Calles v Wardi

Reda Wardi takes it, 6–1 on categories

Wardi wins on tries — the try scorer of the two. Calles’s case rests on missed tackles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. Whole career: Calles 64 matches, Wardi 89 matches.

• Wardi has 4 tries (one every 20 matches) to Calles’ 1 try (one every 50 matches).
• Wardi averages 7.1 metres a match to Calles’ 2.5 — 2.9 times as many.
• Wardi has 20 points (one every 4.2 matches) to Calles’ 5 points (one every 8.3 matches).
• Winners’ edge: Wardi’s teams won 61%, Calles’s teams won 42% of the matches they played.
• Not every stat was recorded for every match (metres, tackles, clean breaks…): 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.