No promises but will try to keep up with some stats reviews through the season, acknowledging the old line - “I can prove anything by statistics except the truth”
Looking at the backline first (those that played at least a half of rugby and only Wallaby eligible players):
Top Defender (Those who made the most tackles without missing one):
1st Hamish Stewart (FOR) & Lachie Anderson (REB) 6 @ 100%
3rd Hunter Paisami (RED) 5 @ 100%
Work Rate leaders (least number of minutes per involvement – an involvement being a tackle, a carry or a turnover):
1st Hamish Stewart (FOR) @ 3.48 (meaning it has one of the above involvements every 3.48 minutes he’s on the field)
2nd Toni Pulu (FOR) @ 3.88
3rd Jordan Petaia (RED) @ 3.93
4th Carter Gordon (REB) & Nick Jooste (REB) @ 4.44
Biggest Attacking influence (most clean breaks, defenders beaten, offloads and try assists with a multiplier of their metres/carry figure)
1st Max Jorgensen (WAR) @ 105m (number isn’t really representative, but the bigger the better)
2nd Corey Toole (BRU) @ 100m
3rd Tom Wright (BRU) @ 51m
4th Filipo Daugunu (RED) @ 42m
5th Isaac Henry (RED) @ 33m
Disrupter (least number of minutes per disruptive influence, being a turnover, a defender beater, a clean break, an offload, or a lineout steal)
1st Filipo Daugunu (RED) @ 8.75 (meaning he did one of the above things every 8.75 mins)
2nd Corey Toole (BRU) @ 8.89
3rd Toni Pulu (FOR) @ 9.43
4th Max Jorgensen (WAR) & Hamish Stewart (FOR) @ 11.43
The Uh Oh (least number of minutes per stuff up – stuff up being missed tackle, turn over conceded, penalty given away with a 2 x multiplier for yellow cards and 5 for reds)
1st Tate McDermott (RED) @ 8.71 (meaning he did one of the above every 8.71 mins)
2nd Filipo Daugunu (RED) 14.00
3rd Ian Prior (FOR) 15.33
4th Bryce Hegarty (FOR), Reece Hodge (REB), Jake Gordon (WAR) 16.00
Now the Forwards
Top Defender:
1st Ollie Callan (FOR) 13 @ 100%
2nd Charlie Gamble (WAR) 12 @ 100%
3rd Caderyn Neville (BRU) & Jeremy Williams (FOR) 10
4th Tom Lambert (WAR), Jed Holloway IWAR) & Peter Samu (BRU) 7
Work Rate leaders:
1st Brad Wilkin (REB) 2.94
2nd Charlie Gamble (WAR) 3.00
3rd Tom Lambert (WAR) 3.11
4th Ollie Callan (FOR), Fraser McReight (RED) & Harry Wilson (RED) 3.20
Biggest Attacking influence:
1st Josh Canham (REB) 24.00
2nd Charlie Gamble (WAR) 19.33
3rd Zane Nonggorr (RED) 13.33
4th Tim Anstee (FOR) 12.90
5th Brad Wilkin (REB) 11.00
Disrupter:
1st Charlie Gamble (WAR) 11.40
2nd Tom Lambert (WAR) 14.75
3rd Josh Canham (REB) 16.00
4th Brad Wilkin (REB) 16.67
5th Seru Uru (RED) 17.50
The Uh Oh:
1st Seru Uru (RED) 8.75
2nd Brad Wilkin (REB) 10.00
3rd Ryan Smith (RED) 10.50
4th Dane Zander (RED) 11.00
5th Charlie Gamble (WAR) 11.40