RBS 6 Nations: Round 2 Team Statistics

See below for a statistical review after the completion of the second round matches in this year’s RBS 6 Nations Championship. Chris Ashton, England’s four-try hero against Italy, struck for the fastest try after just two minutes and four seconds at Twickenham.

2011 RBS 6 NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP STATISTICS:

AFTER ROUND 2 –

Saturday, February 12

ENGLAND 59 ITALY 13, Twickenham (Att: 80,810) (Ht: 31-6)

Scorers: England: Tries: Chris Ashton 4, Mark Cueto, Mike Tindall, Danny Care, James Haskell; Cons: Toby Flood 5, Jonny Wilkinson 3; Pen: Toby Flood
Italy: Try: Fabio Ongaro; Con: Mirco Bergamasco; Pens: Mirco Bergamasco 2

England: B Foden; C Ashton, M Tindall (capt), S Hape, M Cueto (M Banahan 49); T Flood (J Wilkinson 55), B Youngs (D Care 55); A Corbisiero, D Hartley (S Thompson 49), D Cole (D Wilson 61), L Deacon (S Shaw 45), T Palmer, T Wood (H Fourie 61), J Haskell, N Easter.

Italy: L McLean (K Burton 79); A Masi (P Canavosio 61-69), G Canale, A Sgarbi (G Garcia 58), M Bergamasco; L Orquera, F Semenzato; S Perugini (M Castrogiovanni 63), L Ghiraldini (F Ongaro 66), M Castrogiovanni (A Lo Cicero 56), C Del Fava (S Dellape 46), Q Geldenhuys, V Bernabo (A Lo Cicero 49-55, R Barbieri 55), A Zanni, S Parisse (capt) (P Canavosio 79).

Yellow card: Martin Castrogiovanni (43)
RBS man-of-the-match: Chris Ashton (England)
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)

Saturday, February 12

SCOTLAND 6 WALES 24, Murrayfield (Att: 60,259) (Ht: 3-16)

Scorers: Scotland: Pen: Dan Parks 2
Wales: Tries: Shane Williams 2; Con: James Hook; Pens: James Hook 4

Scotland: H Southwell (S Lamont 19); N Walker, J Ansbro, N De Luca, M Evans; D Parks, R Lawson (M Blair 46); A Jacobsen, R Ford (S Lawson 67), E Murray (M Low 46), N Hines, A Kellock (capt) (S MacLeod 70), K Brown, J Barclay (R Rennie 66), R Vernon.

Wales: L Byrne (R Priestland 75); M Stoddart, J Roberts, J Davies, S Williams; J Hook (S Jones 66), M Phillips (T Knoyle 75); P James (J Yapp 66), M Rees (capt) (R Hibbard 74), C Mitchell, B Davies, A Jones (J Turnbull 70), D Lydiate (J Thomas 53), S Warburton, R Jones.

Yellow cards: Barry Davies (23), Lee Byrne (27)
RBS man-of-the-match: Sam Warburton (Wales)
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)

Sunday, February 13

IRELAND 22 FRANCE 25, Aviva Stadium (Att: 51,000) (Ht: 15-12)

Scorers: Ireland: Tries: Fergus McFadden, Tomas O’Leary, Jamie Heaslip; Cons: Jonathan Sexton, Ronan O’Gara; Pen: Jonathan Sexton
France: Tries: Maxime Medard; Con: Dimitri Yachvili; Pens: Morgan Parra 5, Dimitri Yachvili

Ireland: L Fitzgerald; F McFadden, B O’Driscoll (capt), G D’Arcy, K Earls; J Sexton (R O’Gara 63), T O’Leary (E Reddan 70); C Healy (T Court 56), R Best (S Cronin 76), M Ross, D O’Callaghan, P O’Connell (L Cullen 80), S O’Brien, D Wallace, J Heaslip.

France: C Poitrenaud (V Clerc 51); Y Huget, A Rougerie, D Traille (Y Jauzion 73), M Medard; F Trinh-Duc, M Parra (D Yachvili 55); T Domingo (S Marconnet 50), W Servat, N Mas, J Pierre (J Thion 64), L Nallet, T Dusautoir (capt), J Bonnaire (S Chabal 55), I Harinordoquy.

RBS man-of-the-match: Thierry Dusautoir (France)
Referee: Dave Pearson (England)

TACKLES MADE:

ITALY 253
WALES 230
ENGLAND 207
IRELAND 202
FRANCE 200
SCOTLAND 191

MISSED TACKLES:

FRANCE 28
SCOTLAND 20
WALES 17
ITALY 16
ENGLAND 7
IRELAND 7

TACKLE COMPLETION:

ENGLAND 97%
IRELAND 97%
ITALY 94%
WALES 93%
SCOTLAND 91%
FRANCE 88%

OFFLOADS IN THE TACKLE:

FRANCE 25
SCOTLAND 24
ENGLAND 24
IRELAND 16
WALES 15
ITALY 6

PASSES COMPLETED:

SCOTLAND 402
ENGLAND 381
FRANCE 321
IRELAND 319
WALES 292
ITALY 272

POSSESSION KICKED:

WALES 52
SCOTLAND 47
ENGLAND 37
FRANCE 34
ITALY 34
IRELAND 31

KICKS/POSSESSION WON:

WALES 45%
SCOTLAND 39%
FRANCE 33%
IRELAND 32%
ITALY 31%
ENGLAND 31%

BALL WON IN OPPONENTS’ 22:

ENGLAND 68
IRELAND 66
SCOTLAND 59
ITALY 28
FRANCE 26
WALES 15

LINE BREAKS:

ENGLAND 17
FRANCE 6
IRELAND 5
WALES 5
SCOTLAND 4
ITALY 2

ERRORS MADE:

IRELAND 31
SCOTLAND 31
FRANCE 26
ENGLAND 22
WALES 15
ITALY 14

TURNOVERS WON:

IRELAND 8
ITALY 7
WALES 5
ENGLAND 4
SCOTLAND 3
FRANCE 2

RUCK CLEARANCES:

ITALY 89%
SCOTLAND 81%
IRELAND 81%
WALES 78%
ENGLAND 75%
FRANCE 71%

SCRUMS WON/LOST:

WALES 11/1
FRANCE 9/1
IRELAND 7/0
ENGLAND 6/0
ITALY 3/0
SCOTLAND 2/2

LINEOUTS WON/LOST:

ITALY 23/11
SCOTLAND 21/4
ENGLAND 21/2
FRANCE 17/3
IRELAND 16/3
WALES 14/4

PENALTIES CONCEDED/AWARDED:

ENGLAND 27/23
IRELAND 22/13
WALES 21/18
ITALY 19/31
SCOTLAND 18/19
FRANCE 15/18

MAULS WON:

ITALY 14
ENGLAND 11
FRANCE 7
SCOTLAND 6
IRELAND 5
WALES 3

– Official match data supplied by RBS 6 Nations