Melikidze v Tatafu

Giorgi Melikidze takes it, 4–3 on categories

Melikidze wins on tries — the try scorer of the two. Tatafu’s case rests on metres, but it isn’t enough to swing it. Top 14 career: Melikidze 103 matches, Tatafu 56 matches.

• Tatafu averages 8.8 metres a match to Melikidze’s 2.5 — 3.6 times as many.
• Melikidze has 12 tries (one every 7.1 matches) to Tatafu’s 6 tries (one every 9.1 matches).
• Melikidze averages 0.7 points a match to Tatafu’s 0.5 (33% more).
• Best single match: Melikidze 2 tries, Tatafu 1.
• Longevity: Melikidze has 103 matches across 7 seasons, Tatafu 56 in 5 — 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.