SARugbymag.co.za looks at the players who topped the stats in key areas of the game this past weekend as well as for the season so far.
KICKS FROM HAND
Round 5
13: Jacques-Louis Potgieter (Blue Bulls)
12: George Whitehead (EP KIngs)
10: Francois Brummer (Griquas)
9: Jaco van der Walt (Golden Lions)
8: Justin van Staden (Pumas)
8: Pieter-Steyn de Wet (FS Cheetahs)
Season so far
47: Fred Zeilinga (Sharks)
47: Francois Brummer (Griquas)
34: Demetri Catrakilis (Western Province)
34: Justin van Staden (Pumas)
33: Jacques-Louis Potgieter (Blue Bulls)
26: SP Marais (Sharks)
25: George Whitehead (EP Kings)
25: Ross Cronjé (Golden Lions)
23: Jaco van der Walt (Golden Lions)
23: Clayton Blommetjies (FS Cheetahs)
22: Cheslin Kolbe (Western Province)
METRES RUN
Round 5
151: Rosco Speckman (Pumas)
139: Cheslin Kolbe (Western Province)
139: Jaco Taute (Western Province)
137: Clayton Blommetjies (FS Cheetahs)
135: Demetri Catrakilis (Western Province)
128: S'bura Sithole (Sharks)
126: Harold Vorster (Golden Lions)
123: Kobus van Wyk (Western Province)
121: Rayno Benjamin (FS Cheetahs)
Season so far
584: Andries Coetzee (Golden Lions)
558: Cheslin Kolbe (Western Province)
441: Scott van Breda (EP Kings)
439: Juan de Jongh (Western Province)
434: Stokkies Hanekom (Golden Lions)
428: Ruan Combrinck (Golden Lions)
406: Francois Brummer (Griquas)
405: Jesse Kriel (Blue Bulls)
401: Raymond Rhule (FS Cheetahs)
CLEAN BREAKS
Round 5
3: Juan de Jongh (Western Province)
2: Clayton Blommetjies (FS Cheetahs)
2: Grant Hattingh (Blue Bulls)
2: Odwa Ndungane (Sharks)
2: Rayno Benjamin (FS Cheetahs)
2: Stefan Watermeyer (Pumas)
2: Rosco Speckman (Pumas)
2: Ruan Botha (Western Province)
Season so far
6: Jürgen Visser (Blue Bulls)
6: Odwa Ndungane (Sharks)
6: Seabelo Senatla (Western Province)
6: Rayno Benjamin (FS Cheetahs)
6: Sampie Mastriet (Blue Bulls)
5: Jesse Kriel (Blue Bulls)
5: PJ Vermeulen (Griquas)
5: Rosco Speckman (Pumas)
5: Ross Cronjé (Golden Lions)
5: Ruan Combrinck (Golden Lions)
5: Scott van Breda (EP Kings)
CARRIES
Round 5
24: Jaco van der Walt (Golden Lions)
14: Derick Minnie (Golden Lions)
13: Stefan Watermeyer (Pumas)
12: Jaco Taute (Western Province)
12: Siya Kolisi (Western Province)
11: Corné Fourie (Pumas)
11: Rosco Speckman (Pumas)
11: Kyle Cooper (Sharks)
Season so far
84: Odwa Ndungane (Sharks)
55: Marnus Schoeman (Griquas)
52: Carel Greeff (Griquas)
50: Jono Ross (Blue Bulls)
46: Nizaam Carr (Western Province)
45: Andries Coetzee (Golden Lions)
45: Derick Minnie (Golden Lions)
45: Edgar Marutlulle (EP Kings)
45: Jacques du Plessis (Blue Bulls)
44: Francois Venter (FS Cheetahs)
42: Burger Odendaal (Blue Bulls)
40: Jaco Kriel (Golden Lions)
DEFENDERS BEATEN
Round 5
4: Stokkies Hanekom (Golden Lions)
3: Jaco van der Walt (Golden Lions)
2: Armand van der Merwe (Golden Lions)
2: Siya Kolisi (Western Province)
2: Rudy Paige (Blue Bulls)
2: Ross Cronjé (Golden Lions)
2: Paul Schoeman (EP Kings)
2: Paul Jordaan (Sharks)
2: Michael Rhodes (Western Province)
2: Jaco Taute (Western Province)
2: Hennie Skorbinski (Pumas)
Season so far
9: Marnus Schoeman (Griquas)
8: Burger Odendaal (Blue Bulls)
8: Renaldo Bothma (Pumas)
8: Ross Cronjé (Golden Lions)
6: Bongi Mbonambi (Blue Bulls)
6: Kyle Cooper (Sharks)
5: Jesse Kriel (Blue Bulls)
5: Francois Venter (FS Cheetahs)
5: Seabelo Senatla (Western Province)
5: Paul Jordaan (Sharks)
5: Stefan Watermeyer (Pumas)
5: Wayne Stevens (Griquas)
OFFLOADS
Round 5
4: Clayton Blommetjies (FS Cheetahs)
4: Rosco Speckman (Pumas)
2: Andries Coetzee (Golden Lions)
2: Demetri Catrakilis (Western Province)
2: Doppies la Grange (Griquas)
2: Jaco Kriel (Golden Lions)
2: Jaco Taute (Western Province)
2: Tera Mthembu (Sharks)
2: Stokkies Hanekom (Golden Lions)
2: Nizaam Carr (Western Province)
2: Jonathan Adendorf (Griquas)
2: Paul Schoeman (EP Kings)
2: Siya Kolisi (Western Province)
2: Uzair Cassiem (Pumas)
Season so far
11: Tian Meyer (Griquas)
10: Clayton Blommetjies (FS Cheetahs)
10: Sarel Pretorius (FS Cheetahs)
8: Andries Coetzee (Golden Lions)
8: Tera Mthembu (Sharks)
7: Francois Venter (FS Cheetahs)
7: Jaco Kriel (Golden Lions)
6: Armand van der Merwe (Golden Lions)
6: Stokkies Hanekom (Golden Lions)
6: Nizaam Carr (Western Province)
6: Renaldo Bothma (Pumas)
6: Uzair Cassiem (Pumas)
TACKLES
23: Tienie Burger (FS Cheetahs)
19: Stephan Coetzee (Western Province)
16: Hilton Lobberts (Griquas)
16: Michael Rhodes (Western Province)
15: Tim Whitehead (EP Kings)
14: David Bulbring (EP Kings)
14: Jean Cook (FS Cheetahs)
14: Jean Kleyn (Western Province)
14: Ruan Lerm (Griquas)
13: George Whitehead (EP Kings)
13: Jaco Taute (Western Province)
Season so far
99: Nizaam Carr (Western Province)
91: Michael Rhodes (Western Province)
88: Tienie Burger (FS Cheetahs)
87: Jean Kleyn (Western Province)
76: Siya Kolisi (Western Province)
73: Stephan Coetzee (Western Province)
70: Torsten van Jaarsveld (FS Cheetahs)
66: Corné Steenkamp (Pumas)
66: Shane Gates (EP Kings)
65: Jacques Botes (Sharks)
65: Paul Schoeman (EP Kings)
TACKLES MISSED
Round 5
5: George Whitehead (EP Kings)
4: Grant Hattingh (Blue Bulls)
4: Kevin Luiters (EP Kings)
4: Lizo Gqoboka (EP Kings)
4: Pieter-Steyn de Wet (FS Cheetahs)
Season so far
20: Nizaam Carr (Western Province)
17: Justin van Staden (Pumas)
13: Burger Odendaal (Blue Bulls)
13: Kevin Stevens (FS Cheetahs)
13: Manuel Carizza (Western Province)
12: Grant Hattingh (Blue Bulls)
12: Jono Ross (Blue Bulls)
12: Rayno Benjamin (FS Cheetahs)
TURNOVERS WON
Round 5
3: Marnus Schoeman (Griquas)
2: Dale Chadwick (Sharks)
2: Torsten van Jaarsveld (FS Cheetahs)
Season so far
11: Dean Greyling (Blue Bulls)
7: Marnus Schoeman (Griquas)
5: Jaco Kriel (Golden Lions)
4: Nizaam Carr (Western Province)
3: Torsten van Jaarsveld (FS Cheetahs)
3: Thembelani Bholi (EP Kings)
3: Siya Kolisi (Western Province)
3: Shane Gates (EP Kings)
3: Reynier van Rooyen (Pumas)
3: Lubabalo Mtyanda (Pumas)
3: JW Jonker (Pumas)
3: Seabelo Senatla (Western Province)
3: JW Bell (Pumas)
3: Ewald van der Westhuizen (Griquas)
3: Deon Stegmann (Blue Bulls)
3: Francois Kleinhans (Sharks)
3: Corné Steenkamp (Pumas)
HANDLING ERRORS
Round 5
6: Tera Mthembu (Sharks)
4: Andries Coetzee (Golden Lions)
4: Louis Schreuder (Western Province)
4: Nic Groom (Western Province)
4: Renaldo Bothma (Pumas)
Season so far
17: Ross Cronjé (Golden Lions)
12: Tera Mthembu (Sharks)
11: Sarel Pretorius (FS Cheetahs)
10: Tian Meyer (Griquas)
9: Cameron Wright (Sharks)
9: Fred Zeilinga (Sharks)
9: Ruan Combrinck (Golden Lions)
9: Renaldo Bothma (Pumas)
8: Tonderai Chavhanga (Sharks)
8: Derick Minnie (Golden Lions)
8: George Whitehead (EP Kings)
8: Jono Ross (Blue Bulls)
8: Nic Groom (Western Province)
8: Nizaam Carr (Western Province)
8: Siya Kolisi (Western Province)
LINEOUTS STOLEN
Round 5
1: Grant Hattingh (Blue Bulls)
1: JC Astle (Sharks)
1: Jono Ross (Blue Bulls)
1: Michael Rhodes (Western Province)
1: Paul Willemse (Blue Bulls)
1: Ruan Botha (Western Province)
1: Siviwe Soyizwapi (EP Kings)
1: Steven Sykes (EP Kings)
1: Tom Botha (EP Kings)
1: Uzair Cassiem (Pumas)
Season so far
3: Grant Hattingh (Blue Bulls)
3: Uzair Cassiem (Pumas)
2: Francois Mostert (Golden Lions)
2: Marco Wentzel (Sharks)
2: Pat Cilliers (Western Province)
2: Ruan Lerm (Griquas)
Source: Vodacom Rugby Stats App
Photo: Duif du Toit/Gallo Images
