Yato v Banos

Peceli Yato takes it, 6–1 on categories

Yato wins on tries — the try scorer of the two. Banos’s case rests on tackles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. Top 14 career: Yato 99 matches, Banos 41 matches.

• Yato has 30 tries (one every 2.6 matches) to Banos’ 3 tries (one every 12.5 matches).
• Yato averages 24.7 metres a match to Banos’ 9.1 — 2.7 times as many.
• Yato averages 1.9 points a match to Banos’ 0.4 — 5 times as many.
• Best single match: Yato 3 tries, Banos 1.
• Yato is in form: 7 tries in the last 6 matches, 1.2 a match (0.4 on average).
• Winners’ edge: Banos’s team won 66%, Yato’s teams won 52% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Yato has 99 matches across 8 seasons, Banos 41 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.