The first 11 days in figures

PRO D2 2024/2025 – Back in figures on the first third of the championship. With a clear offensive tendency emerging.

5

If the art of the drop is lost in modern Rugby, Jérôme Bosviel (Montauban) confirms that he is a specialist in this area. With five successful drops. Three more than his dolphins. And that's already as much as in his entire last season… Where he had already finished in first place in this ranking.

11

Like the number of balloons scratched by Courtney Lawesthe English legend of CA Brive and Fred Quercy from USM Sapiac. One scratch per match. And it is no coincidence that we find the two teams in the lead car.

37

As the number of attempts registered by the CA Brivebest team in Pro D2. Almost 3.36 tries per game. This is a little worse than Vannes, last season, which had registered 39. But this remains within absolutely enormous standards.

66

Like the number of offloads (passes after contacts) of the IN XV. Which considerably dominates this ranking. Proof of the new offensive animation of the Angoumoisins, who have transformed their game this season. And which is also the team which makes the most crossings (27)… And which breaks the most tackles (131).

70

As, in percentage, the proportion of home victories since the start of the season, compared to 27% of away victories and 3% of draws. Biarritz, Provence Rugby, Brive et Grenoble have 100% home wins. Conversely, Nice won only one of their first six games at home.

129

The best director (and scorer) of this Pro D2 is called Lucas Meret (Valence-Novels). 100% of his points were scored on the foot. He scored 29 points more than his runner-up. A valuable boot efficiency for his team, certainly 15th and a barrier. But who could have had an even more complicated start to the season without the man who scored 47.25% of his team's points. In 30 matches, Antoine Aucagnebest director last season, scored 247 points. Proof of the crazy bases on the part of the former SA XV player.

172

As the number of successful tackles per Kevin Lebreton (Oyonnax). Which largely dominates this ranking (135 for its runner-up). Crazy defensive kill. Nearly 15.6 tackles per game. And a tackle every 4:30. It is better not to cross the path of the third line. Collectively, it is Valence-Romans who considerably dominates the ranking, with 879 successful tackles. Almost 100 per game.

191

Like the number of cards distributed on Pro D2 pitches (184 yellow cards and seven red cards). Or 2.2 cards per match. Teams punished a little more than last season (1.8 cards) and than in 2022-2023 (1.9). Charlie Malie (Beziers), Teiman Harrison (Provence Rugby), Kevin Kornath (Oyonnax) and Valentin Welsch (Aurillac) are the players most penalized, with three yellow cards each. Biarritz et Agen are the most disciplined teams, with eight yellow cards conceded. It's double for Oyonnaxthe most undisciplined team in Pro D2.

217

Provence Rugby is the best defense in this championship, with only 217 points conceded. It is the only Pro D2 team to be below 20 points conceded per match, on average (19.73). Last season, Vannes (149 points conceded), but also Mont-de-Marsan (204 points) and… Provence (209 points) did better.

300

As the number of points scored by Grenoble since the start of the season. The Grenoblois, leaders of Pro D2, are also the best attack in the championship, with 27.27 points per game. Last season, Vannes had 318 points after the same number of matches. Conversely, Nevers is the worst attack in this Pro D2, with 204 points (18.55 points per game). But Dax (186), Aurillac (198) and Rouen (200) did worse last season, at the same time.

423

After 88 matches played, 423 tries have already been scored on Pro D2 pitches this season. That’s almost five tries per match (4.81). For now, this is an average that is a little worse than that of last season as a whole (5.1 tries per match). That said, at the same time last season, 411 tries were scored (4.67 per match). Above all, it is better than 2022-2023 (4.6 tries per match), 2021-2022 (4.4) and especially 2020-2021 (3.8). The trend is towards the offensive and the last two days with 7 and 5 tries per match confirm the trend.

849

Like the number of minutes played by Pierre Courtaud (AS Béziers). The Béziers center is the most used player this season, far ahead Adrien Lapègue (784 minutes). Suffice to say that he did not contribute to warming up the substitutes' bench, with 31 minutes on the sidelines and 100% of the match sheet.

859

Gabin Lorre (AS Beziers), in addition to being the co-best try scorer in Pro D2, is also the player who has covered the most meters with the ball in hand. 859 meters in eleven matches. Almost 100 meters per game. More than a quarter of his team (3,126.4 meters).

4120

Like the number of points scored since the start of the season, in 88 games. Or 46.8 points per game. This is a little better than last season's average (45 points per game), than 2022-2023 (44.3), 2021-2022 (44.4) and 2020-2021 (42.1). The most prolific day is the 10th day, marked by almost seven tries per match on Friday, and with 466 points scored in 8 matches (58.25 points per match). At the same time, 3,902 points were scored last season. Or 44.3 points on average.