Kelleher v Merwe

Ronan Kelleher takes it, 6–1 on categories

Kelleher wins on metres. van der Merwe’s case rests on defenders beaten, but it isn’t enough to swing it. Whole career: Kelleher 66 matches, van der Merwe 39 matches.

• Kelleher averages 12.5 metres a match to van der Merwe’s 7.3 (70% more).
• Kelleher averages 6.6 tackles a match to van der Merwe’s 4 (65% more).
• Kelleher has 10 tries (one every 5.9 matches) to van der Merwe’s 5 tries (one every 7.7 matches).
• Best single match: van der Merwe 2 tries, Kelleher 1.
• Winners’ edge: Kelleher’s teams won 76%, van der Merwe’s teams won 44% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Kelleher has 66 matches across 12 seasons, van der Merwe 39 in 5 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
• 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.