Zegueur v Machenaud

Maxime Machenaud takes it, 5–2 on categories

Machenaud wins on tries — the try scorer of the two. Zegueur’s case rests on tackles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. Top 14 career: Zegueur 77 matches, Machenaud 174 matches.

• Machenaud has 21 tries (one every 7.7 matches) to Zegueur’s 5 tries (one every 14.3 matches).
• Zegueur averages 9.2 tackles a match to Machenaud’s 3.6 — 2.5 times as many.
• Machenaud averages 3.0 points a match to Zegueur’s 0.3 — 8.9 times as many.
• Best single match: Machenaud 2 tries, Zegueur 1.
• Winners’ edge: Machenaud’s teams won 55%, Zegueur’s team won 48% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Machenaud has 174 matches across 10 seasons, Zegueur 77 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.