# Statistics and Analysis · Rugby Level 6: Advanced

Rugby · Level 6: Advanced · Insporta Book (https://book.insporta.app/rugby/level-6/statistics-and-analysis/)

Numbers behind the game: the analyst's job, carries and metres, set-piece rates, penalties, turnovers, reading stats in context, heat maps, try sources, data in selection and expected points.

## Test 1: The analyst's job

- Turning matches into numbers and clips. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Evidence for coaching. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- A clear view of the field. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Live information. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Tagged video is searchable. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Tagging events. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Individual feedback. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Set up, tag, send, report. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Half-time first. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Live analysis. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 2: Carries and metres

- Ball-carrying actions. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Distance gained. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Power through tackles. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Strength in contact. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Going forward. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Big carriers carry most. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Quality over quantity. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Forward is best. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Count, metres, contact, gain. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Ground after contact. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 3: Set-piece numbers

- Set-piece reliability. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Own scrum ball kept. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Dominance shows in penalties. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Set-piece is the base. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Target the weak zone. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Winning back restarts. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Reliability matters. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Higher is better. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Count, find, change, check. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Half-full circle. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 4: Penalty numbers

- Patterns of indiscipline. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Rucks are the hot spot. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Field position of penalties. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Fix habits. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Timing reveals causes. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Discipline compared. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Indiscipline costs games. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- More is worse. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- List, group, find, plan. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Where the penalties came. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 5: Turnover numbers

- Possession lost. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Possession regained. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Fix the right problem. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Ball lost by hands. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Costly errors. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Close to your line. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Keeping possession. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Own 22 is worst. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Count, find, train, measure. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Turnover balance. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 6: Stats in context

- Context for numbers. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Not every miss is equal. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Context of the opponent. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- One match is not enough. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Patterns over time. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Conditions shape numbers. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Use many measures. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Bigger samples are better. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Spot, watch, check, report. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Numbers plus video. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 7: Heat maps

- Activity by area. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Movement patterns. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Positioning check. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Defensive hot spots. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Tracking systems. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Wide coverage. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Tight work. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Fifteen widest, prop narrowest. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Load, draw, compare, feedback. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Touchline activity. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 8: Where tries come from

- Source of tries. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Set pieces are big try sources. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Straight from the set piece. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Transition scoring. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Origins of tries. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Defensive fixes. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Maul tries. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Lineouts lead. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- List, trace, group, share. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Try sources. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 9: Data in selection

- Data supports decisions. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Judgement plus data. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- The whole picture. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Role context. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Tailored teams. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Growth over time. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Numbers need context. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Review, check, discuss, name. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Recent evidence first. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Selection meeting. (Source: General rugby union reference)

## Test 10: Expected points

- Value of a position. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Close lineouts score. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Evidence for choices. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Finishing quality. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Context still matters. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Distance to the line. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Borrowed analytics. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Closer is higher. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- List, value, add, compare. (Source: General rugby union reference)
- Value rises near the line. (Source: General rugby union reference)

Sources: World Rugby handbooks and coaching material, union and competition records; original questions authored, nothing reproduced. Numbered Laws belong to the Laws category.

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