NatWest 6 Nations Match Stats: Ireland 28 Scotland 8

A look at the official match statistics, via Opta Sports, from Ireland’s 28-8 bonus point success against Scotland in the NatWest 6 Nations on Saturday.

IRELAND:

Scoring –

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

Attack –

Possession: 62%
Territory: 63%
Ball Carries: 172
Metres Made: 592
Kicks From Hand: 36
Line Breaks: 10
Defenders Beaten: 26
Passes: 221
Offloads: 4
Rucks/Mauls Won: 152
Rucks/Mauls Lost: 5

Defence –

Tackles Made: 150
Missed Tackles: 18
Tackle Success: 89%
Turnovers Won: 5

Infringements –

Total Penalties Conceded: 9
Total Free-Kicks Conceded: 0

Set Pieces –

Lineouts Won Own Throw: 12
Lineouts Lost Own Throw: 2
Lineout Success: 86%
Lineout Steals: 3
Scrums Won: 11
Scrums Lost: 1
Scrum Success: 92%

Ball Carries –

15 James Ryan
14 CJ Stander
12 Garry Ringrose

Metres Made –

138 Rob Kearney
92 Garry Ringrose
72 Jacob Stockdale

Lineouts Won –

3 James Ryan
3 CJ Stander
2 Peter O’Mahony

Tackles –

14 James Ryan
14 CJ Stander
13 Dan Leavy

SCOTLAND:

Scoring –

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

Attack –

Possession: 38%
Territory: 37%
Ball Carries: 138
Metres Made: 420
Kicks From Hand: 25
Line Breaks: 8
Defenders Beaten: 18
Passes: 187
Offloads: 11
Rucks/Mauls Won: 95
Rucks/Mauls Lost: 4

Defence –

Tackles Made: 230
Missed Tackles: 26
Tackle Success: 90%
Turnovers Won: 4

Infringements –

Total Penalties Conceded: 10
Total Free-Kicks Conceded: 0

Set Pieces –

Lineouts Won Own Throw: 10
Lineouts Lost Own Throw: 4
Lineout Success: 71%
Lineout Steals: 0
Scrums Won: 4
Scrums Lost: 0
Scrum Success: 100%

Ball Carries –

17 Stuart Hogg
10 Finn Russell
10 David Denton

Metres Made –

116 Stuart Hogg
71 Blair Kinghorn
45 Huw Jones

Lineouts Won –

2 Grant Gilchrist
2 Ryan Wilson
2 David Denton

Tackles –

28 John Barclay
27 Jonny Gray
25 Hamish Watson