Match Stats: Ireland 26 Italy 16

Click here for the official match statistics from Ireland’s RBS 6 Nations win against Italy at Lansdowne Road on Saturday.

Ireland number 8 Denis Leamy who was the most frequent ball carrier in Saturday’s game…

MATCH STATISTICS: Saturday, February 4

IRELAND 26 ITALY 16, Lansdowne Road

TRIES: IRELAND 2 ITALY 2

CONVERSIONS: IRELAND 2/2 ITALY 1/1

PENALTIES: IRELAND 4/5 ITALY 3/4

DROP GOALS: IRELAND 0/0 ITALY 0/1

SCRUMS WON: IRELAND 7 ITALY 6

SCRUMS LOST: IRELAND 0 ITALY 0

LINEOUTS WON: IRELAND 23 ITALY 25

LINEOUTS LOST: IRELAND 4 ITALY 3

PENALTIES CONCEDED: IRELAND 10 ITALY 13

FREEKICKS CONCEDED: IRELAND 0 ITALY 3

MAULS WON: IRELAND 7 ITALY 16

RUCK AND DRIVE: IRELAND 8 ITALY 10

RUCK AND PASS: IRELAND 35 ITALY 28

BALL WON: IN OPEN PLAY: IRELAND 50 ITALY 54

BALL WON: IN OPPONENT’S 22: IRELAND 7 ITALY 14

BALL WON: AT SET PIECES: IRELAND 43 ITALY 41

TURNOVERS WON: IRELAND 5 ITALY 2

PASSES COMPLETED: IRELAND 124 ITALY 98

LINE BREAKS: IRELAND 4 ITALY 3

POSSESSION KICKED: IRELAND 29 ITALY 29

ERRORS FROM KICKS: IRELAND 2 ITALY 2

KICKS TO TOUCH: IRELAND 12 ITALY 15

KICKS/PASSES: IRELAND 18% ITALY 22%

TACKLES MADE: IRELAND 44 ITALY 72

TACKLES MISSED: IRELAND 11 ITALY 7

TACKLE COMPLETION: IRELAND 80% ITALY 91%

OFFLOADS IN TACKLE: IRELAND 7 ITALY 3

OFFLOADS/TACKLED: IRELAND 9% ITALY 6%

TOTAL ERRORS MADE: IRELAND 11 ITALY 13

ERRORS/BALL WON: IRELAND 11% ITALY 13%

MINUTES IN POSSESSION: IRELAND (FIRST HALF: 12:27, SECOND HALF: 10:32) ITALY (FIRST HALF: 08:07, SECOND HALF: 10:17)

MINUTES IN OPPONENT’S HALF: IRELAND (FIRST HALF: 26:06, SECOND HALF: 22:06) ITALY (FIRST HALF: 16:06, SECOND HALF: 24:27)

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TOP CARRIES: Denis Leamy 10, Gordon D’Arcy 7, Paul O’Connell 6, Gonzalo Canale 5, Mirco Bergamasco 5

TOP TACKLERS: Gonzalo Canale 9, Mirco Bergamasco 9, Ludovico Nitoglia 8, Sergio Parisse 8, Josh Sole 6

MOST MISSED TACKLES: Brian O’Driscoll 3, Ramiro Pez 3, Gordon D’Arcy 2, Paul O’Connell 2, Gonzalo Canale 1

MOST OFFLOADS: Brian O’Driscoll 3, Pablo Canavosio 1, Gordon D’Arcy 1, Simon Easterby 1, Maurco Bergamasco 1

MOST ERRORS: Santiago Dellape 3, Jerry Flannery 3, Paul Griffen 3, Ronan O’Gara 3, Brian O’Driscoll 2

**Statistics supplied by SAS Software Solutions – the official data and competitive intelligence partner of the RBS 6 Nations Championship**

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