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Ruck Involvement Statistics as follows:
Remember:
1. Early means 1st or 2nd of player’s team AFTER the ball carrier has been tackled and brought to ground.
2. Impact means active engagement: strong physical contact, changed shape of ruck, clean-out, protecting ball etc. (more than hand on someone’s bum or arriving after the hard work has been done). Yes it’s subjective - but as I collect all data at least it’s consistent.
3. Impact DOES NOT equate to Effectiveness. I’ve concluded that coming up with an effectiveness measure is just too hard in the time that I have available – but open to suggestions.
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BACKS
Strong ruck involvement again by Kuridrani and AAC.
The Backs had 91 ruck involvements (75 Attack/16 Defence)
i.e. 26% of Total Ruck involvements and 21% of Defensive Rucks.
The 4 backs above made 75% of the ruck involvement by Backs.
MOM
Despite Tim Horan's comments at the end of the match that "Hooper was everywhere", IMO, David Pocock was clearly the MOM.
+ Pocock had nearly DOUBLE the ruck involvements of Hooper.
+ Both players earned 2 Turn Overs Won and conceded 2 Penalties
+ Pocock had the superior running game with 11 runs for 34m, 2 Def Beaten, 1 Clean Break, 4 Passes compared to Hooper's 10 runs for 18m, 1 Def Beaten, 0 CB, 1 Pass.
+ Hooper had the slightly better tackling game with 11 tackles at 100%; Pocock made 8 tackles/1 Missed Tackle (89%).
Other Comments:
1. Another solid performance from Mr Dependable, Scott Fardy. Workhorse at the rucks, 11 runs for 21m, 7 tackles and most Line Out wins (4).
2. Commendable defensive efforts from Dean Mumm and James Horwill (rucks and tackles). 3 Line Outs lost.
3. Great ruck and tackle involvement by the bench Forwards - especially Slipper & Holmes.
4. Other Statistics can be found at ESPN Scrum or on the Super Rugby (TRC) websites.
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Comments
1. Both sides standing off Defensive Rucks to about the same extent.
2. Note the similarity between Pocock and McCaw's ruck stats.
3. Scott Fardy certainly out-performed any of his AB counterparts.
4. Mumm and Horwill matched Retallick and Romano/Whitelock.
5. Surprisingly, when compared to previous 2 games in TWC, apart from Woodcock the AB front row fairly subdued.
6. AB Backs involved in only 16% (44) of Total Ruck involvements; 10% (7) of Def Ruck involvements.
7. C Smith and Carter's rucks were 52% of AB Back involvement.
8. ESPN Stats advise that Wallabies won 107 of 108 Rucks (99%) and ABs won 69 of 74 Rucks (93%).
9. I'll post similar data for Bled 2.