Our tackle count

[crashlander]

Last year we were clear bottom of the tackling ladder averaging 56.6 per game and after the first 4 games not much had changed.


Rd 1: 51
Rd 2: 62
Rd 3: 53
Rd 4: 57

Avg: 55.75

Something did change though after round 4. Our intensity has gone up and we have reaped the rewards.


Rd 5: 77
Rd 6: 67
Rd 7: 73
Rd 8: 70

Avg: 71.75

I REALLY like that out tackle count is up, but what I'm wondering about is, how many MISSED TACKLES do we have now?
One of the frustrating things I noted last year was that lots of guys just got past our tackles too easily. One of our main offenders was Tutt, who couldn't have retarded a 10 year old early last year. He improved his tackling a fair bit over last season, highlighted by his tackle on Isaac Smith. However, he is still not a tackling machine.
Nor was he alone. He had plenty of mates whose tackles just lacked something, and were consistently broken.
However, this year I would reckon the number of missed tackles has been considerably down. I do not have any stats to back this up: I am sure somebody keeps this sort of info, but I don't know whom. The other things is that we appear to be making more chase down tackles. I don't know that our side is all that much faster, but we may be a little faster on the whole. I think that is simply the intensity we are showing. And I like it a lot!