Categories: Ireland Six Nations

Match Statistics: France 26 Ireland 21

See below for a look at the official match statistics from Ireland’s 2008 Six Nations loss to France in Paris on Saturday.

FRANCE:

Scoring –

Tries: 4
Conversions: 3/4
Penalty Goals: 0/1
Drop Goals: 0/0

Phases Of Play –

Scrums Won: 10
Scrums Lost: 0
Lineouts Won: 6
Lineouts Lost: 2
Penalties Conceded: 9
Free-Kicks Conceded: 0
Mauls Won: 5
Ruck And Drive: 11
Ruck And Pass: 46

Ball Won –

In Open Play: 62
In Opponents’ 22: 7
At Set Pieces: 17
Turnovers Won: 5

Team Statistics –

Passes Completed: 118
Line Breaks: 9
Possession Kicked: 23
Errors From Kicks: 4
Kicks To Touch: 8
Kicks/Passes: 16%

Tackles Made: 125
Tackles Missed: 6
Tackle Completion: 95%

Offloads In Tackle: 5
Offloads/Tackled: 6%

Total Errors Made: 19
Errors/Ball Won: 24%

Minutes In Possession –

First Half: 12:56; Second Half: 09:31

Minutes In Opponents’ Half –

First Half: 17:58; Second Half: 15:14

IRELAND:

Scoring –

Tries: 2 (1 Penalty try)
Conversions: 1/2
Penalty Goals: 3/3
Drop Goals: 0/0

Phases Of Play –

Scrums Won: 6
Scrums Lost: 0
Lineouts Won: 12
Lineouts Lost: 5
Penalties Conceded: 1
Free-Kicks Conceded: 1
Mauls Won: 8
Ruck And Drive: 21
Ruck And Pass: 73

Ball Won –

In Open Play: 102
In Opponents’ 22: 49
At Set Pieces: 27
Turnovers Won: 5

Team Statistics –

Passes Completed: 174
Line Breaks: 3
Possession Kicked: 23
Errors From Kicks: 1
Kicks To Touch: 6
Kicks/Passes: 11%

Tackles Made: 72
Tackles Missed: 11
Tackle Completion: 86%

Offloads In Tackle: 15
Offloads/Tackled: 12%

Total Errors Made: 18
Errors/Ball Won: 13%

Minutes In Possession –

First Half: 11:44; Second Half: 19:07

Minutes In Opponents’ Half –

First Half: 23:59; Second Half: 32:12

Top Carries:

11 – Brian O’Driscoll, Andrew Trimble
10 – Cedric Heymans, Donncha O’Callaghan
9 – David Wallace

Top Tacklers:

18 – Thierry Dusautoir
16 – Julien Bonnaire
14 – Fulgence Ouedraogo
11 – David Marty
10 – David Skrela

Most Missed Tackles:

2 – John Hayes, Robert Kearney, Denis Leamy, Aurelien Rougerie, Andrew Trimble

Most Offloads:

5 – Brian O’Driscoll
3 – Robert Kearney
2 – David Marty, Ronan O’Gara, Damien Traille

Most Errors:

4 – David Skrela
3 – Julien Bonnaire, Robert Kearney
2 – Brian O’Driscoll, Vincent Clerc

– 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