What is wrong with Springbok rugby - a look at stats that you have not seen before

Nov 18, 2016

What is wrong with Springbok rugby a look at stats that you have not seen before During the last two weeks, it has been in the news quite a bit that the springbok management believes they are on the right track. The general public who watched the same game is dumbfounded as Toeties' troops has failed to win a big game for the 5th appearance in a row.  In this article, we will look at what the stats tells us about our current herd of springboks.  In 2014 Robbie Fleck told coaches that the WP

Gainline Success per Lineout

Dec 06, 2015

We have been trying for a while now to measure the the gain-line success of a team from their 1st phase, until the team looses possession. I must say the results came as a bit of a shock. I would have thought that a ball thrown to the middle of a lineout would result in a better gainline success than a ball thrown to the front and worse than a ball thrown to the back. While this is not entirely untrue the margin is not worth the risk. In 2015 there was no difference in the gain-line success of

Overall Win % by lineouts thrown to middle and back

Nov 09, 2015

In a comparison of the top 8 rugby schools in Cape Town we look at a graph that compares the teams on lineout win % and the percentage of lineouts that a team will throw to the middle and back. In this graph, you want to be in the top right hand quater. It means that the team throw to the middle and back more than average and that the team wins the ball more than average.  Additional information that we can see in this graph is; The bigger the the circle of the team, the more often they get