Riccioni v Tupou

Taniela Tupou takes it, 6–1 on categories

Tupou wins on tries — the try scorer of the two. Riccioni’s case rests on tackles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. Whole career: Riccioni 78 matches, Tupou 115 matches.

• Tupou has 29 tries (one every 3.7 matches) to Riccioni’s 2 tries (one every 25 matches).
• Tupou averages 12.2 metres a match to Riccioni’s 2.2 — 5.5 times as many.
• Tupou averages 1.3 points a match to Riccioni’s 0.2 — 6 times as many.
• Best single match: Tupou 2 tries, Riccioni 1.
• Winners’ edge: Riccioni’s teams won 50%, Tupou’s teams won 43% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Tupou has 115 matches across 11 seasons, Riccioni 78 in 12 — 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.