NatWest 6 Nations Match Stats: Ireland 37 Wales 27

A look at the official match statistics, via Opta Sports, from Ireland’s 37-27 bonus point victory over Wales in the NatWest 6 Nations on Saturday.

IRELAND:

Scoring –

Tries: 5
Conversions: 3/5
Penalty Goals: 2/4
Drop Goals: 0/1

Attack –

Possession: 69%
Territory: 75%
Ball Carries: 170
Metres Made: 454
Kicks From Hand: 22
Line Breaks: 11
Defenders Beaten: 17
Passes: 183
Offloads: 7
Rucks/Mauls Won: 138
Rucks/Mauls Lost: 1

Defence –

Tackles Made: 89
Missed Tackles: 12
Tackle Success: 88%
Turnovers Won: 6

Infringements –

Total Penalties Conceded: 4
Total Free-Kicks Conceded: 0

Set Pieces –

Lineouts Won Own Throw: 8
Lineouts Lost Own Throw: 2
Lineout Success: 80%
Lineout Steals: 0
Scrums Won: 5
Scrums Lost: 0
Scrum Success: 100%

Ball Carries –

21 CJ Stander
16 Cian Healy
16 Dan Leavy

Metres Made –

83 Jacob Stockdale
69 Rob Kearney
55 Jonathan Sexton

Lineouts Won –

4 Devin Toner
2 Peter O’Mahony
1 CJ Stander

Tackles –

12 Dan Leavy
8 Chris Farrell
7 Devin Toner

WALES:

Scoring –

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

Attack –

Possession: 31%
Territory: 25%
Ball Carries: 79
Metres Made: 257
Kicks From Hand: 19
Line Breaks: 9
Defenders Beaten: 12
Passes: 120
Offloads: 5
Rucks/Mauls Won: 54
Rucks/Mauls Lost: 4

Defence –

Tackles Made: 225
Missed Tackles: 17
Tackle Success: 93%
Turnovers Won: 6

Infringements –

Total Penalties Conceded: 9
Total Free-Kicks Conceded: 1

Set Pieces –

Lineouts Won Own Throw: 4
Lineouts Lost Own Throw: 1
Lineout Success: 80%
Lineout Steals: 2
Scrums Won: 6
Scrums Lost: 1
Scrum Success: 86%

Ball Carries –

8 Rob Evans
7 Leigh Halfpenny
7 Steff Evans

Metres Made –

66 Steff Evans
36 George North
28 Gareth Davies

Lineouts Won –

1 Cory Hill
1 Aaron Shingler
1 Bradley Davies

Tackles –

22 Aaron Shingler
20 Alun Wyn Jones
20 Josh Navidi