Categories: Ireland Six Nations

Match Stats: Ireland 14 England 13

See below for a look at the official match statistics from Ireland’s 2009 RBS 6 Nations triumph over England at Croke Park on Saturday evening.

IRELAND:

Scoring –

Tries: 1
Conversions: 0/1
Penalty Goals: 2/5
Drop Goals: 1/2

Phases Of Play –

Scrums Won: 6
Scrums Lost: 0
Lineouts Won: 16
Lineouts Lost: 2
Penalties Conceded: 8
Free-Kicks Conceded: 0
Mauls Won: 4
Ruck And Drive: 26
Ruck And Pass: 50

Ball Won –

In Open Play: 80
In Opponents’ 22: 12
At Set Pieces: 38
Turnovers Won: 5

Team Statistics –

Passes Completed: 120
Line Breaks: 3
Possession Kicked: 42
Errors From Kicks: 3
Kicks To Touch: 6
Kicks/Passes: 25%

Tackles Made: 77
Tackles Missed: 2
Tackle Completion: 97%

Offloads In Tackle: 4
Offloads/Tackled: 4%

Total Errors Made: 11
Errors/Ball Won: 9%

Minutes In Possession –

First Half: 17:41; Second Half: 19:01

Minutes In Opponents’ Half –

First Half: 21:10; Second Half: 31:01

ENGLAND:

Scoring –

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

Phases Of Play –

Scrums Won: 4
Scrums Lost: 0
Lineouts Won: 13
Lineouts Lost: 1
Penalties Conceded: 16
Free-Kicks Conceded: 2
Mauls Won: 2
Ruck And Drive: 11
Ruck And Pass: 47

Ball Won –

In Open Play: 60
In Opponents’ 22: 9
At Set Pieces: 25
Turnovers Won: 1

Team Statistics –

Passes Completed: 138
Line Breaks: 3
Possession Kicked: 37
Errors From Kicks: 3
Kicks To Touch: 7
Kicks/Passes: 21%

Tackles Made: 89
Tackles Missed: 5
Tackle Completion: 94%

Offloads In Tackle: 8
Offloads/Tackled: 10%

Total Errors Made: 9
Errors/Ball Won: 10%

Minutes In Possession –

First Half: 12:08; Second Half: 11:26

Minutes In Opponents’ Half –

First Half: 20:23; Second Half: 18:26

Top Carries:

7 – Paul O’Connell, Mike Tindall
6 – Nick Easter
5 – Mark Cueto
4 – David Wallace

Top Tacklers:

15 – Joe Worsley
10 – Stephen Ferris, James Haskell
9 – Steve Borthwick, Paul O’Connell

Most Missed Tackles:

2 – Joe Worsley
1 – Brian O’Driscoll, Nick Easter, Jamie Heaslip, Paddy Wallace

Most Offloads:

2 – Joe Worsley
1 – Danny Care, Mark Cueto, Stephen Ferris, Andy Goode

Most Errors:

3 – Stephen Ferris, Ronan O’Gara
2 – Luke Fitzgerald, Tomas O’Leary
1 – Delon Armitage

– 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