Match Statistics: Ireland 34 Scotland 13

See below for a look at the official match statistics from Ireland’s 2008 Six Nations victory over Scotland in Dublin on Saturday.

IRELAND:

Scoring –

Tries: 5
Conversions: 3/5
Penalty Goals: 1/1
Drop Goals: 0/0

Phases Of Play –

Scrums Won: 6
Scrums Lost: 0
Lineouts Won: 9
Lineouts Lost: 4
Penalties Conceded: 10
Free-Kicks Conceded: 2
Mauls Won: 8
Ruck And Drive: 15
Ruck And Pass: 33

Ball Won –

In Open Play: 56
In Opponents’ 22: 17
At Set Pieces: 20
Turnovers Won: 4

Team Statistics –

Passes Completed: 76
Line Breaks: 6
Possession Kicked: 30
Errors From Kicks: 0
Kicks To Touch: 13
Kicks/Passes: 28%

Tackles Made: 123
Tackles Missed: 6
Tackle Completion: 95%

Offloads In Tackle: 4
Offloads/Tackled: 6%

Total Errors Made: 12
Errors/Ball Won: 15%

Minutes In Possession –

First Half: 10:19; Second Half: 12:46

Minutes In Opponents’ Half –

First Half: 11:20; Second Half: 22:43

SCOTLAND:

Scoring –

Tries: 1
Conversions: 1/1
Penalty Goals: 2/2
Drop Goals: 0/0

Phases Of Play –

Scrums Won: 5
Scrums Lost: 0
Lineouts Won: 15
Lineouts Lost: 2
Penalties Conceded: 5
Free-Kicks Conceded: 1
Mauls Won: 8
Ruck And Drive: 19
Ruck And Pass: 78

Ball Won –

In Open Play: 105
In Opponents’ 22: 35
At Set Pieces: 30
Turnovers Won: 1

Team Statistics –

Passes Completed: 179
Line Breaks: 1
Possession Kicked: 21
Errors From Kicks: 3
Kicks To Touch: 5
Kicks/Passes: 10%

Tackles Made: 64
Tackles Missed: 6
Tackle Completion: 91%

Offloads In Tackle: 9
Offloads/Tackled: 7%

Total Errors Made: 13
Errors/Ball Won: 9%

Minutes In Possession –

First Half: 15:16; Second Half: 12:26

Minutes In Opponents’ Half –

First Half: 26:10; Second Half: 15:15

Top Carries:

11 – Chris Paterson, Alasdair Strokosch
8 – Nikki Walker
7 – Allister Hogg
6 – Jamie Heaslip

Top Tacklers:

20 – David Wallace
11 – John Hayes, Donncha O’Callaghan
9 – Alasdair Strokosch
8 – Marcus Horan

Most Missed Tackles:

1 – Brian O’Driscoll, Mike Blair, Tommy Bowe, Andrew Henderson, Allan Jacobsen

Most Offloads:

3 – Chris Paterson
2 – Nathan Hines
1 – Chris Cusiter, David Wallace, Ross Ford

Most Errors:

3 – Rob Kearney, Chris Paterson, Hugo Southwell, Alasdair Strokosch
2 – Andrew Henderson

– 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