Aye. We're pretty high up in terms of carries and metres too which is further supportive evidence.

I was wondering according to the OPTA stats what exactly counts as an assist?

I remember looking a few games in expecting to see Sherwin near the top of the assists table but he had only been credited with 3 or something.

Yep, three try assists despite getting four in the Wigan match alone.

FWIW
Me and my son were looking at this on Saturday (Cas were 3rd from bottom then). I pointed it out to him and he said ''that's good it means we have the ball more''
Proves he knows a lot more about rugby than me. He is 9 BTW.

Chile

I get really confused on the metres made, as I've never seen a person on the pitch with a tape measure, measuring the distance gained on each carry.

If its rule of thumb per carry of 5mtrs for a prop, then surely Micheal (timber) Korkidas was - (minus) when he played for us?