Looking at the Reds stats for the season so far, it paints an interesting tale.
Brumbies match is the one real match where the Reds were beaten across multiple areas, and Lions match not too dissimilar, in almost every other game the Reds stats for possession, tackle busts, missed tackles, territory etc have been on par with or better then the opposition.
Defence:
In terms of missed tackles, surprisingly they have been essentially on par with or missed less then the opposition in all matches except the Brumbies and Lions.
Attack:
Tackle busts have been on par for most matches, with the Lions and Brumbies been the two major exceptions with the opposition dominating. Reds have been dominating the off-load statistic nearly all season, with Brumbies match again been the odd one out. Only twice this season have the number Reds handling errors exceeded the opposition(against Hurricanes and Sharks).
Territory/Possession:
In 4 of the 7 games this season they have held more possession then the opposition, against the Jaguars the held a whopping 63%. Territory is relatively evenly split but overall marginally in favour of the opposition.
In terms of players, the "pass it to Kerevi" game plan doesn't seemed to have changed with Kerevi making an average of 12 runs per game, almost twice the next player in the team, but he is still making as many tackle busts and meters as last year.
