Sa v Latu

Too close to call — 3–4 on categories

Sa wins on tackles — the pressure player of the two. Latu’s case rests on metres. Top 14 career: Sa 34 matches, Latu 80 matches.

• Latu averages 9 metres a match to Sa’s 3 — 3 times as many.
• Sa averages 11 tackles a match to Latu’s 4.5 — 2.4 times as many.
• Latu averages a missed tackle every 1.5 matches to Sa’s 2.
• Best single match: Latu 2 tries, Sa 1.
• Winners’ edge: Sa’s team won 59%, Latu’s teams won 53% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Latu has 80 matches across 5 seasons, Sa 34 in 4 — 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.