Attacking Stat Leaders November Internationals

The November internationals have been fast-paced and extremely close over the last two weeks and prompted us to take a closer look at a few players who are dominating the points scoring charts and the attacking statistics.

Top Points Scorers:

South Africa’s Handre Pollard might not be playing his best rugby at this point in time but he is currently the top points scorer in November. The Blue Bulls No. 10 has faced England and France until now and is averaging around 14.5 points per game.  

Five Of Top Points Scorers:

1) Handre Pollard, South African – 25 points (7 penalties, 2 conversions)

2) Richie Mo'unga, New Zealand – 22 points (1 try, 1 penalty, 7 conversions)

3) Leigh Halfpenny, Wales – 17 points (5 penalties, 1 conversion)

4) Jordan Larmour (Ireland), Tommy Seymour (Scotland), Ngani Laumape (New Zealand) – 15 points (3 tries)

5) Owen Farrell, England – 14 points (3 penalties, 1 conversion)

Top Try Scorers:

Ireland fullback Jordan Larmour, Scotland winger Tommy Seymour and New Zealand’s Ngani Laumape have all managed to score three tries in one game for their countries. The two men from the Northern Hemisphere are both in the mix for their nations this weekend and will want to do their best to add to their tally.

1) Jordan Larmour (Ireland), Tommy Seymour (Scotland), Ngani Laumape (New Zealand) – 3 tries

2) Luke Mcgrath (Ireland), Sibusiso Nkosi (South Africa) George Bridge (New Zealand), Cameron Dolan (United States), Michele Campagnaro (Italy), Tim Lafaele (Japan), Tadhg Beirne (Ireland) – 3 tries

3) Adam Hastings (Scotland), Beauden Barrett (New Zealand), Hendrick Tui (Japan), Dane Coles (New Zealand), Guilhem Guirado (France) – 1 try

Defenders Beaten:

Leinster fullback Jordan Larmour has had a really impressive start to his international career. Not only is the youngster scoring tries he is also beating defenders with ease. To date, the 21-year-old has beaten 17 defenders and is averaging around 8.5 a game.  

Five Stars Who Have Beaten The Most Defenders:

1) Jordan Larmour (Ireland) – 17

2) Damian McKenzie (New Zealand) – 13

3) Rieko Ioane (New Zealand)  – 11

4) Beauden Barrett (New Zealand), Jacob Stockdale (Ireland), Michele Campagnaro (Italy), Jonny May (England) – 9

Most Metres Gained:

Irishman Jordan Larmour leads yet another stat going into this weekend and this time it most metres gained. The Leinster star managed to rack up 245 metres against Italy two weeks ago and managed to add another 42 against Argentina.

Five Stars Who Have Gained The Most Metres:

1) Jordan Larmour (Ireland) – 287 metres

2) Ben Smith (New Zealand) – 183 metres

3) Israel Folau (Australia)  – 148 metres

4) Jacob Stockdale (Ireland), Luca Sperandio (Italy) – 137 metres

5) Dane Haylett-Petty (Australia) – 135 metres