After another great weekend of Heartland Rugby we can now start crunching the numbers 5 weeks into the competition and again the numbers are staggering !
How much entertainment do we get ….. Plenty … after 30 matches we are still seeing on average 8 tries being scored in every game with 61.27 points averaged out over the these matches, but more importantly we are seeing great running rugby with 48 Tries every weekend so far which works out to be 8 tries per game.
James Lash is still leading the pack with 84 points while Te Rangatira Waitokia has jump up the ladder with his 4 try effort over Poverty Bay see’s him climb to 9 tries for the season so far and in 3rd place overall on 54pts.
Separating Lash & Waitokia is Jarred Percival from Mid Canterbury on a respectable 64pts.
| Average Per Round 5 Rounds played | Per Game | ||||
| Tries | 241 | 48.2 | 8.03 | ||
| Conversions | 157 | 31.40 | 5.23 | ||
| Penalties | 34 | 6.80 | 1.13 | ||
| Drop Goals | 1 | 0.20 | 0.03 | ||
| Penalty Try (conversions) | 4 | 0.80 | 0.13 | ||
| Total Points per game (30games) | 61.27 | ||||
The Current Scoring Stats are as follows: (collated by RugbyHeartland.co.nz)
| Tries | Province | Conversions | Province | |||
| Te Rangatira Waitokia | 9 | Wanganui | James Lash | 21 | Buller | |
| James Lash | 6 | Buller | Josh Casey | 17 | North Otago | |
| Jarred Percival | 6 | Mid.Canterbury | Jarred Percival | 15 | Mid Canterbury | |
| Shay Tucker | 6 | North Otago | Zac Southen | 13 | Sth.Canterbury | |
| Setafano Sauqaqa | 5 | Buller | Dane Whale | 12 | Wanganui | |
| Anthony Tailua | 4 | Buller | Isaia Vuki | 11 | Poverty Bay | |
| Max Morris | 4 | Sth.Canterbury | Tim Priest | 11 | Wairarapa Bush | |
| Michael Nabuliwaqe | 4 | Wanganui | Steve Crosbie | 10 | Wanganui | |
| Penalty Try | 4 | —- | Zayn Tipping | 9 | King Country | |
| Simon Lilicama | 4 | North Otago | Todd Doolan | 8 | East Coast | |
| Long Fisiioi | 4 | East Coast | Perry Hayman | 5 | Horo-Kapiti | |
| Joshua Tuidriva | 3 | Buller | Jonnie Te Ruki-Chambers | 4 | Thames Valley | |
| Rahiri Connor Johnson | 3 | Horo-Kapiti | Warwick Lahmert | 4 | Horo-Kapiti | |
| Mike Lynch | 3 | Mid Canterbury | Moss Doran | 4 | Thames Valley | |
| Josh Casey | 3 | North Otago | Willie Wright | 4 | Sth.Canterbury | |
| Ratu Daurua | 3 | Poverty Bay | Trent Reti | 3 | West Coast | |
| Junior Faavae | 3 | Sth.Canterbury | Nik Cumming | 3 | West Coast | |
| Kieran Coll | 3 | Sth.Canterbury | Hayden Wisnoski | 2 | Thames Valley | |
| Raitube Vasurakuta | 3 | Sth.Canterbury | Cameron Bayley | 1 | Sth.Canterbury | |
| Viliame Rogavatu | 3 | Sth.Canterbury | ||||
| Ben Bonner | 3 | Thames Valley | Penalties | Province | ||
| John Ika | 3 | Wairarapa Bush | Isaia Vuki | 6 | Poverty Bay | |
| Gavin Thornbury | 3 | Wanganui | Tim Priest | 6 | Wairarapa Bush | |
| Malakai Volau | 3 | Wanganui | Perry Hayman | 4 | Horo-Kapiti | |
| Troy Tauwhare | 3 | West Coast | Zayn Tipping | 4 | King Country | |
| Dan Hytongue | 2 | Buller | Todd Doolan | 2 | East Coast | |
| Fa’afoi Ioapo | 2 | Horo-Kapiti | James Lash | 2 | Buller | |
| Warwick Lahmert | 2 | Horo-Kapiti | Steve Crosbie | 2 | Wanganui | |
| James Hemara | 2 | King Country | Jonnie Te Ruki-Chambers | 2 | Thames Valley | |
| Ralulu Bavov | 2 | King Country | Warwick Lahmert | 2 | Horo-Kapiti | |
| Ralulu Bovau | 2 | King Country | Jarred Percival | 1 | Mid Canterbury | |
| Sean Wanden | 2 | King Country | Josh Casey | 1 | North Otago | |
| Stephan Turner | 2 | King Country | Dane Whale | 1 | Wanganui | |
| Jon Dampney | 2 | Mid Canterbury | Andy Humberstone | 1 | Wairarapa Bush | |
| Timoci Nabakeke | 2 | Mid Canterbury | ||||
| Lemi Masoe | 2 | North Otago | Drop Goals | Province | ||
| Ralph Darling | 2 | North Otago | James Lash | 1 | Buller | |
| Dan McIntyre | 2 | Poverty Bay | ||||
| Siosiua Moala | 2 | Poverty Bay | OVERALL Points Standings | |||
| Cameron Bayley | 2 | Sth.Canterbury | Player | Pts | Province | |
| Kalavini Leatigaga | 2 | Sth.Canterbury | James Lash | 84 | Buller | |
| Hayden Wisnoski | 2 | Thames Valley | Jarred Percival | 68 | Mid Canterbury | |
| Jonnie Te Ruki-Chambers | 2 | Thames Valley | Te Rangatira Waitokia | 54 | Wanganui | |
| Rupeni Vakacugu | 2 | Thames Valley | Josh Casey | 53 | North Otago | |
| Glen Walters | 2 | Wairarapa Bush | Shay Tucker | 36 | North Otago | |
| James Goodger | 2 | Wairarapa Bush | Tim Priest | 34 | Wairarapa Bush | |
| Zac Guildford | 2 | Wairarapa Bush | Penalty Tries | 32 | —- | |
| Cole Baldwin | 2 | Wanganui | Setafano Sauqaqa | 30 | Buller | |
| Lindsay Horrocks | 2 | Wanganui | Isaia Vuki | 28 | Poverty Bay | |
| Simon Dibben | 2 | Wanganui | Zac Southen | 26 | Sth.Canterbury | |
| Erenimo Tau | 2 | West Coast | Dane Whale | 26 | Wanganui | |
| Trent Reti | 2 | West Coast | Anthony Tailua | 24 | Buller | |
| 89 More players on 1try | Max Morris | 24 | Sth.Canterbury | |||
| Michael Nabuliwaqe | 24 | Wanganui | ||||
| Simon Lilicama | 24 | North Otago | ||||
| Steve Crosbie | 24 | Wanganui | ||||
| Zayn Tipping | 24 | King Country | ||||
| Long Fisiioi | 24 | East Coast | ||||
| Todd Doolan | 20 | East Coast | ||||
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