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Opinionated Rugby Commentary - by Fans for Fans
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The Rugby Championship Team and Stats Leaders 3 views
08 October 2012 by The Swede Eaters
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Scotty Donaldson does some number crunching and sees whether the stats are an accurate reflection of the team of the Rugby Championship 2012.
The Rugby Championship 2012 is over and may I present The Rugby Championship 2012 Team of the Competition based on www.testrugby.com statistics. Do you agree with these statistics?
The All Blacks were dominant, while many people don't realise that Australia actually finished second, ahead of South Africa despite being anything but convincing. Argentina ran out of steam after some brave early season performances. The Springboks improved without Morne Steyn being the "hand-brake" in their backline!
There are some limitations with these statistics which are based on average score per game in www.testrugby.com points. This means that some players who were substituted regularly missed out on the opportunity to make this team. I also made the decision to separate the position categories, so for example Kieran Read the All Blacks star Number Eight was the second highest scoring loose forward, but I chose to separate positions into Number Eights and flankers so Richie McCaw and Francois Louw made it instead. It seems that the outside backs scored the most points out of any position with All Blacks Israel Dagg, Cory Jane and Julian Savea scoring healthy totals.
It is funny to see Ma'a Nonu and Sonny Bill Williams together in midfield given they were bad when they played there together. There are eight All Blacks, three Springboks, three Wallabies (ironically two tight forwards, but not surprising given these guys had to play plenty of minutes) and one Pumas player.
It is interesting to see the how the statistics change your view on who should be in the Rugby Championship 2012. Although I think they don't reveal everything.
Do you agree with the www.testrugby.com statistically based Rugby Championship Team of the Competition?
Player Name Pos Team Games Total Avg Price
1 Ben Alexander FR AUS 5 735 147 $765,000
2 Adriaan Strauss FR SAF 6 1420 237 $1,312,500
3 Owen Franks FR NZL 6 975 162 $842,500
4 Sam Whitelock LK NZL 6 1310 218 $1,147,500
5 Nathan Sharpe LK AUS 6 1215 202 $1,150,000
6 Francois Louw LF SAF 4 715 179 $962,500
7 Richie McCaw LF NZL 6 1215 202 $1,202,500
8 Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe LF ARG 6 1465 244 $1,210,000
9 Will Genia HV AUS 3 570 190 $992,500
10 Dan Carter HV NZL 4 1255 314 $1,260,000
11 Bryan Habana OB SAF 6 1875 312 $1,180,000
12 Ma'a Nonu CT NZL 6 1405 234 $1,335,000
13 Sonny Bill Williams CT NZL 2 430 215 $1,032,500
14 Cory Jane OB NZL 6 1685 281 $1,192,500
15 Israel Dagg OB NZL 6 1790 298 $1,307,500
My actual team Rugby Championship 2012 team would be the following. It is difficult to find room for many or any non-All Blacks. What do you think?
1 Woodcock
2 Strauss
3 Du Plessis
4 Whitelock
5 Sharpe
6 Louw
7 McCaw
8 Read
9 Genia
10 Carter
11 Habana
12 Nonu
13 C Smith
14 Jane
15 Dagg
The Rugby Championship 2012 Statistics Leaders
Top Tacklers
Rank Player Name Pos Team Games Total Avg Price
1 Richie McCaw LF NZL 6 55 9 $1,202,500
2 Patricio Albacete LK ARG 6 49 8 $1,120,000
3 Micheal Hooper LF AUS 6 45 8 $880,000
4 Nathan Sharpe LK AUS 6 39 6 $1,150,000
5 Kieran Read LF NZL 6 38 6 $1,202,500
Best Lineout Forwards
Rank Player Name Pos Team Games Total Avg Price
1 Adriaan Strauss FR SAF 6 74 12 $1,312,500
2 Eusebio Guinazu FR ARG 6 58 10 $997,500
3 Tatafu Polatu-Nau FR AUS 5 53 11 $1,147,500
4 Keven Mealamu FR NZL 6 38 6 $1,132,500
5 Andrew Hore FR NZL 6 30 5 $1,155,000
6 Andries Bekker LK SAF 5 30 6 $1,105,000
7 Patricio Albacete LK ARG 6 26 4 $1,120,000
8 David Dennis LF AUS 6 24 4 $702,500
9 Nathan Sharpe LK AUS 6 22 4 $1,150,000
10 Sam Whitelock LK NZL 6 21 4 $1,147,500
Best Go Forward Ball
Rank Player Name Pos Team Games Total Avg Price
1 Nathan Sharpe LK AUS 6 33 6 $1,150,000
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Liam Messam LF NZL 6 32 5 $837,500
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Ma'a Nonu CT NZL 6 29 5 $1,335,000
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Kieran Read LF NZL 6 29 5 $1,202,500
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Bryan Habana OB SAF 6 29 5 $1,180,000
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Digby Ioane OB AUS 6 29 5 $1,142,500
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Richie McCaw LF NZL 6 28 5 $1,202,500
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Israel Dagg OB NZL 6 26 4 $1,307,500
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Conrad Smith CT NZL 4 25 6 $1,225,000
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Micheal Hooper LF AUS 6 25 4 $880,000
Have your say at
http://www.superrugbytips.com/2012/10/the-rugby-championship-team-of.html
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All Blacks, Rugby Championship, Wallabies, Pumas, Springboks
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