWAY (Greater Sydney Rams).
Harry JONES (Stars) and Jed HOLLOWAY (Greater Sydney Rams) are the only players to have scored a hat trick in 2015, but Nigel AH WONG (Vikings) and Junior LALOIFI (Brisbane City) have both scored a four pack of Meat Pies, both against the Sydney Stars.

Junior LALOIFI (Brisbane City) has scored at least one try every round his team has played (7 games). 2 players have scored at least one try in 5 games, Jarrad BUTLER (Canberra Vikings) and Josh HOLMES (North Harbour Rays).


Canberra Vikings have scored 47 tries with 32 converted (68%)
Brisbane City have scored 45 tries with 34 converted (76%)
Perth Spirit have scored 39 tries with 27 converted (69%)
Greater Sydney Rams have scored 34 tries with 16 converted (47%)
North Harbour Rays have scored 34 tries with 27 converted (79%)
Sydney Stars have scored 33 tries with 22 converted (67%)
Queensland Country have scored 30 tries with 24 converted (80%)
Melbourne Rising have scored 29 tries with 19 converted (66%)
NSW Country Eagles have scored 23 tries with 20 converted (87%)


Average Try Haul
Canberra Vikings - 6.7 Tries scored per game
Brisbane City - 6.4 Tries scored per game
Perth Spirit - 4.9 Tries scored per game
Greater Sydney Rams - 4.9 Tries scored per game
North Harbour Rays - 4.9 Tries scored per game
Sydney Stars - 4.7 Tries scored per game
Queensland Country - 4.3 Tries scored per game
Melbourne Rising - 4.1 Tries scored per game
NSW Country Eagles - 3.3 Tries scored per game

Leaky Defences:
Greater Sydney Rams: 41 tries scored against them from 7 games.
North Harbour Rays: 41 tries scored against them from 7 games.
Queensland Country: 41 tries scored against them from 7 games.
Sydney Stars: 40 tries scored against them from 7 games.
Perth Spirit: 37 tries scored against them from 8 games.
Melbourne Rising: 35 tries scored against them from 7 games.
NSW Country Eagles: 34 tries scored against them from 7 games.
Canberra Vikings: 24 tries scored against them from 7 games.
Brisbane City: 21 tries scored against them from 7 games.


Average leakage
Greater Sydney Rams - 5.9 Tries leaked per game
North Harbour Rays - 5.9 Tries leaked per game
Queensland Country - 5.9 Tries leaked per game
Sydney Stars - 5.7 Tries leaked per game
Melbourne Rising - 5 Tries leaked per game
NSW Country Eagles - 4.9 Tries leaked per game
Perth Spirit - 4.6 Tries leaked per game
Canberra Vikings - 3.4 Tries leaked per game
Brisbane City - 3 Tries leaked per game

Average leakage is 4.9 tries per game.


Scoring per round
Round 1 - 36 Tries, 24 Conversions, 252 points
Round 2 - 38 Tries, 29 Conversions, 277 points
Round 3 - 41 Tries, 33 Conversions, 306 points
Round 4 - 39 Tries, 24 Conversions, 269 points
Round 5 - 49 Tries, 36 Conversions, 353 points
Round 6 - 38 Tries, 26 Conversions, 268 points
Round 7 - 31 Tries, 22 Conversions, 221 points
Round 8 - 42 Tries, 27 Conversions, 291 points

Average Scoring per game
Round 1 - 9 Tries, 6 Conversions, 63 points
Round 2 - 9.5 Tries, 7.25 Conversions, 69.25 points
Round 3 - 10.25 Tries, 8.25 Conversions, 76.5 points
Round 4 - 9.75 Tries, 6 Conversions, 67.25 points
Round 5 - 12.25 Tries, 9 Conversions, 88.25 points
Round 6 - 9.5 Tries, 6.5 Conversions, 67 points
Round 7 - 7.75 Tries, 5.5 Conversions, 55.25 points
Round 8 - 10.5 Tries, 6.75 Conversions, 72.75 points

Who has been bagging Meat?
The Cauliflower Club have scored 29 Tries
The Giraffes have scored 12 tries
Loosies have scored 74 tries
Halfbacks (incl flyhalf) have scored 37 tries
The Centres have scored 50 tries
The Back Three have scored 82 tries
The Bench has scored 26 tries
There have been 4 penalty tries awarded. Brisbane City (R4 v North Harbour Rays), Canberra Vikings (R5 v Sydney Stars & R 7 v Melbourne Rising), and Queensland Country (R6 v NSW Country Eagles)

The Engine Room has scored 119 tries (incl the four Penalty tries). 131 tries if you include bench forwards.
The Hairdressing Department has scored 169 tries. 183 tries if you include bench backs.
TGC's Finishers have scored 22 tries

Openside Flankers have scored 38 tries
The Labor Party (Left Wings) have scored 37 tries
Outside Centres have scored 28 tries
No 8's, & The Undernourished (9's) have scored 24 tries
Fullbacks have scored 23 tries
Inside Centres and The Coalition (Right Wings) have scored 22 tries
Locks trail the list with #5's scoring 7 tries and #4's scoring 5 tries.

The Tom, Dick and Harry Count
Tom's have scored 15 tries
Junior has Scored 11 Tries
Harry's, Sam's and Jed's have scored 9 tries each
Richard's have only scored 3 tries

Players who's first name starts with "J" have scored 73 tries. The "S"'s have collected 29 meat pies, and the "B"'s occupy the bronze medal position with 20 tries..
Players with surnames starting with "H" have scored 45 tries. "K"'s and "L"'s currently share the Silver Medal on 26, and the "T"'s want to get a spot on the podium at 23 tries.

Biggest Margins
60 - Canberra Vikings 76 defeated Sydney Stars 16 (R5)
58 - Sydney Stars 0 defeated by Brisbane City 58 (R7)
32 - Canberra Vikings 58 defeated Greater Sydney Rams 26 (R3)
32 - Brisbane City 61 defeated NSW Country Eagles 29 (R5)

Smallest Margins
1 - Greater Sydney Rams 31 defeated by NSW Country Eagles 32 (R1)
1 - Melbourne Rising 37 defeated Greater Sydney Rams 36 (R5)
2 - Greater Sydney Rams 23 defeated North Harbour Rays 21 (R7)

Most Points in a Game
102 - Greater Sydney Rams 39 defeated by Perth Spirit 63 (R8)
100 - North Harbour Rays 37 defeated by Canberra Vikings 63 (R6)
98 - Queensland Country 34 defeated by Perth Spirit 64 (R5)
92 - Canberra Vikings 76 defeated Sydney Stars 16 (R5)
6 other games have recorded a score at better than point a minute (80 points)

Least Points in a Game
39 - Melbourne Rising 23 defeated NSW Country Eagles 16 (R8)
40 - NSW Country Eagles 16 defeated by Queensland Country 24 (R6)
44 - Greater Sydney Rams 23 defeated North Harbour Rays 21 (R7)
45 - Brisbane City 29 defeated Perth Spirit 16 (R1)

Least Points by a Team
0 - Sydney Stars (R7 v Brisbane City)
13 - NSW Country Eagles (R2 v Canberra Vikings)
16 - NSW Country Eagles (R6 v Queensland Country)
16 - Perth Spirit (R1 v Brisbane City)
16 - Sydney Stars (R5 v Canberra Vikings)
16 - Melbourne Rising (R7 v Canberra Vikings)
16 - NSW Country Eagles (R8 v Melbourne Rising)

Most Points by a Team
76 - Canberra Vikings (R5 v Sydney Stars)
64 - Perth Spirit (R5 v Queensland Country)
63 - Canberra Vikings (R6 v North Harbour Rays)
63 - Perth Spirit (R5 v Greater Sydney Rams)

Most Tries in a Game
15 - Greater Sydney Rams (6T) v Perth Spirit (9t) Round 8
14 - Canberra Vikings (9t) v North Harbour Rays (5t) Round 6
13 - Queensland Country (5t) v Perth Spirit (8t) Round 5
13 - Canberra Vikings (11t) v Sydney Stars (2t) Round 5

Least Tries in a Game
5 - NSW Country Eagles (2t) v Queensland Country (3t) Round 6
6 - Brisbane City (4t) v Perth Spirit (2t) Round 1
6 - Melbourne Rising (4t) v NSW Country Eagles (2t) Round 8

Most Tries by a Team in a Game
11 - Canberra Vikings (R5 v Sydney Stars)
9 - Canberra Vikings (R6 v North Harbour Rays)
9 (Perth Spirit (R8 v Greater Sydney Rams)

Least Tries by a Team in a Game
0 - Sydney Stars (R7 v Brisbane City)
2 - Perth Spirit (R1 v Brisbane City
2 - NSW Country Eagles (R2 v Canberra Vikings)
2 - Sydney Stars (R5 v Canberra Vikings)
2 - NSW Country Eagles (R6 v Queensland Country)
2 - Melbourne Rising (R7 v Canberra Vikings)
2 - NSW Country Eagles (R8 v Melbourne Rising)


Longest Winning Streak
Brisbane City 11* (From Round 8 2014 to now)

Longest Losing Streak
Greater Sydney Rams 7 (From Round 8 2014 to Round 6 2015)
Ironically they were the last team to defeat Brisbane City (R7 2014). The next round kicked off the Rams longest loosing streak, and Brisbane's longest winning streak.

The Johnny Wilkinson Award for kicking penalties
Jake McINTYRE (Brisbane City) 1 PG in R3. Match result was Queensland Country 24 defeated by Brisbane City 44. The PG was not very important to the game result.
Mitch THIRD (Canberra Vikings) 1 PG in R4. Match Result was Perth Spirit 23 defeated by Canberra Vikings 26. The PG was rather important to the game result.

Youngest Player to debut in NRC in 2015
Nicholas JOOSTE (Perth Spirit) - Round 2 on 29 August 2015 at 18 years, 1 month and 22 days.

Youngest Player to debut in NRC History
Campbell MAGNAY (Queensland Country) - Round 2 on 30 August 2014 @ 17 years, 9 months and 20 days.

Oldest Player in NRC History and in 2015
Radike SAMO (Queensland Country) - Round 2 on 6 September 2015 @ 39 years, 1 month and 28 days. (could be more)

 

[Dave Beat]

Here's one another one - pick your NRC dream team from players currently still playing

Rays - couldnt fit them all in so a few add ins.
1. Peck Cowan
2. Elvis Taione / Josh Manrae
3. Scott Sio
4. Caderyn Neville / Matt Philip / Ed Gower
5. Hugh Pyle / Greg Petersen
6. Luke Jones
7. Michael Hooper
8. Cliffy Palu
9. Matt Lucas
10. Lane / Hodge – depending on game plan
11. Alex Northam
12. Hingano / Hodge – depending on game plan
13. Dennis Pili-Gaitau
14. Harry Jones
15. BJ Hartman


Rome Vaai,
Dave Poreki / Luke Holmes.
Mitch Lewis,
Scott Fardy / Jack Dempsey Harry Bergelin
Jordy Reid / Kotoni Ali
Josh Holmes / Tim Donlan,
Brian Sefiana,

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Ball In Play (BIP) Facts from 2015 NRC

Average BIP is 34:59 minutes
Average night game BIP is 36:10 minutes
Average day game BIP is 34:36 minutes

Best BIP's
41:14 minutes - Brisbane City v Perth Spirit - Round 1 *
39:58 minutes - Greater Sydney Rams v North Harbour Rays - Round 7
38:13 minutes - Sydney Stars v QLD Country - Round 2

Lowest BIP's
28:45 minutes - North Harbour Rays v Canberra Vikings - Round 6
30:37 minutes - Queensland Country v Brisbane City - Round 3
31:09 minutes - UC Vikings v Greater Sydney Rams - Round 3


Greater Sydney Rams and Sydney Stars feature 3 times each in the Top 5 BIPS, Perth Spirit twice.
Canberra Vikings features 3 times each in the Lowest 5 BIPS, Greater Sydney Rams twice.

* This is a new NRC Record. The previous record (from 2014 NRC) was 37:38 minutes

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Ok, I've discovered 19 players that were a part of the 2007 ARC, that are part of 2015 NRC squads. This is not including guys in the RWC squad (nor James Horwill).

Without googling, let's see if you can name them. Bonus points for knowing who they played for in 2007.

Good news everyone. I miscounted. We've got them all. I'm sure you are all relieved

You were on the money with your original count of 19, as Stars announce Todd Pearce in their lineup for their round 9 fixture.

2007 ARC Veterans involved in NRC 2015
Players (19)
Lloyd Johannson (2007 Aces) (2015 Rising)

Tom Carter (2007 Fleet) (2015 Stars)
Pat McCutcheon (2007 Fleet) (2015 Stars)
Todd Pearce (2007 Fleet) (2015 Stars)
Jeremy Tilse (2007 Fleet) (2015 Stars)

Ben Alexander (2007 Rams) (2015 Vikings)
Benn Robinson (2007 Rams) (2015 Rams)
Josh Holmes (2007 Rams) (2015 Rays)

David Harvey (2007 Rays) (2015 Eagles)
Beau Robinson (2007 Rays) (2015 Eagles)
Cameron Treloar (2007 Rays) (2015 Rays)

James Hanson (2007 Rebels) (2015 Stars)
Dave Dennis (2007 Rebels) (2015 Stars)

Luke Holmes (2007 Spirit) (2015 Rays)

Scott Higginbotham (2007 Tornadoes) (2015 BCity)

Saia Fainga'a (2007 Vikings) (2015 QCountry)
Anthony Fainga'a (2007 Vikings) (2015 QCountry - named in the squad but did not play)
Francis Fainifo (2007 Vikings) (2015 Vikings)
Christian Lealiifano (2007 Vikings) (2015 Vikings)

Coaching (2)
Tai McIsaac (2007 Spirit) (2015 Spirit)
Peter Playford (2007 Rebels) (2015 Stars)

Referee (1)
Nic Berry (2007 Aces)

 

[Hugh Jarse]

The Death of the Penalty Goal Attempt?

After 33 games in NRC 2015, there have been only 3 Penalty Goal attempts. Two have been successful. All have been in the last 10 minutes of the game.

1 successful Penalty Goal in the 76th minute gave their team a 3 point victory. This was probably important in the context of the game.
1 missed Penalty Goal attempt in the 80th minute left their team remaining 8 points in front. This was probably used to wind the clock down, and if successful would have ensured a victory even if the opposition managed to sneak a last dash converted try after 80 minutes.
1 successful Penalty Goal in the 73rd minute gave their team a 20 point victory. This was probably not important in the context of the game.

In 2014 there were 14 Penalty Goal attempts, 9 successes and 5 misses.
6 of these were in the last 2 minutes of the game, 2 missed.

In the context of the Penalty Goal attempt influencing the game result, 5 of these 14 PG attempts were in "close games" (drawn or win/loss by <8 points), 1 missed. 4 of these Penalty Goal Attempts were in games where the final margin was > 20 points, and in the grand scheme of things mattered little.

Have we missed the Penalty Goal Attempt?
It saves about 90 seconds of "dead time" in the game while the kicker does the "Biggarena".

With the chance of a 5 or 8 point score, as opposed to 2 ( or 3 in the old money) points, has the attacking Lineout Rolling Maul from 5-15 metres out, which many would say most of these are little more than legalised obstruction, done more to "kill" off the Penalty Goal attempt than the reduction in points value of the Penalty Goal?

 

[Omar Comin']

I don't think it would be much different even if mauls didn't exist at all. And it's not like you score from a maul every attempt anyway.

It's just a risk v reward thing. You'd have to kick 5 penalty goals to beat 1 converted try. By taking the kicks you're giving up your best chances to score tries, and you're giving up territory. That's often worth it when the equation is 3 vs 5 or 7, but not so much when it's 2 vs 5 or 8. You could spend most of a game dominating but you might only score 10 or 12 points if you're taking penalty goals ever time. If the other team is going for tries chances are they'll score a couple. That doesn't mean they're easy to score but by continuing to attack you build up pressure which leads to tries and/or yellow cards.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

I don't have all the ages of all the NRC Players, but I have most.

Average Age by Team
Brisbane City 23 yr 6 mth
Canberra Vikings 25 yr 8 mth
Greater Sydney Rams 24 yr 10 mth
Melbourne Rising 25 yr 8 mth
North Harbour Rays 25 yr 2 mth
NSW Country Eagles 24 yr 1 mth
Perth Spirit 24 yr 11 mth
Queensland Country 23 yr 10 mth
Sydney Stars 23 yr 4 mth

Overall NRC Average age is 24 yr 4 mth

 

[kiap]

So 15 players are 19 or under.

And 38 players are 20 or under - would that be enough to select a team of 23?

i.e. Pick an NRC under 20 rep side to give the Baabaas a warm-up match before the NZ tour.

Make the Aus u20's coach their coach and he can get an early sighter on his prospects for the following year's Junior World Cup (the first selection criteria can be U20 as at the upcoming 1st of Jan so as to be relevant age-wise -- but extras to make up the numbers may be needed so 20 year olds or players uncertain on residential status might be included).

 

[RugbyReg]

A possible form Under 20 team (born 1995) could be along the lines of:

15 Placid
14 Kellaway
13 Magnay
12 Tuipulotu
11 Jones
10 Jooste
9 Tuttle
8 Korczyk
7 Croke
6 Hanigan
5 Potgieter
4 Winter
3 Tupou
2 Mafi
1 Sa'aga

16 Wilkinson
17 Lomax
18 Ainsley
19 ??
20 ??
21 Sorovi
22 Third
23 Havili

Miss anyone?

 

[kiap]

Nice work, Reg.

Yeah. Probably not quite enough players to select from for a strict NRC 19s/20s side.

But maybe before I drop the idea, perhaps select from players in either the 2015 U20s Aus Championship OR the 2015 NRC comp that are eligible for next year's JWC. Get them to play the Baabaas? Dunno

 

[Brumby Runner]

Not quite relevant to the topic of this thread, but given recent posts are looking at ages of players, it would be handy to have an analysis of the ages of the props who played during the competition. It seems to me that there were many who were around 20 or less, and that the majority were in their early 20s. Bearing in mind the epic struggles the competing scrums have had there is a lot to like about the strength and skill levels of the props and would be intriguing to see who might make it to higher levels in future years.

 

[Rugbynutter39]

Not quite relevant to the topic of this thread, but given recent posts are looking at ages of players, it would be handy to have an analysis of the ages of the props who played during the competition. It seems to me that there were many who were around 20 or less, and that the majority were in their early 20s. Bearing in mind the epic struggles the competing scrums have had there is a lot to like about the strength and skill levels of the props and would be intriguing to see who might make it to higher levels in future years.

I agree as what was pleasing with nrc was to see the quality of young props coming through.