Willis v Delaporte

Jack Willis takes it, 6–1 on categories

Willis wins on tries — the try scorer of the two. Delaporte’s case rests on tackles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. Top 14 career: Willis 67 matches, Delaporte 100 matches.

• Willis has 18 tries (one every 3.6 matches) to Delaporte’s 5 tries (one every 20 matches).
• Willis averages 28.2 metres a match to Delaporte’s 8.8 — 3.2 times as many.
• Willis averages 1.4 points a match to Delaporte’s 0.3 — 5.1 times as many.
• Best single match: Willis 2 tries, Delaporte 1.
• Winners’ edge: Willis’s team won 76%, Delaporte’s team won 54% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Delaporte has 100 matches across 6 seasons, Willis 67 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.