STATS

[eagle66]

Watching games on TV and seeing the tackle stats, always make me shake my head. How can a team have 20 possessions and the opposing team rack up 220 tackles? 20x6 tackles = 120 tackles maximum. I know this happens because every player in a tackle gets acknowledged but really, one tackle (or one play the ball) = 1.
I would be more interested in the tackle count reflecting times a team has been tackled which is made up of 1 man tackle, 2 man tackles, 3 man tackles and gang tackles.

 

[Loobs]

Watching games on TV and seeing the tackle stats, always make me shake my head. How can a team have 20 possessions and the opposing team rack up 220 tackles? 20x6 tackles = 120 tackles maximum. I know this happens because every player in a tackle gets acknowledged but really, one tackle (or one play the ball) = 1.
I would be more interested in the tackle count reflecting times a team has been tackled which is made up of 1 man tackle, 2 man tackles, 3 man tackles and gang tackles.

NRL stats in general are pretty bland and basic. The level of published analytics is terrible - there are no what you would call "advanced stats".

Something I've been interested in is stuff like offload metres gained and things like that. The NRL just counts "Offloads" as a positive stat but not all offloads are equal. A player that offloads into a situation where another player makes metres out of it is obviously better than when a tackled player gets an arm loose and just chucks and the team loses 10 metres (AKA The Watmough). Yet both just register a "1" on the offload and everyone moves on.

 

[eagle66]

NRL stats in general are pretty bland and basic. The level of published analytics is terrible - there are no what you would call "advanced stats".

Something I've been interested in is stuff like offload metres gained and things like that. The NRL just counts "Offloads" as a positive stat but not all offloads are equal. A player that offloads into a situation where another player makes metres out of it is obviously better than when a tackled player gets an arm loose and just chucks and the team loses 10 metres (AKA The Watmough). Yet both just register a "1" on the offload and everyone moves on.

Good point. As you say, the Offload stat should really be total offloads, consisting of positive offloads ie >1metre gained and negative offloads ie < 1 metre gained or loss of possession.

 

[Loobs]

Good point. As you say, the Offload stat should really be total offloads, consisting of positive offloads ie >1metre gained and negative offloads ie < 1 metre gained or loss of possession.

Also kicks dead v kicks that gain point or a repeat set... So many things they could do. You'd imagine player managers would want to arm themselves with these stats when negotiating. You want to quantify your players worth.

 

[lurker]

@Loobs check out this thread. I think we think the same way.

http://silvertails.net/threads/player-ranking-system.46092/

 

[The Who]

And why is "dying with the ball" credited as a "hit-up"?

 

[Sea Eagle 4 Life]

How can a team have 20 possessions and the opposing team rack up 220 tackles?

Its called a "flop" by most defenders in the vicinity.

 

[Loobs]

Its called a "flop" by most defenders in the vicinity.

AKA The Hindmarsh