Table 3. Standardized coefficients from the discriminant analysis of the game statistics between winning and losing teams in the Six Nations rugby tournament (seasons 2003-2006).
| Game statistics variable |
Winner-Loser |
| Tries |
.47 * |
| Successful conversions |
.42 * |
| Mauls won |
.22 |
| Scrums lost |
-.21 |
| Line-outs lost |
-.21 |
| Successful penalty goals |
.19 |
| Turnovers won |
.19 |
| Tackle completion |
.18 |
| Balls won in the attack phases |
.18 |
| Line break |
.16 |
| Tackles missed |
-.15 |
| Line-outs won |
.14 |
| Possessions kicked |
.13 |
| Ruck and drive |
-.12 |
| Kicks to touch |
.11 |
| Drop errors |
.11 |
| Penalty goals conceded |
-.10 |
| Balls won in open play |
-.08 |
| Penalty goal errors |
.07 |
| Tackles made |
.06 |
| Ruck and pass |
-.03 |
| Passes completed |
.03 |
| Successful drops |
-.02 |
| Balls won in the opponent’s 22mts zone |
-.01 |
| Errors made |
.01 |
| Scrums won |
.00 |
| Eigenvalue |
1.89 |
| Wilks’ Lambda |
.34 |
| Canonical Correlation |
.81 |
| Chi-square |
71.85 |
| Significance |
.00 |
| Reclassification |
92.7% |
* SC discriminant value ≥|.30|.
