Rugby Championship 21 (Stats Rd.5)

TRIES:

1. New Zealand (25)
2. Australia (14)
3. South Africa (10)
4. Argentina (3)
   

CLEAN BREAKS:

1. New Zealand (39)
2. Australia (35)
3. Argentian (10)
4. South Africa (8)

CARRIES:

1. New Zealand (573)
2. Australia (530)
3. Argentina (488)
4. South Africa (375)

METRES GAINED:

1. New Zealand (4511)
2. Australia (3829)
3. Argentina (2652)
4. South Africa (2325)
   

DEFENDERS BEATEN:

1. New Zealand (120)
2. Australia (110)
3. Argentina (71)
4. South Africa (63)

LINEOUTS WON:

1. South Africa (88.6%)
2. New Zealand (85.9%)
3. Australia (83.1%)
4. Argentina (82.8%)

OFFLOADS:

1. New Zealand (53)
2. Australia (47)
3. Argentina (25)
4. South Africa (9)

SCRUMS WON:

1. New Zealand (83%)
2. Argentina (82%)
3. South Africa (74%)
4. Australia (68%)

RUCKS WON:

1. Australia 
2. Argentina
3. New Zealand 
4. South Africa

YELLOW CARDS:

1. Argentina (5)
2. South Africa (5)
3. Australia (5)
4. New Zealand (1)

For a time Wiese ranked high for metres gained, he was the only Bok who registered for anything of note. At present, our top try scorer is Marx, with three tries. All from mauls. We don't really have a player in the top ten in any category. Interestingly, nine of the top ten for tackles won are Argentinian. Lots of defending. 

COMPARISON

We are on track to fall short of the production of 2015's shortened Rugby Championship in key categories. And in others, we are only very marginally ahead. It's quite shocking. Clean breaks: 34 in 2015 to 8 this year; Defenders beaten: 65 in 2015 to the 63 this year. 27 offloads in 2015.