Sheehan v Coombes

Dan Sheehan takes it, 5–2 on categories

Sheehan wins on tries — the try scorer of the two. Coombes’s case rests on tackles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. United Rugby Championship career: Sheehan 32 matches, Coombes 66 matches.

• Sheehan averages 0.7 tries a match to Coombes’ 0.3 — 2.4 times as many.
• Sheehan averages 3.5 points a match to Coombes’ 1.5 — 2.4 times as many.
• Coombes averages 10.8 tackles a match to Sheehan’s 7.2 (50% more).
• Best single match: Sheehan 3 tries, Coombes 2.
• Winners’ edge: Sheehan’s team won 84%, Coombes’s team won 61% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Coombes has 66 matches across 5 seasons, Sheehan 32 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.