Rates v Fall

Melvyn Rates takes it, 2–0 on categories

Rates wins on tries — the try scorer of the two. Top 14 career: Rates 8 matches, Fall 18 matches.

• Rates has 2 tries (one every 4 matches) to Fall’s 4 tries (one every 4.5 matches).
• Rates averages 1.3 points a match to Fall’s 1.1 (13% more).
• Best single match: Fall 2 tries, Rates 1.
• Winners’ edge: Rates’s team won 50%, Fall’s team won 28% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Fall has 18 matches across 4 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.