NatWest 6 Nations Match Stats: France 13 Ireland 15

A look at the official match statistics, via Opta Sports, from Ireland’s dramatic late 15-13 victory over France in rain-hit Paris on Saturday.

FRANCE:

Scoring –

Tries: 1
Conversions: 1/1
Penalty Goals: 2/3
Drop Goals: 0/0

Attack –

Possession: 32%
Territory: 32%
Ball Carries: 99
Metres Made: 264
Kicks From Hand: 28
Line Breaks: 2
Defenders Beaten: 15
Passes: 103
Offloads: 2
Rucks/Mauls Won: 72
Rucks/Mauls Lost: 2

Defence –

Tackles Made: 253
Missed Tackles: 15
Tackle Success: 94%
Turnovers Won: 6

Infringements –

Total Penalties Conceded: 10
Total Free-Kicks Conceded: 1

Set Pieces –

Lineouts Won Own Throw: 8
Lineouts Lost Own Throw: 1
Lineout Success: 89%
Lineout Steals: 1
Scrums Won: 7
Scrums Lost: 1
Scrum Success: 88%

Ball Carries –

11 Virimi Vakatawa
10 Teddy Thomas
10 Kevin Gourdon

Metres Made –

79 Teddy Thomas
62 Virimi Vakatawa
39 Geoffrey Palis

Lineouts Won –

3 Yacouba Camara
1 Arthur Iturria
1 Paul Gabrillagues

Tackles –
 

Tries: 0
Conversions: 0/0
Penalty Goals: 4/5
Drop Goals: 1/2

Attack –

Possession: 68%
Territory: 68%
Ball Carries: 193
Metres Made: 352
Kicks From Hand: 27
Line Breaks: 0
Defenders Beaten: 15
Passes: 250
Offloads: 6
Rucks/Mauls Won: 162
Rucks/Mauls Lost: 4

Defence –

Tackles Made: 113
Missed Tackles: 15
Tackle Success: 88%
Turnovers Won: 5

Infringements –

Total Penalties Conceded: 6
Total Free-Kicks Conceded: 2

Set Pieces –

Lineouts Won Own Throw:13
Lineouts Lost Own Throw: 1
Lineout Success: 93%
Lineout Steals: 1
Scrums Won: 5
Scrums Lost: 0
Scrum Success: 100%

Ball Carries –

24 CJ Stander
16 Bundee Aki
15 James Ryan

Metres Made –

46 Rob Kearney
45 Keith Earls
40 CJ Stander

Lineouts Won –

6 Peter O’Mahony
2 Iain Henderson
2 James Ryan

Tackles –

12 James Ryan
10 Robbie Henshaw
9 Jonathan Sexton