Maqala v Depoortere

Nicolas Depoortere takes it, 4–3 on categories

Depoortere wins on tries — the try scorer of the two. Maqala’s case rests on metres, but it isn’t enough to swing it. Whole career: Maqala 75 matches, Depoortere 79 matches.

• Maqala averages 38.7 metres a match to Depoortere’s 30.7 (26% more).
• Depoortere has 32 tries (one every 2.4 matches) to Maqala’s 25 tries (one every 2.8 matches).
• Maqala averages 0.7 clean breaks a match to Depoortere’s 0.5 (62% 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%, Maqala’s teams won 53% 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.