Match Statistics: Ireland 43 England 13
See below for a look at the official match statistics from Saturday’s record-breaking win for Ireland over England at Croke Park.
IRELAND:
Scoring –
Tries: 4
Conversions: 4/4
Penalty Goals: 5/5
Drop Goals: 0/0
Phases Of Play –
Scrums Won: 10
Scrums Lost: 0
Lineouts Won: 14
Lineouts Lost: 1
Penalties Conceded: 8
Free-Kicks Conceded: 2
Mauls Won: 4
Ruck And Drive: 5
Ruck And Pass: 50
Ball Won –
In Open Play: 59
In Opponents’ 22: 20
At Set Pieces: 36
Turnovers Won: 9
Team Statistics –
Passes Completed: 137
Line Breaks: 5
Possession Kicked: 37
Errors From Kicks: 4
Kicks To Touch: 11
Kicks/Passes: 21%
Tackles Made: 63
Tackles Missed: 5
Tackle Completion: 92%
Offloads In Tackle: 10
Offloads/Tackled: 13%
Total Errors Made: 15
Errors/Ball Won: 15%
Minutes In Possession –
First Half: 13:24; Second Half: 11:50
Minutes In Opponents’ Half –
First Half: 28:18; Second Half: 34:29
ENGLAND:
Scoring –
Tries: 1
Conversions: 1/1
Penalty Goals: 2/3
Drop Goals: 0/0
Phases Of Play –
Scrums Won: 6
Scrums Lost: 0
Lineouts Won: 13
Lineouts Lost: 3
Penalties Conceded: 12
Free-Kicks Conceded: 1
Mauls Won: 2
Ruck And Drive: 8
Ruck And Pass: 38
Ball Won –
In Open Play: 48
In Opponents’ 22: 6
At Set Pieces: 27
Turnovers Won: 8
Team Statistics –
Passes Completed: 97
Line Breaks: 3
Possession Kicked: 26
Errors From Kicks: 4
Kicks To Touch: 6
Kicks/Passes: 21%
Tackles Made: 73
Tackles Missed: 5
Tackle Completion: 93%
Offloads In Tackle: 8
Offloads/Tackled: 12%
Total Errors Made: 18
Errors/Ball Won: 24%
Minutes In Possession –
First Half: 09:13; Second Half: 10:33
Minutes In Opponents’ Half –
First Half: 16:19; Second Half: 11:46
Top Carries:
8 – Gordon D’Arcy
7 – Denis Leamy
6 – Girvan Dempsey
4 – Martin Corry, David Wallace
Top Tacklers:
11 – Jonny Wilkinson
10 – Gordon D’Arcy
9 – Paul O’Connell
8 – Brian O’Driscoll, David Wallace
Most Missed Tackles:
2 – Gordon D’Arcy
1 – Harry Ellis, John Hayes, Shane Horgan, Olly Morgan
Most Offloads:
3 – Andy Farrell, Josh Lewsey
2 – Brian O’Driscoll, Denis Hickie
1 – David Wallace
Most Errors:
5 – Ronan O’Gara
3 – Gordon D’Arcy, David Strettle
2 – Harry Ellis, Shane Horgan
– 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