Shute Shield Moneyball: Who are the competition’s best players by the numbers
We’re edging closer to the pointy end of the Shute Shield regular season and as the race to the finals heats up, we though we’d take a look at which players are leading the way in a handful of key stats.
Check out the full lists below!
Total Points
Coby Miln (Warringah) – 161
Reece Suesue (Western Sydney) – 136
Jude Gibbs (Northern Suburbs) – 135
Andrew Deegan (Randwick) – 107
Jack Bowen (Eastern Suburbs) – 104
Total Tries
Christian Papas (Western Sydney) – 10
Ben Marr (Warringah) – 9
Jordan Lee Bacon (Eastwood) – 8
Moli Sooaemalelagi (Eastern Suburbs) – 8
Rilloy Suesue (Western Sydney) – 8
Sam Allsop (Sydney University) – 8
Veni Vahai (Hunter Wildfires) – 8
Wesley Thomas (Warringah) – 8
Goal Kicking (40 attempts or more)
Andrew Deegan (Randwick) – 76%
Reece Suesue (Western Sydney) – 76%
Jack Matthews (Sydney University) – 76%
Coby Miln (Warringah) – 74%
Brendan Owen (Manly) – 71%
Jack Bowen (Eastern Suburbs) – 69%
Jude Gibbs (Northern Suburbs) – 69%
Ben Pollack (Gordon) – 66%
Most Tackles
Donny Freeman (Hunter Wildfires) – 173
Sam Allsop (Sydney University) – 172
Zac Barnabas (Warringah) – 171
Ben Houston (Randwick) – 155
Ben Dalton (Eastwood) – 151
Most Carries
Isaac Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens (Southern Districts) -182
Eddie Poolman (Sydney University) -159
Jimmy Hokafonu (Eastwood) -148
Ben Marr (Warringah) – 147
Tovo Faleafa (Western Sydney) – 144
Most Metres
James Hendren (Randwick) – 1410
Isaac Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens (Southern Districts) – 1373.3
Ben Marr (Warringah) – 1341.9
Eddie Poolman (Sydney University) – 1178.1
Christian Papas (Western Sydney) – 1140.4
Most Kicks/Kicking Metres
Coby Miln (Warringah) – 226/7364.2 metres
Jude Gibbs (Northern Suburbs) – 177/5363.4 metres
Ethan Morgan (Hunter Wildfires) – 128/3614 metres
Andrew Deegan (Randwick) – 111/3492.6 metres
Jack Bowen (Eastern Suburbs) – 106/3291.2 metres
Breakdown Steals
Zac Barnabas (Warringah) – 23
Harry Turner (Eastwood) – 10
Donny Freeman (Hunter Wildfires) – 9
James Margan (Northern Suburbs) – 9
Archie Gavin (Eastern Suburbs) – 8
Edward Timpson (Northern Suburbs) – 8
Hunter Ward (Manly) – 8
Jackson Mccalman (Sydney University) – 8
Joel Ellis (Randwick) – 8
Sam Allsop (Sydney University) – 8
Linebreaks
Carrick Mcdonough (Northern Suburbs) – 18
James Mcgregor (Eastwood) – 15
Brandon Quinn (Gordon) – 14
Christian Papas (Western Sydney) – 14
Michael Stringer (Eastwood) – 14
James Hendren (Randwick) – 13
Turnovers Conceded
Coby Miln (Warringah) – 34
Oscar Schmidt-uili (Southern Districts) – 25
Ethan Morgan (Hunter Wildfires) – 23
James Hendren (Randwick) – 23
Jude Gibbs (Northern Suburbs) – 23
Lineout Takes
Angus Allen (Sydney University) – 102
Joshua Bokser (Eastern Suburbs) – 80
Sam Thomson (Warringah) – 79
Marcell Faaofo (Western Sydney) – 68
Phil Potgieter (Southern Districts) – 53
Lineout Steals
Joshua Bokser (Eastern Suburbs) – 11
Tom Smith (Northern Suburbs) – 10
Tom Nowlan (Randwick) – 9
James Douglas (Southern Districts) – 8
Justin Mataele (Manly) – 8
Penalties Conceded
Luke Ratcliff (Sydney University) – 24
Tonga Tangitau (Warringah) – 20
Airi Hunt (Western Sydney) – 19
Isaac Clark (Southern Districts) – 19
Tovo Faleafa (Western Sydney) – 19
Tackle Breaks
Lumafale Lualua (Southern Districts) – 63
Jamie Adamson (Eastern Suburbs) – 50
James Hendren (Randwick) – 49
Christian Yassmin (Randwick) – 48
Oscar Schmidt-Uili (Southern Districts) – 48