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The data below shows how Aussie No7s have performed up the end of Round 9.
Fortunately Australian rugby is blessed with a wide range of good players in this position.
At this stage David Pocock, and Liam Gill appear to be the best choices for the Wallaby squad. However, David pocock needs to show that this level of performance can be sustained.
Scott Fuglistaller and David Pocock have some impressive ruck stats. BUT these average stats are only based on data from 2 games. However, their other stats in the lower table are very impressive and these are based on total game time to date. Both have impressive rates for TOW. David Pocock has least Line Out involvement.
Liam Gill has an impressive all-round game and particularly good TOW rate.
Michael Hooper, the incumbent Wallaby No 7, appears to be struggling this year in all facets of his game except for ball-carrying. His ruck involvement is the lowest of all of these No 7s.
Kane Koteka can stand tall for his efforts as OSF in the absence of Matt Hodgson. He clearly has a big future in this position and will benefit from Hodgo’s on-going leadership and guidance. He has shown strong ruck involvement (a good base for the rest of his game) but needs to work on his effectiveness (shown to some extent by Turn Overs Won) and number of tackles.
Chris Alcock has a concerningly low tackle success rate on an already low tackle count. This means that on average he has 3 Missed Tackles per game.
Jarrad Butler is the least effective ball-carrier and has the highest level of line-out involvement.
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