Springboks fly-half Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu has hit the bottom operating since coming back from harm final month, however he was totally jaw-dropping within the Stormers’ win over Connacht on Saturday.
The 23-year-old was named Man of the Match in his facet’s 34-29 win over the Irish province at DHL Stadium, notching a 24-point haul due to a hat-trick of tries, three conversions and one penalty. But it surely’s the numbers behind the remainder of his sport that should be put below the highlight as he dropped a panoramic show.
With out additional ado, here’s a breakdown of the stats behind Feinberg-Mngomezulu’s efficiency within the Stormers’ win in opposition to Connacht.
Attacking wizardry
Feinberg-Mngomezulu has developed a severely sturdy operating sport up to now few weeks, to go alongside his flashes of playmaking brilliance, and once more, that was on full show this weekend.
Throughout his shift, the fly-half made a whopping 83 metres from his 11 carries ball-in-hand, a mean of seven.6 metres per carry, and likewise notched a tidy two line breaks within the course of. On high of this, he managed to beat 5 defenders too.
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What’s extra spectacular is that these figures had been all game-high tallies!
His playmaking abilities additionally got here to the fore as soon as once more. He notched a tidy six passes throughout his shift, together with one help, and bought the Stormers rolling with 9 kicks out of hand as effectively.
Defensive efforts
Whereas his attacking exploits will steal the headlines, and rightfully so, he greater than contributed to the defensive efforts as his facet squeezed out a pivotal win within the race for the eight.
Throughout his day’s work, he made 10 tackles – solely overwhelmed by Evan Roos (13), Damian Willemse (12) and Paul De Villiers (12) for his facet, and posted successful price of 83% within the course of. He additionally made one dominant deal with.
To go alongside that, he made one turnover as effectively and was simply one in every of three Stormers gamers to take action (matching Salmaan Moerat and Roos).
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