📊 - Irish Rugby's Terry Kennedy in the Men's SVNS this season:

Tries - 28 (2nd)
Try Assists - 15 (4th)
Carries - 179 (1st)
Metres - 1326 (2nd)
Line Breaks - 24 (2nd)
Defenders Beaten (5th)
Offloads - 25 (3rd)
Tackles - 83 (2nd)

Key.

16.8 - USA Rugby's Perry Baker has gained 16.8 metres per carry in the Men's SVNS this season, the best rate of any player (min. 20 carries):

🇺🇸 Perry Baker - 16.8
🇦🇺 Henry Palmer - 14.1
🇳🇿 Moses Leo - 13.7
🇫🇯 Ponipate Loganimasi - 13.2
🇫🇯 Ropate Rere - 13.0

Cooking.

43 - Terry Kennedy and Marcos Moneta have each recorded a joint-high 43 try involvements (tries + assists) in the Men's SVNS this year:

🇦🇷 M Moneta - 43 (29T 14A)
☘️ T Kennedy - 43 (28T 15A)
🇿🇦 S Davids - 29 (8T 21A)
🇬🇧 T Emery - 28 (14T 14A)
🇺🇸 M Esdale - 25 (18T 7A)

Gap.

6.9 – Red Roses full-back Ellie Kildunne has beaten more defenders per 80 minutes than any other player in Premiership Women's Rugby this season (6.9, min.400 mins), while @scotlandteam's Chloe Rollie beat more defenders per 80 than any other player in the league last season (7.0). Matchup.

13 - The six players with the most try assists in this season’s JAPAN RUGBY LEAGUE ONE D1:

13 - Richie Mo'unga 🇳🇿
11 - Taiki Koyama 🇯🇵
10 - Atsushi Hiwasa 🇯🇵
10 - Rikiya Matsuda 🇯🇵
9 - Bryn Gatland 🇳🇿
9 - Yu Tamura 🇯🇵

Distribution.

179 - The six players with the most tackles completed in this season’s JAPAN RUGBY LEAGUE ONE D1:

179 - Franco Mostert 🇿🇦
166 - Kazuki Himeno 🇯🇵
158 - Pieter Labuschagne 🇯🇵
154 - Ardie Savea 🇳🇿
149 - Yuya Odo 🇯🇵
148 - Tiennan Costley 🇳🇿

Persistent.

63.6% - The six players with the highest dominant carry rates in this season’s JAPAN RUGBY LEAGUE ONE D1 (min.100 carries):

63.6% - Damian de Allende 🇿🇦
61.3% - Ardie Savea 🇳🇿
60.9% - Malo Tuitama 🇳🇿
58.0% - Patrick Tafa 🇦🇺
55.2% - Isaac Lucas 🇦🇺
54.6% - Viliami Tahitu'a 🇹🇴

Contact.

17 - Warrington Wolves's Matthew Dufty has registered the most line break involvements in Betfred Super League this season (17), ranking joint first for both line breaks (9, level with Innes Senior) and line break assists (8, level with Gareth O'Brien) in the competition this year. Key.

7 - Marc Sneyd is the top point scorer in Betfred Super League this season (63), recording the best goalkicking success rate in the competition (97%); he's also assisted 7 tries from kicks this campaign, almost twice as many as any other player (Brodie Croft - 4). Pinpoint.

10 - @StadeRochelais’ victory v the Stormers was their 10th straight win in the knockout stages of the Investec Champions Cup, setting a new record for the most consecutive knockout games won by any side in the competition, overtaking RC Toulon’s run of nine between 2013 and 2015. Clutch.

13 - Exeter Chiefs’ Immanuel Feyi-Waboso beat 13 defenders v Bath, the most by any player in a Investec Champions Cup knockout game since Opta have recorded this data (2009); Ethan Roots made 26 carries, the most in the cup since Leeds' Hendre Fourie v Stade Francais in 2010. Attack.

9 - Official Blue Bulls scored 9 tries v Lyon, the most any side has scored in a Investec Champions Cup knockout stage game since 1998 (Stade Francais, 10 v Pontypridd); the Bulls’ 774 metres gained was also the highest by any South African side in a Champions or Challenge Cup game. Rampant.

84% - Connacht Rugby’s Shayne Bolton had the best dominant carry % of anyone in the pool stages of the 2023/24 Investec Champions Cup (84%,min. 20 carries) while only Bernhard Janse van Rensburg (60%) & Jack Willis (63%) had higher def. ruck efficency %'s than him (57%,min.5 hits). Power.

5 -Benetton Rugby 🦁’s Onisi Ratave is the joint-top tryscorer in this season’s EPCR Challenge Cup (5, also Simone Gesi); he also leads the competition for offloads (9), and is one of three players to have gained over 300 metres this term (323, also Ioan Lloyd & Alex Newsome). Luminous.

8 - Tommaso Menoncello made more dominant tackles than any other back in the 2024 #GuinnessM6N (8) and also won the joint-most turnovers of any back in the Championship this year (4, also Juan Ignacio Brex). Recognition.

8 - UBB Rugby’s Damian Penaud has made more line breaks than any other player in this season’s Investec Champions Cup (8) and is also one of just two players to have evaded at least 80% of the tackles they’ve faced in the competition this term (84%, also Marcus Smith). Threat.

8 - Leinster Rugby’s Josh van der Flier won more turnovers than any other player in the pool stages of this season’s Investec Champions Cup (8), while only teammate Ryan Baird (8) made more dominant tackles than him (7). Presence.

26 – Sam Whitelock has played in 26 men's Rugby World Cup matches, at least four more than any other player, and is also the only player to have appeared in three men’s finals – Whitelock retires as the All Blacks’ all-time record appearance holder (153). Icon.

11 - @federugby won 11 turnovers against Ireland, the joint-most by any team in a single Guinness Women's Six Nations game this decade, alongside the 11 they won against France last year, and the 11 England won against Ireland in 2020. Poachers.

30 - Irish Rugby’s Sam Monaghan made 30 carries against Italy on Sunday, the first time a player has made 30+ carries in a single Guinness Women's Six Nations match since Scotland’s Jade Konkel-Roberts v Ireland in 2020 (32). Relentless.