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Re: The burning question: How many ringers can your team REALISTICALLY score?

As for this year, I have no idea how things are going to play out. But here are some concrete numbers from 2005 as a reference, the following data is from Friday action on the Archimedes field at the Championship. This division was considered to be "stacked", with teams such as 71, 173, 179, 217, 233, 980 & 1114, to name a few.

The average amount tetras capped per team, per match was 2.86.
Only 6 teams (217, 1114, 40, 71, 997, 173) averaged more than 5.0 caps per match. The highest being 217, at 5.8 per match.

If you were around in 2005, you may remember many teams saying "oh, we do 6 a match, easily". Well, trust me, they weren't. Basically what I'm trying to say, is that teams always over inflate their scoring capabilities. Beware.
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