Fall v Spring

Tom Spring takes it, 5–2 on categories

Spring wins on metres. Fall’s case rests on tackles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. Top 14 career: Fall 18 matches, Spring 63 matches.

• Spring averages 65.3 metres a match to Fall’s 21.6 — 3 times as many.
• Fall averages 4.4 tackles a match to Spring’s 1.9 — 2.3 times as many.
• Spring has 20 tries (one every 3.1 matches) to Fall’s 4 tries (one every 4.5 matches).
• Winners’ edge: Spring’s team won 49%, Fall’s team won 28% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Spring has 63 matches across 5 seasons, Fall 18 in 4 — 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.