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If the Warriors never had to play at Suncorp Stadium again, they’d probably be quite happy. After torching the Panthers and tormenting the Broncos early, Luke Metcalf tweaked a hamstring during a conversion in the 20th minute and adding yet another player to their growing injury list for the 2026 season. Friends of the site at This Warriors Life have a recap of the game and all things Wahs across…
Given the traction my data on set restarts has gained over the past month, I though this week would be a great time to do a deep dive on infringements league wide and how the game is being officiated. First of all I’d like to say a big thanks to Ben Talintyre for linking to this sites’ work on these numbers for an article on news.com.au last week. It’s amazing how often that doesn’t happen. I’d…
Friday evening sees one of the marquee matchups of the 2026 NRL season with the Roosters hosting Canterbury at Allianz Stadium. Depending on the result of the other high profile game that evening in Auckland as the Warriors face Penrith, Trent Robinson’s side could be tied for first place by the end of the night. It can also continue a dramatic turnaround by the Bulldogs, who looked out of it…
With just five rounds to go in the 2026 season I thought I’d use this week to check in on my Expected Run Metres metric and see which teams and players are performing the best (or worst). I’d first looked at this after six rounds, and again to a smaller extent in my mid-season advanced statistical leaders post. It’s not been another eight rounds since then and a great time to check who is making…
Pat Carrigan played 80 minutes on Thursday evening returning just seven weeks after surgery for a syndesmosis injury. He completed 14 runs for 126 metres, and made 48 tackles. If this had occurred ten years ago, the time to return from such an injury would have been twice as long. Nowadays the return from a syndesmosis is much shorter. But are players returning to the same level of performance…
This week I’m crossing another piece of analysis of the bucket list. For a while I’ve wanted to look at attacking kicks and the outcomes from them. Some questions I wanted to answer were: How often are attacking kicks converted into tries? What is the best place to take an attacking kick from? Where is the best place to aim a kick for? Should you kick from closer to the line? Or from closer to the…
