This was the first weekend of the Super Rugby 15 Tournament in New Zealand, Australia and South Africa.
The results were:
In this colour code green (win) and blue (lose) are expected results based on finishing positions in the 2014 competition. Red (lose) and gold (win) are unexpected results.
In Europe, it was the second week of the Six Nations Rugby Tournament. After two weeks, the results are following 2014rankings:
In English domestic rugby competitions, the last two rounds have been:
Aviva Premiership
Greene King:
I have chosen ranking status as a macro indicator to guide my interest in the impact of performance infrastructures of game outcomes. I use the ranking status from the previous season to observe any changes that might have occurred in the current season.
My macro indicator does not take into account venue, team selection, referee or weather conditions.
My data for these Tournaments are available on Google Sheets:
Super 15
Six Nations
Aviva Premiership
Greene King IPA Championship
Photo Credits
Crusaders v Chiefs (Henrico Prins, CC BY-NC 2.0)
The Last Scrum (Antonio Cinotti, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
line-out (Charlie, CC BY 2.0)
106-365 Worcester Warriors v Bristol Rugby (PaulSh, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
