IRFU provincial and national age grade coaches - Under-18s, Under-19s and Under-20s - and IRFU elite player development staff from the four provinces gathered recently to review their experiences, discuss challenges and align closer to ensure the development of more effective elite players across the IRFU Elite Player Pathway.

Match Stats: Ireland 6 England 12

See below for a look at the official match statistics, provided by Accenture, from Ireland's RBS 6 Nations defeat to England in Dublin on Sunday afternoon.

IRELAND:

Scoring -

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

Attack -

Possession: 58%
Territory: 57%
Ball Carries: 87
Metres Made: 211
Kicks From Hand: 42
Line Breaks: 3
Tackles Bust: 11
Offloads: 1
Rucks/Mauls Won: 73
Rucks/Mauls Lost: 4

Defence -

Tackles Made: 68
Missed Tackles: 3
Turnovers Won: 3
Tackle Success: 96%

Infringements -

Total Penalties Conceded: 11
Total Free-Kicks Conceded: 0

Set Pieces -

Lineouts Won Own Throw: 15
Lineouts Lost Own Throw: 3
Lineout Success: 83%
Lineout Steals: 1
Scrums Won: 4
Scrums Lost: 0
Scrum Success: 100%

Ball Carries -

10 Sean O'Brien
8 Rob Kearney, Jamie Heaslip

Metres Made -

44 Keith Earls
34 Craig Gilroy
33 Sean O'Brien

Lineouts Won -

4 Donnacha Ryan, Peter O'Mahony
2 Mike McCarthy

Tackles -

10 Jamie Heaslip
7 Rory Best
6 Sean O'Brien

ENGLAND:

Scoring -

Tries: 0
Conversions: 0/0
Penalty Goals: 4/6
Drop Goals: 0/0

Attack -

Possession: 42%
Territory: 43%
Ball Carries: 55
Metres Made: 165
Kicks From Hand: 44
Line Breaks: 0
Tackles Bust: 3
Offloads: 1
Rucks/Mauls Won: 45
Rucks/Mauls Lost: 2

Defence -

Tackles Made: 101
Missed Tackles: 11
Turnovers Won: 6
Tackle Success: 90%

Infringements -

Total Penalties Conceded: 14
Total Free-Kicks Conceded: 1

Set Pieces -

Lineouts Won Own Throw: 9
Lineouts Lost Own Throw: 4
Lineout Success: 69%
Lineout Steals: 3
Scrums Won: 7
Scrums Lost: 3
Scrum Success: 70%

Ball Carries -

8 Alex Goode
7 Mike Brown, Chris Robshaw

Metres Made -

76 Mike Brown
48 Alex Goode
15 Chris Robshaw

Lineouts Won -

3 Geoff Parling
2 Tom Wood, Courtney Lawes

Tackles -

14 Chris Robshaw
10 Tom Youngs, Geoff Parling

RBS 6 Nations Statistics with Accenture

Speaking ahead of Ireland's final RBS 6 Nations match against Italy, hooker Rory Best said: "We took a lot of positives from the France game, we'll take those forward and build on them. We can potentially finish third in the Championship and we're looking to end the campaign with a good win in Rome."

Speaking ahead of Ireland's upcoming RBS 6 Nations encounter with France, prop Mike Ross said: "We were enormously frustrated after the Scottish game. We're playing at home (this Saturday), it's a big source of pride for us. We want to get back to winning ways. Even though the Championship is gone, it's our home patch and you want to win every time you pull on the green jersey."

Irish Rugby TV caught up with Jenny Murphy at the Ireland Women's Sevens training camp. We spoke to the centre about the pool draw for the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Moscow, the difference between Sevens training and regular training and we look forward to the game against France at Ashbourne RFC on Friday.

Speaking ahead of Ireland's upcoming RBS 6 Nations clash with France, hooker Rory Best said: "We still have two games left to play and we have to make sure we finish well. It's going to be a tough challenge against France. But we're back at home, it's a sell-out and we need to make sure we put away the chances we create more efficiently than we have done."