Ryan v Beirne

Too close to call — 4–3 on categories

Ryan wins on metres. Beirne’s case rests on tries. United Rugby Championship career: Ryan 30 matches, Beirne 36 matches.

• Beirne has 5 tries (one every 6.7 matches) to Ryan’s 1 try (one every 20 matches).
• Beirne averages 0.7 points a match to Ryan’s 0.3 — 2.8 times as many.
• Ryan averages 13.4 metres a match to Beirne’s 6.7 — 2 times as many.
• Winners’ edge: Ryan’s team won 87%, Beirne’s teams won 56% 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.