Heerden v Edwards

Ruben van Heerden takes it, 6–1 on categories

van Heerden wins on tackles — the pressure player of the two. Whole career: van Heerden 97 matches, Edwards 33 matches.

• van Heerden averages 8.7 tackles a match to Edwards’ 4.3 — 2 times as many.
• van Heerden has 8 tries (one every 10 matches) to Edwards’ 1 try (one every 14.3 matches).
• van Heerden has 40 points (one every 2 matches) to Edwards’ 5 points (one every 2.8 matches).
• Winners’ edge: van Heerden’s teams won 55%, Edwards’s teams won 24% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: van Heerden has 97 matches across 10 seasons, Edwards 33 in 4 — 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.