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Match Statistics: Ireland 19 France 26
12 March 2005, 7:34 pm
A sub-standard Ireland performance on Saturday saw Eddie O'Sullivan's side slip to their first Six Nations loss in eight games. We check the stats.
Match Statistics: RBS Six Nations: Ireland 19 France 26, Lansdowne Road
Tries: Ireland 1; France 3 Conversions: Ireland 1/1; France 1/3 Penalty goals: Ireland 4/5; France 2/3 Drop goals: Ireland 0/0; France 1/5
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Scrums won: Ireland 3; France 10 Scrums lost: Ireland 0; France 0 Lineouts won: Ireland 13; France 15 Lineouts lost: Ireland 3; France 1 Penalties conceded: Ireland 7; France 11 Free-kicks conceded: Ireland 0; France 2 Mauls won: Ireland 2; France 11 Ruck-and-drive: Ireland 36; France 30 Ruck-and-pass: Ireland 21; France 16
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Ball won in open play: Ireland 59; France 57 Ball won in opponents' 22: Ireland 15; France 7 Ball won at set pieces: Ireland 27; France 32 Turnovers won: Ireland 9; France 14
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Passes completed: Ireland 104; France 88 Line breaks: Ireland 6; France 12 Possession kicked: Ireland 25; France 30 Errors from kicks: Ireland 11; France 13 Kicks to touch: Ireland 6; France 6 Kicks/passes: Ireland 19%; France 25%
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Tackles made: Ireland 61; France 77 Tackles missed: Ireland 12; France 6 Tackle completion: Ireland 83%; France 92% Offloads in tackle: Ireland 16; France 8 Offloads/tackled: Ireland 20%; France 13%
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Total errors made: Ireland 25; France 25 Errors/ball won: Ireland 29%; France 28% Minutes in possession: First half: Ireland 8:16; France 14:20 Second half: Ireland 18:04; France 11:56 Minutes in opponents' half: First half: Ireland 24:55; France 18:29 Second half: Ireland 21:43; France 23:51
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Top Carries: Julien Bonnaire 9, Benoit Baby 5, Sylvain Marconnet 5, Fabien Pelous 5, Sebastien Bruno 4
Top Tacklers: Serge Betsen 11, Yannick Jauzion 8, Fabien Pelous 8, Julien Bonnaire 7, Benoit Baby 6
Most Missed Tackles: Kevin Maggs 2, Geordan Murphy 2, Benoit Baby 1, Sebastien Bruno 1, Shane Byrne 1
Most Off-Loads: Geordan Murphy 4, Brian O'Driscoll 4, Malcolm O'Kelly 4, Christophe Dominici 3, Denis Hickie 3
Most Errors: Yann Delaigue 9, Ronan O'Gara 8, Malcolm O'Kelly 4, Dimitri Yachvili 4, Girvan Dempsey 3
* Stats supplied by Computacenter
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