The latest weekend of United Rugby Championship action delivered some outstanding individual performances. Here, we take a look at the best players by position from the weekend’s matches according to a statistical evaluation of their performances.
Team: 15. Ollie Smith (Glasgow Warriors) - 14 points, 14. Sergeal Petersen (DHL Stormers) - 19, 13. Rory O'Loughlin (Leinster) - 12.5, 12. Lukhanyo Am (Cell C Sharks) - 9.5, 11. Emiliano Boffelli (Edinburgh) - 19.5, 10. Manie Libbok (DHL Stormers) - 21, kicker, 9. Nick McCarthy (Leinster) - 10, 8. Hacjivah Dayimani (DHL Stormers) - 21, 7. Scott Penny (Leinster) - 16.5, 6. Marcell Coetzee (Vodacom Bulls) - 13.5, 5. Ruan Nortje (Vodacom Bulls) - 11.5, 4. Scott Cummings (Glasgow Warriors) - 14, 3. Simphiwe Matanzima (Vodacom Bulls) - 11.5, 2. Bongi Mbonambi (Cell C Sharks) - 12, 1. Oli Kebble (Glasgow Warriors) - 10.
South African URC Best Performers of the season up to now:
Leading Point Scorers: (4) Boeta Chamberlain (65)
Successful Carries: (3) Evan Roos (50), Elrigh Louw (48).
Clean Breaks: (4) Seabelo Senatla (10)
Metres Gained: (5) Warrick Gelant (465)
Offloads: (1) Marcell Coetzee (23), (2) Warrick Gelant (21)
Carries: (3) Warrick Gelant (94), (5) Evan Roos (91)
Lineouts Won: (2) Scarra Ntubeni (70)
South African URC Worst Performers of the season up to now:
Turnovers Lost: (2) Madosh Tambwe (14), (2) Max Maxwane (14)
Yellow Cards: (Joint 1st) Salmaan Moerat (3)
Red Cards: (Joint 1st) Morne Steyn & Grant Williams (1)
Penalties Conceded: (Joint 1st) Thomas du Toit (12) (Joint 4th) Robert Hunt (10)