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Continuing on from my review of 6N vs 3N Playstyles, I thought in the build up to this weekend's Wallabies-All Blacks showdown, I'd review the performances of the players in TN1 and TN2*.
Leading up to the huge game this weekend one of the Big Q's we all have is how will the breakdown pan out? So let's start with the breakdowns.
The 'OOA' stats relate to first three players to cleanouts (atk) and counter rucks (def). I'm assuming 'OOA' is 'onside on arrival.'
Top 20 Players to the Breakdown
Top 20 Tacklers
Top 20 Runners
Top 11 Kickers
My observations:
1 - The strong performance we saw from Richie is reflected in the lists - he made 3 of the 4. Same goes for Carter. I'm sure someone will quip about Richie's invisibility cloak but I think it is fair to say the stats support what most of us observed in-game - his mobility is tracking up.
2 - That said Pocock has the wood on him for support in attack, it was hard to miss how fast Pocock and Alexander were in support and that is reflected here. Well done Mr Alexander.
2 - Sharp's performance was short, but with what time he had, he put in. I didn't see him making any major impacts at collision or dominating clearouts like Elsom, but the workrate is clearly there. I'm assuming Vickerman, a player I actually thought with McCalman fronted up vs Samoa, has shown pretty good fitness at training, but I don't think anyone should count Sharpie out of the squad past this weekend.
3 - Stegmann may have done well on being at a breakdown, but his tackle rates are what reflects the poor performance we saw. Less than 75%, by a forward? Not that he was alone there, Deysel, Smit and Kruger were worse. None of this is news of course, but it's a pretty stark result.
4 - check out Carters run stats, then add that nasty little grubber he likes to produce!
* Notes:
1-only players who played more than 20 minutes, or ran 5 or more times, or kicked 3 or more times, were included
2-'G80' is the stat over 80 mins, for example if they only played 60 mins, the number is scaled up to what it would have been at 80 minutes.
3 - source: Rugga Stats
Leading up to the huge game this weekend one of the Big Q's we all have is how will the breakdown pan out? So let's start with the breakdowns.
The 'OOA' stats relate to first three players to cleanouts (atk) and counter rucks (def). I'm assuming 'OOA' is 'onside on arrival.'
Top 20 Players to the Breakdown
Top 20 Tacklers
Top 20 Runners
Top 11 Kickers
My observations:
1 - The strong performance we saw from Richie is reflected in the lists - he made 3 of the 4. Same goes for Carter. I'm sure someone will quip about Richie's invisibility cloak but I think it is fair to say the stats support what most of us observed in-game - his mobility is tracking up.
2 - That said Pocock has the wood on him for support in attack, it was hard to miss how fast Pocock and Alexander were in support and that is reflected here. Well done Mr Alexander.
2 - Sharp's performance was short, but with what time he had, he put in. I didn't see him making any major impacts at collision or dominating clearouts like Elsom, but the workrate is clearly there. I'm assuming Vickerman, a player I actually thought with McCalman fronted up vs Samoa, has shown pretty good fitness at training, but I don't think anyone should count Sharpie out of the squad past this weekend.
3 - Stegmann may have done well on being at a breakdown, but his tackle rates are what reflects the poor performance we saw. Less than 75%, by a forward? Not that he was alone there, Deysel, Smit and Kruger were worse. None of this is news of course, but it's a pretty stark result.
4 - check out Carters run stats, then add that nasty little grubber he likes to produce!
* Notes:
1-only players who played more than 20 minutes, or ran 5 or more times, or kicked 3 or more times, were included
2-'G80' is the stat over 80 mins, for example if they only played 60 mins, the number is scaled up to what it would have been at 80 minutes.
3 - source: Rugga Stats
