dolf_lundgren wrote:Wouldnt have guessed Mcinally, but now I see it not surprised he does do a lot of work.
Interesting stuff, particularly the domination of the back 5 charts by Irish teams, reflection of playing style or just % of possession they get and opportunity?
Not really possible but it would be good to measure an "effecting the game" stat i.e how often they carried, tackled, contributed to a ruck, maul etc to get a fuller picture of workrate. Its measuring the "unseen", the likes of Rob Harley will put in a lot of work in terms of winning ball, clearing out and slowing down which you cant really put a measure on. I wonder how coaches judge that sort of thing, in a world of sports science, other than old fashioned watching and gut feel?
Would be interesting to see stats for Bradbury on Friday, wasn't on long but seemed to be everywhere when he was. Big in defence and carrying.
The performance analysts will be tracking data like rucks hit and how effectively, maul contributions etc. Also using their GPS units to measure distance covered, acceleration, top speed, sprints and the like. I was fortunate enough to get a very brief look at some of the information Gavin Vaughan was tracking for the Warriors - huge amount of detail. They know exactly how much everyone is contributing whether that's in a match or in training.
Unfortunately most of that info isn't publicly available though!