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 4
16: Sias Ebersohn (Force)
11: Beauden Barrett (Hurricanes)
10: Demetri Catrakilis (Stormers)
10: Frans Steyn (Sharks)
10: Johan Goosen (Cheetahs)
10: Piri Weepu (Blues)
Season so far
43: Willie le Roux (Cheetahs)
36: Marnitz Boshoff (Lions)
34: Johan Goosen (Cheetahs)
33: Francois Hougaard (Bulls)
31: Faf de Klerk (Lions)
28: Beauden Barrett (Hurricanes)
METRES RUN
Round 4
87: Rod Davies (Reds)
84: Aidan Toua (Reds)
75: Lwazi Mvovo (Sharks)
73: Boom Prinsloo (Cheetahs)
73: Faf de Klerk (Lions)
70: Willie le Roux (Cheetahs)
Season so far
332: Willie le Roux (Cheetahs)
269: Charles Piutau (Blues)
241: Aidan Toua (Reds)
240: Israel Folau (Waratahs)
221: Jürgen Visser (Bulls)
212: Lwazi Mvovo (Sharks)
CLEAN BREAKS
Round 4
2: Beauden Barrett (Hurricanes)
2: Damian de Allende (Stormers)
2: Jesse Mogg (Brumbies)
2: Lwazi Mvovo (Sharks)
2: Odwa Ndungane (Sharks)
2: Rod Davies (Reds)
Season so far
6: Israel Folau (Waratahs)
5: Lwazi Mvovo (Sharks)
5: Paul Jordaan (Sharks)
4: Charles Piutau (Blues)
4: Jesse Mogg (Brumbies)
4: Luke Burgess (Rebels)
4: Willie le Roux (Cheetahs)
CARRIES
Round 4
17: Kieran Read (Crusaders)
16: Ben McCalman (Force)
15: Schalk Burger (Stormers)
15: Stephen Moore (Brumbies)
13: Charles Piutau (Blues)
Season so far
44: Jacques du Plessis (Bulls)
39: Charles Piutau (Blues)
38: Israel Dagg (Crusaders)
35: Willie le Roux (Cheetahs)
34: Ben McCalman (Force)
34: Jesse Mogg (Brumbies)
34: Jürgen Visser (Bulls)
32: Frans Steyn (Sharks)
32: Luke Braid (Blues)
DEFENDERS BEATEN
Round 4
5: Cobus Reinach (Sharks)
5: Jacques-Louis Potgieter (Bulls)
5: Jesse Mogg (Brumbies)
4: Aidan Toua (Reds)
4: Ben McCalman (Force)
4: Charles Piutau (Blues)
4: Faf de Klerk (Lions)
4: Jean de Villiers (Stormers)
4: Lwazi Mvovo (Sharks)
Season so far
13: Charles Piutau (Blues)
12: Aidan Toua (Reds)
11: Cobus Reinach (Sharks)
11: Tom English (Force)
10: Faf de Klerk (Lions)
9: Luke Braid (Blues)
OFFLOADS
Round 4
3: Quade Cooper (Reds)
3: Victor Matfield (Bulls)
Season so far
8: Israel Folau (Waratahs)
6: Francois Venter (Cheetahs)
6: Jake Schatz (Reds)
6: Luke Braid (Blues)
6: TJ Perenara (Hurricanes)
TACKLES
Round 4
22: Matt Hodgson (Force)
20: Sean McMahon (Rebels)
16: Conrad Smith (Hurricanes)
16: Schalk Burger (Stormers)
15: De Kock Steenkamp (Stormers)
14: Matt Todd (Crusaders)
Season so far
61: Philip van der Walt (Cheetahs)
58: Lappies Labuschagne (Cheetahs)
53: Matt Hodgson (Force)
52: Francois Venter (Cheetahs)
47: Warren Whiteley (Lions)
46: Jacques du Plessis (Bulls)
TACKLES MISSED
Round 4
5: Cardiff Vaega (Hurricanes)
4: Jackson Willison (Blues)
4: Ruan Combrinck (Lions)
3: Flip van der Merwe (Bulls)
3: Jesse Mogg (Brumbies)
3: Johann Sadie (Cheetahs)
3: Lachlan Mitchell (Rebels)
3: Luke Burgess (Rebels)
3: Matt Todd (Crusaders)
3: Owen Franks (Crusaders)
3: Schalk van der Merwe (Lions)
3: Simon Hickey (Blues)
3: Solomoni Rasolea (Force)
Season so far
9: Francois Venter (Cheetahs)
7: Aaron Smith (Highlanders)
7: Ben Alexander (Brumbies)
7: Cornall Hendricks (Cheetahs)
7: Jackson Willison (Blues)
7: Jean Cook (Cheetahs)
7: Johan Goosen (Cheetahs)
7: Stefan Watermeyer (Lions)
7: Willie le Roux (Cheetahs)
TURNOVERS WON
Round 4
3: Francois Venter (Cheetahs)
2: De Kock Steenkamp (Stormers)
2: Deon Fourie (Stormers)
2: Francois Hougaard (Bulls)
2: Francois Uys (Cheetahs)
2: Frans Malherbe (Stormers)
2: Jack Lam (Hurricanes)
2: James Horwill (Reds)
2: JJ Engelbrecht (Bulls)
2: Luke Braid (Blues)
2: Luke Morahan (Force)
2: Matt Todd (Crusaders)
2: Ruan Combrinck (Lions)
2: Saia Fainga'a (Lions)
2: Scott Higginbotham (Rebels)
2: Sibusiso Sithole (Sharks)
2: TJ Perenara (Hurricanes)
2: Willem Alberts (Sharks)
Season so far
9: Adriaan Strauss (Cheetahs)
6: Jack Lam (Hurricanes)
5: Boom Prinsloo (Cheetahs)
5: Deon Fourie (Stormers)
5: Francois Venter (Cheetahs)
5: Matt Hodgson (Force)
5: Michael Hooper (Waratahs)
HANDLING ERRORS
4: Tom Taylor (Crusaders)
3: Demetri Catrakilis (Stormers)
3: George Moala (Blues)
3: Jason Woodward (Rebels)
3: Jürgen Visser (Bulls)
3: Nick Cummins (Force)
3: Paul Jordaan (Sharks)
3: Quade Cooper (Reds)
Season so far
7: Ben Smith (Highlanders)
7: Johann Sadie (Cheetahs)
7: Jürgen Visser (Bulls)
7: Nic White (Brumbies)
7: Nick Cummins (Force)
7: Quade Cooper (Reds)
7: Tom Taylor (Crusaders)
LINEOUTS STOLEN
Round 4
2: Ben Mowen (Brumbies)
2: Ryan Kankowski (Sharks)
Season so far
5: Ben Mowen (Brumbies)
3: Ryan Kankowski (Sharks)
3: Sam Whitelock (Crusaders)
3: Warren Whiteley (Lions)
Source: Vodacom Rugby Stats
SA Rugby mag's Live Match Centre
Photo: Steve Haag/Gallo Images
