Posted by Andy McGeady on October 6, 2017 · 1 Comment
I look into a supposed spike in collisions in rugby, supposedly caused by law changes made before the 2017/18 season. Supposedly.
Posted by Andy McGeady on March 10, 2016 · Leave a Comment
A visit to the third Optapro Analytics Forum in London
Category Sport, Uncategorized · Tags analytics, arsenal, brentford, dean oliver, fc midtjylland, football, MLB, NBA, Opta, optapro analytics forum, sam jackson, smartodds, Soccer, statdna, zone rating
Posted by Andy McGeady on May 19, 2015 · 1 Comment
In the wrong hands sports stats can be dangerous. This week's column for the Irish Times.
Posted by Andy McGeady on April 16, 2015 · Leave a Comment
Why even if Irish players are not dotted all over the "official" Six Nations stats leaderboards they're still doing plenty of valuable work.
Posted by Andy McGeady on March 4, 2015 · 3 Comments
As promised. And it is indeed stupidly long. This is just part one. Grab a cuppa, settle in. It's time to Sloan.
Category Sport · Tags #ssac15, chris anderson, daryl morey, Edward Tufte, michael lewis, michael niemeyer, Opta, shane battier, Sloan, Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, stats
Posted by Andy McGeady on July 17, 2014 · 8 Comments
The second in a series looking at goal kicking in rugby. A chat with Ken Quarrie, NZ Rugby Senior Scientist.
Posted by Andy McGeady on June 24, 2013 · Leave a Comment
And how Leigh Halfpenny could make the big difference for the Lions if his kicking hot streak continues.
Posted by Andy McGeady on June 18, 2013 · 4 Comments
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban will be one of the judges for the AIG Rugby Innovation Challenge which sees app developers get access to Opta's detailed match data. Interesting stuff.
