Match Statistics: Ireland 17 France 20
History will show that Ireland lost by three points to a late try and conversion against France, but what do the official match statistics reveal? Read on for more.
IRELAND:
Scoring –
Tries: 1
Conversions: 0/1
Penalty Goals: 4/4
Drop Goals: 0/0
Phases Of Play –
Scrums Won: 5
Scrums Lost: 1
Lineouts Won: 20
Lineouts Lost: 1
Penalties Conceded: 4
Free-Kicks Conceded: 1
Mauls Won: 5
Ruck And Drive: 22
Ruck And Pass: 46
Ball Won –
In Open Play: 73
In Opponents’ 22: 9
At Set Pieces: 35
Turnovers Won: 5
Team Statistics –
Passes Completed: 125
Line Breaks: 5
Possession Kicked: 31
Errors From Kicks: 0
Kicks To Touch: 11
Kicks/Passes: 11%
Tackles Made: 74
Tackles Missed: 10
Tackle Completion: 88%
Offloads In Tackle: 10
Offloads/Tackled: 11%
Total Errors Made: 15
Errors/Ball Won: 13%
Minutes In Possession –
First Half: 10:31; Second Half: 14:10
Minutes In Opponents’ Half –
First Half: 18:11; Second Half: 21:30
FRANCE:
Scoring –
Tries: 2
Conversions: 2/2
Penalty Goals: 2/4
Drop Goals: 0/1
Phases Of Play –
Scrums Won: 11
Scrums Lost: 0
Lineouts Won: 13
Lineouts Lost: 0
Penalties Conceded: 10
Free-Kicks Conceded: 1
Mauls Won: 8
Ruck And Drive: 13
Ruck And Pass: 45
Ball Won –
In Open Play: 66
In Opponents’ 22: 18
At Set Pieces: 28
Turnovers Won: 12
Team Statistics –
Passes Completed: 114
Line Breaks: 3
Possession Kicked: 40
Errors From Kicks: 3
Kicks To Touch: 19
Kicks/Passes: 25%
Tackles Made: 84
Tackles Missed: 16
Tackle Completion: 84%
Offloads In Tackle: 4
Offloads/Tackled: 5%
Total Errors Made: 12
Errors/Ball Won: 12%
Minutes In Possession –
First Half: 14:25; Second Half: 13:30
Minutes In Opponents’ Half –
First Half: 25:08; Second Half: 28:11
Top Carries:
8 – Sebastien Chabal, David Wallace
7 – Vincent Clerc, Gordon D’Arcy
6 – Imanol Harinordoquy
Top Tacklers:
11 – Serge Betsen, Denis Leamy
10 – Imanol Harinordoquy
8 – Pieter de Villiers, Paul O’Connell
Most Missed Tackles:
2 – Serge Betsen, Girvan Dempsey, Geordan Murphy, Yannick Jauzion, Lionel Nallet
Most Offloads:
2 – Gordon D’Arcy, Denis Hickie, Shane Horgan, Yannick Jauzion
1 – Isaac Boss
Most Errors:
3 – David Skrela
2 – Isaac Boss, David Wallace, Gordon D’Arcy, Guy Easterby
– Match facts are supplied by SAS Software Ltd. and are recorded under the guidance and direction of Fred Howard who objectively reports on ALL decisions made by the match officials