Match Stats: Wales 32 Ireland 20

Out-scored and out-punched, Eddie O’Sullivan’s Ireland ended their Six Nations campaign with a second successive defeat. We check the Millennium Stadium stats.

Match Statistics: RBS Six Nations: Wales 32 Ireland 20, Millennium Stadium

Tries: Wales 2; Ireland 2
Conversions: Wales 2/2; Ireland 2/2
Penalty goals: Wales 5/6; Ireland 2/3>br>
Drop goals: Wales 1/1; Ireland 0/0

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Scrums won: Wales 9; Ireland 11
Scrums lost: Wales 0; Ireland 1
Lineouts won: Wales 13; Ireland 16
Lineouts lost: Wales 4; Ireland 2
Penalties conceded: Wales 10; Ireland 11
Free-kicks conceded: Wales 1; Ireland 0
Mauls won: Wales 0; Ireland 1
Ruck-and-drive: Wales 28; Ireland 41
Ruck-and-pass: Wales 17; Ireland 23

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Ball won in open play: Wales 45; Ireland 65
Ball won in opponents’ 22: Wales 11; Ireland 23
Ball won at set pieces: Wales 33; Ireland 37
Turnovers won: Wales 10; Ireland 2

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Passes completed: Wales 84; Ireland 109
Line breaks: Wales 14; Ireland 9
Possession kicked: Wales 27; Ireland 22
Errors from kicks: Wales 7; Ireland 8
Kicks to touch: Wales 9; Ireland 8
Kicks/passes: Wales 24%; Ireland 16%

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Tackles made: Wales 91; Ireland 57
Tackles missed: Wales 9; Ireland 7
Tackle completion: Wales 91%; Ireland 89%
Offloads in tackle: Wales 8; Ireland 14
Offloads/tackled: Wales 14%; Ireland 15%

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Total errors made: Wales 19; Ireland 21
Errors/ball won: Wales 24%; Ireland 20%
Minutes in possession: First half: Wales 10:39; Ireland 10:14
Second half: Wales 10:46; Ireland 14:20
Minutes in opponents’ half: First half: Wales 22:22; Ireland 22:36
Second half: Wales 13:15; Ireland 31:56

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Top Carries:
Tom Shanklin 6, Geordan Murphy 5, Brian O’Driscoll 5, Dwayne Peel 5, Anthony Foley 4

Top Tacklers:
Martyn Williams 14, Stephen Jones 12, Paul O’Connell 11, Tom Shanklin 10, Gavin Henson 8

Most Missed Tackles:
Gethin Jenkins 2, Ronan O’Gara 2, Stephen Jones 2, Gavin Henson 1, Denis Hickie 1

Most Off-Loads:
Denis Hickie 3, Brian O’Driscoll 3, Geordan Murphy 2, Michael Owen 2, Dwayne Peel 2
Most Errors:
Stephen Jones 6, Ronan O’Gara 5, Mefin Davies 4, Girvan Dempsey 3, Geordan Murphy 3

* Stats supplied by Computacenter