With a slower week due to Origin commitments and very little happening on the NRL front, it’s the perfect time to look at a very important rugby league topic. Namely, cataloguing which brand and colour of boots every NRL player was wearing during Round 15 and comparing them to prior seasons. Yes, Bootwatch is back for the third installment, as possibly my favourite post to do of the year. Not just because I’m a sneakerhead AND a rugby league tragic, but also because I like to see how much content I can get out of something so irrelevant as how...
Continue reading...June 2024
May(ish) NRL efficiency update – have the Tigers improved on anything under Benji?
We are a week late with the Eye Test’s monthly efficiency updates due to scheduling in the mid-season advanced statistical leaders after Round 13. So, this week we have May efficiency update with the first week of June thrown in, as well as a look at what (or if) the Tigers might have improved up on under new coach Benji Marshall. That’s an additional round included at no extra cost for your May(ish) efficiency update. There’s no shrinkflation here at the Eye Test where we understand the rising costs of living. For new readers, the regular efficiency analysis is done...
Continue reading...The Eye Test’s 2024 NRL mid season advanced statistic leaders
It’s hard to believe but we’re already thirteen rounds through the 2024 NRL season. This also means it’s as close to the midpoint of a 27 round season as you’re going to get, since I can’t do an update for Round 13.5. Following tradition as we did last year, the year before, and the year before that, we’re going to take this time when Origin fever is taking over the eastern seaboard to see the top (and in some cases lowest ranked) players by the Eye Test’s suite of advanced statistics for rugby league. Find out which players are performing...
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