NatWest 6 Nations Match Stats: England 15 Ireland 24

A look at the official match statistics, via Opta Sports, from Ireland’s Grand Slam-clinching 24-15 victory over England in the NatWest 6 Nations on Saturday.

ENGLAND:

Scoring –

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

Attack –

Possession: 54%
Territory: 58%
Ball Carries: 163
Metres Made: 433
Kicks From Hand: 29
Line Breaks: 9
Defenders Beaten: 20
Passes: 218
Offloads: 3
Rucks/Mauls Won: 138
Rucks/Mauls Lost: 2

Defence –

Tackles Made: 152
Missed Tackles: 20
Tackle Success: 88%
Turnovers Won: 6

Infringements –

Total Penalties Conceded: 11
Total Free-Kicks Conceded: 2

Set Pieces –

Lineouts Won Own Throw: 13
Lineouts Lost Own Throw: 2
Lineout Success: 87%
Lineout Steals: 0
Scrums Won: 3
Scrums Lost: 0
Scrum Success: 100%

Ball Carries –

15 Mako Vunipola
13 Mike Brown
12 Elliot Daly

Metres Made –

74 Jonny May
66 Mike Brown
45 Elliot Daly

Lineouts Won –

7 Maro Itoje
5 George Kruis
1 Joe Launchbury

Tackles –

18 George Kruis
16 James Haskell
15 Chris Robshaw

IRELAND:

Scoring –

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

Attack –

Possession: 46%
Territory: 42%
Ball Carries: 131
Metres Made: 224
Kicks From Hand: 33
Line Breaks: 6
Defenders Beaten: 20
Passes: 187
Offloads: 2
Rucks/Mauls Won: 108
Rucks/Mauls Lost: 4

Defence –

Tackles Made: 205
Missed Tackles: 20
Tackle Success: 91%
Turnovers Won: 7

Infringements –

Total Penalties Conceded: 12
Total Free-Kicks Conceded: 1

Set Pieces –

Lineouts Won Own Throw: 14
Lineouts Lost Own Throw: 0
Lineout Success: 100%
Lineout Steals: 1
Scrums Won: 7
Scrums Lost: 0
Scrum Success: 100%

Ball Carries –

24 CJ Stander
12 Tadhg Furlong
11 Dan Leavy

Metres Made –

35 CJ Stander
32 Rob Kearney
30 Bundee Aki

Lineouts Won –

4 Peter O’Mahony
3 Iain Henderson
2 James Ryan

Tackles –

22 Iain Henderson
18 Tadhg Furlong
16 James Ryan