Halaifonua v Mercer

Too close to call — 3–4 on categories

Halaifonua wins on tries — the try scorer of the two. Mercer’s case rests on metres. Top 14 career: Halaifonua 65 matches, Mercer 72 matches.

• Mercer averages 59.4 metres a match to Halaifonua’s 10.5 — 5.7 times as many.
• Mercer averages 4.0 defenders beaten a match to Halaifonua’s 0.7 — 5.7 times as many.
• Mercer averages 0.9 missed tackles a match to Halaifonua’s 1.4.
• 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.