Mercer v Willis

Jack Willis takes it, 4–3 on categories

Willis wins on tries — the try scorer of the two. Mercer’s case rests on metres, but it isn’t enough to swing it. Whole career: Mercer 89 matches, Willis 85 matches.

• Willis has 22 tries (one every 3.7 matches) to Mercer’s 9 tries (one every 8.3 matches).
• Mercer averages 59.2 metres a match to Willis’ 26.7 — 2.2 times as many.
• Willis averages 1.3 points a match to Mercer’s 0.6 — 2.3 times as many.
• Best single match: Willis 2 tries, Mercer 1.
• Winners’ edge: Willis’s teams won 68%, Mercer’s teams won 52% 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.