Furlong v Brookes

Tadhg Furlong takes it, 7–0 on categories

Furlong wins on tries — the try scorer of the two. Whole career: Furlong 121 matches, Brookes 193 matches.

• Furlong has 5 tries (one every 20 matches) to Brookes’ 1 try (one every 100 matches).
• Furlong averages 5.9 tackles a match to Brookes’ 2.6 — 2.2 times as many.
• Furlong has 25 points (one every 4.2 matches) to Brookes’ 5 points (one every 20 matches).
• Winners’ edge: Furlong’s teams won 69%, Brookes’s teams won 41% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Brookes has 193 matches across 15 seasons, Furlong 121 in 20 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
• Not every stat was recorded for every match (tries, metres, tackles…): those averages use only the games that logged them.

Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.