{"id":2348,"date":"2020-07-03T14:46:19","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T14:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/?p=2348"},"modified":"2020-07-03T14:47:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T14:47:32","slug":"statscast-4-the-best-back-3-connacht-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/03\/statscast-4-the-best-back-3-connacht-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Statscast Ep 4 &#8211; The Best Back 3 Connacht players"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Statscast-Ep4-Back-3-stats.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the run up to announcing the best Connacht players as picked by the Craggy Rugby podcast listeners, we are going to bring you the stats for the various mini teams within a rugby team across the professional era for Connacht rugby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week it&#8217;s the back three, there are some standout options, such as former Irish internationals Tiernan O&#8217;Halloran and Gavin Duffy in the full back role, as well as some surprising names in some of the top stats categories such as Wayne Munn and Liam Bibo who have the best winning percentage records  on the wings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more detailed info and stats on the back 3 check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/38786749\">Patreon page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the run up to announcing the best Connacht players as picked by the Craggy Rugby podcast listeners, we are going to bring you the stats for the various mini [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2352,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[222],"tags":[44,101],"class_list":["post-2348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2020-21-season","tag-connacht-rugby","tag-connacht-rugby-podcast","clearfix"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Statscast Ep 4 - The Best Back 3 Connacht players - Craggy Rugby<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/03\/statscast-4-the-best-back-3-connacht-players\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Statscast Ep 4 - The Best Back 3 Connacht players - Craggy Rugby\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In the run up to announcing the best Connacht players as picked by the Craggy Rugby podcast listeners, we are going to bring you the stats for the various mini [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/03\/statscast-4-the-best-back-3-connacht-players\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Craggy Rugby\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/craggyrugby\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-07-03T14:46:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-07-03T14:47:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mlsn0ppbaqjz.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-02-at-20.48.48.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1106\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"772\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@craggyrugbypod\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@craggyrugbypod\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/craggyrugby.com\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/03\\\/statscast-4-the-best-back-3-connacht-players\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/craggyrugby.com\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/03\\\/statscast-4-the-best-back-3-connacht-players\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alan\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/craggyrugby.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fc294d25dafa8c84c2eb0f8eb7c97493\"},\"headline\":\"Statscast Ep 4 &#8211; The Best Back 3 Connacht players\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-07-03T14:46:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-07-03T14:47:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/craggyrugby.com\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/03\\\/statscast-4-the-best-back-3-connacht-players\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":122,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/craggyrugby.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/craggyrugby.com\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/03\\\/statscast-4-the-best-back-3-connacht-players\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\/\\/craggyrugby.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2020\\/07\\/Screenshot-2020-07-02-at-20.48.48.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Connacht rugby\",\"Connacht rugby podcast\"],\"articleSection\":[\"2020\\\/21 season\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/craggyrugby.com\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/03\\\/statscast-4-the-best-back-3-connacht-players\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/craggyrugby.com\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/03\\\/statscast-4-the-best-back-3-connacht-players\\\/\",\"name\":\"Statscast Ep 4 - The Best Back 3 Connacht players - Craggy Rugby\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/craggyrugby.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/craggyrugby.com\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/03\\\/statscast-4-the-best-back-3-connacht-players\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/craggyrugby.com\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/03\\\/statscast-4-the-best-back-3-connacht-players\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\/\\/craggyrugby.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2020\\/07\\/Screenshot-2020-07-02-at-20.48.48.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-07-03T14:46:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-07-03T14:47:32+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/craggyrugby.com\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/03\\\/statscast-4-the-best-back-3-connacht-players\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/craggyrugby.com\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/03\\\/statscast-4-the-best-back-3-connacht-players\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/craggyrugby.com\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/03\\\/statscast-4-the-best-back-3-connacht-players\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\/\\/craggyrugby.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2020\\/07\\/Screenshot-2020-07-02-at-20.48.48.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\/\\/craggyrugby.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2020\\/07\\/Screenshot-2020-07-02-at-20.48.48.png\",\"width\":1106,\"height\":772},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/craggyrugby.com\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/03\\\/statscast-4-the-best-back-3-connacht-players\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/craggyrugby.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Statscast Ep 4 &#8211; The Best Back 3 Connacht players\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/craggyrugby.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/craggyrugby.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Craggy Rugby\",\"description\":\"The definitive podcast on Connacht Rugby.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/craggyrugby.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/craggyrugby.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/craggyrugby.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"CraggyRugby\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/craggyrugby.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/craggyrugby.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"http:\\/\\/craggyrugby.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2017\\/09\\/Podcast-Logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\/\\/craggyrugby.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2017\\/09\\/Podcast-Logo.jpg\",\"width\":499,\"height\":502,\"caption\":\"CraggyRugby\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/craggyrugby.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/craggyrugby\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/craggyrugbypod\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/craggyrugby\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/craggy-rugby-269b43223\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCRIRnetS4Tuf1MBiok6_NaQ\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/craggyrugby.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fc294d25dafa8c84c2eb0f8eb7c97493\",\"name\":\"Alan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1e3e6b4133b3dc8eadcb2158c87a241e49e93209ddd6a052acf1f7bf0920aba5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1e3e6b4133b3dc8eadcb2158c87a241e49e93209ddd6a052acf1f7bf0920aba5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1e3e6b4133b3dc8eadcb2158c87a241e49e93209ddd6a052acf1f7bf0920aba5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Alan\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/craggyrugby.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/alan\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Statscast Ep 4 - The Best Back 3 Connacht players - Craggy Rugby","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/03\/statscast-4-the-best-back-3-connacht-players\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Statscast Ep 4 - The Best Back 3 Connacht players - Craggy Rugby","og_description":"In the run up to announcing the best Connacht players as picked by the Craggy Rugby podcast listeners, we are going to bring you the stats for the various mini [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/03\/statscast-4-the-best-back-3-connacht-players\/","og_site_name":"Craggy Rugby","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/craggyrugby\/","article_published_time":"2020-07-03T14:46:19+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-07-03T14:47:32+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1106,"height":772,"url":"https:\/\/mlsn0ppbaqjz.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-02-at-20.48.48.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Alan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@craggyrugbypod","twitter_site":"@craggyrugbypod","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Alan","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/03\/statscast-4-the-best-back-3-connacht-players\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/03\/statscast-4-the-best-back-3-connacht-players\/"},"author":{"name":"Alan","@id":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/#\/schema\/person\/fc294d25dafa8c84c2eb0f8eb7c97493"},"headline":"Statscast Ep 4 &#8211; The Best Back 3 Connacht players","datePublished":"2020-07-03T14:46:19+00:00","dateModified":"2020-07-03T14:47:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/03\/statscast-4-the-best-back-3-connacht-players\/"},"wordCount":122,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/03\/statscast-4-the-best-back-3-connacht-players\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mlsn0ppbaqjz.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-02-at-20.48.48.png","keywords":["Connacht rugby","Connacht rugby podcast"],"articleSection":["2020\/21 season"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/03\/statscast-4-the-best-back-3-connacht-players\/","url":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/03\/statscast-4-the-best-back-3-connacht-players\/","name":"Statscast Ep 4 - The Best Back 3 Connacht players - Craggy Rugby","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/03\/statscast-4-the-best-back-3-connacht-players\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/03\/statscast-4-the-best-back-3-connacht-players\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mlsn0ppbaqjz.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-02-at-20.48.48.png","datePublished":"2020-07-03T14:46:19+00:00","dateModified":"2020-07-03T14:47:32+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/03\/statscast-4-the-best-back-3-connacht-players\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/03\/statscast-4-the-best-back-3-connacht-players\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/03\/statscast-4-the-best-back-3-connacht-players\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mlsn0ppbaqjz.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-02-at-20.48.48.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mlsn0ppbaqjz.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-02-at-20.48.48.png","width":1106,"height":772},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/03\/statscast-4-the-best-back-3-connacht-players\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Statscast Ep 4 &#8211; The Best Back 3 Connacht players"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/","name":"Craggy Rugby","description":"The definitive podcast on Connacht Rugby.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/#organization","name":"CraggyRugby","url":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mlsn0ppbaqjz.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/http:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Podcast-Logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mlsn0ppbaqjz.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/http:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Podcast-Logo.jpg","width":499,"height":502,"caption":"CraggyRugby"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/craggyrugby\/","https:\/\/x.com\/craggyrugbypod","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/craggyrugby\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/craggy-rugby-269b43223\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCRIRnetS4Tuf1MBiok6_NaQ"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/#\/schema\/person\/fc294d25dafa8c84c2eb0f8eb7c97493","name":"Alan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1e3e6b4133b3dc8eadcb2158c87a241e49e93209ddd6a052acf1f7bf0920aba5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1e3e6b4133b3dc8eadcb2158c87a241e49e93209ddd6a052acf1f7bf0920aba5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1e3e6b4133b3dc8eadcb2158c87a241e49e93209ddd6a052acf1f7bf0920aba5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Alan"},"url":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/index.php\/author\/alan\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2348"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2356,"href":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2348\/revisions\/2356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craggyrugby.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}