Here are my player ratings from the quarter finals of Super Rugby. Submit your own, keeping the figures for mediocre scores aside for reasons of brevity and so that the focus is on the best and worst performers.
Scores should be between anyone over 7 and anyone below 4, i.e. for very good and poor performances. Half scores are allowed i.e. 7.5, 3.5 and so on.
Please submit your own scores for a whole team. The minimum is one team, there is no obligation to score all the games. I average the scores per team by the number submitted. I will compile every ones submitted teams scores and produce Wallaby form teams later in the week. There will be 1 team of the round and 3 accumulative teams.
Stormers – Brumbies
The Brumbies had a very good game, probably their best game with the only doubt being the number of missed tackles. The Brumbies dominated the collisions and the breakdown.
They outmuscled the physical Stormers and that is no mean feat. The Stormers only had two rays of sunshine in their gloom.
Their scrum was dominant and De Allende’s running game was very strong and effective. The Stormers lineout was an utter shambles with over throw after over throw. Tomane was brilliant in attack and made the most of his few opportunities scoring three very good tries and missed out on the best effort for a fourth by Moggs’ head high tackle.
The main negative for the Brumbies was the tackling. They missed 27 tackles and had a success rate of 82%. The Hurricanes would punish them far more for this than the Stormers did. Another was Lealiifanos’ poor gaolkicking once again.
The statistics make you wonder how the Brumbies won and make it read that the Stormers were the better team despite them clearly being outclassed.
| Stormers | Stat | Brumbies |
| 118 | Runs | 82 |
| 462 | Metres with ball | 346 |
Attacking
| Stormers | Stat | Brumbies |
| 58% (52%/66%) | Possession (1H/2H) | 42% (48%/34%) |
| 61% (53%/70%) | Territory (1H/2H) | 39% (47%/30%) |
| 9 | Clean breaks | 11 |
| 27 | Defenders beaten | 12 |
| 3 | Offloads | 4 |
| 82 from 89 (92.1%) | Rucks won | 56 from 59 (94.9%) |
| 12 from 12 (100.0%) | Mauls won | 3 from 3 (100.0%) |
| 11 | Turnovers conceded | 9 |
| 80/12 | Tackles made/missed | 122/27 |
| 87.00% | Tackling success rate | 82.00% |
| 4 won, 1 lost (80.0%) | Scrums on own feed | 2 won, 0 lost (100.0%) |
| 15 won, 7 lost (68.2%) | Lineouts on own throw | 5 won, 2 lost (71.4%) |
| 3 | Penalties conceded | 13 |
| 0/0 | Yellow/red cards | 1 / 1 |
Brumbies
S. Sio 8/10
S. Moore 7.5/10
R. Arnold 7.5/10
B. Enever 8/10
S. Fardy 8/10
D. Pocock 8.5/10
I. Vaea 8/10
C. Lealiifano 3.5/10
J. Tomane 9/10
T. Kuridrani 3.5/10
H. Speight 3.5/10
J. Mogg 7.5/10
HandsOffBlack7
Guest
Fair call. Cheers!
RT
Guest
Reading those stats you if you didn't know the score you'd have to believe the Stormers won.
Harry Jones
Expert
Sio 7 Moore 7 Arnold 7 Fardy 9 Pocock 8 Vaea 8 Lealiifano 4 Tomane 9 Kuridrani 5 Mogg 8
MH01
Guest
Thanks for the stats Peterk, appreciate the effort and analysis
PeterK
Roar Guru
Toomua missed 3/8 tackles, gave away 1 penalty, ran 6 times for 17 metres, gave away 1 turnover, 1 defender beaten as a 12 hardly that good IMO.
HandsOffBlack7
Guest
Good scoring and well justified. After the game realising Speight would be suspended, I wasn't overly concerned as he didn't seem to do much. Having said that, his presence alone can put the opposition in two minds. I thought Toomua might be a 7? He had a decent game without being outstanding - any stats or reasons he wasn't a 7+? I think the biggest positive here for the Brumbies is the "not known" players stepping up - Ita Vaea - He's been consistent, and a damaging ball runner, and solid in defence. I think he should be a wallaby based on form. Enever and Arnold (who I think should be in the Wallabies squad as future wallabies) are the main players which have grabbed their opportunity with both hands. Two big lads in the lock position with a bit of aggression is what the Brumbies need (and the wallabies for that matter)
PeterK
Roar Guru
You are correct that was my only 10. Folua made no mistakes according to stats in that game, no missed tackles, no turnovers, no penalties, he kicked well as well.
Cornchips
Guest
I see your point though I think I know at least one of those missed tackles which was a chase and wasn't really a big deal. I think you are always going to have some mistakes in a game by a player and if I remember the only 10 you gave out was to Folau. I'd suggest in that game Folau still made 1 or 2 mistakes.
PeterK
Roar Guru
CLL like Tomane missed 3/8 tackles, and his kicking was poor 57% , also he gave away 4 turnovers, and 9 runs for 11 metres. IMO CLL was poor so I marked him accordingly. Kuridrani other than the cold drop, missed 5/11 tackles so 45% missed, also he gave away 2 turnovers, 1 penalty, 5 runs for 16 metres. IMO Kuridrani was poor so I marked him accordingly.
PeterK
Roar Guru
Tomane missed 3 tackles out of 8 which is 37.5% , that is why I gave him a 9.
Cornchips
Guest
I agree with Utah's scores though I would go so far to give Tomane a 10 for that game. His 3.5 trys would get him an 8 base but he was also at least solid in all other aspects of his game. I can't remember one mistake in either attack or defense from him on the night and that is amazing.
Utah
Guest
Brumbies Tomane 9 Moore 8.5 Fardy 8.5 Pocock 8.5 Vaea 8.5 Mogg 8 Arnold 7.5 Enever 7.5 White 7.5 Sio 7 Lealiifano 7 (Missed a simple tackle that led to a break, and poor goal kicking. But other than that I thought played very well) Generous scores I know. But occasionally a team clicks, and this week the Brumbies did exactly that. Cheers.