Lions Battle Stats | Forward pack with the highest Carries, Tackles and Rucks
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Lions Battle Stats | Forward pack with the highest Carries, Tackles and Rucks
Workrate will always hold a very high value when coaches look at selecting players for games. That and impact are up there so we have put together the highest working forward pack for the British & Irish Lions based on a combination of Carries, Tackles and Rucks Attended per 80 minutes.
- Pierre Schoeman
Schoeman has an average of 49 involvements over 80 minutes with Andrew Porter next on the list with 44. Schoeman has made 28 of his 29 tackle attempts with 19% of his carries resulting in a dominant carry. - Ronan Kelleher
Kelleher is the second highest performing forward on tour with 55 involvements per 80 minutes and boasts a 23% dominant carry percentage - Tadhg Furlong
With 44 involvements, Furlong bolsters the tighthead position and an interesting note that well over 60% of his involvements have been at attacking rucks - Maro Itoje
52 involvements per 80 for the Lions captain with no other lock coming close - Scott Cummings
47 involvements per 80 beating out Joe McCarthy (40) and James Ryan (39) - Josh vd Flier
The highest performing individual on tour with 57 involvements per 80 minutes of rugby. 52% of this is dedicated to rucks and 34% to tackles. - Jac Morgan
Controversial pick on the blindside but Morgan has been incredible on tour and has been deployed in this position. Morgan tops the pile with 51 involvements. He is followed by Tadhg Beirne (37) and Ollie Chessum (36) - Jack Conan
Conan beats out Ben Earl with the Irish eight on 47 per game and Earl on 41
