YOU DON’T HAVE to be a sporting nerd to love some statistics, and we thought we would draw 2014 to a close with some of the most memorable sporting numbers from the last year.
9 – The number of games Joe Schmidt’s Ireland team won this year
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763,578 – The amount of times Charlie Nicholas was sitting there thinking….
Allstars, aces and The Undertaker: The sporting year in 15 numbers
YOU DON’T HAVE to be a sporting nerd to love some statistics, and we thought we would draw 2014 to a close with some of the most memorable sporting numbers from the last year.
9 – The number of games Joe Schmidt’s Ireland team won this year
763,578 – The amount of times Charlie Nicholas was sitting there thinking….
5 – The total amount of passes thrown by Ireland’s 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 against South Africa
5 – The number of positions that retired Kilkenny hurler Tommy Walsh won Allstars in
4 – The amount of months (May, August, September, October) Man United went without an away league win
85 – The number of years that had passed since a team won the Clare hurling and football championship double until Cratloe achieved the feat this year
44 – The number of scores hit by Kilkenny and Tipperary in the drawn All-Ireland hurling final
34 – The number of trophies Ryan Giggs won during his 24-year Manchester Untied career that ended in May
38 – The amount of All-Ireland titles won by retired Kilkenny quintet Tommy Walsh, Aidan Fogarty, David Herity, JJ Delaney and Brian Hogan
12 – The number of outright Five/Six Nations titles won by Ireland after this year’s triumph
48 – The number of years that passed between Billy Morgan winning the Sigerson Cup with UCC as a player and a coach
11 – The number of first time GAA AllStars this year
146 yards – The length of Jamie Donaldson’s approach shot that won the Ryder Cup for Europe
21 – The number of consecutive matches The Undertaker had won at Wrestlemania before losing to Brock Lesnar in April
1,185 – The amount of aces hit by Ivo Karlovic this year, the most on the ATP Tour
BOD, Paul McGrath, Donal Walsh and 13 GAA stars in Gizzy Lyng’s brilliant hurling video
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Ivo Karlovic just the stats Ryan Giggs The Undertaker Tommy Walsh