Very excited to see rugby analytics hitting a wider audience on The Breakdown on Sky Sports NZ. Huge thanks to Tabai Matson for the shoutout!!
Full episode: https://t.co/n6YstgToLo
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CANADA HAVE QUALIFIED FOR THE 2027 MEN'S RUGBY WORLD CUP! ๐จ๐ฆ๐
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For those of you who are not familiar with Expected Points Added (EPA) analysis, here are some quick primers:
https://t.co/IP560kdhEK
https://t.co/UEA96IVney
https://t.co/WrXTAeMLYo
@Vanguard403 has a stat called Expected Points Added. Think rugby's equivalent of individual xG
Expected points of outhalves in recent Ireland matches, per 80 mins:
Jack Crowley - 2.08
Sam Prendergast - 13.27
Did Ireland make the right call?
https://t.co/XEkrgaobjE
This was a post facto analysis of an in-game decision from a critical moment in the game. While it is not realistic to expect players to memorize historical probabilities of game states, this can still be a useful tool for players to learn and make better decisions in the future
There has been a lot of debate as to whether or not the All Blacks should have kicked the penalty goal or kicked to the corner for the lineout at a crucial moment towards the end of their game versus France.
https://t.co/HaQypXyMeB
#FRAvNZL
What about finding touch 5m from the goal line? The EP of a 5m lineout is 2.34 EP which is greater than EP(goalkick) = 1.97. Unfortunately, kickers were only able to find touch 5m from the goal line only 5.77% of the time so it would take an exceptional kick to get there.
For those of you who are not familiar with Expected Points Added (EPA) analysis, here are some quick primers:
https://t.co/IP560kdhEK
https://t.co/UEA96IVney
EPA KINGS ๐๐ #FRAvNZL
Here are the top 3 performing players from both teams in terms of EPA
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1. Thomas Ramos 21.76
2. Georges-Henri Colombe 10.53
3. Emmanuel Meafou 7.56
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1. Cam Roigard 14.47
2. Beauden Barrett 11.47
3. Tupou VaaโI 11.08
#AutumnNationsSeries
EPA KINGS ๐๐ #ENGvRSA
Here are the top 3 performing players from both sides in terms of EPA
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1. Ben Earl 14.58
2. Sam Underhill 9.08
3. Marcus Smith 7.75
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1. Grant Williams 9.79
2. Vincent Koch 8.10
3. Cheslin Kolbe 8.02