RBS 6 Nations: Championship Team Statistics
See below for a statistical review following the completion of the fifth round matches in this year’s RBS 6 Nations Championship. England won the title despite a final day defeat to Ireland, while Italy picked up the wooden spoon.
2011 RBS 6 NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP:
ROUND 5 MATCHES –
Saturday, March 19
SCOTLAND 21 ITALY 8, Murrayfield (Att: 42,464) (Ht: 6-8)
Scorers: Scotland: Tries: Nick De Luca, Nikki Walker; Con: Chris Paterson; Pens: Chris Paterson 3
Italy: Try: Andrea Masi; Pen: Mirco Bergamasco
Scotland: C Paterson; N Walker, J Ansbro (N De Luca 19), S Lamont (D Parks 78), S Danielli; R Jackson, R Lawson (M Blair 64); A Jacobsen, R Ford (S Lawson 64), G Cross (E Murray 64), R Gray, A Kellock (capt), N Hines (A Strokosch 54), K Brown (R Vernon 74), J Barclay.
Italy: A Masi (L McLean 32); T Benvenuti, G Canale, A Sgarbi (P Canavosio 69), M Bergamasco; K Burton (L Orquera 59), F Semenzato; S Perugini (A Lo Cicero 59), L Ghiraldini (C Festuccia 79), M Castrogiovanni, C Del Fava (V Bernabo 54), Q Geldenhuys, A Zanni, P Derbyshire (R Barbieri 59), S Parisse (capt).
RBS man-of-the-match: Richie Gray (Scotland)
Referee: Steve Walsh (New Zealand)
Saturday, March 19
IRELAND 24 ENGLAND 8, Aviva Stadium (Att: 51,000) (Ht: 17-3)
Scorers: Ireland: Tries: Tommy Bowe, Brian O’Driscoll; Con: Jonathan Sexton; Pens: Jonathan Sexton 4
England: Try: Steve Thompson; Pen: Toby Flood
Ireland: K Earls; T Bowe, B O’Driscoll (capt), G D’Arcy (P Wallace 79), A Trimble; J Sexton (R O’Gara 70), E Reddan (P Stringer 79); C Healy, R Best (S Cronin 79), M Ross (T Court 58), D O’Callaghan, P O’Connell (L Cullen 79), S O’Brien, D Wallace (D Leamy 72), J Heaslip.
England: B Foden; C Ashton, M Banahan, S Hape, M Cueto (D Strettle 66); T Flood (J Wilkinson 51), B Youngs (D Care 46); A Corbisiero, D Hartley (S Thompson 51), D Cole (P Doran-Jones 51), L Deacon (T Croft 55), T Palmer (S Shaw 27), T Wood, J Haskell, N Easter (capt).
Yellow card: Ben Youngs (England) (36)
RBS man-of-the-match: Jonathan Sexton (Ireland)
Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)
Saturday, March 19
FRANCE 28 WALES 9, Stade de France (Att: 79,798) (Ht: 11-3)
Scorers: France: Tries: Lionel Nallet 2, Vincent Clerc; Cons: Morgan Parra 2; Pens: Morgan Parra 3
Wales: Pens: James Hook 3
France: M Medard; V Clerc (Y Huget 75), D Marty, D Traille (F Estebanez 70), A Palisson; F Trinh-Duc, M Parra (J Tomas 73); T Domingo (N Mas 76), W Servat (G Guirado 70), N Mas (L Ducalcon 66), J Pierre (P Pape 66), L Nallet, T Dusautoir (capt), J Bonnaire, I Harinordoquy (A Lapandry (72).
Wales: L Byrne; L Halfpenny, J Roberts, J Davies, G North; J Hook (S Jones 66), M Phillips (D Peel 67); P James, M Rees (capt) (R Hibbard 67), A Jones (J Yapp 52), B Davies, AW Jones, D Lydiate, S Warburton (J Thomas 15, R McCusker 71), R Jones.
Yellow card: James Hook (Wales) (56)
RBS man-of-the-match: Lionel Nallet (France)
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
TEAM STATISTICS – AFTER ROUND 5:
TACKLES MADE:
WALES 571
SCOTLAND 561
ITALY 548
FRANCE 521
IRELAND 505
ENGLAND 471
MISSED TACKLES:
SCOTLAND 45
FRANCE 44
ITALY 40
WALES 39
IRELAND 20
ENGLAND 19
TACKLE COMPLETION:
IRELAND 96%
ENGLAND 96%
WALES 94%
ITALY 93%
SCOTLAND 93%
FRANCE 92%
OFFLOADS IN THE TACKLE:
SCOTLAND 59
ENGLAND 54
FRANCE 53
WALES 46
IRELAND 39
ITALY 37
PASSES COMPLETED:
ENGLAND 902
SCOTLAND 889
ITALY 785
IRELAND 778
FRANCE 759
WALES 725
POSSESSION KICKED:
WALES 134
SCOTLAND 128
IRELAND 124
FRANCE 97
ENGLAND 92
ITALY 88
KICKS/POSSESSION WON:
WALES 44%
IRELAND 41%
SCOTLAND 41%
FRANCE 38%
ENGLAND 33%
ITALY 30%
BALL WON IN OPPONENTS’ 22:
IRELAND 144
ENGLAND 121
SCOTLAND 121
ITALY 77
FRANCE 73
WALES 60
LINE BREAKS:
ENGLAND 28
IRELAND 19
FRANCE 12
WALES 12
ITALY 10
SCOTLAND 10
ERRORS MADE:
ENGLAND 70
IRELAND 66
FRANCE 62
ITALY 54
SCOTLAND 52
WALES 50
TURNOVERS WON:
IRELAND 22
ENGLAND 16
ITALY 15
SCOTLAND 13
WALES 11
FRANCE 11
RUCK CLEARANCES:
ITALY 86%
SCOTLAND 81%
IRELAND 77%
ENGLAND 77%
FRANCE 74%
WALES 63%
SCRUMS WON/LOST:
FRANCE 25/1
IRELAND 24/0
WALES 18/1
ENGLAND 16/1
SCOTLAND 14/4
ITALY 10/2
LINEOUTS WON/LOST:
ITALY 57/22
ENGLAND 55/6
SCOTLAND 53/10
IRELAND 48/8
WALES 46/7
FRANCE 45/8
PENALTIES CONCEDED/AWARDED:
WALES 59/43
ENGLAND 51/47
IRELAND 48/36
FRANCE 46/46
SCOTLAND 46/48
ITALY 41/71
MAULS WON:
ENGLAND 27
ITALY 25
FRANCE 17
IRELAND 16
SCOTLAND 11
WALES 8
TRIES FOR/AGAINST:
ENGLAND 13/5
IRELAND 10/4
FRANCE 10/8
WALES 6/8
SCOTLAND 6/11
ITALY 6/15
STRIKE RATE:
ENGLAND 86%
SCOTLAND 80%
IRELAND 76%
WALES 75%
FRANCE 72%
ITALY 56%
– Official match data supplied by RBS 6 Nations