Damian McKenzie
FF · New Zealand · 2016–2026. What the record holds, and none of it reaches the model.
Appearances
80
47 as a starter
Minutes
4,116
51 a match
Tries (at least)
24
Points (at least)
390
Kicks at goal
116/147
79% landed
Conversions
78
Penalties
38
Drop goals
0
Yellow cards
0
Red cards
0
Caps
77
as Wikipedia records
Span
2016–2026
Scoring is a floor. World Rugby's timeline credits some tries to nobody, so a match where the players' points do not add up to the score may be missing this player's. 65 of 80 of his matches add up; appearances and minutes are unaffected. Never used by the model.
With him in the squad
+6.7
over 55 matches
Without him
+6.0
over 22 matches
Difference
+0.7
Points of margin above what the side's rating expected, so opposition and venue are already removed, over the years between his first and last cap. A gap this size comes up by chance often enough, across the players tested, that it is not evidence about him. The method.
Only players in the same position for the same side are offered. Scoring in rugby sits in a handful of positions, so points cannot order a prop against a fly-half, and a career total says nothing about who is the better player — these are counts of what happened, not a rating. The heavier figure in each row is the larger one; the cards row is left unmarked, because more of them is not more of a good thing.
| Date | Opponent | Jersey | Minutes | Tries | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-29 | away to South Africa (33-26) | 15 | 80 | 1 | 5 |
| 2026-08-22 | away to South Africa (16-33) | 15 | 80 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-07-18 | v Ireland (40-21) | 15 | 80 | 1 | 5 |
| 2026-07-11 | v Italy (47-17) | 15 | 80 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-07-04 | v France (34-32) | 15 | 80 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-11-22 | away to Wales (26-52)* | 10 | 80 | 0 | 17 |
| 2025-11-15 | away to England (33-19)* | 23 | 26 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025-11-08 | away to Scotland (17-25) | 23 | — | 1 | 8 |
| 2025-11-01 | away to Ireland (13-26) | 23 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-10-04 | away to Australia (14-28) | 10 | 80 | 0 | 8 |
| 2025-09-27 | v Australia (33-24) | 23 | — | 0 | 8 |
| 2025-09-13 | v South Africa (10-43) | 15 | 80 | 0 | 5 |
| 2025-09-06 | v South Africa (24-17) | 23 | — | 0 | 7 |
| 2025-08-23 | away to Argentina (29-23) | 23 | 24 | 0 | 5 |
| 2025-08-16 | away to Argentina (24-41) | 23 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
* the players' points in that match do not add up to the recorded score, so a scorer is uncredited and this row may be short.