PopTart wrote:
That's because you don't understand the stats in my opinion. The metres are judged on metres forward not metres run.
Fifita had calf issues and often played injured....but I also remember a period of time where Fifita didn't miss a tackle for 10 games and was top tackler of the middles for most of them.
Stats are facts. You can interpret them differently, hence why politicians use them for agendas but Fifita's tackling and number of carries are facts.
Some may not like stats but the fact is between 2017 and 2022 Fifita had 100+ Tackle Busts in every season except that 2020 covid and injury-hit one.
2017 - 104 TB and also had 598 tackles, missing just 22.
2018- 114 TB and 436 tackles missing just 19.
2019- 141 TB and 584 and just 29 missed.
2020- only played 9 games, through injury etc.
2021- 100 TB and 601 and missed just 18 tackles.
2022- 106 TB and 527 and 24 missed.
There isn't/wasn't another middle that comes close to those impactful stats, the amount of times he missed a tackle is pretty eye-opening for a big lad like him TBH. Also you don't get stats like those from hanging around in back play not asking for the ball, in fact quite the opposite.
