Heerden v Tixeront

Ruben van Heerden takes it, 2–0 on categories

van Heerden wins on tries — the try scorer of the two. Top 14 career: van Heerden 4 matches, Tixeront 88 matches.

• van Heerden has 1 try (one every 4 matches) to Tixeront’s 9 tries (one every 9.1 matches).
• van Heerden averages 1.3 points a match to Tixeront’s 0.6 — 2.2 times as many.
• Best single match: Tixeront 2 tries, van Heerden 1.
• Longevity: Tixeront has 88 matches across 6 seasons, van Heerden 4 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
• Small sample: van Heerden (4 matches) — treat the averages with care.
• 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.