I know absolutely nothing about rugby but since when has lack of knowledge stopped a degenerate from gambling on something? I'm Irish, I see Ireland won last year and are favored to win this year so I'm going to bet on Ireland. Anyone have any legit analysis on this event?
Thought it would be interesting to see overall how the scrums, lineouts and mauls across all teams went over the 2019 Six Nations Championship. The platform stats are taken from ESPN for each Six Nations team. Each percentage is rounded to one decimal place.
| Team | Total scrums won |
|---|---|
| Scotland | 24/25 (96%) |
| England | 16/17 (94.1%) |
| France | 29/31 (93.5%) |
| Ireland | 24/26 (92.3%) |
| Wales | 33/37 (89.2%) |
| Italy | 27/35 (77.1%) |
| Team | Total lineouts won |
|---|---|
| Italy | 57/61 (93.4%) |
| England | 49/53 (92.5%) |
| Scotland | 56/63 (88.9%) |
| Ireland | 69/78 (88.5%) |
| France | 48/58 (82.8%) |
| Wales | 43/55 (78.2%) |
| Team | Total mauls won |
|---|---|
| Scotland | 20/21 (95.2%) |
| England | 24/28 (85.7%) |
| France | 17/20 (85%) |
| Ireland | 28/34 (82.4%) |
| Italy | 18/23 (78.3%) |
| Wales | 14/18 (77.8%) |
Summary
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Wales had the worst lineout and maul success rate on their own ball with in order 78.2% and 77.8%. They also had the second worst scrum success rate on their own ball with 77.1%.
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Italy had the best lineout success rate on their own ball with 93.4% which is pretty impressive.
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Scotland had the best scrum and maul success rate on their own ball with in order 96% and 95.2%. They had the third best lineout success rate with 88.9% on their own ball.
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Ireland had a staggering 78 lineouts over the championship which is the most out of all the teams. In comparison the next most lineouts were Scotland with 63.
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Ireland also had the most mauls with 34 and after that the next most scrums were England with 28.
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Wales had the most scrums with 37 followed by Italy with 35.
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England had the fewest scrums over the championship with 17. Scotland had the next fewest scrums with 25.
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England also had the fewest lineouts over the
