Matiu v Serin

Baptiste Serin takes it, 5–2 on categories

Serin wins on metres. Matiu’s case rests on tackles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. Whole career: Matiu 44 matches, Serin 182 matches.

• Matiu averages 11 tackles a match to Serin’s 4.0 — 2.7 times as many.
• Serin averages 14.7 metres a match to Matiu’s 7 — 2.1 times as many.
• Serin averages 2.2 points a match to Matiu’s 0.9 — 2.4 times as many.
• Best single match: Matiu 2 tries, Serin 1.
• Longevity: Serin has 182 matches across 17 seasons, Matiu 44 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.