Garbisi v Hastings

Paolo Garbisi takes it, 5–2 on categories

Garbisi wins on tackles — the pressure player of the two. Hastings’s case rests on clean breaks, but it isn’t enough to swing it. Six Nations career: Garbisi 29 matches, Hastings 11 matches.

• Garbisi averages 8.5 tackles a match to Hastings’ 3.6 — 2.3 times as many.
• Garbisi averages 5.5 points a match to Hastings’ 3.8 (45% more).
• Garbisi has 3 tries (one every 10 matches) to Hastings’ 1 try (one every 11.1 matches).
• Garbisi is in form: 2 tries in the last 10 matches (usually every 10 matches).
• Winners’ edge: Hastings’s team won 55%, Garbisi’s team won 21% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Garbisi has 29 matches across 7 seasons, Hastings 11 in 5 — the averages matter more than the totals here.

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