S14 stat attack: Aussie players

We let our stat gimp loose on the teams and he couldn’t stop himself delving into the individual players as well. So here they all are.

For the most part they reinforce what you might already suspect, but there are a few surprises……..

Attacking stats based on most runs – Backs only

Player	Runs	Line Breaks	Line Breaks /Run %	Defenders Beaten	Defenders Beaten/Run	Offloads	Turnovers Conceded
Mark McLinden	144	18	13%	21	0.15	10	20
Quade Cooper	142	12	8%	22	0.15	21	23
Digby Ioane	136	25	18%	35	0.26	15	19
Drew Mitchell	134	14	10%	23	0.17	6	18
Mark Gerrard	98	9	9%	20	0.20	7	14
C. Lealiifano	97	7	7%	10	0.10	7	18
Matt Giteau	94	12	13%	14	0.15	14	18
Lote Tuqiri	88	4	5%	7	0.08	7	12
Berrick Barnes	87	14	16%	16	0.18	13	13
Lachlan Turner	79	13	16%	17	0.22	3	12

Best Effective tackle % stats (40 Tackle minimum) – Backs only

Player	Tackles Made	Tackles Missed	Effective Tackle %
Tom Carter	102	6	94%
James O’Connor	60	8	88%
Lachlan Turner	65	9	88%
Matt Giteau	107	15	88%
Lote Tuqiri	57	8	88%
Luke Burgess	76	11	87%
Patrick Phibbs	41	7	85%
Ryan Cross	81	15	84%
Daniel Halangahu	57	11	84%
Christian Lealiifano	93	18	84%

Worst Effective tackle % stats (40 tackle minimum) – Backs only

Player	Tackles Made	Tackles Missed	Effective Tackle %
Sam Norton-Knight	23	16	59%
Kurtley Beale	55	21	72%
Stirling Mortlock	52	19	73%
Tyrone Smith	63	23	73%
Drew Mitchell	44	16	73%
Quade Cooper	96	34	74%
Timana Tahu	45	15	75%
Rob Horne	65	19	77%
Will Genia	37	10	79%
Adam Ashley-Cooper	78	21	79%

Attacking stats based on most runs – Forwards only

Player	Runs	Line Breaks	Line Breaks /Run %	Defenders Beaten	Defenders Beaten/Run	Offloads	Turnovers Conceded
Wycliff Palu	125	5	4%	11	0.09	28	24
Nathan Sharpe	103	3	3%	4	0.04	3	12
David Pocock	91	4	4%	13	0.14	9	14
George Smith	87	5	6%	5	0.06	15	10
Matt Hodgson	81	3	4%	8	0.10	6	14
Hugh McMeniman	81	1	1%	6	0.07	5	6
Stephen Moore	71	2	3%	6	0.08	4	15
Ben Alexander	66	3	5%	6	0.09	5	10
S. Higginbotham	65	7	11%	12	0.18	7	14
Sean Hardman	63	0	0%	2	0.03	3	17

Best Effective tackle stats (70 Tackle minimum) – Forwards only

Player	Tackles Made	Tackles Missed	Effective Tackle %
David Pocock	167	10	94%
Nathan Sharpe	109	7	94%
Tom Hockings	74	6	93%
Matt Hodgson	136	12	92%
Ben Hand	88	8	92%
Julian Salvi	98	9	92%
George Smith	137	13	91%
Richard Brown	72	7	91%
Stephen Hoiles	69	7	91%
Benn Robinson	78	8	91%

Worst Effective tackle stats (70 Tackle minimum) – Forwards only

Player	Tackles Made	Tackles Missed	Effective Tackle %
S. Higginbotham	71	24	75%
Hugh McMeniman	72	22	77%
Peter Kimlin	73	17	81%
Ben Mowen	96	21	82%
Will Caldwell	118	25	83%
Laurie Weeks	58	11	84%
Ben Alexander	67	12	85%
Phil Waugh	128	22	85%
Pekahou Cowan	83	14	86%
Wycliff Palu	103	16	87%