Well deserved. The well-renowned sports stats platform, Opta, have released their team of the Autumn Nations Series, based off of their Opta Index, which uses a number of key factors to objectively score a players’ performances in each game. The breakdown of the team is as follows: 4 England, 3 South Africa, 2 New Zealand, […]

4 months ago

Just four Irish players – Tadhg Furlong, CJ Stander, Conor Murray and Jacob Stockdale – have been named in sports analytics company Opta’s Six Nations team of the tournament. Opta based their selections on their unique Index system which awards players points for all their actions in a game. The side is a drastic deviation from […]

8 years ago