Individual stats for the USA's first two games in the Rugby World Cup show who is being asked to carry the ball, and who is making the territory and the tackles.

Among the players to note: Titi Lamositele's tackling statistics have imporved markedly from earlier this season, when he was successful only about 50% of the time. Despite not being among the top ball carriers, Takudzwa Ngwenya remains the most effective runner when he gets the ball.

As mentioned in Alex Goff's column, Cam Dolan's numbers were earned in less than half time, and he is among the leaders in tackling efficiency and lineout success.

 

USA Stats

Carries

Samu Manoa 29

Blaine Scully 16

Seamus Kelly 14 

Chris Wyles 14

AJ MacGinty 13

Al McFarland 13

Greg Peterson 13

Eric Fry 12

Thretton Palamo 12

Andrew Durutalo 10

Hayden Smith 9

 

Meters

Seamus Kelly 110

Blaine Scully 96

Taku Ngwenya 89

Chris Wyles 89

AJ MacGinty 69

Samu Manoa 66

 

Meters Per Carry

Taku Ngwenya 9.9

Seamus Kelly 7.9

Chris Wyles 6.4

Blaine Scully 6.0

AJ MacGinty 5.3

Samu Manoa 2.3

 

Tackles

Al McFarland 24

Samu Manoa 21

Andrew Durutalo 20

Eric Fry 19

AJ MacGinty 15

Phil Thiel 14

Cam Dolan 12

Titi Lamositele 11

 

Missed Tackles

Eric Fry 6

Thretton Palamo 5

Greg Peterson 5

Al McFarland 4

Mike Petri 4

 

 

Tackle # (Tackles minus 2xmissed)

Samu Manoa 19

Al McFarland 16

Andrew Durutalo 14

Cam Dolan 10

Phil Thiel 10

AJ MacGinty 9 

Eric Fry 7

Hayden Smith 7

Danny Barrett 6

Zach Fenoglio 6

 

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Greg Peterson 3

Taku Ngwenya 2

Seamus Kelly 2

Mike Petri 1

Chris Wyles 0

Shalom Suniula -1

Blaine Scully -2

Thretton Palamo -5

 

Lineout Takes

Cam Dolan 5

Al McFarland 3

Greg Peterson 3

Andrew Durutalo 2

John Quill 1

Hayden Smith 1

 

Penalties Committed

Zach Fenoglio 3

Eric Fry 3

Andrew Durutalo 2

Samu Manoa 2

Al McFarland 2

Thretton Palamo 2

Greg Peterson 2

John Quill 2