Metres per run. We must improve!

I had an inkling that our run meters for our sets were average to poor and after some number cruching. It's proven true.

Don't know if it's going to be recruitment of a big Bopper or the physical improvement of our current forward pack but we need to give Mitch a better platform to take the team forward. Maybe we play too wide instead of going down the middle hard early in our tackle count. I don't know, but I know that running 14th for metres per run is not good enough if we want to aspire for top 8 next season.

1) Cowboys 9,05m

2) Broncos 8,93m

3) Manly 8,89m

4) Titans 8,88m

5) Panthers 8,87m

6) Roosters 8,86m

7) Knights 8,84m

8) Storm 8,82m

9) Raiders 8,74m

10) Bulldogs 8,66m

11) Dolphins 8,60m

12) Warriors 8,58m

13) Sharks 8,57m

14) Eels 8,48m

15) Tigers 8,43m

16) Dragons 8,35m

17) Souths 8,28m

*Stats are taken https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/stats/teams?editiondata=none&fromakamai=true&pt=none&device=DESKTOP&sortBy=runs&wpa=BB44D82C3D7223D393F2AE47579FB5EA6791ABE4

Couple of things Hilly, the top 4 sides on your list do not inspire.

Maybe when you have a long kicking game (at least when Moses is playing) then you can maybe rationalise it a bit differently.

Alternatively, those numbers need more definition, i.e. individual players stats, before and after our turn around games.

I am not a great believers in some stats unless they can be qualified and interpreted. Analysis and Paralysis can get lost in the big picture but at a level that can differentiate a problem then go for it! e.g. we have a smaller and more mobile pack than in recent years, I don't see us weaker for that. Players like Tuaviti (spell...sorry LB) give us size, so does Greig but how much mobility do we lose? Tuaviti not much Greig a lot! We now have back rowers that can run a lot and much faster than previous versions.

I would like to see some pack weights added up and all teams compared. I suspect we wont be as small as some think, but in saying that I am not convinced over the genuiness of the sizes provided individually.

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RB August 26, 2025 at 7:49am

Yeah didn't need the stats to notice this. Love the ball movement, but sometimes we need to straighten up and non of the forward pack like doing that. Moretti and Williams are the only two I can think of that run straight and hard
- Poppa > RB August 26, 2025 at 8:02am
  
  Couple of things Hilly, the top 4 sides on your list do not inspire.
  
  Maybe when you have a long kicking game (at least when Moses is playing) then you can maybe rationalise it a bit differently.
  
  Alternatively, those numbers need more definition, i.e. individual players stats, before and after our turn around games.
  
  I am not a great believers in some stats unless they can be qualified and interpreted. Analysis and Paralysis can get lost in the big picture but at a level that can differentiate a problem then go for it! e.g. we have a smaller and more mobile pack than in recent years, I don't see us weaker for that. Players like Tuaviti (spell...sorry LB) give us size, so does Greig but how much mobility do we lose? Tuaviti not much Greig a lot! We now have back rowers that can run a lot and much faster than previous versions.
  
  I would like to see some pack weights added up and all teams compared. I suspect we wont be as small as some think, but in saying that I am not convinced over the genuiness of the sizes provided individually.

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