WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The weekend’s 12th round of matches in Super Rugby produced a modern statistical oddity: two matches which ended in ties. The Ireland and Lions centre Mike Gibson, whose career ended in 1979, played 81 tests, 11 of which were ties. Further, there had been only one other tie in 12 rounds of Super Rugby this season before last weekend. Inexperience with tied games might explain the obvious bewilderment of players on both sides when weekend matches ended without a winner or loser. In the case of Super Rugby playoffs matches, if teams can’t be separated after extra time a goalkicking shootout is used to determine a winner.

Source: National Post May 05, 2019 09:22 UTC