Just to add to FF (Folau Fainga'a)'s excellent ruck stats, one of the big reasons for the large discrepancies between the front rower ruck stats is that the Wallabies carried a lot more than their NZ counterparts.
The props had 26 carries v 11 for NZ
Front row combined, 33 v 15
So there's a bit more to it than just the ruck stats - but they do shed light on what strategies were employed by each coach
I'll leave it to the reader to decide which is the more effective tactic
Great stats FF (Folau Fainga'a).
The biggest disparity in the stats seems to be that the top tackler for the AB's was Cane with 23 made.
The wallaby highest tackler was Hanigan with 8.
I don't know what to make of this.
Anyone got a comment?
Were Canes tackles dominant / behind the gain line / result in a turnover?
Any thoughts?
In such a lopsided game some of the stats become pretty misleading.
We dominated possession mostly because we allowed the All Blacks to score so easily on multiple occasions.
If we miss less tackles in the first half particularly, the All Blacks hold onto the ball longer and a lot of those stats start to even up.