**Mack Hansen continues to enjoy a stunning debut campaign with Connacht and has been identified as last weekend's top carrier using [URC StatMaster’s expected points (xP) metric](https://www.unitedrugby.com/latest/news/introducing-the-urcs-expected-points-xp-player-ratings), despite his team's loss to Leinster.** Like “expected points added” (EPA) in the NFL and “expected goals” (xG) in football, this revolutionary new stat measures the impact each player has on his side’s chances of scoring. Using a collection of machine-learning algorithms, URC StatMaster has analysed the average effect each event on the field has on the scoreboard. Each week, StatMaster will crown its top carrier, kicker and defender of the round. Here, we take a closer look at Hansen's contribution in his side's defeat in Dublin and find out who topped the kicker and defender categories.
