Barre v Desperes

Too close to call — 4–3 on categories

Barre wins on tries — the try scorer of the two. Desperes’s case rests on points. Top 14 career: Barre 114 matches, Desperes 69 matches.

• Barre has 22 tries (one every 5.3 matches) to Desperes’ 7 tries (one every 10 matches).
• Desperes averages 4.0 points a match to Barre’s 1.7 — 2.4 times as many.
• Barre averages 37.4 metres a match to Desperes’ 22.6 (65% more).
• Barre is in form: 5 tries in the last 5 matches, 1 a match (0.2 on average).
• Winners’ edge: Desperes’s team won 57%, Barre’s team won 51% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Barre has 114 matches across 6 seasons, Desperes 69 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.