The rise.... and RISE of Marc Pittonet

[kruddler]

Without revisiting the flaws of the hitouts to advantage statistic, it’s worth noting that Pitto loses more ruck contests than he wins.

While those hitouts may not all result in opposition clearances, there’s a good chance that, with a decent midfield, many of them will.

With all due respect, that means SFA.

No point 'winning' a hitout if it goes to a 50-50 contest, or worse still, to the opposition.
Anyone can win a hitout.
Not everyone can hit it to a teammate.

That is why the stats in this area are all BS......apart from the one i've been highlighting. Ruck contest -> hitout to advantage %.

For 100% complete transparacy, the ONLY bit of data we need is what % of ruck contests result in a hitout to advantage for the opposition (including your taps that go directly to the opposition). You get your RCHTA% minus what the opposition get and you'll get complete efficiency.
However, the old eye test can help you with that one.

A couple of games ok i was commenting during the in-game thread highlighting ruck contests and results.
I noted that Jack was breaking even, and getting clearances.
I was also noting that TDK might have got the odd sublime hitout, but there were plenty he didn't get near and the opposing ruck got an easy hitout to advantage as a result.
Pittonet might lose more than half of his ruck contests, (in reality the best rucks were 1 in 10 hitouts better) but his ability to find a target while negating his opposition ruck from doing so is much more important than getting his hands on the ball a couple more times for no actual benefit.