We’re three weeks in to the 205 Shute Shield season which is just enough time to start looking in to some key statistics across the competition to identify various outliers and look for trends across the board.

Across the competition, the dry start to the year has led to plenty of tries with each team scoring an average of 4.89 tries a match across the opening three weeks, up from 3.88 last year.

The lineout has somehow become even more important again this year. 52% of tries have originated from lineouts so far this season, up from 46% in 2024.

Keep reading for a full breakdown on all the key stats from the opening rounds:

Top Tryscorers

Hamish Comonte (Randwick) – 5

James Hendren (Randwick) – 5

Lachlan Shelley (Eastwood) – 5

Oli Arcus (Gordon) – 5

Top Pointscorers

Tim Sippel (Randwick) – 39

Coby Miln (Warringah) – 35

Cooper Whiteside (Eastern Suburbs) – 32

Goalkicking (10 attempts or more)

Will Kaye (Gordon) – 91%

Matt Minogue (Norths) – 90%

James Kane (Sydney Uni) – 86%

Most Tackles

Fionn Clifford (Western Sydney) – 63

Sam Allsopp (Sydney Uni) – 52

Jonty Ravenhill (Southern Districts) – 46

Most Carries 

George Gibson (Eastern Suburbs) – 45

Chlayton Frans (Warringah) – 43

Milan Basson (Gordon) – 39

Metres Gained

Gage Phillips (Randwick) – 492

James Hendren (Randwick) – 443.2

Michael Stringer (Eastwood) – 388.3

Linebreaks 

Archie Saunders (Warringah) – 7