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Yeah, I think both this and stefoid's suggestions of opposition marks inside 50 would be interesting stats to see. I just have no idea whether they are accessible and, if so, how to access them.

Because we are quite a good clearance team, there may be tactical reasons we don't take that many marks inside 50, or even that we appear on many occasions to kick to a big pack of players, with all our tall forwards in the one spot: If this limits the probability of an opposition mark and quick rebound, it may actually lead to a higher score probability (/lower opposition score probability) than trying (but occasionally or frequently failing) to pick out a single target.

Further to this, the tables here indicate we have the 4th best stoppage clearance differential in the league (behind Fremantle, Brisbane, and Sydney), and are second in both scores from stoppages and stoppage score differential (behind Sydney in both cases). Whether the latter is cause or effect is anyone's guess though!