Round 12 Stats from the Aviva Premiership

Some interesting stats from Round 12 of the Aviva Premiership, plenty of the league's top performers stood out.

This was the closest round since 2009, with only 23 points separating the winning and losing teams, making it the tied-3rd closest round to date. All 6 matches featured a losing bonus point, for the 5th time in Premiership Rugby history.

Bath winger Rokoduguni became the first player to beat 10 defenders in a game this season against Exeter Chiefs, his tally of 166 metres is the second highest of anyone so far this term.

Thomas Waldrom’s 15 carries saw him fly past the 200 mark for the season, with his total of 209 already 55 ahead of Cameron Neild in second overall.

Mike Brown topped the standings in offloads (3) and carries (19), but Harlequins have now lost 12 of their last 13 away games in the league – their only win in that run coming against relegated London Irish in May.

Ryan Mills excelled for Worcester with 17 tackles and three turnovers, while Darren Barry ruled the skies by winning a league-high eight lineouts.

Wasps went top with a win over Newcastle Falcons, despite the best efforts of Green who led the way in terms of tackles with 19, and scrum-half Takulua who won the most turnovers of the weekend and made the most clean breaks.

Saracens remain close behind with a win away at Leicester, and now no other side has recorded as many Aviva Premiership Rugby victories (5) at Welford Road.

Northampton Saints’ come-from-behind win at Gloucester Rugby meant the Cherry & Whites have now failed to beat Northampton in seven games, despite leading at the break in three of those games.

Tackles
19 Calum Green (Newcastle) 
17 Dave Attwood (Bath), Ryan Mills (Worcester) 
16 Dave Dennis (Exeter), Zach Mercer (Bath) 

Carries
19 Nathan Hughes (Wasps), Mike Brown (Harlequins) 
16 Zach Mercer (Bath) 
15 Thomas Waldrom (Exeter), Ben Te'o (Worcester), Opeti Fonua (Newcastle) 

Metres gained
166 Semesa Rokoduguni (Bath) 
110 Jack Nowell (Exeter) 
107 Tom Homer (Bath)

Defenders beaten
10 Semesa Rokoduguni (Bath) 
7 Jack Nowell (Exeter), Mike Brown (Harlequins), Marland Yarde (Harlequins), Charlie Walker (Harlequins) 
 

Turnovers won
4 Sonatane Takulua (Newcastle) 
3 Ryan Mills (Worcester), Dave Ward (Harlequins) 
 
Clean breaks
4 Sonatane Takulua (Newcastle) 
3 Zach Mercer (Bath), Alofa Alofa (Harlequins), Tom Varndell (Bristol)