Kelleher v Merwe

Too close to call — 4–3 on categories

Kelleher wins on tries — the try scorer of the two. van der Merwe’s case rests on metres. United Rugby Championship career: Kelleher 32 matches, van der Merwe 36 matches.

• Kelleher has 7 tries (one every 4.2 matches) to van der Merwe’s 3 tries (one every 12.5 matches).
• Kelleher averages 1.2 points a match to van der Merwe’s 0.4 — 2.9 times as many.
• van der Merwe averages 22 metres a match to Kelleher’s 15.9 (38% more).
• Winners’ edge: Kelleher’s team won 81%, van der Merwe’s teams won 39% 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.