Depoortere v Jones

Too close to call — 3–4 on categories

Depoortere wins on tackles — the pressure player of the two. Jones’s case rests on metres. Whole career: Depoortere 79 matches, Jones 109 matches.

• Depoortere averages 6.3 tackles a match to Jones’ 4.9 (30% more).
• Depoortere has 32 tries (one every 2.4 matches) to Jones’ 38 tries (one every 2.8 matches).
• Jones averages 0.7 clean breaks a match to Depoortere’s 0.5 (60% more).
• Best single match: Jones 4 tries, Depoortere 2.
• Depoortere is in form: 4 tries in the last 5 matches, 0.8 a match (0.4 on average).
• 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.