Player stats from the opening round

by maestegmafia Mon 04 Feb 2019, 9:35 pm

Passes

Conor Murray (Ireland) 100

Greig Laidlaw (Scotland) 88

Gugliemlo Palazzani (Italy) 86

Ben Youngs (England) 63

Baptiste Serin (France) 47

Morgan Parra (France) 45

Most carries

Maxime Medard (France) 22

Jayden Hayward (Italy) 18

Ryan Wilson (Scotland) 17

Sergio Parisse (Italy) 17

Garry Ringrose (Ireland) 15

Blair Kinghorn (Scotland) 15

Metres gained

Stuart Hogg (Scotland) 126

Liam Williams (Wales) 90

Blair Kinghorn (Scotland) 89

Michele Campagnaro (Italy) 82

Yoann Huget (France) 81

Jacob Stockdale (Ireland) 78

Clean breaks

Stuart Hogg (Scotland) 4

Blair Kinghorn (Scotland) 4

Henry Slade (England) 3

Michele Campagnaro (Italy) 3

Garry Ringrose (Ireland) 3

Defenders beaten

Liam Williams (Wales) 7

Garry Ringrose (Ireland) 6

Sam Johnson (Scotland) 6

Blair Kinghorn (Scotland) 6

Stuart Hogg (Scotland) 4

Jacob Stockdale (Ireland) 4

Most tackles

Mark Wilson (England) 27

Mako Vunipola (England) 27

Ross Moriarty (Wales) 20

Josh van der Flier (Ireland) 19

Jamie George (England) 18

CJ Stander (Ireland) 18

Justin Tipuric (Wales) 18

Sebastian Negri (Italy) 18

Turnovers won

Jonny May (England) 2

Mark Wilson (England) 2

Josh Navidi (Wales) 2

Louis Picamoles (France) 2

Josh Strauss (Scotland) 2

Wenceslas Lauret (France) 2

Most off-loads

Federico Ruzza (Italy) 2

Arthur Iturria (France) 2

Jayden Hayward (Italy) 2

Liam Williams (Wales) 2

Louis Picamoles (France) 2

Stuart Hogg (Scotland) 2

Ryan Wilson (Scotland) 2

Billy Vunipola (England) 2

Kicks from hand

Ben Youngs (England) 19

Conor Murray (Ireland) 16

Stuart Hogg (Scotland) 10

Finn Russell (Scotland) 9

Johnny Sexton (Ireland) 9

Lineouts won

Braam Steyn (Italy) 6

Arthur Iturria (France) 6

Peter O’Mahony (Ireland) 5

Sergio Parisse (Italy) 4

Grant Gilchrist (Scotland) 4

by Guest Mon 04 Feb 2019, 9:48 pm

Connor Murray - 100 passes! That is insane!

by maestegmafia Mon 04 Feb 2019, 9:51 pm

And only 16 kicks from hand... thought it looked the other way around.

by BigTrevsbigmac Mon 04 Feb 2019, 9:53 pm

Shame there isn’t stats for dominant tackles that defined the England performance

by maestegmafia Mon 04 Feb 2019, 10:02 pm

The Kicks from hand stats are interesting. I thought Ireland’s halfbacks kicked a lot more. I certainly thought Wales’ did.

Likewise surprised that the Scots were in this stay at all as they seemed to pass far more than they kicked.

by Poorfour Mon 04 Feb 2019, 10:06 pm

The Oracle wrote:Connor Murray - 100 passes! That is insane!

Yes. Especially if you take the definition that insanity is doing the same thing time and time again in the hope that it will produce a different result this time.... [ducks for cover]

by robbo277 Mon 04 Feb 2019, 10:08 pm

England had no carriers in the top grouping, 3 of the top 5 tacklers and Youngs kicking every 4th ball he got. Sums up the game plan right there.

by maestegmafia Mon 04 Feb 2019, 10:11 pm

Poorfour wrote:
The Oracle wrote:Connor Murray - 100 passes! That is insane!

Yes. Especially if you take the definition that insanity is doing the same thing time and time again in the hope that it will produce a different result this time.... [ducks for cover]

We have all felt that about players whether it’s for the club or national team we support.

by Cyril Mon 04 Feb 2019, 10:31 pm

Source for these stats?

by lostinwales Mon 04 Feb 2019, 10:42 pm

robbo277 wrote:England had no carriers in the top grouping, 3 of the top 5 tacklers and Youngs kicking every 4th ball he got. Sums up the game plan right there.

We were playing defense and making the Irish play the ball all the time - but one of big feature is that with the number of heavy duty carriers we have it did not all fall on one or two guys

by maestegmafia Mon 04 Feb 2019, 10:55 pm

lostinwales wrote:
robbo277 wrote:England had no carriers in the top grouping, 3 of the top 5 tacklers and Youngs kicking every 4th ball he got. Sums up the game plan right there.

We were playing defense and making the Irish play the ball all the time - but one of big feature is that with the number of heavy duty carriers we have it did not all fall on one or two guys

The quantity of top quality ball carriers keeps England off this particular ball carrier stat.

I wondered last week whether the amount of ball carriers EJ selected might cause the Irish problems. I didn’t think England would be given so much ball.

These stats don’t show quality just list numbers, but Farrells pass for the opening try was one of the best ive ever seen.

by dummy_half Mon 04 Feb 2019, 11:02 pm

Interesting how sometimes stats really don't tell the full tale - you'd look at those numbers and reckon Ireland were comfortably better than England, while the opposite was clearly the case.

Metres gained is surely the most mis-leading statistic: Italy repeatedly kicked deep to Hogg, giving him 10 m or so to run in to, whereas Johnny May was forever fielding the ball with Irish defenders on top of him. Both are great elusive runners, and both had good games, but that statistic really obscures the fact.

I think Billy Vunipola also topped England's metres gained stats (at least for the forwards), based mostly on running one kick back and then carrying the defenders about 5 m after contact.

by lostinwales Mon 04 Feb 2019, 11:20 pm

Stats from England Ireland are all one way if you don't look too deep. Ireland had 60% of the ball and 53% of territory. 332m from 160 runs against 247 from 105.

Ireland won more rucks, listed as 28 defenders beaten to 13. 4 penalties to 9.

And yet England were clinical in attack and brutal in defence, and Ireland were almost unable to get into the England 22, although they always got points when they did.

by **George Carlin** Tue 05 Feb 2019, 6:33 am

Poorfour wrote:
The Oracle wrote:Connor Murray - 100 passes! That is insane!

Yes. Especially if you take the definition that insanity is doing the same thing time and time again in the hope that it will produce a different result this time.... [ducks for cover]

by **George Carlin** Tue 05 Feb 2019, 6:34 am

Wait a minute.

Does this mean that I need to stop making fun of Josh Strauss and Ryan Wilson?

But that's my favorite thing.

by bsando Tue 05 Feb 2019, 7:58 am

George Carlin wrote:Wait a minute.

Does this mean that I need to stop making fun of Josh Strauss and Ryan Wilson?

But that's my favorite thing.

5Live Rugby Podcast were listing off "test match warriors" from the home nations. Their off the cuff, yet subtle as a bulldozer, list of Welsh, English and Irish candidates did eventually contain one Scottish name... Ryan Wilson picard

by tigertattie Tue 05 Feb 2019, 10:27 am

bsando wrote:
George Carlin wrote:Wait a minute.

Does this mean that I need to stop making fun of Josh Strauss and Ryan Wilson?

But that's my favorite thing.

5Live Rugby Podcast were listing off "test match warriors" from the home nations. Their off the cuff, yet subtle as a bulldozer, list of Welsh, English and Irish candidates did eventually contain one Scottish name... Ryan Wilson

if a "warrior" is deifned as someone who shouts a lot, makes angry faces, but ultimately dies a death on the field, then yes, Ryan Wilson can be classed as a Warrior.

To be fair he didnt have too bad a game on Sataurday (this was a one off though and he still shouldnt be near a starting place for Scotland)

by **George Carlin** Tue 05 Feb 2019, 11:41 am

tigertattie wrote:
bsando wrote:
George Carlin wrote:Wait a minute.

Does this mean that I need to stop making fun of Josh Strauss and Ryan Wilson?

But that's my favorite thing.

5Live Rugby Podcast were listing off "test match warriors" from the home nations. Their off the cuff, yet subtle as a bulldozer, list of Welsh, English and Irish candidates did eventually contain one Scottish name... Ryan Wilson

if a "warrior" is deifned as someone who shouts a lot, makes angry faces, but ultimately dies a death on the field, then yes, Ryan Wilson can be classed as a Warrior.

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