Salary and KPI values are estimates from official match data unless marked reported.
JvMONEYBALL PLAYER STUDY / 2025-26
JJ van der Mescht
Lock · Northampton Saints · 2025-26
This player's modelled impact, estimated pay, and match stats for the selected season.
WARRP7.33
IPV6.54
Value tierSignificantly undervalued
Salary£112,000
Profile
- Nation
- South Africa
- International caps
- 0
- Age band
- Senior
- Contract
- Contracted
- Archetype
- Not classified
- Salary confidence
- Modelled-Medium
Market note: significantly undervalued
Playing time
- Minutes played
- 732
- Games played
- 17
- Games started
- 10
Offensive KPIs
- Metres made
- 303
- Clean breaks
- 4
- Offloads
- 4
- Gainline success
- 57.8%
- Tries
- 3
- Assists
- Not available
- Kicks from hand
- 1
- Kick metres
- 37
- Conversions
- 0
- Penalty goals
- 0
Defensive & discipline
- Tackle completion
- 83.5%
- Tackles made
- 91
- Missed tackles
- 18
- Turnovers won
- 3
- Turnovers conceded
- 10
- Penalties conceded
- 9
Set-piece KPIs
Lineout steals come from RugbyViz. Scrum, throwing accuracy and jumper success stay empty because those keys are team-only or null on player objects.
- Scrum penalties won
- Not available
- Lineout success (jumper)
- Not available
- Lineout steals
- 0