The NRLW regular season has wrapped up and with finals starting this weekend we can look back at the season as a whole and see if there’s any takeaways from the Eye Test’s efficiency analysis for the whole 2023 season. If you’re new to the site, to examine team efficiency in attack and defense we look at how each club has performed under the site’s expected point model (ETxP), and compare those expected outcomes to their actual on field performances. Teams that score more points than their field position would typically yield are deemed more efficient, and those that give...
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NRLW 2023 Bootwatch – I hope you like Asics
As I noted after NRLW Round 1 I’ve been planning to introduce as much parity as possible between my NRLM and NRLW content this season. Sadly real life got in the way last week and I had to skip a week of NRLW content, and I’d like to apologise for that. But I’m back this week with one of the most requested NRLW analysis yet to appear on the site. That’s right, the immensely important and popular Bootwatch is now looking at the women’s game. For some reason Sockwatch was more requested but I don’t have as much of an...
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NRLW Round 3 in expected points and advanced stats
We’re three rounds into the season and the competition is already starting to split into the haves and have nots. The Eels obviously are firmly have nots, with the Dragons and Cowboys looking like they might join them and there’s some questions coming from the Sharks after their performance. And whilst Brisbane is 1-2, they showed enough against the Cowboys that you’d have to be very confident to predict they couldn’t make the top four from here. Let’s get into the charts and stats. Sydney Roosters v St George Illawarra For a game that was never close on the scoreboard,...
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NRLW Round 2 in expected points and advanced stats
We’ve now had two rounds of the NRLW season and there’s only two undefeated teams remaining. League leaders the Wests Tigers have looked dominant in their two matches this season, following up their 36-8 thumping of Parramatta with a 10-0 victory over the Sharks. The other undefeated team, Gold Coast, took a more difficult route to their second win, requiring extra time to squeak past Brisbane by a single point. At the other end of the table, the Broncos are 0-2 but were more competitive against the Titans than they were the Roosters, but probably should have lost by more...
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