Vincent v Depoortere

Nicolas Depoortere takes it, 6–1 on categories

Depoortere wins on tries — the try scorer of the two. Vincent’s case rests on clean breaks, but it isn’t enough to swing it. Whole career: Vincent 91 matches, Depoortere 79 matches.

• Depoortere has 32 tries (one every 2.4 matches) to Vincent’s 17 tries (one every 5.3 matches).
• Depoortere averages 2.0 points a match to Vincent’s 0.9 — 2.2 times as many.
• Depoortere averages 6.3 tackles a match to Vincent’s 5.3 (20% more).
• Depoortere is in form: 4 tries in the last 5 matches, 0.8 a match (0.4 on average).
• Winners’ edge: Depoortere’s teams won 65%, Vincent’s teams won 56% 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.