Springbok loosehead and former DHL Stormers skipper, Steven Kitshoff has risen to the No 1 spot in the latest update to the Vodacom United Rugby Championship Top 100.
Based upon the Statmaster algorithm that defines a player’s contribution to his team’s total points per game, Ulster-bound Kitshoff has an overall rating of 95.2 to edge in front of the URC Players’ Player of the Season in 2022-23 – Dan Sheehan , the previously highest ranked player.
The only backs to make it into the Top 10 are Ospreys centre Kieran Williams and Leinster winger James Lowe. Glasgow Warriors loose forward Rory Darge is the only Scottish player to make the Top 10 as Munster’s Gavin Coombes makes it five for Ireland, while Bok prop Thomas du Toit, who will depart the Sharks after the World Cup, makes it two for South Africa.
The rankings work by analysing every match that players have appeared in during the last 12 months, including the URC, European competitions and internationals. Then StatMaster applies an “expected points” algorithm to each event in those games. Like “expected points added” in the NFL and “expected goals” in football, this revolutionary new stat measures the impact that each player has on his side’s chance of scoring.
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