Match Stats: Ireland 31 Wales 5

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…Peter Stringer, one of Ireland’s try scorers, tackles Welsh stand-in captain Michael Owen at the back of a scrum…

MATCH STATISTICS: Sunday, February 26

IRELAND 31 WALES 5, Lansdowne Road

TRIES: IRELAND 3 WALES 1
CONVERSIONS: IRELAND 2/3 WALES 0/1
PENALTIES: IRELAND 4/5 WALES 0/1
DROP GOALS: IRELAND 0/0 WALES 0/0

SCRUMS WON: IRELAND 11 WALES 9
SCRUMS LOST: IRELAND 0 WALES 1
LINEOUTS WON: IRELAND 17 WALES 15
LINEOUTS LOST: IRELAND 1 WALES 2
PENALTIES CONCEDED: IRELAND 10 WALES 17
FREE KICKS CONCEDED: IRELAND 2 WALES 2
MAULS WON: IRELAND 7 WALES 2
RUCK AND DRIVE: IRELAND 34 WALES 35
RUCK AND PASS: IRELAND 19 WALES 37

BALL WON: IN OPEN PLAY: IRELAND 60 WALES 74
BALL WON: IN OPPONENT’S 22: IRELAND 19 WALES 12
BALL WON: AT SET PIECES: IRELAND 44 WALES 34
TURNOVERS WON: IRELAND 4 WALES 3
PASSES COMPLETED: IRELAND 99 WALES 131
LINE BREAKS: IRELAND 7 WALES 1
POSSESSION KICKED: IRELAND 27 WALES 21
ERRORS FROM KICKS: IRELAND 2 WALES 7
KICKS TO TOUCH: IRELAND 8 WALES 8
KICKS/PASSES: IRELAND 21% WALES 13%

TACKLES MADE: IRELAND 99 WALES 73
TACKLES MISSED: IRELAND 8 WALES 9
TACKLE COMPLETION: IRELAND 92% WALES 89%
OFFLOADS IN TACKLE: IRELAND 10 WALES 11
OFFLOADS/TACKLED: IRELAND 13% WALES 11%
TOTAL ERRORS MADE: IRELAND 17 WALES 23
ERRORS/BALL WON: IRELAND 16% WALES 21%

MINUTES IN POSSESSION: IRELAND (FIRST HALF: 14:34, SECOND HALF: 19:38) WALES (FIRST HALF: 12:40, SECOND HALF: 19:39)
MINUTES IN OPPONENT’S HALF: IRELAND (FIRST HALF: 27:28, SECOND HALF: 29:16) WALES (FIRST HALF: 20:26, SECOND HALF: 21:57)

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TOP CARRIES: Lee Byrne 13, Dwayne Peel 13, Matthew Watkins 9, Mark Jones 9, Michael Owen 9

TOP TACKLERS: Martyn Williams 12, Brian O’Driscoll 11, Malcolm O’Kelly 11, Denis Leamy 10, Ronan O’Gara 10

MOST MISSED TACKLES: Martyn Williams 3, Ronan O’Gara 3, Dafydd James 2, Hal Luscombe 2, Peter Stringer 2

MOST OFFLOADS: Brian O’Driscoll 4, Gareth Delve 2, Mark Jones 2, Matthew Watkins 2, Lee Byrne 1

MOST ERRORS: Gavin Henson 5, Lee Byrne 4, Shane Horgan 3, Ronan O’Gara 3, Michael Owen 3

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

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