Rates v Thomas

Teddy Thomas takes it, 2–0 on categories

Thomas wins on tries — the try scorer of the two. Top 14 career: Rates 8 matches, Thomas 100 matches.

• Thomas has 40 tries (one every 2.5 matches) to Rates’ 2 tries (one every 4 matches).
• Thomas averages 2 points a match to Rates’ 1.3 (60% more).
• Best single match: Thomas 2 tries, Rates 1.
• Thomas is in form: 7 tries in the last 6 matches, 1.2 a match (0.4 on average).
• Winners’ edge: Thomas’s teams won 56%, Rates’s team won 50% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Thomas has 100 matches across 8 seasons, Rates 8 in 2 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
• Small sample: Rates (8 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.