Perrin v Castro-Ferreira

Mael Perrin takes it, 3–3 on categories

Perrin wins on tries — the try scorer of the two. Castro-Ferreira’s case rests on metres, but it isn’t enough to swing it. Top 14 career: Perrin 3 matches, Castro-Ferreira 39 matches.

• Perrin averages 1 tries a match to Castro-Ferreira’s 0.4 — 2.3 times as many.
• Castro-Ferreira averages 25.5 metres a match to Perrin’s 1 — 25.5 times as many.
• Perrin averages 5 points a match to Castro-Ferreira’s 2.2 — 2.3 times as many.
• Longevity: Castro-Ferreira has 39 matches across 4 seasons, Perrin 3 in 2 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
• Small sample: Perrin (3 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.