301 DIDO — Samu posts the team's best double-in average (32.1) and Pennington the next-best (30.8). Ricard sits the 301 boards — they're his weakest format.
301 SIDO — Sexton tops the whole roster at 37.6. O'Hara joins him: a lower average, but the team's steadiest '01 finisher — six SIDO checkouts and a 35.7% closing rate to take the leg out.
501 doubles — Samu (43.3) and Sexton (40.1) are the two highest 501 averages on the team. The second pair sets Ricard's scoring alongside O'Hara's finishing — a reliable closer to take the out.
701 — Caruso (44.5, team-best) and Samu (43.3) carry the scoring; Caruso and Pennington own the most 701 closeouts (3 and 2) to finish the leg.
Cricket doubles — the steadiest marksmen: Caruso (1.81 MPR) and Ricard (1.77 over 11 legs), with Samu + Sexton the second pair on Sexton's 1.64 doubles MPR.
Cricket singles — the four highest marks-per-round: Samu (2.06), Ricard (1.65), Sexton (1.63) and Caruso (1.58).
Workload — Samu earns all five formats; the rest play one to four, each slotted into the games their numbers fit best.
Every spot was assigned from 16 weeks of verified leg-by-leg data, against five priorities:
Best players play more. Samu earns all five formats; the rest play one to four, each slotted into their strongest games.
Average first, then closing, then result. Each board is filled by three-dart average first, then closing rate, then win % — skill and finishing lead, win-loss breaks ties.
Closing is weighted heavily. We lose winnable legs when we can't finish, so the '01 boards (301 / 501 / 701) lean on proven closers, measured by closeout rate — closeouts as a share of '01 legs played. The team's three best — Samu (43.5%), Caruso (37.9%) and O'Hara (35.7%) — anchor the finishes.
Right format, right player. Each teammate is placed where their numbers are strongest and kept out of their weakest — Sexton tops 301 SIDO (37.6), Caruso tops 701 (44.5), Ricard stays off the 301 boards.
Proven partnerships. Doubles favour pairs with real chemistry and the highest combined averages on the board.
Numbers are season-long through Week 16, computed leg-by-leg — total points ÷ total darts × 3. Where a board is close, the better closer gets the nod.