Yato v Paulos

Peceli Yato takes it, 6–1 on categories

Yato wins on tries — the try scorer of the two. Paulos’s case rests on tackles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. Top 14 career: Yato 99 matches, Paulos 90 matches.

• Yato has 30 tries (one every 2.6 matches) to Paulos’ 7 tries (one every 12.5 matches).
• Yato averages 24.7 metres a match to Paulos’ 9.8 — 2.5 times as many.
• Yato averages 1.9 points a match to Paulos’ 0.4 — 4.6 times as many.
• Best single match: Yato 3 tries, Paulos 1.
• Yato is in form: 7 tries in the last 6 matches, 1.2 a match (0.4 on average).
• Winners’ edge: Yato’s teams won 52%, Paulos’s teams won 42% of the matches they played.
• 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.