St George Player Stats for 2016

[Drakon]

There are some interesting stats on the NRL site.

2016:-

Best in NRL quoted first, then the best Saints player/s

All run metres - #1 Jason Taumalolo 4454 metres, #18 Jason Nightingale 3382 metres
Bomb pics defused - #1 Cameron Mumster 52, equal #8 Jason Nightingale 23, equal #13 Josh Dugan 20
Bomb kicks not defused - David Nofoaluma #1 13, equal #6 Jason Nightingale 8 and Kurt Mann 8, equal #10 Kalifa Faifai Loa 7
Charge downs - #1 Michael Ennis 4, no Dragons player in top 20
Errors - #1 Jack Wighton 41, #13 Gareth Widdop 27
Field Goals - #1 Anthony Milford 4, equal #9 Gareth Widdop 1
Goals - #1 Jarrod Croker 112, equal #6 Gareth Widdop 54
40/20 kicks - #1 Cameron Smith 5, equal #6 Benji Marshall 1
Hit ups - #1 James Graham 417, no Dragons player in top 20
Ineffective tackles - #1 Corey Parker 54, equal #10 Mitch Rein 40
Intercepts - #1Valentine Holmes 6, equal #2 Jason Nightingale 4, equal #11th Kalifa Faifai Loa 2
Kicks defused - #1 Will Hopoate 97, #7 Jason Nightingale 51, #8 Josh Dugan 48
Kicks not defused - #1Corey Oates 26, equal #5 Kurt Mann 18, equal #8 Josh Dugan 17, equal #14 Jason Nightingale 15
Kicks in play - #1 Cooper Cronk 278, #7 Gareth Widdop 225, #18 Benji Marshall 150
Kick metres - #1 Ben Hunt, 7830m, #9 Gareth Widdop 5206m, #16 Benji Marshall 3886m
Kick returns - #1 Will Hopoate 145, equal #8 Josh Dugan 86, equal # 11 Jason Nightingale 75
Kick return metres - #1 Will Hopoate 1256m, #9 Josh Dugan 823m
Line breaks - #1 Jordan Rapana 26, no Dragons player in top 20
Line break assists - #1 Matt Moylan 27, no Dragons player in top 20
Missed tackles - #1 James Maloney 103, #6 Gareth Widdop 81
Offload - #1 Bryce Cartwright 77, equal #11 Jason Nightingale 36
One on one steals - #1 Ben Hunt 3, equal #9 Euan Aitken 1 and Tariq Sims 1
One on one tackles - #1 Josh Jackson 59, equal #6 Euan Aitken 54, equal #12 Gareth Widdop 51
Penalties - #1 Michael Ennis 31, equal #13 Mitch Rein 18, equal #15 Tyson Frizell 17 (Cronulla had 3 in the top 5 - Ennis, Maloney and Fifita and 4 in the top 20 - add Lewis)
Points - #1 Jarrod Croker 296, #7 Gareth Widdop 133
Tackles - #1 Jake Friend 1279, #5 Mitch Rein 1022, #11 Jack de Belin 917
Tackle Breaks - #1 David Nofoaluma 140, equal 12th Jason Nightingale 94
Tries - equal #1 Jordan Rapana 23 and Suliasi Vunivalu 23, no Dragons player in top 20
Try assists - #1 Jonathan Thurston 25, equal #18 Gareth Widdop 13
Try saves - #1 Ben Barba 15, equal #3 Josh Dugan 9, equal #6 Jason Nightingale 6 and Gareth Widdop 6

Some interesting and surprising stats there. Some categories you want to be #1, others you don't.

It does show how good Jason Nightingale is though even though!

 

[TruSaint]

Thanks for sharing.. Flo is alright by me.

 

[Lethal25]

Reading into the stats we definitely do not have a dominant forward. Nightingale as our top metre eater is indicative of our lack of punch

 

[denis preston]

Reading into the stats we definitely do not have a dominant forward. Nightingale as our top metre eater is indicative of our lack of punch

And our lack of competent coaching. Florences hit ups were very ineffectual and gave us no scope to send the ball wide as we didn't have a winger to throw it to.

 

[Tuddy]

At the last game I got to tell Jason I thought he'd had a great season, just after some numpty asked when he was going to retire. Those stats back up my statement and you could see he appreciated the comment when it was made.

Apart from that though, wow. Depressing stuff.

 

[Dragon Revival]

Nightingale earns his keep.