...Gordon D'Arcy and Donncha O'Callaghan celebrate with the large Irish band of supporters that stayed on at Twickenham after the final whistle...
MATCH STATISTICS: Saturday, March 18
ENGLAND 24 IRELAND 28, Twickenham
TRIES: ENGLAND 2 IRELAND 3
CONVERSIONS: ENGLAND 1/2 IRELAND 2/3
PENALTIES: ENGLAND 4/6 IRELAND 3/5
DROP GOALS: ENGLAND 0/0 IRELAND 0/1
SCRUMS WON: ENGLAND 5 IRELAND 4
SCRUMS LOST: ENGLAND 0 IRELAND 0
LINEOUTS WON: ENGLAND14 IRELAND 14
LINEOUTS LOST: ENGLAND 4 IRELAND 2
PENALTIES CONCEDED: ENGLAND 11 IRELAND 11
FREE KICKS CONCEDED: ENGLAND 2 IRELAND 2
MAULS WON: ENGLAND 5 IRELAND 4
RUCK AND DRIVE: ENGLAND 17 IRELAND 5
RUCK AND PASS: ENGLAND 66 IRELAND 44
BALL WON: IN OPEN PLAY: ENGLAND 88 IRELAND 53
BALL WON: IN OPPONENT'S 22: ENGLAND 22 IRELAND 8
BALL WON: AT SET PIECES: ENGLAND 29 IRELAND 29
TURNOVERS WON: ENGLAND 6 IRELAND 16
PASSES COMPLETED: ENGLAND 127 IRELAND 119
LINE BREAKS: ENGLAND 8 IRELAND 3
POSSESSION KICKED: ENGLAND 19 IRELAND 22
ERRORS FROM KICKS: ENGLAND 3 IRELAND 6
KICKS TO TOUCH: ENGLAND 7 IRELAND 9
KICKS/PASSES: ENGLAND 13% IRELAND 15%
TACKLES MADE: ENGLAND 58 IRELAND 103
TACKLES MISSED: ENGLAND 5 IRELAND 9
TACKLE COMPLETION: ENGLAND 92% IRELAND 91%
OFFLOADS IN TACKLE: ENGLAND 5 IRELAND 5
OFFLOADS/TACKLED: ENGLAND 4% IRELAND 8%
TOTAL ERRORS MADE: ENGLAND 8 IRELAND 17
ERRORS/BALL WON: ENGLAND 6% IRELAND 20%
MINUTES IN POSSESSION: ENGLAND (FIRST HALF: 08:45, SECOND HALF: 13:58) IRELAND (FIRST HALF: 11:37, SECOND HALF: 09:05)
MINUTES IN OPPONENT'S HALF: ENGLAND (FIRST HALF: 19:45, SECOND HALF: 25:48) IRELAND (FIRST HALF: 15:41, SECOND HALF: 16:27)
TOP CARRIES: Mark Cueto 12, Geordan Murphy 12, Gordon D'Arcy 11, Brian O'Driscoll 9, Shane Horgan 9
TOP TACKLERS: Denis Leamy 12, David Wallace 12, Brian O'Driscoll 11, Gordon D'Arcy 10, Simon Easterby 10
MOST MISSED TACKLES: Stuart Abbott 2, Gordon D'Arcy 2, Ronan O'Gara 2, Malcolm O'Kelly 2, Ben Cohen 1
MOST OFFLOADS: Stuart Abbott 2, Mike Tindall 2, Brian O'Driscoll 1, Martin Corry 1, Girvan Dempsey 1
MOST ERRORS: Brian O'Driscoll 4, Gordon D'Arcy 3, Ronan O'Gara 3, Jerry Flannery 2, Andy Goode 2
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