Wardi v Poirot

Reda Wardi takes it, 4–3 on categories

Wardi wins on tries — the try scorer of the two. Poirot’s case rests on missed tackles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. Whole career: Wardi 89 matches, Poirot 173 matches.

• Wardi has 4 tries (one every 20 matches) to Poirot’s 7 tries (one every 25 matches).
• Wardi has 20 points (one every 4.2 matches) to Poirot’s 35 points (one every 4.8 matches).
• Wardi averages 7.1 metres a match to Poirot’s 6.4 (10% more).
• Winners’ edge: Wardi’s teams won 61%, Poirot’s teams won 50% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Poirot has 173 matches across 15 seasons, Wardi 89 in 8 — 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.