Coulon v Machenaud

Maxime Machenaud takes it, 5–2 on categories

Machenaud wins on metres. Coulon’s case rests on tackles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. Top 14 career: Coulon 54 matches, Machenaud 174 matches.

• Machenaud averages 11.6 metres a match to Coulon’s 4.7 — 2.5 times as many.
• Machenaud averages 3.0 points a match to Coulon’s 0.4 — 7.2 times as many.
• Machenaud has 21 tries (one every 7.7 matches) to Coulon’s 3 tries (one every 12.5 matches).
• Winners’ edge: Machenaud’s teams won 55%, Coulon’s teams won 39% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Machenaud has 174 matches across 10 seasons, Coulon 54 in 6 — 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.