Halaifonua v Tixeront

Tanginoa Halaifonua takes it, 3–2 on categories

Halaifonua wins on metres. Tixeront’s case rests on missed tackles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. Whole career: Halaifonua 66 matches, Tixeront 92 matches.

• Halaifonua averages 10.5 metres a match to Tixeront’s 6.3 (67% more).
• Halaifonua averages 0.7 defenders beaten a match to Tixeront’s 0.3 — 2.5 times as many.
• Tixeront averages a missed tackle every 1.6 matches to Halaifonua’s 1.4.
• Best single match: Tixeront 2 tries, Halaifonua 1.
• Winners’ edge: Halaifonua’s teams won 55%, Tixeront’s teams won 46% 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.