Tixeront v Gorgadze

Beka Gorgadze takes it, 6–1 on categories

Gorgadze wins on tries — the try scorer of the two. Tixeront’s case rests on missed tackles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. Top 14 career: Tixeront 88 matches, Gorgadze 90 matches.

• Gorgadze has 18 tries (one every 5 matches) to Tixeront’s 9 tries (one every 9.1 matches).
• Gorgadze averages 35.5 metres a match to Tixeront’s 6.3 — 5.7 times as many.
• Gorgadze averages 1 points a match to Tixeront’s 0.6 (79% more).
• Winners’ edge: Gorgadze’s team won 57%, Tixeront’s team won 47% 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.