November 1st is approaching and NRL clubs will finally be able to (officially) negotiate with players off contract after the ...

2024 marks the fifth season of the Eye Test covering the NRL with this site’s advanced statistics. I have no idea how I made it to five seasons, especially after whatever 2021 was. But somehow I’ve ...

It’s been an up and down year here at the Eye Test. We’ve had the biggest week in the site’s history recently thanks to a post about sock heights that I expected to be one of the least read posts of ...

At the end of the first four rounds of the NRL 2023 season, the average margin thus far this season is 9.1 points per game, or roughly half of what it was during the peak Vlandoball era of 2021 (18.3) ...

With little to play for in Round 26 as the top eight sides have been confirmed, much of the league is now just treading water until their season is over. Especially the Sharks. Not even the latest ...

Recently friend of the site Sam Hewat, host of Running It Straight on SportNationNZ, had noted to me that he thought there were fewer set restarts being called recently, leading to some closer games ...

Could the Canberra Raiders be a smokey for a top four spot in 2024? That would seem utterly insane considering their difficulty in beating the NRL’s only winless team on Sunday evening. However, I’ve ...

Queensland won a thrilling State of Origin game in Perth last Wednesday evening, yet trailed NSW in a number of key metrics. After eighty minutes, the Maroons ended up behind on tries, run metres, ...

The long 27 round slog that was the NRL 2023 season has finally concluded, which means we can take a look at which players topped the charts for the Eye Test’s suite of advanced statistics. If you’re ...

The year of our lord 2021 has not been a banner year, and for our great sport of rugby league it was especially troubling. Thankfully after a one-sided regular season we’ve seen some close and ...

If you watched both Sunday games from NRL Round 7, there’s some very obvious conclusions about the sides that played. Other than the Knights losing their 2023 identity and the Sharks running up a ...

Welcome to the setrestartmaxxing era of the National Rugby League, where set restart counts in single figures are the exception not the norm. We’re three rounds into the 2026 season and this one rule ...