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Dave Rennie’s first three Tests are unusual for how uniquely pass-happy and kick-skeptic they were. We have coined the acronym CPR (carry-pass-ruck) to talk about load in attack by these All Blacks thus far and I have predicted it is untenable in a 4-Test series. Now see THIS:
@moi_pseudo On it! For the time being, you can play around with the display settings above the graphs to change the dots to coloured by position, or turn on player names. Should be a quick alteration.
Cobus Wiese vs Adre Smith, the Enforcers (4-Locks) (2025/26 URC data)
I took Cobus Wiese, what I thought is his strong points, build a "Cobus 360" on the https://t.co/mDpONxnqXZ for him and then I took Adre Smith data and test it against "Cobus 360".
These two are there to STOP or GAIN momentum on the gainline. So my focus on their skillsets were gainline and momentum orientated. These two must be willing to go to a very dark place on the gainline.
A lot of the points, they are very close. A lot is depending on how they get used at their franchise as well.
Johan Grobbelaar & Andre-Hugo Venter
(2025/6 URC season)
If you can merge these two, you will get close to the perfect nr 2.
Grobbelaar strong in the breakdown area (5th in the URC on ruck arrivals with 354x) and Venter a very strong carrier and his dominant tackle % is looking very good.
They are part of a very strong lineout and scrum unit at their respective franchises.
The Grobbies skillset is leaning more to the Marx skillset.
(Credit for the data: @grubbr_stats )
Our new friend @grubbr_stats likes my CPR index (combined carry-pass-ruck aggregate per game). We’ve explored how far out of the norm Rennie has the ABs attacking: here’s history. In context, it’s even wilder to see. I will dive deeper next show with @martindevlinnz + @mwwelman
Quite a few people laughed when I said Jurie Matthee should be in the Springbok fly-half conversation. So I looked at the data. Sacha, Pollard, C Smith, J Hendrikse and Jurie all offer something very different, and Jurie’s numbers deserve attention. https://t.co/90I8vYlRVK
Update: a bug caused incorrect rates and percentiles for some %-based player and team stats to be displayed.
The hotfix has been live since Saturday, and every player/team has been tested to confirm it’s fully resolved.
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Having fun with https://t.co/LcKIkR9IF3
asked for a chart of URC loose forwards.
% dominant tackles and % dominant carries per 80
Two outliers who pretty good at both...
@Capevoetsek Thanks for the support! Appreciate it. Its clear that rugby fans are starting to embrace data-driven insights more, which is great to see.
Siya Kolisi is still undeniably world class. In his limited 512 URC minutes, he was one of the highest performing players in the URC.
He had our 6th highest open play score in the URC, among ALL positions! (500mins +)
Better than ever. ⭐️