Depoortere v Jones

Nicolas Depoortere takes it, 2–0 on categories

Depoortere wins on tries — the try scorer of the two. Top 14 career: Depoortere 70 matches, Jones 6 matches.

• Depoortere has 28 tries (one every 2.5 matches) to Jones’ 1 try (one every 5.9 matches).
• Depoortere averages 2 points a match to Jones’ 0.8 — 2.4 times as many.
• Best single match: Depoortere 2 tries, Jones 1.
• Winners’ edge: Depoortere’s team won 66%, Jones’s team won 50% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Depoortere has 70 matches across 5 seasons, Jones 6 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
• Small sample: Jones (6 matches) — treat the averages with care.
• 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.