A game to forget for the Eels, as it was littered with dumb penalties, poor ball handling and a litany of errors. Onwards and upwards but for now, what do the stats tell us?
Read on to find out!
Possession
The Sharks had 53% of possession compared to the Eels 47%.
Completions
The Eels completed 26 of 42 sets at a completion rate percentage of 62%.
Comparatively, the Sharks completed 27 of 40 sets at a completion rate percentage of 67%.
Total Metres
The Sharks made 1586 total run metres from 169 runs at an average of 9.38m per run.
The Eels made 1526 total run metres from 164 runs at an average of 9.30m per run.
Hit-Ups
The Eels made a total of 671m from 77 hit-ups at an average of 8.71m per hit-up
The Sharks made a total of 739m from 82 hit-ups at an average of 9.01m per hit-up.
Dummy Half Runs
The Sharks made 100m from 11 dummy half runs at an average of 9.09m per run.
Sosaia Feki had 35m from 3 dummy half runs for the Sharks at an average of 11.67m per dummy half run.
The Eels had more dummy half runs with 123m from 12 runs at an average of 10.25m per dummy half run.
Josh Hoffman made an impressive 46m from 4 dummy half runs at an average of 11.5m per dummy half run.
Tries
The Sharks scored three tries (Feki, Maloney & Brailey) to the Eels 1 (Gower).
Try Assists
The Sharks had three try assists (Gallen, Leutele & Graham) to the Eels 1 (Norman).
Line-Breaks
The Sharks had three line-breaks (Feki, Maloney & Graham) to the Eels 1 (Gutherson).
Line-Break Assists
The Sharks had three line-break assists (Leutele, Gallen & Fifita) to the Eels 1 (Ma'u).
Offloads
The Sharks had 13 total offloads with Andrew Fifita recording the most with 4.
The Eels had 16 total offloads with Nathan Brown & Semi Radradra both recording 3.
Tackle Breaks
The Eels had a total of 23 tackle breaks, with Bevan French, Semi Radradra & Corey Horman all recording 3.
The Sharks had just 18 tackle breaks with Paul Gallen topping their charts & the game with 5.
Tackles
The Sharks made 315 tackles in the game with Jayden Brailey recording the most with 36.
The Eels made 351 tackles in the game with Kaysa Pritchard recording the most with 41.
Missed Tackles
The Eels missed just 18 tackles with Kaysa Pritchard recording exactly 1/3 of them, missing 6 tackles.
The Sharks missed more tackles with 23 - James Maloney missed the most for them with 5.
Errors
The Eels made a whopping 17 errors in the game, the most of which were made by Frank Pritchard with 3.
The Sharks made a large number of errors as well with 15, with James Maloney making 4 of them.
Penalties Conceded
The Sharks gave away 10 penalties in the game, 3 of which were given away by James Maloney.
The Eels gave away fewer penalties with 8, with Daniel Alvaro giving away 1/4 of them with 2.
Player Stats
1. Bevan French - 80 minutes, 109m from 14 runs (7.79m per run), 3 tackle breaks, 3 tackles, 2 offloads, 2 errors & 0 missed tackles.
2. Semi Radradra - 80 minutes, 108m from 12 runs (9m per run), 3 tackle breaks, 5 tackles, 3 offloads & 0 missed tackles.
3. Michael Jennings - 80 minutes, 88m from 10 runs (8.8m per run), 1 tackle break, 10 tackles, 2 errors, 1 penalty conceded & 0 missed tackles.
4. Brad Takairangi - 80 minutes, 93m from 9 runs (10.33m per run), 2 tackle breaks, 12 tackles, 1 offload, 1 error & 0 missed tackles.
5. Josh Hoffman - 80 minutes, 92m from 13 runs (7.08m per run), 2 tackle breaks, 6 tackles & 1 missed tackle.
6. Clint Gutherson - 80 minutes, 96m from 5 runs (19.2m per run), 2 tackle breaks, 25 tackles, 2 offloads, 1 line-break, 1 error, 1 penalty conceded & 1 missed tackle.
7. Corey Norman - 80 minutes, 1 try assist, 101m from 9 runs (11.22m per run), 3 tackle breaks, 14 tackles, 1 error, 1 penalty conceded & 0 missed tackles.
8. Suaia Matagi - 37 minutes, 59m from 8 runs (7.36m per run), 21 tackles, 2 errors & 2 missed tackles.
9. Kaysa Pritchard - 74 minutes, 34m from 3 runs (11.33m per run), 41 tackles, 2 errors & 6 missed tackles.
10. Tim Mannah - 40 minutes, 95m from 9 runs (10.56m per run), 26 tackles, 1 offload & 2 missed tackles.
11. Manu Ma'u - 42 minutes, 79m from 8 runs (9.88m per run), 1 tackle break, 20 tackles, 2 offloads, 1 line-break assist, 1 error & 2 missed tackles.
12. Frank Pritchard - 64 minutes, 139m from 14 runs (9.93m per run), 1 tackle break, 23 tackles, 1 offload, 3 errors & 1 missed tackle.
13. Beau Scott - 47 minutes, 41m from 5 runs (8.2m per run), 2 tackle breaks, 29 tackles, 2 errors, 1 penalty conceded & 0 missed tackles.
14. Nathan Brown - 60 minutes, 93m from 11 runs (8.45m per run), 38 tackles, 3 offloads, 1 penalty conceded & 0 missed tackles.
15. Daniel Alvaro - 40 minutes, 100m from 13 runs (7.69m per run), 1 tackle break, 38 tackles, 2 penalties conceded & 2 missed tackles.
16. David Gower - 46 minutes, 1 try, 61m from 7 runs (8.71m per run), 1 tackle break, 21 tackles & 0 missed tackles.
17. Siosaia Vave - 30 minutes, 112m from 11 runs (10.18m per run), 1 tackle break, 19 tackles, 1 penalty conceded & 1 missed tackle.
Replies
Too true, HKF.
We can go toe-to-toe with anyone thanks to the big boppers in our team now, we just need to learn how to hold onto the ball to score the points.
Lets not forget the refs evened up the penalties at the end of the game.
These stats really showed we lacked composure in attack. I dont think i saw 1 attacking set play from Parra.
We defend set attacking structures really well, but defending second phase plays, wrapping the ball up is what hurt us on the defensive end. All their tries came of offloads, but that is what is expected with forwards like Fifita, Wade Graham and Gallen.
The penalty count was generally even and to be fair, the ones we gave away were just plain dumb, nothing more. We didn't have many attacking sets because we'd drop the ball before we even got into an attacking position.
Not to mention that a lot of their offloads could have been contained.
These stats are all over the place like a mad woman's crap.
Possession went to the Raiders 53/47 but we had more sets 42/40
Completions were poor from both teams.but the one that surprises me most os the off loads. 16/13 to the Eels.
I guess I was so incensed at our allowing the Sharks to so effectively off load I missed the fact we actually had the higher count, BUT, with no real effectiveness.
Again we see missed tackles going our way 18/23 and the penalties 8/10
Statistically one could be forgiven for thinking we should have won this, however the one thing we don't get is WHERE we handed over possession and where the tackles were missed.
Perhaps the Sharks made most of their errors in OUR half where we also made errors in OUR half, which they managed to capitalise on.
For those bagging Cranky I suggest you reassess your thinking.
For those bagging Scott - likewise.
Can't half see how they ran at Kaysa all night - Ay?
Here is something I think needs to be mentioned - both Norman and Gutherson are making good metres with NO offloads. Is this because they get wrapped up effectively or because no one goes in support when they run?
Sir Mushhy,
Our support play was horrible, and when it was on we dropped the ball.
Beau Scott threw an off load and not one eel was in sight.
I still dont think all is lost, our defence is good, just lacking those little 1 percent plays when people are backing up, extra man in the tackle. I think we lost a lot of confidence against the Titans.
We had more sets, Col but because we made more errors early on in our tackle counts, that plays a part in overall possession.
Our offloads were mostly defensive offloads and not attacking ones. That is, aimed at offloading because a player can do so, rather than trying to offload to create genuine second phase play.
Kaysa was the weak link in our defensive line on Saturday night and it shows in the stats.
To answer that last question, Col, I think it's a bit of both.
They both take the line on frequently and by the time they make 8-12m each dart, no-one's reacted quick enough to support and thus they get wrapped up comfortably because they know not to throw dumb offloads.
Obviously went to the future for this post.
That's interesting. This shows that the two teams were pretty closely matched. Obviously that was not actually the case. What the stats don't show is where the errors were made, and how good defensive lines were. It seemed like every time we started to put pressure on Cronulla, we would give up possession, whereas they went on to score.
And that was the telling factor, LE.
It shows it to some extent but our lack of attacking potency stemmed from errors in our own half.
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