All posts tagged "match statistics"

  • All Blacks
    Statistics: All Blacks v Springboks – Game 2

    Did you get a feeling of deja vu watching game 2 of the Tri Nations between the...

  • ACT Brumbies
    So who missed out? The Stats.

    While it is hard to argue with the majority of the Wallaby selections announced today, there are a few players that could feel a bit unlucky. The selection of Matt Hodgson in front of Ben Mowen and Mitchell Chapman was a bit of a surprise as was the inclusion of Quade Cooper...

  • ACT Brumbies
    End of S14 Regular Season Stats

    Well, that’s it for another year, with no Aussie teams progressing to the finals, we can start the post mortems. Below are some stats so you can see how each of teams performed relative to each other and perhaps why they performed so well, or in the case of the Reds, why...

  • ACT Brumbies
    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……..

  • ACT Brumbies
    S14 stat attack; the teams

    With the comp drawing to a very congested end, it is interesting to look at a range of stats and line it up against the respective team’s positions on the ladder. What I find surprising is the lowly ‘line-out win %’ of the NZ teams, I guess they aren’t really blessed with...

  • ACT Brumbies
    Best and worst Australian defensive players

    In the last few weeks I’ve done an analysis of the best attacking Australian players in the Super 14, this week, I finally found some reliable defensive stats and I’ve done the numbers – the results are below. As a minimum, forwards must have attempted more than 30 tackles and backs more...

  • ACT Brumbies
    The Best in Australia by the numbers

    After half a packet of Tim Tams and five Rum and Cokes, I’ve done some data sets based on various criteria to see how each of the Australian provinces and individual Australian players are going thus far in the Super 14 for this year. Looking the above data, the thing that stands...

  • ACT Brumbies
    Who’s the best attacking Australian player?

    Based on the criteria below, I guess it’s down to Drew Mitchell, Diggers, Cliffy and David Pocock. Surprisingly for me is Scott Higginbotham, playing his first full season and featuring in both tables…onya Higgers!!! I love stats.

  • Rugby
    More Statistics

    A nerdy statistical analysis of the Australian, South African and New Zealand teams' performances including for and against and bonus points over the first 2 rounds of Super 14 2009

  • Rugby
    Aussie Stats, Week 2

    The Australian team of the week as picked by the stats from Foxsports fantasy rugby for round 2 of Super 14 2009