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 2
12: Jacques-Louis Potgieter (Blue Bulls)
12: Demetri Catrakilis (Western Province)
6: Fred Zeilinga (Sharks)
5: Piet van Zyl (Blue Bulls)
5: Reynier van Rooyen (Pumas)
5: SP Marais (Sharks)
4: Tony Jantjies (Blue Bulls)
3: Justin van Staden (Pumas)
Season so far
24: Jacques-Louis Potgieter (Blue Bulls)
19: Demetri Catrakilis (Western Province)
16: Fred Zeilinga (Sharks)
12: Justin van Staden (Pumas)
12: Francois Brummer (Griquas)
11: SP Marais (Sharks)
9: Nic Groom (Western Province)
7: Andries Coetzee (Golden Lions)
7: Cheslin Kolbe (Western Province)
7: Gary van Aswegen (EP Kings)
7: Piet van Zyl (Blue Bulls)
METRES RUN
Round 2
107: Seabelo Senatla (Western Province)
96: Jürgen Visser (Blue Bulls)
75: Hendrik Venter (Free State Cheetahs)
48: Akona Ndungane (Blue Bulls)
46: Dean Greyling (Blue Bulls)
44: Juan de Jongh (Western Province)
42: Burger Odendaal (Blue Bulls)
42: JJ Engelbrecht (Blue Bulls)
42: Paul Willemse (Blue Bulls)
36: Grant Hattingh (Blue Bulls)
36: Marcel van der Merwe (Blue Bulls)
Season so far
188: Jürgen Visser (Blue Bulls)
160: AJ Coertzen (Free State Cheetahs)
150: Renaldo Bothma (Pumas)
150: Seabelo Senatla (Western Province)
127: Siviwe Soyizwapi (EP Kings)
118: Akona Ndungane (Blue Bulls)
117: Ruan Combrinck (Golden Lions)
109: Carel Greeff (Griquas)
107: Burgen Odendaal (Blue Bulls)
102: Jono Ross (Blue Bulls)
100: Cheslin Kolbe (Western Province)
CLEAN BREAKS
Round 2
3: Seabelo Senatla (Western Province)
1: Cheslin Kolbe (Western Province)
1: Juan de Jongh (Western Province)
1: Nizaam Carr (Western Province)
1: Akona Ndungane (Blue Bulls)
1: Burger Odendaal (Blue Bulls)
1: Jürgen Visser (Blue Bulls)
1: Fred Zeilinga (Sharks)
1: Jacques Botes (Sharks)
1: Bees Roux (Free State Cheetahs)
1: Frikkie Spies (Pumas)
Season so far
4: Jürgen Visser (Blue Bulls)
3: Seabelo Senatla (Western Province)
2: Cheslin Kolbe (Western Province)
2: Jaco Kriel (Golden Lions)
2: Juan de Jongh (Western Province)
2: Sibusiso Sithole (Sharks)
2: Rayno Benjamin (Free State Cheetahs)
CARRIES
Round 2
17: Jono Ross (Blue Bulls)
16: Paul Willemse (Blue Bulls)
15: Marcel van der Merwe (Blue Bulls)
11: Burger Odendaal (Blue Bulls)
10: Bongi Mbonambi (Blue Bulls)
10: Grant Hattingh (Blue Bulls)
10: Jacques du Plessis (Blue Bulls)
10: Kyle Cooper (Sharks)
9: Hendrik Venter (Free State Cheetahs)
9: JJ Engelbrecht (Blue Bulls)
Season so far
27: Jono Ross (Blue Bulls)
22: Paul Willemse (Blue Bulls)
21: Carel Greeff (Griquas)
20: Burgen Odendaal (Blue Bulls)
18: Kyle Cooper (Sharks)
17: Renaldo Bothma (Pumas)
17: Tian Meyer (Griquas)
15: Marcel van der Merwe (Blue Bulls)
14: Grant Hattingh (Blue Bulls)
14: JJ Engelbrecht (Blue Bulls)
13: AJ Coertzen (Free State Cheetahs)
13: Nizaam Carr (Western Province)
13: Jürgen Visser (Blue Bulls)
13: Siviwe Soyizwapi (EP Kings)
DEFENDERS BEATEN
Round 2
1: Cheslin Kolbe (Western Province)
1: Kobus van Wyk (Western Province)
1: Seabelo Senatla (Western Province)
1: Burger Odendaal (Blue Bulls)
1: Bongi Mbonambi (Blue Bulls)
1: Jerome Paarwater (Pumas)
1: Deon Stegmann (Blue Bulls)
1: Grant Hattingh (Blue Bulls)
1: Jacques du Plessis (Blue Bulls)
1: Hendrik Venter (Free State Cheetahs)
Season so far
3: Renaldo Bothma (Pumas)
3: Ross Cronjé (Golden Lions)
2: PJ du Plessis (Free State Cheetahs)
2: Lionel Mapoe (Golden Lions)
2: Rocco Jansen (Griquas)
2: Tian Meyer (Griquas)
OFFLOADS
Round 2
1: Seabelo Senatla (Western Province)
1: Odwa Ndungane (Sharks)
1: Michael van Spuy (Western Province)
1: Tera Mtembu (Sharks)
1: Lourens Adriaanse (Sharks)
1: Kyle Cooper (Sharks)
1: Juan de Jongh (Western Province)
1: Jacques Botes (Sharks)
1: Ettienne Oosthuizen (Sharks)
1: Cheslin Kolbe (Western Province)
1: Cameron Wright (Sharks)
1: Bongi Mbonambi (Blue Bulls)
Season so far
5: Tian Meyer (Griquas)
2: Danie Dames (Griquas)
2: Kevin Luiters (EP Kings)
2: Ruan Combrinck (Golden Lions)
2: Seabelo Senatla (Western Province)
TACKLES
Round 2
23: Michael Rhodes (Western Province)
20: Nizaam Carr (Western Province)
17: Alistair Vermaak (Western Province)
13: Stephan Coetzee (Western Province)
11: Manuel Carizza (Western Province)
11: Siya Kolisi (Western Province)
10: Juan de Jongh (Western Province)
10: Stefan Watermeyer (Pumas)
Season so far
36: Nizaam Carr (Western Province)
34: Michael Rhodes (Western Province)
26: Alistair Vermaak (Western Province)
24: Michael van der Spuy (Western Province)
24: Corné Steenkamp (Pumas)
23: Jaco Bouwer (Pumas)
23: Siya Kolisi (Western Province)
22: Vincent Kock (Pumas)
20: Jean Kleyn (Western Province)
20: Renaldo Bothma (Pumas)
20: Stephan Coetzee (Western Province)
TACKLES MISSED
Round 2
5: Burger Odendaal (Blue Bulls)
4: Hilton Lobberts (Griquas)
4: Justin van Staden (Pumas)
4: Nizaam Carr (Western Province)
3: Manuel Carizza (Western Province)
3: Rynhardt Elstadt (Western Province)
Season so far
11: Nizaam Carr (Western Province)
6: Justin van Staden (Pumas)
6: Burger Odendaal (Blue Bulls)
4: Hilton Lobberts (Griquas)
4: Juan de Jongh (Western Province)
4: Manuel Carizza (Western Province)
4: Grant Hattingh (Blue Bulls)
4: Rayno Benjamin (Free State Cheetahs)
4: Stefan Watermeyer (Pumas)
TURNOVER WON
Round 2
3: JW Bell (Pumas)
3: Reynier van Rooyen (Pumas)
3: Siya Kolisi (Western Province)
2: Jerome Pretorius (Pumas)
1: Marco Wentzel (Sharks)
1: Tera Mthembu (Sharks)
1: Louis Schreuder (Western Province)
1: JW Jonker (Pumas)
1: Justin van Staden (Pumas)
1: Juan de Jongh (Western Province)
1: Jaco Bouwer (Pumas)
1: Corné Steenkamp (Pumas)
Season so far
3: Carel Greeff (Griquas)
3: JW Bell (Pumas)
3: Reynier van Rooyen (Pumas)
3: Siya Kolisi (Western Province)
2: Jacques Botes (Sharks)
2: Jerome Pretorius (Pumas)
2: Tera Mthembu (Sharks)
2: Odwa Ndungane (Sharks)
HANDLING ERRORS
Round 1
4: Cameron Wright (Sharks)
2: Fred Zeilinga (Sharks)
2: Grant Hattingh (Blue Bulls)
2: Jono Ross (Blue Bulls)
2: Lourens Adriaanse (Sharks)
2: Nizaam Carr (Western Province)
Season so far
7: Shane Gates (EP Kings)
6: Burger Odendaal (Blue Bulls)
5: Cameron Wright (Sharks)
5: Odwa Ndungane (Sharks)
4: Nizaam Carr (Western Province)
3: Cheslin Kolbe (Western Province)
3: Fred Zeilinga (Sharks)
3: Gary van Aswegen (EP Kings)
3: JW Bell (Pumas)
3: Luke Watson (EP Kings)
3: Jürgen Visser (Blue Bulls)
3: SP Marais (Sharks)
3: Tian Meyer (Griquas)
LINEOUTS STOLEN
Round 1
1: Grant Hattingh (Blue Bulls)
1: Jacques Engelbrecht (Blue Bulls)
Season so far
2: Callie Visagie (Blue Bulls)
2: Grant Hattingh (Blue Bulls)
2: Jacques Engelbrecht (Blue Bulls)
2: Marius Coetzer (Pumas)
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