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Match Statistics: Ireland 43 England 13
24 February 2007, 11:13 pm
By Editor
See below for a look at the official match statistics from Saturday's record-breaking win for Ireland over England at Croke Park.
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IRELAND:

Scoring -

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

Phases Of Play -

Scrums Won: 10
Scrums Lost: 0
Lineouts Won: 14
Lineouts Lost: 1
Penalties Conceded: 8
Free-Kicks Conceded: 2
Mauls Won: 4
Ruck And Drive: 5
Ruck And Pass: 50

Ball Won -

In Open Play: 59
In Opponents' 22: 20
At Set Pieces: 36
Turnovers Won: 9

Team Statistics -

Passes Completed: 137
Line Breaks: 5
Possession Kicked: 37
Errors From Kicks: 4
Kicks To Touch: 11
Kicks/Passes: 21%

Tackles Made: 63
Tackles Missed: 5
Tackle Completion: 92%

Offloads In Tackle: 10
Offloads/Tackled: 13%

Total Errors Made: 15
Errors/Ball Won: 15%

Minutes In Possession -

First Half: 13:24; Second Half: 11:50

Minutes In Opponents' Half -

First Half: 28:18; Second Half: 34:29

ENGLAND:

Scoring -

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

Phases Of Play -

Scrums Won: 6
Scrums Lost: 0
Lineouts Won: 13
Lineouts Lost: 3
Penalties Conceded: 12
Free-Kicks Conceded: 1
Mauls Won: 2
Ruck And Drive: 8
Ruck And Pass: 38

Ball Won -

In Open Play: 48
In Opponents' 22: 6
At Set Pieces: 27
Turnovers Won: 8

Team Statistics -

Passes Completed: 97
Line Breaks: 3
Possession Kicked: 26
Errors From Kicks: 4
Kicks To Touch: 6
Kicks/Passes: 21%

Tackles Made: 73
Tackles Missed: 5
Tackle Completion: 93%

Offloads In Tackle: 8
Offloads/Tackled: 12%

Total Errors Made: 18
Errors/Ball Won: 24%

Minutes In Possession -

First Half: 09:13; Second Half: 10:33

Minutes In Opponents' Half -

First Half: 16:19; Second Half: 11:46

Top Carries:

8 - Gordon D'Arcy
7 - Denis Leamy
6 - Girvan Dempsey
4 - Martin Corry, David Wallace

Top Tacklers:

11 - Jonny Wilkinson
10 - Gordon D'Arcy
9 - Paul O'Connell
8 - Brian O'Driscoll, David Wallace

Most Missed Tackles:

2 - Gordon D'Arcy
1 - Harry Ellis, John Hayes, Shane Horgan, Olly Morgan

Most Offloads:

3 - Andy Farrell, Josh Lewsey
2 - Brian O'Driscoll, Denis Hickie
1 - David Wallace

Most Errors:

5 - Ronan O'Gara
3 - Gordon D'Arcy, David Strettle
2 - Harry Ellis, Shane Horgan

- Match facts are supplied by SAS Software Ltd. and are recorded under the guidance and direction of Fred Howard who objectively reports on ALL decisions made by the match officials

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