Toby Rudolf - 2023
Consistent season from Toby. I'd say there was two games where his involvement was down (Rd20 and Rd24). Otherwise he was outstanding. An amazing performance considering the injury he was dealing with.
He definitely played too many minutes in the finals game, but I can't really hold that against Fitz. There was no BHU, no Finucane, an injury to Hazelton early in his stint, and two of the guys on the bench were Coquhoun and an underdone Kaufusi.
The comparison charts are where Toby really stands out...
(* apologies to the colourblind. Had to use orange. Starting to run out of colours. If you want to see a specific comparison once I'm finnished I can re-format Toby v another player in different colours).
I'll drop the full running comparison charts in the Fancy Stats thread, but these are the most relevant for Toby.
#1 - Involvement
On average, Toby does as much work as any other middle (so far) but does it for longer. Only Colquhoun (in very limited minutes) was more heavily involved in the play.
#2 - Attacking Trend
* excludes finals game
Up to ~35 minutes of ball in play (about 50 minutes of game time) Toby doesn't slow down. He'll take as many runs as anyone who is playing more than 15 minutes.
#3 - Defensive Trend
* excludes finals game
Toby makes as many tackles as any other player (so far), and does it for longer.
#4 Runs inside own 40 Trend
* excludes finals game
Toby takes more runs inside his own 40 than Kaufusi and Hunt, more than Hazelton if he plays longer than 15 minutes, and is on par with Williams.