Well after 10 rounds and a few questions from our readers at TCT, I would like to post some stats on how we are going so far in this year’s competition against all the other teams.

Hopefully this can draw a picture of how we have shaped ourselves in the first 10 rounds.

 

PARRAMATTA EELS – AFTER ROUND 10 REPORT CARD

 

6 wins (3 at home, 3 away)

4 losses (3 at home, 1 away)

6^th on ladder

 

184 points for

141 points against

+43 points differential

 

Used 22 players

 

Key*

Above competition average
Below competition average

 

Match Results

Round	Match date	Match	Score	Margin	Venue
10	13-May-2016	Eels vs Rabbitohs	20-22	-2	Pirtek Stadium
9	29-Apr-2016	Eels vs Bulldogs	20-12	8	ANZ Stadium
8	23-Apr-2016	Cowboys vs Eels	16-32	-16	1300 Smiles Stadium
7	14-Apr-2016	Sea Eagles vs Eels	22-10	12	Brookvale Oval
6	09-Apr-2016	Eels vs Raiders	36-6	30	Pirtek Stadium
5	03-Apr-2016	Eels vs Panthers	18-20	-2	Pirtek Stadium
4	28-Mar-2016	Wests Tigers vs Eels	8-0	8	ANZ Stadium
3	18-Mar-2016	Bulldogs vs Eels	20-6	14	ANZ Stadium
2	12-Mar-2016	Eels vs Cowboys	20-16	4	Pirtek Stadium
1	03-Mar-2016	Eels vs Broncos	4-17	-13	Pirtek Stadium

 

Parramatta Eels v Competition Average

Points Scored	Tries		Goals		Points
Parramatta Eels	32		28		184
Comp Average	34.8		31.1		202.1
Comp Max	47		46		281
Comp Min	17		17		102
Eels v Comp Avg	-2.75		-3.06		-18.06
Points Conceded	Tries	Goals		Points
Parramatta Eels	24	22		141
Comp Average	34.8	31.1		202.1
Comp Max	62	53		355
Comp Min	19	20		117
Eels v Comp Avg	-10.8	-9.1		-61.1

 

Looking at the points scoring stats, the Eels are 18 points off the season average. So we do need to work on our attack a little more. But it’s the points conceded where Parramatta is looking very strong. With the season average of points conceded of 202.1, the Eels have only conceded 141. That’s a massive 61.1 difference to the season average which illustrates that the Eels are winning games on the back of their defensive efforts.

Attack:

Points Scorers

	Games	Tries	Goals	Points
Michael Gordon	10	1	27	58
Semi Radradra	10	8	0	32
Michael Jennings	10	6	0	24
Brad Takairangi	10	4	0	16
Clinton Gutherson	10	2	1	10
Kenny Edwards	10	2	0	8
Vai Toutai	2	2	0	8
Junior Paulo	10	2	0	8
Beau Scott	10	1	0	4
Corey Norman	10	1	0	4
Isaac De Gois	8	1	0	4
Kieran Foran	7	1	0	4
Nathan Peats	6	1	0	4

 

Top 10 – Run Metres

	Games	Hitups/runs	Dummy half runs	Run metres	Kick returns	Kick return metres	Metres per game
Semi Radradra	10	136	4	1508	18	141	150.8
Clinton Gutherson	10	135	25	1267	33	315	126.7
Michael Gordon	10	132	9	1250	40	438	125.0
Junior Paulo	10	127	0	1156	11	159	115.6
Manu Ma’u	9	123	1	1094	0	0	121.5
Michael Jennings	10	111	15	1041	0	0	104.1
Kenny Edwards	10	101	0	933	3	28	93.3
Danny Wicks	9	100	1	864	13	157	96.0
Peni Terepo	9	93	0	851	10	141	94.6
Brad Takairangi	10	89	2	773	1	12	77.3

 

 

Parramatta Eels v Competition Average

	Runs/Hitups	Dummy half runs	Run metres	Kick return metres
Parramatta Eels	1642	105	15137	1622
Comp Average	1,596.3	114.7	15,438.3	1,811.9
Comp Max	1,699.0	159.0	16,624.7	2,223.8
Comp Min	1,391.0	61.0	13,054.3	1,263.9
Eels v Comp Avg	45.75	-9.69	-301.83	-189.76

 

So looking deeper at our attack, we can see that the Eels are down in most areas against the competition average.

Runs/Hit-ups are well above the season average, but we are below in run metres by just over 300 metres. Even though we are running the ball more than most sides, are we actually not ‘making yards’ with these extra runs? Same goes with Kick Return Metres. Are the opposition getting good kicks away then putting a good kick chase against us and pinning us down in our own red zone? Is this the figures showing why our attack is down 3 converted tries against the season average?

Across ten games, this may not be huge figures to be concerned with. However, given that the team is above average with the number of runs, they do indicate that the team is below the leading teams in the effectiveness of their runs.

 

Top 5 – Try Assists

	Games	Try assists
Corey Norman	10	9
Brad Takairangi	10	4
Kieran Foran	7	4
Michael Jennings	10	2
Isaac De Gois	8	2

 

Parramatta Eels v Competition Average

	Try assists
Parramatta Eels	28
Comp Average	29.7
Comp Max	41.0
Comp Min	13.0
Eels v Comp Avg	-1.69

 

Again with try assists, even though it’s not too bad against the season average, as we are around mid-table in the tries scored category, this stat will reflect how we haven’t crossed the line as often as say the completion rates and runs/hit ups stats have shown throughout the year.

 

Top 5 – Line Breaks

	Games	Line breaks
Semi Radradra	10	7
Michael Jennings	10	5
Corey Norman	10	4
Michael Gordon	10	3
Clinton Gutherson	10	3

 

 

 

Parramatta Eels v Competition Average

	Line breaks
Parramatta Eels	31
Comp Average	35.1
Comp Max	51.0
Comp Min	16.0
Eels v Comp Avg	-4.06

 

Line breaks are pretty good. With a season average of 35.1 and the Eels at 31, if you break it down further it’s a game average of 3.5 across all teams with Parra at 3.1 line breaks per game.

 

Top 5 – Offloads

	Games	Offload	Offloads per game
Junior Paulo	10	22	2.2
Semi Radradra	10	17	1.7
Beau Scott	10	16	1.6
Manu Ma’u	9	14	1.6
Brad Takairangi	10	13	1.3

 

Parramatta Eels v Competition Average

	Offload
Parramatta Eels	122
Comp Average	97.4
Comp Max	152.0
Comp Min	51.0
Eels v Comp Avg	24.56

 

Parra can definitely get an offload away. We are 24.56 offloads above the season average or an extra 2.5 offloads a game better. This demonstrates that the Eels are looking to establish second phase play and aren’t trying to be one dimensional in attack.

 

Kicking:

Parramatta Eels v Competition Average

	Kicks	Kick metres
Parramatta Eels	199	6396
Comp Average	188.8	5,939.4
Comp Max	211.0	6,860.0
Comp Min	160.0	5,069.0
Eels v Comp Avg	10.19	456.60

 

 

Kicking has been a great metre gainer for Parramatta primarily through the boot of Corey Norman. The Eels kicking game has seen the Eels gain an extra 456 metres above the comp average.

 

Defence:

 

Top 10 – Tacklers

	Games	Tackle	Tackles/game	Missed tackles	Tackle Efficiency %
Beau Scott	10	290	29.0	9	96.9
Nathan Peats	6	275	45.8	12	95.6
Tepai Moeroa	9	258	28.7	16	93.8
Manu Ma’u	9	252	28.0	8	96.8
Danny Wicks	9	209	23.2	12	94.3
Junior Paulo	10	203	20.3	10	95.1
Isaac De Gois	8	202	25.3	18	91.1
Peni Terepo	9	187	20.8	5	97.3
Kenny Edwards	10	156	15.6	8	94.9
Corey Norman	10	136	13.6	9	93.4

 

Parramatta Eels v Competition Average

	Tackles	Missed tackles
Parramatta Eels	3146	174
Comp Average	3,104.8	214.2
Comp Max	3,347.0	307.0
Comp Min	2,737.0	166.0
Eels v Comp Avg	41.19	-40.19

 

Our defence has been great this year. No doubt led by Beau Scott and Nathan Peats. Even though Parramatta haven’t made as many tackles as per the season average thus far, it’s the missed tackles stat that is very impressive. This is the greatest indicator of the improvement in Parramatta’s defence. The Eels have made 40 less missed tackles against the season average.

 

Great effort boys.

 

Pressure:

Top 7 – Penalties Conceded

	Games	Penalties conceded	Errors	Errors per game
Beau Scott	10	8	5	0.5
Manu Ma’u	9	7	8	0.9
Nathan Peats	6	7	1	0.2
Brad Takairangi	10	6	15	1.5
Danny Wicks	9	5	6	0.7
Michael Jennings	10	5	6	0.6
Corey Norman	10	5	5	0.5

 

Parramatta Eels v Competition Average

	Errors	Penalties conceded	Goal line dropouts
Parramatta Eels	111	71	16
Comp Average	102.8	74.1	17.1
Comp Max	122.0	89.0	30.0
Comp Min	82.0	52.0	9.0
Eels v Comp Avg	8.25	-3.13	-1.06

 

When building pressure, the Eels need to work on this a bit better. Errors with the ball are killing us at crucial times. We have made 8.25 more errors than the season average. Penalties are pretty good with conceding 3.13 less than season average and also goal line drop outs aren’t bad either. Although building pressure through making the opposition drop out more is another story.

So with these numbers you can pretty much say it’s our errors killing us in games and not penalties as some people would think. So maybe we aren’t that bad off when it comes being on the wrong end of the stick from the officials.

 

 

Discipline:

No doubt this is high on everyone’s stat list. Where and when we have conceded penalties.

 

Parramatta                                                                                                Opposition

 

 

This graphic shows the red area is where Parramatta are conceding a high number of penalties. This isn’t a real shock to most Parra fans though. We know a lot of penalties are given in this area by the Eels. Some even call this a piggy back penalty from the refs. Now remember this is when the Eels concede a penalty.

 

Receiving Penalties (Tackle Count)

 

Tackle	Penalties
0	1
1	22
2	19
3	14
4	8
5	3
6	0

 

We are receiving most of our penalties on tackles 1, 2 & 3. This isn’t surprising in itself and most other teams are the same. With a decent kick for touch we can pressure the opposition try line whenever we get a penalty in the middle of a tackle count.

 

Conceding Penalties (Tackle Count)

 

Tackle	Penalties
0	3
1	11
2	18
3	14
4	7
5	7
6	0

 

Same for when we concede penalties, most are conceded on tackles 1, 2 & 3. However conceding a combined 14 penalties on tackles 4 & 5 are a real concern. Giving penalties away late in a tackle count is suicidal as no matter where the first set started, having in essence 10 or 11 tackles in a row which includes a kick for touch will result in the opposition attacking in our red zone. So the boys definitely need to tighten their discipline on these tackles.

 

I know a lot of you are big stats followers so I hope you have enjoyed reading this and I have given you an insight into and provided better perspective about how the Eels are going.

 

It is a lot to take in, so if you have any questions or maybe want to learn more then please post your question.

 

And no. I have no influence on these stats as I don’t cover Eels games as I am usually at the game. It is hard capturing your own team’s game. I have covered Eels games previously and is difficult not to get involved in the game.

 

Give me a seat in the stands cheering the boys any day!!

 

• Colmac