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Match Statistics: Ireland 17 France 20

History will show that Ireland lost by three points to a late try and conversion against France, but what do the official match statistics reveal? Read on for more.

IRELAND:

Scoring –

Tries: 1
Conversions: 0/1
Penalty Goals: 4/4
Drop Goals: 0/0

Phases Of Play –

Scrums Won: 5
Scrums Lost: 1
Lineouts Won: 20
Lineouts Lost: 1
Penalties Conceded: 4
Free-Kicks Conceded: 1
Mauls Won: 5
Ruck And Drive: 22
Ruck And Pass: 46

Ball Won –

In Open Play: 73
In Opponents’ 22: 9
At Set Pieces: 35
Turnovers Won: 5

Team Statistics –

Passes Completed: 125
Line Breaks: 5
Possession Kicked: 31
Errors From Kicks: 0
Kicks To Touch: 11
Kicks/Passes: 11%

Tackles Made: 74
Tackles Missed: 10
Tackle Completion: 88%

Offloads In Tackle: 10
Offloads/Tackled: 11%

Total Errors Made: 15
Errors/Ball Won: 13%

Minutes In Possession –

First Half: 10:31; Second Half: 14:10

Minutes In Opponents’ Half –

First Half: 18:11; Second Half: 21:30

FRANCE:

Scoring –

Tries: 2
Conversions: 2/2
Penalty Goals: 2/4
Drop Goals: 0/1

Phases Of Play –

Scrums Won: 11
Scrums Lost: 0
Lineouts Won: 13
Lineouts Lost: 0
Penalties Conceded: 10
Free-Kicks Conceded: 1
Mauls Won: 8
Ruck And Drive: 13
Ruck And Pass: 45

Ball Won –

In Open Play: 66
In Opponents’ 22: 18
At Set Pieces: 28
Turnovers Won: 12

Team Statistics –

Passes Completed: 114
Line Breaks: 3
Possession Kicked: 40
Errors From Kicks: 3
Kicks To Touch: 19
Kicks/Passes: 25%

Tackles Made: 84
Tackles Missed: 16
Tackle Completion: 84%

Offloads In Tackle: 4
Offloads/Tackled: 5%

Total Errors Made: 12
Errors/Ball Won: 12%

Minutes In Possession –

First Half: 14:25; Second Half: 13:30

Minutes In Opponents’ Half –

First Half: 25:08; Second Half: 28:11

Top Carries:

8 – Sebastien Chabal, David Wallace
7 – Vincent Clerc, Gordon D’Arcy
6 – Imanol Harinordoquy

Top Tacklers:

11 – Serge Betsen, Denis Leamy
10 – Imanol Harinordoquy
8 – Pieter de Villiers, Paul O’Connell

Most Missed Tackles:

2 – Serge Betsen, Girvan Dempsey, Geordan Murphy, Yannick Jauzion, Lionel Nallet

Most Offloads:

2 – Gordon D’Arcy, Denis Hickie, Shane Horgan, Yannick Jauzion
1 – Isaac Boss

Most Errors:

3 – David Skrela
2 – Isaac Boss, David Wallace, Gordon D’Arcy, Guy Easterby

– Match facts are supplied by SAS Software Ltd. and are recorded under the guidance and direction of Fred Howard who objectively reports on ALL decisions made by the match officials