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<blockquote data-quote="Darwin" data-source="post: 412264" data-attributes="member: 24910">Collated stats from <a href="http://www.ruggastats.com" target="_blank">http://www.ruggastats.com</a> suggest that Leonard makes more offloads, more tackles per game, and slightly more line-breaks than Mathewson, and he undoubtedly has a better kicking game.&nbsp; However Leonard has a worse tackling percentage, and importantly has made well over twice as many errors as Mathewson!&nbsp; Mathewson may have a poor kicking game, but at least he is able to pick the ball up without knocking it on <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />Like you I do worry a bit about Ellis&#039;s defence, but the rest of his game has been outstanding.&nbsp; As I&#039;ve mentioned before, if it was simply a case of Ellis getting a free ride behind a dominant Crusaders pack you would expect the other Crusaders halfbacks to be equally impressive, but this was far from the case.&nbsp; The Crusaders noticeably missed Ellis when he was out injured, and he&#039;s made a huge impact since he returned; his last match against the Hurricanes was probably the best performance I&#039;ve seen from a halfback all season.To be honest I don&#039;t particularly like Ellis either, but it is hard to argue that he hasn&#039;t been in great form this season...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Darwin, post: 412264, member: 24910"] Collated stats from [URL]http://www.ruggastats.com[/URL] suggest that Leonard makes more offloads, more tackles per game, and slightly more line-breaks than Mathewson, and he undoubtedly has a better kicking game. However Leonard has a worse tackling percentage, and importantly has made well over twice as many errors as Mathewson! Mathewson may have a poor kicking game, but at least he is able to pick the ball up without knocking it on ;) Like you I do worry a bit about Ellis's defence, but the rest of his game has been outstanding. As I've mentioned before, if it was simply a case of Ellis getting a free ride behind a dominant Crusaders pack you would expect the other Crusaders halfbacks to be equally impressive, but this was far from the case. The Crusaders noticeably missed Ellis when he was out injured, and he's made a huge impact since he returned; his last match against the Hurricanes was probably the best performance I've seen from a halfback all season. To be honest I don't particularly like Ellis either, but it is hard to argue that he hasn't been in great form this season... [/QUOTE]

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