Do they have penalty counts too? Would be interesting to look at.
Yes it would.
The problem with cards though is context - a yellow might be given for a penalty try or professional foul in a team that wins a mountain of possession and the game.
A yellow card for back-to-back penalties in the red zone in the dying moments of a close game might be the difference between winning and losing.
So you probably have to put penalties v cards v result v game situation context in a matrix and come up with... ... ... shit I dunno - could come up with whatever you want!
A few here are bemoaning the balance between aggression and stupidity.
They're right.
But if we remove the aggression, all we have is the stupidity.
The fact is, we've got a bunch of incumbents at national level who aren't really being challenged.
They're not because our provinces aren't providing enough competition.
The provinces aren't providing enough competition because the players are spread too thin or clumped together.
They're spread too thin or clumped together because of lack of money.
We don't have enough money because the national level isn't doing well enough.
We're not doing well enough at any level because the supporting systems - from schools onwards - simply isn't good enough.
The schools system isn't good enough because its such a fucking inbred cesspool of brainless dick-measuring.
Its such a fucking inbred cesspool of brainless dick-measuring because of politics.
And rugby is politics in this country.
Until we take the steps that NZRFU took to put the ABs at the pinnacle, expect this to continue except for the odd brilliant victory followed by shite.
And that means all the fuckwits hating on the NRC getting in the fucking sea. They can be joined by the parents who want little Tarquin to be in the first XV where his obvious flaws are hidden by the star players and lack of meaningful competition.
And every single shunt who won't cheer their team on properly at a rugby game.
Sharkbait, the lot of them.
We also need much better coaching pathways as a result of all this.
Now, if you'll excuse me, its cricket season.
