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Match Statistics: Italy 24 Ireland 51

See below for a look at the official match statistics from Saturday’s Six Nations win over Italy at the Stadio Flaminio.

ITALY:

Scoring –

Tries: 2
Conversions: 1/2
Penalty Goals: 2/3
Drop Goals: 2/3

Phases Of Play –

Scrums Won: 5
Scrums Lost: 1
Lineouts Won: 13
Lineouts Lost: 2
Penalties Conceded: 10
Free-Kicks Conceded: 3
Mauls Won: 5
Ruck And Drive: 12
Ruck And Pass: 43

Ball Won –

In Open Play: 60
In Opponents’ 22: 25
At Set Pieces: 26
Turnovers Won: 5

Team Statistics –

Passes Completed: 98
Line Breaks: 1
Possession Kicked: 18
Errors From Kicks: 3
Kicks To Touch: 6
Kicks/Passes: 15%

Tackles Made: 111
Tackles Missed: 10
Tackle Completion: 91%

Offloads In Tackle: 3
Offloads/Tackled: 4%

Total Errors Made: 10
Errors/Ball Won: 11%

Minutes In Possession –

First Half: 13:23; Second Half: 21:21

Minutes In Opponents’ Half –

First Half: 20:16; Second Half: 32:12

IRELAND:

Scoring –

Tries: 8
Conversions: 4/8
Penalty Goals: 1/1
Drop Goals: 0/0

Phases Of Play –

Scrums Won: 7
Scrums Lost: 0
Lineouts Won: 12
Lineouts Lost: 4
Penalties Conceded: 9
Free-Kicks Conceded: 7
Mauls Won: 3
Ruck And Drive: 5
Ruck And Pass: 40

Ball Won –

In Open Play: 48
In Opponents’ 22: 11
At Set Pieces: 29
Turnovers Won: 6

Team Statistics –

Passes Completed: 132
Line Breaks: 12
Possession Kicked: 21
Errors From Kicks: 2
Kicks To Touch: 8
Kicks/Passes: 13%

Tackles Made: 69
Tackles Missed: 1
Tackle Completion: 98%

Offloads In Tackle: 26
Offloads/Tackled: 23%

Total Errors Made: 6
Errors/Ball Won: 7%

Minutes In Possession –

First Half: 17:29; Second Half: 21:27

Minutes In Opponents’ Half –

First Half: 21:36; Second Half: 16:46

Top Carries:

12 – Denis Leamy
9 – Denis Hickie
8 – Shane Horgan
7 – Gordon D’Arcy, Andrea Scanavacca

Top Tacklers:

11 – Shane Horgan
10 – Marco Bortolami
9 – David Wallace, Santiago Dellape, Simon Easterby

Most Missed Tackles:

2 – Mirco Bergamasco
1 – Roland De Marigny, Ezio Galon, Ronan O’Gara, Sergio Parisse

Most Offloads:

5 – Gordon D’Arcy
4 – Brian O’Driscoll, Girvan Dempsey, Denis Hickie, Shane Horgan

Most Errors:

1 – Brian O’Driscoll, Roland De Marigny, Simon Easterby, Ezio Galon, Shane Horgan

– 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