Villiers v Plumtree

Taine Plumtree takes it, 7–0 on categories

Plumtree wins on tackles — the pressure player of the two. Whole career: de Villiers 31 matches, Plumtree 54 matches.

• Plumtree averages 7.2 tackles a match to de Villiers’ 3.5 — 2.1 times as many.
• Plumtree has 13 tries (one every 3.3 matches) to de Villiers’ 7 tries (one every 4.2 matches).
• Plumtree averages 14.9 metres a match to de Villiers’ 12 (24% more).
• Best single match: Plumtree 2 tries, de Villiers 1.
• Plumtree is in form: 4 tries in the last 6 matches (usually every 3.3 matches).
• Winners’ edge: de Villiers’s teams won 68%, Plumtree’s teams won 33% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Plumtree has 54 matches across 9 seasons, de Villiers 31 in 4 — 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.