Sheehan v Coombes

Dan Sheehan takes it, 5–2 on categories

Sheehan wins on tries — the try scorer of the two. Coombes’s case rests on tackles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. Whole career: Sheehan 59 matches, Coombes 67 matches.

• Sheehan has 37 tries (one every 1.5 matches) to Coombes’ 18 tries (one every 3.4 matches).
• Sheehan averages 3.3 points a match to Coombes’ 1.5 — 2.3 times as many.
• Coombes averages 10.8 tackles a match to Sheehan’s 7.3 (49% more).
• Best single match: Sheehan 3 tries, Coombes 2.
• Winners’ edge: Sheehan’s teams won 80%, Coombes’s teams won 61% 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.