Poor Tacklers

[Zaibatsu]

According to this week's Big League magazine, here are the worse tacklers in the NRL by position:

Fullback:
1\. K. Hunt: ineffective 58%
2\. N. Stapleton: ineffective 43%
3\. D. Milne and M. Robertson: ineffective 41%
5\. M. Bowen and W. McKinon: ineffective 40%

Wing:
1\. J. Yow Yeh: ineffective 51%
2\. D. Mead: ineffective 40%
3\. D. Kemp: ineffective 39%
4\. S. Kenny-Dowell and J. Tomane: ineffective 38%

Centre:
1\. S. Matai: ineffective 30%
2\. J. Hodges: ineffective 28%
3\. S. Michaels and E. Tonga: ineffective 26%
5\. J. Croker: ineffective 25%

Five-Eighth:
1\. D. Lockyer: ineffective 29%
2\. B. Marshall: ineffective 25%
3\. M. Rogers: ineffective 23%
4\. W. Graham, B. Jones and Travis Burns: ineffective 21%

Halfback:
1\. C. Sandow: ineffective 32%
2\. M. Orford: ineffective 29%
3\. S. Dureau: ineffective 28%
4\. S. Prince, T. Moltzen and L. Walsh: ineffective 27%

Prop:
1\. D. Taylor: ineffective 18%
2\. J. Skandalis and M. Henderson: ineffective 17%
4\. D. Wicks and J. Hickey: ineffective 15%

Hooker:
1\. M. Ennis: ineffective 17%
2\. I. Luke and T. Seu Seu: ineffective: 16%
4\. J. Aubusson: ineffective 15%
5\. A. McClullough: ineffective 14%

Second Row:
1\. D. Laurie: ineffective 21%
2\. N. Kouparitsus and A. Sims: ineffective 20%
4\. L. Setu, A. Watmough, C. Paterson and S. Sa: ineffective 18%

Lock:
1\. N. Costigan: ineffective 17%
2\. F. Mateo and L. Lewis: ineffective 16%
4\. T. Lowrie: ineffective 14%
5\. N. Smith and C. Parker: ineffective 13%
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Karmichael Hunt at 58% ineffective shocked me a bit, and I would have thought Sandow's would be closer to 98% :laughing:

 

[system]

Thats just the innefective. Add in Sandows missed tackles and it tells the greater story

 

[armchair_expert]

pretty sure the article stated that it was made up of missed tackles and tackles that dont stop the ball

 

[Peaches]

Hunt only uses his shoulder to tackle so no surprise there.

 

[Don_Brodga]

Thats just the innefective. Add in Sandows missed tackles and it tells the greater story

Hasn't he well and truely hit the ton already?

No suprise to see Michael Ennis so high up on the list, and it can't be said that he misses alot because of workload. The only hooker to average under 30 tackles a game I believe.

 

[JapanTiger]

depend what colour jersies they were wearing.

 

[Yossarian]

According to this week's Big League magazine, here are the worse tacklers in the NRL by position:

Karmichael Hunt at 58% ineffective shocked me a bit, and I would have thought Sandow's would be closer to 98% :laughing:

No wonder Hunt is going to AFL. 58% ineffective would have him one of their best defenders.

 

[Marshall_magic]

Not all missed tackles are ineffective though. You can make solid contact then fall off, but have the contact good enough to stop the play.

 

[RatedRKO]

Good to see Ennis leading the hookers :smiley:

 

[Juro]

Yeah, he missed a lovely one yesterday for one of Souths' tries…

 

[Chris]

I think ineffective and missed tackles are the only stats he leads Farah in. All the other stats Farah dominates him yet some people claim Ennis is a better hooker. The mind just boggles.