SuperCoach classic match: Meli mauls the Dogs


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<p>The New Zealand Warriors last week committed to staying in Australia to ensure the competition runs as per program for the time being.</p>



<p>It’s outstanding news for rugby league fans in both
countries, so we thought we’d track back through the archives to crunch the
SuperCoach stats from a classic match of theirs.</p>



<p>It was hard to go past the 2003 qualifying final where they belted the heavily favoured Canterbury Bulldogs 48-22 in Sydney.</p>



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<p>The star attraction was blockbusting winger Francis Meli,
who scored a club record five tries in the demolition.</p>



<p>While a couple of his pies were typically simple winger
finishes, he got his hands dirty on numerous occasions in the middle of the
park, leaving a path of hapless Dogs lying in his wake.</p>



<p>So how many SuperCoach points would he have scored on the
day?</p>



<p>We only had extended highlights to go off, so we had to do a
bit of guesswork in the calculations.</p>



<p>What we know for a fact is the following.</p>



<p>Meli scored five tries, had five linebreaks and assisted another try which included a linebreak assist in the process.</p>



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<p>Here’s what we had to estimate.</p>



<p>Meli had 15 runs, 10 of which were over 8m (2 points), and
five were under 8m (1 point).</p>



<p>We also added a pair of offloads, five tackles and five
tackle breaks (conservative considering he had seven in two of his tries
alone).</p>



<p>His stats combined for a monstrous 217 SuperCoach points.</p>



<p>Doing it against the rampant Bulldogs outfit in a finals
game on their home turf is even more incredible.</p>



<p>See the breakdown below:</p>



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<figure class="wp-block-table"><table class=""><tbody><tr><td><strong>Stat</strong></td><td><strong>Actual</strong></td><td><strong>Estimated</strong></td><td><strong>Total</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Try</td><td>5</td><td></td><td>85</td></tr><tr><td>Try-assist</td><td>1</td><td></td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>Linebreak</td><td>5</td><td></td><td>50</td></tr><tr><td>Linebreak assist</td><td>1</td><td></td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Offload</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>Tackle break</td><td>7</td><td>5</td><td>24</td></tr><tr><td>Hit ups</td><td></td><td>15 (10 over 8m, 5 under 8m)</td><td>25</td></tr><tr><td>Tackles</td><td></td><td>5</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Errors</td><td></td><td>1</td><td>-2</td></tr><tr><td>Missed tackle</td><td></td><td>2</td><td>-2</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Total</strong></td><td></td><td></td><td><strong>= 217 points</strong></td></tr></tbody></table></figure>


SuperCoach classic match: Meli mauls the Dogs

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