Champion numbers for the young blue number 8, who exploded this year with the Exeter shirt
The statistic that explains Ross Vintcent’s great season (ph. Sebastiano Pessina)
2023-24 was the season of Ross Vintcent’s explosion: launched last summer in the Premiership Rugby Cup to gain experience, Rob Baxter fell in love with him in a rugby way and kept him in the first team, launching him several times during the match. in the first part of the season. Then came the call up to the national team, with the definitive consecration coming with 3 great matches played against France, Scotland and Wales, in which Italy achieved a draw and 2 victories. From there, he further carved out a leading role for himself with Exeter, who came close to reaching the playoffs only missing out on the final day’s defeat against Leicester.
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There is one statistic, in particular, that gives great credit to Vintcent’s season and above all to his “dirty work”: we have known him for his dynamism in the middle of the pitch, but the Italian third line also stood out for his effectiveness in ruck work. In the ranking published by Opta, in fact, Vintcent is the third overall player in the Premiership in terms of number of ruck cleanings: 29.2 per game. A number of the highest level, which makes it clear how much this boy makes himself felt even in the middle of the pitch in things that perhaps cannot be seen at first glance.
Ahead of him, only Will Evans of Harlequins (32.3 per game) and Daniel Thomas of Bristol Bears (30.1). And just behind him other big names like Roots, Reffell and Curry.
Ross Vintcent’s stats
In addition to this, all of Vintcent’s numbers are generally of a high level: in attack he gained meters in contact in 61.5% of his charges, and in 63.1% of cases he forced his opponents to double the tackle to stop him. Defensively his successful tackle percentage is 85.5%, with 14.5% being dominant tackles.
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To top it all off, 10 tries in the season (although 5 of these were scored in the Premiership Rugby Cup) out of 29 games played (10 as a starter, 19 as a substitute) for a total playing time of 970 minutes.
Speaking of his flexibility in the third row, the data on his deployment in formation is also curious: 50% of the time he played number 8, while 45% of the time he was deployed openside flanker (number 7) and 5% blindside flanker (number 6).
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