(05-17-2016, 04:06 AM)PaulP link Wrote:It's still only an extra tackle every 5 minutes per quarter. I know you need to factor in % of time in possession for both teams, % of time ball is in dispute etc. I can't quite make a connection between this and our victories. Clearly a lot more to it iMO.
I think you are missing how many initiated attacks on the ball carrier will happen for every effective tackle statistic. I read it as a clear indication of pressure and intent when we do not have the ball.
An extra 10 or 20 effective tackles probably means an extra 50 to 100 pressure acts. Given how we set up, I suspect a good portion of those happen inside our F50 which lets us lock the ball in our forward zone.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"