Williams v Heerden

Emile van Heerden takes it, 5–2 on categories

van Heerden wins on tries — the try scorer of the two. Williams’s case rests on metres, but it isn’t enough to swing it. United Rugby Championship career: Williams 38 matches, van Heerden 31 matches.

• Williams averages 9.1 metres a match to van Heerden’s 6.3 (45% more).
• van Heerden has 2 tries (one every 10 matches) to Williams’ 3 tries (one every 11.1 matches).
• van Heerden has 10 points (one every 2.1 matches) to Williams’ 15 points (one every 2.3 matches).
• Winners’ edge: van Heerden’s team won 52%, Williams’s team won 42% 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.