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Match Statistics: France 26 Ireland 21
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See below for a look at the official match statistics from Ireland's 2008 Six Nations loss to France in Paris on Saturday.
Rob Kearney is tackled by France's Damien Traille
Ireland winger Rob Kearney, who was making his full Six Nations debut, is challenged by France's Damien Traille during Saturday's Six Nations tussle in Paris
FRANCE:

Scoring - 

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

Phases Of Play -

Scrums Won: 10
Scrums Lost: 0
Lineouts Won: 6
Lineouts Lost: 2
Penalties Conceded: 9
Free-Kicks Conceded: 0
Mauls Won: 5
Ruck And Drive: 11
Ruck And Pass: 46

Ball Won -

In Open Play: 62
In Opponents' 22: 7
At Set Pieces: 17
Turnovers Won: 5

Team Statistics -

Passes Completed: 118
Line Breaks: 9
Possession Kicked: 23
Errors From Kicks: 4
Kicks To Touch: 8
Kicks/Passes: 16%

Tackles Made: 125
Tackles Missed: 6
Tackle Completion: 95%

Offloads In Tackle: 5
Offloads/Tackled: 6%

Total Errors Made: 19
Errors/Ball Won: 24%

Minutes In Possession -

First Half: 12:56; Second Half: 09:31

Minutes In Opponents' Half -

First Half: 17:58; Second Half: 15:14

IRELAND:

Scoring -


Tries: 2 (1 Penalty try) 
Conversions: 1/2
Penalty Goals: 3/3
Drop Goals: 0/0

Phases Of Play -

Scrums Won: 6
Scrums Lost: 0
Lineouts Won: 12
Lineouts Lost: 5
Penalties Conceded: 1
Free-Kicks Conceded: 1
Mauls Won: 8
Ruck And Drive: 21
Ruck And Pass: 73

Ball Won -

In Open Play: 102
In Opponents' 22: 49
At Set Pieces: 27
Turnovers Won: 5

Team Statistics -

Passes Completed: 174
Line Breaks: 3
Possession Kicked: 23
Errors From Kicks: 1
Kicks To Touch: 6
Kicks/Passes: 11%

Tackles Made: 72
Tackles Missed: 11
Tackle Completion: 86%

Offloads In Tackle: 15
Offloads/Tackled: 12%

Total Errors Made: 18
Errors/Ball Won: 13%

Minutes In Possession -

First Half: 11:44; Second Half: 19:07

Minutes In Opponents' Half -

First Half: 23:59; Second Half: 32:12

Top Carries:

11 - Brian O'Driscoll, Andrew Trimble
10 - Cedric Heymans, Donncha O'Callaghan
9 - David Wallace

Top Tacklers:

18 - Thierry Dusautoir
16 - Julien Bonnaire
14 - Fulgence Ouedraogo
11 - David Marty
10 - David Skrela

Most Missed Tackles:

2 - John Hayes, Robert Kearney, Denis Leamy, Aurelien Rougerie, Andrew Trimble

Most Offloads:

5 - Brian O'Driscoll
3 - Robert Kearney
2 - David Marty, Ronan O'Gara, Damien Traille

Most Errors:

4 - David Skrela
3 - Julien Bonnaire, Robert Kearney
2 - Brian O'Driscoll, Vincent Clerc

- Match facts are supplied by SAS Software Ltd. and are recorded under the guidance and direction of Ken Harrower (SRRA/SRU referee) who objectively reports on ALL decisions made by the match officials

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