The Vodacom United Rugby Championship Grand Final takes place this weekend – Saturday, 14 June at 18h00 – with Leinster taking on the Vodacom Bulls in Dublin’s Croke Park.
It all comes down to this after a stunning regular season and playoff campaign to date. Let’s take a look at what the stats are saying ahead of this weekend’s VURC Grand Finale.
Leinster vs Vodacom Bulls
Leinster
- Leinster have had the best gainline success rate (45.1%) this season.
- They have averaged the most tries (4.5), and the second-most offloads (11.9) per game.
- RG Snyman has made the joint-most offloads (43) among the players.
- Leinster have averaged the most successful 22m entries (6.9) per game this season; they have scored an average of 2.4 points per entry (2nd).
- They have also conceded the fewest entries per game (8.2).
- Leinster have won more turnovers (144) than any other team this season.
- They have won the most tackle turnovers (31), lineout steals (33), and the second-most jackals (64).
Vodacom Bulls
- The Vodacom Bulls have won the most scrum penalties on their own feed (47) and against the feed (15) this season.
- They have had a scrum success rate of 94.7% (3rd).
- The Bulls have averaged more metres per carry (3.7) than any other team this season.
- They have had a gainline success rate of 44.5% (3rd).
- Canan Moodie is the joint-top try scorer (nine) so far this season.
- Moodie has also made the most carry metres (734) and the second most line breaks for the Bulls (14).
Leinster x Vodacom Bulls
- Points 606 (2nd) 607 (1st)
- Points per half 1H – 323 (1st) // 2H – 289 (2nd) 1H – 313 (2nd) // 2H – 289 (1st)
- Tries per game 4.5 (1st) 4.0 (2nd)
- 22m entries per game 12.2 (1st) 11.4 (3rd)
- Points per 22m entry 2.4 (=2nd) 2.4 (=2nd)
- Kicks per game 28.5 (1st) 28.0 (3rd)
- Contestable kicks per game 7.0 (=4th) 7.0 (=4th)
- Retained kicks per game 4.3 (3rd) 3.9 (5th)
