Plessis v Brex

Daniel du Plessis takes it, 6–1 on categories

du Plessis wins on tries — the try scorer of the two. Ignacio Brex’s case rests on metres, but it isn’t enough to swing it. United Rugby Championship career: du Plessis 42 matches, Ignacio Brex 25 matches.

• du Plessis has 3 tries (one every 11.1 matches) to Ignacio Brex’s 2 tries (one every 12.5 matches).
• du Plessis has 9 clean breaks (one every 2 matches) to Ignacio Brex’s 3 clean breaks (one every 4.8 matches).
• du Plessis averages 1.7 defenders beaten a match to Ignacio Brex’s 1.1 (51% more).
• Longevity: du Plessis has 42 matches across 4 seasons, Ignacio Brex 25 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.