Ruru v Machenaud

Maxime Machenaud takes it, 5–2 on categories

Machenaud wins on metres. Ruru’s case rests on tries, but it isn’t enough to swing it. Top 14 career: Ruru 30 matches, Machenaud 174 matches.

• Machenaud averages 11.6 metres a match to Ruru’s 3.1 — 3.7 times as many.
• Machenaud averages 3.0 points a match to Ruru’s 1 — 3 times as many.
• Ruru has 6 tries (one every 5 matches) to Machenaud’s 21 tries (one every 7.7 matches).
• Best single match: Machenaud 2 tries, Ruru 1.
• Winners’ edge: Machenaud’s teams won 55%, Ruru’s teams won 30% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Machenaud has 174 matches across 10 seasons, Ruru 30 in 3 — 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.