How far ahead is the All Blacks

Oct 27, 2016

How far ahead is the All Blacks On the 22nd of October, the New Zeeland All Blacks became the 1st 1st tear nation in the world to win 18 games in a row. Their brand  of rugby is admired around the world and they don't look like losing anytime soon. In today's post, we look at just how far ahead they are and what other teams need to do to catch up. For today's comparison, we look at the combined data of the last two weeks of the Championship Rugby tournament. Our attacking criteria will be

What is wrong with Springbok rugby - a look at stats that you have not seen before

Nov 18, 2016

What is wrong with Springbok rugby a look at stats that you have not seen before During the last two weeks, it has been in the news quite a bit that the springbok management believes they are on the right track. The general public who watched the same game is dumbfounded as Toeties' troops has failed to win a big game for the 5th appearance in a row.  In this article, we will look at what the stats tells us about our current herd of springboks.  In 2014 Robbie Fleck told coaches that the WP

Gainline Success per Lineout

Dec 06, 2015

We have been trying for a while now to measure the the gain-line success of a team from their 1st phase, until the team looses possession. I must say the results came as a bit of a shock. I would have thought that a ball thrown to the middle of a lineout would result in a better gainline success than a ball thrown to the front and worse than a ball thrown to the back. While this is not entirely untrue the margin is not worth the risk. In 2015 there was no difference in the gain-line success of