Match Statistics: Scotland 18 Ireland 19
See below for a look at the official match statistics from Saturday’s Triple Crown-clinching win over Scotland at Murrayfield.
SCOTLAND:
Scoring –
Tries: 0
Conversions: 0/0
Penalty Goals: 6/6
Drop Goals: 0/1
Phases Of Play –
Scrums Won: 12
Scrums Lost: 0
Lineouts Won: 8
Lineouts Lost: 3
Penalties Conceded: 10
Free-Kicks Conceded: 0
Mauls Won: 5
Ruck And Drive: 20
Ruck And Pass: 33
Ball Won –
In Open Play: 58
In Opponents’ 22: 15
At Set Pieces: 28
Turnovers Won: 5
Team Statistics –
Passes Completed: 83
Line Breaks: 1
Possession Kicked: 25
Errors From Kicks: 4
Kicks To Touch: 13
Kicks/Passes: 23%
Tackles Made: 108
Tackles Missed: 15
Tackle Completion: 87%
Offloads In Tackle: 3
Offloads/Tackled: 4%
Total Errors Made: 16
Errors/Ball Won: 18%
Minutes In Possession –
First Half: 08:11; Second Half: 10:46
Minutes In Opponents’ Half –
First Half: 16:28; Second Half: 23:03
IRELAND:
Scoring –
Tries: 1
Conversions: 1/1
Penalty Goals: 4/6
Drop Goals: 0/0
Phases Of Play –
Scrums Won: 6
Scrums Lost: 0
Lineouts Won: 18
Lineouts Lost: 2
Penalties Conceded: 8
Free-Kicks Conceded: 0
Mauls Won: 8
Ruck And Drive: 23
Ruck And Pass: 48
Ball Won –
In Open Play: 79
In Opponents’ 22: 10
At Set Pieces: 34
Turnovers Won: 2
Team Statistics –
Passes Completed: 153
Line Breaks: 6
Possession Kicked: 15
Errors From Kicks: 1
Kicks To Touch: 6
Kicks/Passes: 8%
Tackles Made: 70
Tackles Missed: 5
Tackle Completion: 93%
Offloads In Tackle: 15
Offloads/Tackled: 13%
Total Errors Made: 18
Errors/Ball Won: 15%
Minutes In Possession –
First Half: 13:25; Second Half: 11:56
Minutes In Opponents’ Half –
First Half: 25:41; Second Half: 22:40
Top Carries:
12 – Gordon D’Arcy
10 – Denis Leamy
8 – Brian O’Driscoll
7 – Simon Easterby, Paul O’Connell
Top Tacklers:
10 – Simon Taylor
9 – Kelly Brown, David Wallace, Nathan Hines, Donncha O’Callaghan
Most Missed Tackles:
4 – Rob Dewey
3 – Simon Taylor
2 – Brian O’Driscoll, Kelly Brown
1 – Jerry Flannery
Most Offloads:
3 – Brian O’Driscoll, Gordon D’Arcy
2 – Simon Easterby, Shane Horgan, Denis Leamy
Most Errors:
3 – Dougie Hall, Shane Horgan, Dan Parks
2 – Brian O’Driscoll, Chris Cusiter
– Match facts are supplied by SAS Software Ltd. and are recorded under the guidance and direction of Ken Harrower (SRRA/SRU Referee) who objectively reports on ALL decisions made by the match officials