Lions vs Leinster: URC stats, facts and key history
Everything you need to know ahead of Saturday’s URC match between the Lions and Leinster at Ellis Park in Johannesburg on Saturday.
Here’s everything you need to know ahead of Saturday’s URC match between the Lions and Leinster at Ellis Park in Johannesburg on Saturday.
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Overall United Rugby Championship head-to-head record: Played 1, Leinster won.
STATS AND FACTS: LIONS VS LEINSTER
– Marius Louw has missed more tackles than any other player (39), his tackle success rate is 77%. However, he has made the most dominant tackles in the league (23).
– PJ Botha has thrown into the most successful lineouts in the URC, a total of 132. A league-high 13 of these have been thrown beyond the 15-metre line.
– Sanele Nohamba is the only player in the league to have kicked three 50/22s.
– Harry Byrne made more kicks (16) and kick metres (546) than any other player in Round 16. A round-high three of his kicks were retained and he became the first player to kick two 50/22s in a single match this season.
– Rob Russell won as many turnovers as any other player in Leinster’s last league appearance (three, = Shane Lewis-Hughes). So far this season, he has won the joint-most turnovers in the Leinster squad (seven, = Ryan Baird).
– Leinster have scored nine more tries from tap penalties than any other team, a total of 15.
– Last season, this fixture was an eight-point game. At half time, Leinster led by just seven points to six.
– The Lions are on a three-match winning streak, their first since October. They haven’t won four consecutive matches this season.
– Leinster’s draw against the Stormers was the first time they have failed to win in the Vodacom URC in 15 matches.
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