The rise.... and RISE of Marc Pittonet

[kruddler]

Having Cripps at a rucks feet makes a huge difference, as did Judd.

No. It matters little.

Its the ability of a ruck to put the ball into a clear winning position.
It is NOT tapping it straight down to a scrum in which Cripps bullocks his way past 3 players. That would be considered a hitout. Not a hitout to advantage.

That by the way is exposed by the stats, against Gawn, Pittonet's CA of 15% out of 35% wins is 5.25%, or just a bit better than 1 good result out of every 20 attempts! So for 65 RCs that is a grand total of about 3-1/2 contested hit outs to an advantage for a whole game.

WRONG. Completely made up. Incorrect interpretation.

The CA% is essentially (hitouts to advantage / number of centre bounces attended). So it takes into account every single hitout that the ruck contested. Included every single one that he lost. How do i know this? I created the stat!

I've always argued the rucking deficits of the likes of Phillips and Casboult are not related to the tap, but it's all about what happens next. Casboult has recently improved the rest of ruck play dramatically, so he has gone up in my opinion.

FYI, Casboult attended 119 centre bounces and has 11 to advantage.
Thus a CA% of 9.2%. He had 0% last match.
Both of those stats back up my assertion that it has nothing to do with Cripps/Judd.

But the bloke who exposes the folly of these stats more than any other is Warnock, completely dominant in the tap but utterly worthless overall. They could call Warnock "The Tap King", and he'd go the same way, extinction!

Well i cannot access Warnocks stats for a comparison, but i do remember his hitouts were high, but to advantage were not as high as you'd think. In short, Pittonet has him covered.


The whole stats above are a snapshot of Pittonets ruck work, but also an indication of his work ethic and attitude.
He has beaten everyone he's come up against, including Max Gawn, despite a terrible first quarter there. He dug in, fought back and came out on top.
FYI, Pittonet had 5 clearances to Gawns 3 as well.
Casboult 0% CA again.