RWC '23 - Player Stats (26.09.23)

TACKLES

1. J Morgan (WAL) 44
2. G Thomas (WAL) 37
3. S Talitui (TGA) 37
4. M Sigren (CHI) 37
5. J Cornelsen (JPN) 35
6. M Lamaro (ITA) 35
7. F Cros (FRA) 34
8. W Rowlands (WAL) 34
9. M Leitch (JPN) 32
10. N Martins (POR) 31
11. T Faletau (WAL) 30
12. A Beard (WAL) 30
13. T Jalagonia (GEO) 29
14. F McReight (AUS) 28
15. T Hooper (AUS) 28
16. B Earl (ENG) 28
17. M Garafulic (CHI) 28
18. C Ollivon (FRA) 27
19. C Doris (IRE) 27
20. C Chirica (ROU) 27
21. A Wainwright (WAL) 26
22. T Beirne (IRE) 26
23. N Tompkins (WAL) 26
24. L Cannone (ITA) 25
25. R Valentini (AUS) 25
26. P O'Mahony (IRE) 25
27. P Ahki (TGA) 25
28. A Motoc (ROU) 24
29. R Martinez (CHI) 24
30. V Neculau (ROU) 24

1. B Aki (IRE) 53
2. D Niniashvili (GEO) 33
3. H Keenan (IRE) 31
4. P Garbisi (ITA) 31
5. S Kerevi (AUS) 30
6. R Valentini (AUS) 30
7. M Nawaqanitawase (AUS) 30
8. T Faletau (WAL) 29
9. D Willemse (RSA) 29
10. V Mata (FIJ) 28
11. B Earl (ENG) 28
12. T Ramos (FRA) 27
13. P Matera (ARG) 27
14. J Lowe (IRE) 27
15. B Barrett (NZL) 26
16. I Droasese (FIJ) 26
17. T Beirne (IRE) 26
18. M Sigren (CHI) 26
19. N Tompkins (WAL) 26
20. G Ringrose (IRE) 26
21. M Ioane (ITA) 25
22. A Dupont (FRA) 25
23. R Hardwick (NAM) 24
24. Beka Gorgadze (GEO) 24
25. J Dempsey (SCO) 24
26. A Escobar (CHI) 24
27. S Radradra (FIJ) 23
28. M Torrealba (CHI) 23
29. T Swanepoel (NAM) 23
30. D Penaud (FRA) 23

1. A Dupont (FRA) 7
2. J Dempsey (SCO) 6
3. L Fainga'anuku (NZL) 5
4. M Ioane (ITA) 5
5. L Matkava (GEO) 5
6. M Smith (ENG) 4
7. C Murray (IRE) 4
8. D Penaud (FRA) 4
9. T McDermott (AUS) 4
10. RG Snyman (RSA) 4
11. J Lowe (IRE) 4
12. B Aki (IRE) 4
13. L Botia (FIJ) 4
14. N Tompkins (WAL) 4
15. R Simoes (POR) 4
16. R Fernandez (CHI) 4
17. P O'Mahony (IRE) 4
18. T Flament (FRA) 3
19. J Deysel (NAM) 3
20. S Piutu (TGA) 3
21. M Hansen (IRE) 3
22. G Kveseladze (GEO) 3
23. G Alldritt (FRA) 3
24. J Kleyn (RSA) 3
25. S Kerevi (AUS) 3
26. J McCarthy (IRE) 3
27. A Savea (NZL) 3 
28. D Niniashvili (GEO) 3
29. M Nawaqanitawase (AUS) 3
30. A Jelonch (FRA) 3

1. D Penaud (FRA) 9
2. B Aki (IRE) 8
3. H Arundell (ENG) 6
4. M Hansen (IRE) 6
5. C Clarke (NZL) 6
6. L Bielle-Biarrey (FRA) 6
7. B Kinghorn (SCO) 5
8. M Smith (ENG) 4
9. A Tabutsadze (GEO) 4
10. D Niniashvili (GEO) 4
11. N Freitas (URU) 4
12. R Storti (POR) 4
13. D Havili (NZL) 4
14. M Nawaqanitawase (AUS) 3
15. M Jaminet (FRA) 3
16. G North (WAL) 3
17. L Reese-Zammit (WAL) 3
18. K L Arendse (RSA) 3
19. B Donaldson (AUS) 3
20. C Kolbe (RSA) 3
21. P Odogwu (ITA) 3
22. J I Brex (ITA) 3
23. P Mauvaka (FRA) 3
24. H Keenan (IRE) 3
25. U J Seuteni (SAM) 3
26. J Adams (WAL) 3
27. M Ioane (ITA) 3
28. M Telea (NZL) 3
29. D van der Merwe (SCO) 3
30. E Daly (ENG) 3

Only two Boks on the offload list….Snyman and Klein.…two locks. No surprise.

So what.  Laurel and Hardy at work again. Lets find some stats that don't feature Boks.Yaaaaawn.

The Boks are one of the best teams in world rugby (number 2 to some), but they don't have anyone featuring prominently in any stats? Does that add up to you Beanbag? Just like 2019, when he Fan favorites were nowhere in the stats. Actually, it's far worse this time. 

So we don’t deploy one of the most productive attacking techniques ….you can’t see the wood for the trees HasBeen.  

If he carries on as he has been, and Ireland go far, Aki could be player of the tournament. What a difference maker! World class, and class act. Damian has never ever been that player. 

Lots of misses tackles. The Boks are a very weak defensive team. They have been so for several years now. 

Bel die poliesie!!!

Our tackle percentages so far: 80% (Sc), 87% (Rom), 87% (Ire).

Our worst was Scotland, where a few players dropped the ball on defense. Willemse, Libbok, PSDT missed 3 each, Arendse, DDA, Kitshoff missed 2 each. 

87% is a solid average in test matches. Libbok and Faf were the two weakest links against Ireland with 7 misses between them and DDA 2 again.

There are many tackles that qualify for stats that lack punch. We aren't strong on the line. 

We're one of the teams leaking the least tries in this RWC...points on the board or lack of points scored against you kinda one of the more important stats being ignored here.

77% tackling the past two seasons, as per BBC. We're one of the worst defensive teams in the top 10. We finished bottom of the all time bad RC. Some of many facts being ignored by the Church of Erasputin, ruler of the most mediocre era of Bok rugby. 

I measure defence by tries concede rather than tackles missed...different story in that...clearly some stats don't give proper context...

I measure defence by defensive production. That's where we part ways.