Match Stats: France 43 Ireland 31
Click here for the official match statistics from Ireland’s RBS 6 Nations defeat by France at the Stade de France on Saturday.
…The Irish team watch scrum half Jean-Baptiste Elissalde kick a conversion for France…
MATCH STATISTICS: Saturday, February 11
FRANCE 43 IRELAND 31, Stade de France
TRIES: FRANCE 6 IRELAND 4
CONVERSIONS: FRANCE 5/6 IRELAND 1/2
PENALTIES: FRANCE 1/1 IRELAND 1/2
DROP GOALS: FRANCE 0/0 IRELAND 0/0
SCRUMS WON: FRANCE 14 IRELAND 6
SCRUMS LOST: FRANCE 0 IRELAND 1
LINEOUTS WON: FRANCE 9 IRELAND 19
LINEOUTS LOST: FRANCE 2 IRELAND 2
PENALTIES CONCEDED: FRANCE 14 IRELAND 5
FREEKICKS CONCEDED: FRANCE 1 IRELAND 0
MAULS WON: FRANCE 5 IRELAND 4
RUCK AND DRIVE: FRANCE 16 IRELAND 54
RUCK AND PASS: FRANCE 11 IRELAND 46
BALL WON: IN OPEN PLAY: FRANCE 32 IRELAND 104
BALL WON: IN OPPONENT’S 22: FRANCE 6 IRELAND 38
BALL WON: AT SET PIECES: FRANCE 28 IRELAND 38
TURNOVERS WON: FRANCE 22 IRELAND 9
PASSES COMPLETED: FRANCE 84 IRELAND 198
LINE BREAKS: FRANCE 6 IRELAND 20
POSSESSION KICKED: FRANCE 36 IRELAND 20
ERRORS FROM KICKS: FRANCE 13 IRELAND 7
KICKS TO TOUCH: FRANCE 14 IRELAND 8
KICKS/PASSES: FRANCE 30% IRELAND 9%
TACKLES MADE: FRANCE 148 IRELAND 35
TACKLES MISSED: FRANCE 21 IRELAND 7
TACKLE COMPLETION: FRANCE 87% IRELAND 83%
OFFLOADS IN TACKLE: FRANCE 9 IRELAND 34
OFFLOADS/TACKLED: FRANCE 25% IRELAND 22%
TOTAL ERRORS MADE: FRANCE 27 IRELAND 33
ERRORS/BALL WON: FRANCE 45% IRELAND 23%
MINUTES IN POSSESSION: FRANCE (FIRST HALF: 12:58, SECOND HALF: 14:21) IRELAND (FIRST HALF: 17:28, SECOND HALF: 24:05)
MINUTES IN OPPONENT’S HALF: FRANCE (FIRST HALF: 16:05, SECOND HALF: 13:56) IRELAND (FIRST HALF: 26:43, SECOND HALF: 33:19)
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TOP CARRIES: Geordan Murphy 9, Brian O’Driscoll 8, Gordon D’Arcy 5, Denis Leamy 4, Olivier Magne 4
TOP TACKLERS: Yannick Nyanga 17, Fabien Pelous 14, Jerome Thion 12, Julien Bonnaire 9, Remy Martin 9
MOST MISSED TACKLES: Yannick Nyanga 4, David Marty 3, Ronan O’Gara 3, Sebastien Bruno 2, Fabien Pelous 2
MOST OFFLOADS: Shane Horgan 8, Gordon D’Arcy 4, Denis Leamy 3, Paul O’Connell 3, Brian O’Driscoll 3
MOST ERRORS: Frederic Michalak 11, Gordon D’Arcy 7, Geordan Murphy 4, Yannick Nyanga 4, Ronan O’Gara 4
**Statistics supplied by SAS Software Solutions – the official data and competitive intelligence partner of the RBS 6 Nations Championship**