Match Stats: Italy 3 Ireland 26

A look at the official match statistics, provided by Accenture, from Ireland’s opening RBS 6 Nations win over Italy at the Stadio Olimpico today.

ITALY:

Scoring –

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

Attack –

Possession: 37%
Territory: 37%
Ball Carries: 98
Metres Made: 246
Kicks From Hand: 19
Line Breaks: 1
Tackles Bust: 10
Offloads: 10
Rucks/Mauls Won: 75
Rucks/Mauls Lost: 0

Defence –

Tackles Made: 205
Missed Tackles: 17
Tackle Success: 92%
Turnovers Won: 4

Infringements –

Total Penalties Conceded: 11
Total Free-Kicks Conceded: 0

Set Pieces –

Lineouts Won Own Throw: 7
Lineouts Lost Own Throw: 4
Lineout Success: 64%
Lineout Steals: 0
Scrums Won: 6
Scrums Lost: 1
Scrum Success: 86%

Ball Carries –

13 Sergio Parisse
11 Andrea Masi
10 Luke McLean

Metres Made –

35 Luke McLean
27 Andrea Masi
24 Sergio Parisse

Lineouts Won –

6 Josh Furno
1 George Biagi

Tackles –

25 Francesco Minto
21 George Biagi
19 Luca Morisi

IRELAND:

Scoring –

Tries: 2
Conversions: 2/2
Penalty Goals: 4/4
Drop Goals: 0/0

Attack –

Possession: 63%
Territory: 63%
Ball Carries: 150
Metres Made: 356
Kicks From Hand: 34
Line Breaks: 3
Tackles Bust: 17
Offloads: 8
Rucks/Mauls Won: 126
Rucks/Mauls Lost: 2

Defence –

Tackles Made: 106
Missed Tackles: 10
Tackle Success: 91%
Turnovers Won: 5

Infringements –

Total Penalties Conceded: 7
Total Free-Kicks Conceded: 1

Set Pieces –

Lineouts Won Own Throw: 12
Lineouts Lost Own Throw: 2
Lineout Success: 86%
Lineout Steals: 4
Scrums Won: 7
Scrums Lost: 0
Scrum Success: 100%

Ball Carries –

17 Jordi Murphy
15 Peter O’Mahony
14 Robbie Henshaw

Metres Made –

65 Rob Kearney
43 Tommy O’Donnell
41 Jared Payne

Lineouts Won –

4 Paul O’Connell
3 Devin Toner
2 Jordi Murphy

Tackles –

12 Tommy O’Donnell
11 Robbie Henshaw
9 Jordi Murphy