RBS 6 Nations: Round 1 Team Statistics

See below for a statistical review of the opening round matches in the 2011 RBS 6 Nations Championship. A combined total of 184,871 spectators attended the games in Cardiff, Rome and Paris.

2011 RBS 6 NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP STATISTICS:

AFTER ROUND 1 –

Friday, February 4

WALES 19 ENGLAND 26, Millennium Stadium (Att: 74,276) (Ht: 6-13)

Scorers: Wales: Try: M Stoddart; Con: S Jones; Pens: S Jones 3, J Hook
England: Tries: C Ashton 2; Cons: T Flood 2; Pens: T Flood 3, J Wilkinson

Wales: J Hook; M Stoddart, J Roberts, J Davies, S Williams; S Jones (L Byrne 67), M Phillips (D Peel 70); P James, M Rees (capt) (R Hibbard 70), C Mitchell (J Yapp 70), B Davies, AW Jones, D Lydiate (J Yapp 52-57, J Thomas 70), S Warburton, A Powell (R Jones 32).

England: B Foden; C Ashton, M Tindall (capt), S Hape, M Cueto; T Flood (J Wilkinson 66), B Youngs (D Care 62); A Sheridan (D Wilson 62), D Hartley (S Thompson 70), D Cole, L Deacon (S Shaw 70), T Palmer, T Wood, J Haskell (J Worsley 62), N Easter.

Yellow cards: L Deacon (27), C Mitchell (44)
RBS man-of-the-match: T Flood (England)
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)

Saturday, February 5

ITALY 11 IRELAND 13, Stadio Flaminio (Att: 32,000) (Ht: 6-3)

Scorers: Italy: Try: L McLean; Pens: Mirco Bergamasco 2
Ireland: Try: B O’Driscoll; Con: J Sexton; Pen: J Sexton; Drop: R O’Gara

Italy: L McLean; A Masi, G Canale, A Sgarbi (G Garcia 69), Mirco Bergamasco; K Burton (L Orquera 72), E Gori (P Canavosio 11); S Perugini (A Lo Cicero 36-half-time, 64), L Ghiraldini (F Ongaro 64), M Castrogiovanni, S Dellape (C Del Fava 55), Q Geldenhuys, J Sole (V Bernabo 51), A Zanni, S Parisse (capt).

Ireland: L Fitzgerald; F McFadden, B O’Driscoll (capt), G D’Arcy (P Wallace 77), K Earls; J Sexton (R O’Gara 66), T O’Leary (E Reddan 64); C Healy (T Court 77), R Best (S Cronin 77), M Ross, D O’Callaghan, P O’Connell (L Cullen 73), D Leamy, D Wallace, S O’Brien.

Yellow card: D Leamy (73)
RBS man-of-the-match: S O’Brien (Ireland)
Referee: Romain Poite (France)

FRANCE 34 SCOTLAND 21, Stade de France (Att: 78,595) (Ht: 17-7)

Scorers: France: Tries: I Harinordoquy, D Traille, M Medard, Penalty try; Cons: D Yachvili 2, M Parra 2; Pen: D Yachvili; Drop: F Trinh-Duc
Scotland: Tries: A Kellock, S Lamont, K Brown; Cons: D Parks 2, R Jackson

France: D Traille; Y Huget, A Rougerie, M Mermoz (C Poitrenaud 42), M Medard (V Clerc 74); F Trinh-Duc, M Parra (D Yachvili 52); T Domingo (N Mas 69), W Servat (G Guirado 57), N Mas (L Ducalcon 51), J Pierre, L Nallet (J Thion 62), T Dusautoir (capt), J Bonnaire, I Harinordoquy (S Chabal 55).

Scotland: H Southwell; N Walker, J Ansbro, N De Luca (S Lamont 55), M Evans; D Parks (R Jackson 69), R Lawson (M Blair 41); A Jacobsen, R Ford (D Hall 73), E Murray (M Low 71), R Gray, A Kellock (capt), N Hines (R Vernon 55), K Brown, J Barclay (R Rennie 61).

RBS man-of-the-match: M Medard (France)
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

TACKLES MADE:

ENGLAND 126
FRANCE 112
ITALY 112
SCOTLAND 108
IRELAND 94
WALES 93

MISSED TACKLES:

FRANCE 25
SCOTLAND 14
ITALY 7
ENGLAND 5
IRELAND 3
WALES 3

TACKLE COMPLETION:

IRELAND 97%
WALES 97%
ENGLAND 96%
ITALY 94%
SCOTLAND 89%
FRANCE 82%

OFFLOADS IN THE TACKLE:

FRANCE 12
WALES 12
SCOTLAND 8
ENGLAND 7
IRELAND 6
ITALY 3

PASSES COMPLETED:

SCOTLAND 203
IRELAND 193
WALES 185
FRANCE 169
ENGLAND 147
ITALY 124

POSSESSION KICKED:

WALES 25
SCOTLAND 22
ENGLAND 21
IRELAND 21
ITALY 19
FRANCE 19

KICKS/POSSESSION WON:

WALES 47%
SCOTLAND 43%
IRELAND 40%
ENGLAND 34%
FRANCE 33%
ITALY 32%

BALL WON IN OPPONENTS’ 22:

ENGLAND 30
IRELAND 22
SCOTLAND 20
FRANCE 19
ITALY 14
WALES 1

LINE BREAKS:

FRANCE 5
SCOTLAND 3
WALES 2
IRELAND 2
ENGLAND 2
ITALY 1

ERRORS MADE:

FRANCE 17
IRELAND 14
SCOTLAND 12
ENGLAND 11
ITALY 8
WALES 7

TURNOVERS WON:

IRELAND 4
WALES 4
ENGLAND 3
SCOTLAND 2
FRANCE 1
ITALY 1

RUCK CLEARANCES:

ITALY 91%
IRELAND 87%
SCOTLAND 83%
WALES 77%
ENGLAND 72%
FRANCE 66%

SCRUMS WON/LOST:

WALES 5/1
ENGLAND 3/0
IRELAND 3/0
ITALY 2/0
SCOTLAND 2/1
FRANCE 2/0

LINEOUTS WON/LOST:

ITALY 17/2
ENGLAND 11/1
FRANCE 11/1
SCOTLAND 10/4
IRELAND 9/0
WALES 6/2

PENALTIES CONCEDED/AWARDED:

IRELAND 13/5
WALES 9/9
ENGLAND 9/9
SCOTLAND 9/7
FRANCE 7/9
ITALY 5/13

MAULS WON:

ITALY 10
ENGLAND 5
FRANCE 4
IRELAND 3
SCOTLAND 2
WALES 0

– Official match data supplied by RBS 6 Nations