Ahead of another weekend's fixtures of the John I Dent Cup, all the breakdown and analysis you need is now detailed below so fans can get their rugby fix early.
See our full stats breakdown ahead of Round 7 below.
- Following Round 6 where we finally got to enjoy a top of the table face-off between Wests Lions and Tuggeranong Vikings, Wests have now cemented themselves as top of the table threats.
- Uni-Norths and Queanbeyan once again struggle to chalk up their second win as both sides still remain with a 1-5 win/loss record.
- Two players leapfrogged Louis Bartley-Saena on the point scorers tally last week with both Cullin Cooper-Jones and Lachlan day claiming the first and second spots on the list respectively after mammoth performances in Round 6.
- No movement on the try scorers list however as none of our leaders managed another five-pointer last week, though multiple people did join the four-tries-club.
- A note for fans that it will ill be interesting to see if Cullen Gray shoots up the point-scorers list if he keeps Wests kicking duties over Declan Meredith in Round 7.
- With Gungahlin managing their second massive win effort over the season last week, putting on a total of 56 points, they become the new point scoring leaders after Lachlan Day and Isaac Crowe orchestrated a true display of offensive prowess.
- Queanbeyan Whites have just about rejoined the pack of scoring after their extremely slow start to the year thanks to another 30 point effort.
- Thanks to their latest try-scoring display, Gungahlin also lead the competition in conversions with 26, 6 ahead of any other side win the competition.
- Queanbeyan and Royals both continue to show their slow-burn style of play as they have more penalty goals than any other side by a healthy margin of four, which is more than Vikings have kicked so far!
- Despite feeding 45 scrums so far, Royals remain almost perfect with an impressive 98% success rate.
- Despite having the second lowest points total ini the competition, Royals continue to show how dangerous they are with the ball in hand, with the most line breaks of any side.
- Despite struggling for their second win, Uni-Norths show conceding penalties is not the issue, with the second best penalty rate in the competition.
- Conversely to the last point, Uni-Norths penalties are not an issue however their discipline with cards is not ideal having faced 5 yellows and a red in 6 games, showing if the side is going to do something they do it well.
- Despite having the most yellows, Wests have still managed to avoid any red cards but the temporary sidelinings may become a bigger issue soon if their trend continues.
Gungahlin Eagles v Queanbeyan Whites
- Gungahlin are picked as the heavy favourites by our score predictor, given a 69% winning chance.
- However, their home field advantage at the ground has been less than ideal since 2015, at just 38%.
- However the Eagles do walk into the match with much better form of late with three wins, a draw and a loss compared to Queanbeyan's four losses and just one win against the competition leaders in Wests.
Wests Lions v Uni-Norths Owls
- Despite their massively different starts to the season, Wests are even the advantage but only at 62%.
- Furthermore the Lions show off just a 41% winning rate at their home in Jamison since 2015.
- Similar to the last match, Wests come ini with much more momentum with four wins and just one loss compared to Uni-Norths one wins and four losses.
Tuggeranong Vikings v Canberra Royals
- Our match of the Round winner is predicted to be the Vikings given a 62% winning chance over the visiting Royals.
- Despite their loss at the ground last week, Vikings still boast an 80% home field advantage at Viking Park since 2015.
- The most evenly matched game going off recent form, the Vikings have won three of their last five, with one draw and as many losses also. Royals however have two wins and three losses, however they have not lost by more than seven points yet this season.
