Crusaders v Highlanders

Bones

Naholo...needed to pass earlier. Thompson was in perfect position, Marshall you egg. Naholo just got too greedy.

Bones

@hydro11 said in Crusaders v Highlanders:

@tim said in Crusaders v Highlanders:

@hydro11 What are those?

Metres gained in contact is an obvious one. Pure speed as well.

Also ball security and tackle work rate to name a couple more.

Ball security how? Tackle work rate as in - attempts more tackles?

taniwharugby

@gunner 2 people is a ruck now.

Gunner

@taniwharugby even if they’re off their feet?

Toddy

@bones Savea concedes less turnovers than Todd. This is also despite handling the ball a whole heap more.

Tackle work rate as in makes more tackles per minute of rugby than Todd.

Bones

@toddy Interesting, what's the stats?

Fucken hell, knock on by Crusaders leads to penalty for Crusaders. Go figure.

Chester Draws

Todd is also six years older. He didn't get picked for the ABs until he was Savea's current age.

Since then Todd has got better, but is now unlikely to improve much more. Savea might well improve considerably in the way Todd did.

In a close call you'd always go with the younger.

Bones

@chester-draws said in Crusaders v Highlanders:

Todd is also six years older. He didn't get picked for the ABs until he was Savea's current age.

Since then Todd has got better, but is now unlikely to improve much more. Savea might well improve considerably in the way Todd did.

In a close call you'd always go with the younger.

Todd is still getting better. Why is he unlikely to improve much more....because he's already way better? Savea is unimproving.

taniwharugby

@toddy all at Super level, whenever I've seen Tood and Ardie in BLack, there is only one I'd have.

Bones

I guess I should concede then. Savea is much better at the facet of providing stats with no clear relevancy due to a lack of context.

KiwiMurph

Drummond should take good care of that AB jersey...

Toddy

@bones said in Crusaders v Highlanders:

I guess I should concede then. Savea is much better at the facet of providing stats with no clear relevancy due to a lack of context.

Obviously relevant to Hansen. But what would he know.

Bones

@toddy said in Crusaders v Highlanders:

@bones said in Crusaders v Highlanders:

I guess I should concede then. Savea is much better at the facet of providing stats with no clear relevancy due to a lack of context.

Obviously relevant to Hansen. But what would he know.

So you don't have the stats nor what level they're from? And now you're saying those are the exact stats that Hansen selects on? Didn't know you had the inside word!

Crucial

Man the Landers love leaving that inside gap don't they? Lucky they didn't do that against the Chiefs.....

Toddy

@bones OK. Going back to the stats I mentioned before (all from Super level this year)

Minutes played
AS 742
MT 1009

Carries
AS 86
MT 68

Handling errors
AS 2
MT 14

Tackles made
AS 139
MT 141

Missed
11 each

Dominant
AS 18
MT 17

(all from Vodacom stats).

KiwiMurph

Ben Smith still has some pace.

taniwharugby

@toddy should include Cane in those to, to prove that they are all but meaningless.

ACT Crusader

@toddy said in Crusaders v Highlanders:

@bones teams with George Bridge in them seem to function better than teams with Reiko Ioane

FABGB

Crucial

@act-crusader said in Crusaders v Highlanders:

@toddy said in Crusaders v Highlanders:

@bones teams with George Bridge in them seem to function better than teams with Reiko Ioane

FABGB

If only someone would post that hat recipe I'd be tempted to comment.

Toddy

@taniwharugby Why are they meaningless? I get they don't tell a full picture as each team plays to different patterns. But Hansen picked Savea again (could well drop him for the Championship) and he didn't pick him based previous form (as he has fuck all). Savea is obviously ticking some boxes that some here simply don't want to acknowledge.

The Silver Fern

Crusaders v Highlanders