Southworth v Nche

Ox Nche takes it, 6–1 on categories

Nche wins on metres. Southworth’s case rests on missed tackles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. Whole career: Southworth 40 matches, Nche 94 matches.

• Nche averages 7.5 metres a match to Southworth’s 3.6 — 2.1 times as many.
• Nche has 6 tries (one every 10 matches) to Southworth’s 3 tries (one every 12.5 matches).
• Nche averages 4.9 tackles a match to Southworth’s 3.7 (31% more).
• Winners’ edge: Nche’s teams won 53%, Southworth’s teams won 45% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Nche has 94 matches across 11 seasons, Southworth 40 in 6 — 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.