Karawalevu v Preez

Robert du Preez takes it, 4–3 on categories

du Preez wins on tackles — the pressure player of the two. Karawalevu’s case rests on metres, but it isn’t enough to swing it. Whole career: Karawalevu 24 matches, du Preez 141 matches.

• du Preez averages 5.0 tackles a match to Karawalevu’s 1 — 5 times as many.
• du Preez averages 5.6 points a match to Karawalevu’s 1.1 — 5.4 times as many.
• Karawalevu averages 1 clean breaks a match to du Preez’s 0.3 — 3.3 times as many.
• Winners’ edge: du Preez’s teams won 52%, Karawalevu’s teams won 29% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: du Preez has 141 matches across 11 seasons, Karawalevu 24 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.