While numbers and statistics don’t guarantee victory, they certainly give an interesting insight into the performances of certain players across the competition.

With just four rounds until finals, we thought we’d take a look at which players are leading the competition based on numbers, thanks to our mates at Opta Sports.

Tackles

1) Sam Shires (Manly) 200

2) Nick Champion de Crespigny (Sydney Uni) 192

3) Adrian Musico (Parramatta) 190

4) Rohan O’Regan (Sydney Uni) 188

5) Conor Mitchell (Southern Districts) 183

Carries

1) Kelly Meafua (West Harbour) 253

2) Patrick Sio (Eastwood) 198

3) Andrew Tuala (West Harbour) 180

4) Rhys Allen (Eastwood) 178

5) Denny Godinet (Southern Districts) 168

Defenders Beaten

1) Kelly Meafua (West Harbour) 91

2) Dennis Pili-Gaitau (Manly) 83

3) Enoka Muliufi (West Harbour) 61

4) Seb Wileman (Warringah) 59

4) Denny Godinet (Southern Districts) 59

Offloads

1) Denny Godinet (Southern Districts) 20

1) Dennis Pili-Gaitau (Manly) 20

3) Johnathan Malo (Parramatta) 18

4) Emmanuel Meafou (Warringah) 16

4) Ben Cotton (West Harbour) 16

Clean Breaks

1) Michael Adams (Manly) 33

2) Dennis Pili-Gaitau (Manly) 28

3) Rowland Keni Kotobalavu (Southern Districts) 21

3) Seb Wileman (Warringah) 21

3) Christian Yassmin (Randwick) 21

Turnovers Won

1) Kotoni Ale (Manly) 32

2) Rowan Perry (Eastern Suburbs) 21

3) Tom Murphy (Eastwood) 20

4) Kelly Meafua (West Harbour) 15

5) Adrian Musico (Parramatta) 14

Lineouts Won

1) James Neale (Eastwood) 52

2) Angus Ryan (Southern Districts) 47

3) Sam Thomson (Warringah) 46

4) Sam Ward (Warringah) 42

5) Rohan O’Regan (Sydney University) 39

Lineout Steals

1) Sam Thomson (Warringah) 9

2) Harry Bergelin (Manly) 7

3) Marcus Carbone (Southern Districts) 6

4) Lewis Taie (Randwick) 6

5) Sam Ward (Warringah) 6

Kicks In Play

1) Mack Mason (Eastern Suburbs) 159

2) Jai Ayoub (Eastwood) 123

3) Myles Dorrian (Warringah) 117

4) Nick Holton (Manly) 108

5) James Kane (Sydney University) 106