Match Statistics: Ireland 19 France 26

A sub-standard Ireland performance 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