Taofifenua v Ribbans

Too close to call — 4–3 on categories

Ribbans wins on metres. Taofifenua’s case rests on tries. Top 14 career: Taofifenua 147 matches, Ribbans 57 matches.

• Ribbans averages 14.2 metres a match to Taofifenua’s 7.0 — 2 times as many.
• Ribbans averages 7.5 tackles a match to Taofifenua’s 3.9 (94% more).
• Taofifenua has 17 tries (one every 8.3 matches) to Ribbans’ 5 tries (one every 11.1 matches).
• Best single match: Taofifenua 2 tries, Ribbans 1.
• Winners’ edge: Ribbans’s team won 65%, Taofifenua’s teams won 48% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Taofifenua has 147 matches across 10 seasons, Ribbans 57 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.