{"id":18883,"date":"2025-04-14T09:48:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T09:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/18883\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T09:48:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T09:48:31","slug":"jordie-barrett-the-numbers-behind-leinster-stars-performance-v-glasgow-planet-rugby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/18883\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordie Barrett: The numbers behind Leinster star’s performance v Glasgow : Planet Rugby"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leinster were at their ruthless best yet again in their 52-0 win over Glasgow Warriors last night, but the star of the show was All Blacks ace Jordie Barrett.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The versatile back, who is currently on sabbatical with the Irish outfit, has been seen as one of the key differences in Leo Cullen\u2019s side this season as they march towards a historic double; but his showing against Glasgow last night was arguably his best in a blue shirt \u2013 which Planet Rugby\u2019s News Editor Colin Newboult described as \u2018absolutely ridiculous\u2019.<\/p>\n

Without further ado, here is a full rundown of the numbers behind Barrett\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n

Always available<\/p>\n

Barrett<\/a> has become renowned for some serious attacking exploits, and that was again on display last night at the Aviva. Across his 80-minute shift, he notched a joint-game-high of 15 carries (level with Caelan Doris), chewing up 39 metres in the process (an average of 2.6 metres per carry).<\/p>\n

Leinster player ratings: Jordie Barrett \u2018so close to perfect\u2019 as overseas superstars add \u2018new dimension\u2019 to staggeringly good Irish side<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

His playmaking skills were also pivotal to this win, and he chipped in with 17 passes \u2013 this is even more impressive considering he was only beaten by Sam Prendergast (20) and Jamison Gibson-Park (60) for the men in blue. He also gave four offloads.<\/p>\n

Barrett is also a very clever kicker of the ball, and yet again that came out last night as he made five kicks out of hand, with only Prendergast topping that tally with seven.<\/p>\n

It could have been that much sweeter too if his try had stuck, but otherwise a fine attacking display.<\/p>\n

Defensive class<\/p>\n

While his attacking exploits might take a lot of the spotlight, Barrett\u2019s defensive putout was simply exceptional last night. Throughout his shift, Barrett made a whopping 14 tackles, made even more impressive when you consider he beat the likes of Josh van der Flier (12) and RG Snyman and Ronan Kelleher (10) to finish second in the Leinster<\/a> tackle charts. Only Doris contributed more on the night, with the Ireland ace making 17.<\/p>\n

Rounding off a fantastic defensive performance, Barrett made an astonishing three turnovers, again matching number eight Doris in that department.<\/p>\n

A proper back-rower\u2019s performance from Barrett, despite him actually playing centre!<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Leinster v Glasgow Warriors: Five takeaways as Sam Prendergast gives \u2019emphatic\u2019 Lions statement but Jacques Nienaber\u2019s defence the \u2018star attraction\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leinster were at their ruthless best yet again in their 52-0 win over Glasgow Warriors last night, but…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18884,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,2383,12461,126,918,4884,225,4511,4306,704,12,712,16,15,4510],"class_list":{"0":"post-18883","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-champions-cup","10":"tag-facts-stats","11":"tag-features","12":"tag-glasgow","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-home-page","15":"tag-jordie-barrett","16":"tag-leinster","17":"tag-new-zealand","18":"tag-news","19":"tag-scotland","20":"tag-uk","21":"tag-united-kingdom","22":"tag-united-rugby-championship"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114335692004957112","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}