Match Statistics: France 26 Ireland 21
See below for a look at the official match statistics from Ireland’s 2008 Six Nations loss to France in Paris on Saturday.
FRANCE:
Scoring –
Tries: 4
Conversions: 3/4
Penalty Goals: 0/1
Drop Goals: 0/0
Phases Of Play –
Scrums Won: 10
Scrums Lost: 0
Lineouts Won: 6
Lineouts Lost: 2
Penalties Conceded: 9
Free-Kicks Conceded: 0
Mauls Won: 5
Ruck And Drive: 11
Ruck And Pass: 46
Ball Won –
In Open Play: 62
In Opponents’ 22: 7
At Set Pieces: 17
Turnovers Won: 5
Team Statistics –
Passes Completed: 118
Line Breaks: 9
Possession Kicked: 23
Errors From Kicks: 4
Kicks To Touch: 8
Kicks/Passes: 16%
Tackles Made: 125
Tackles Missed: 6
Tackle Completion: 95%
Offloads In Tackle: 5
Offloads/Tackled: 6%
Total Errors Made: 19
Errors/Ball Won: 24%
Minutes In Possession –
First Half: 12:56; Second Half: 09:31
Minutes In Opponents’ Half –
First Half: 17:58; Second Half: 15:14
IRELAND:
Scoring –
Tries: 2 (1 Penalty try)
Conversions: 1/2
Penalty Goals: 3/3
Drop Goals: 0/0
Phases Of Play –
Scrums Won: 6
Scrums Lost: 0
Lineouts Won: 12
Lineouts Lost: 5
Penalties Conceded: 1
Free-Kicks Conceded: 1
Mauls Won: 8
Ruck And Drive: 21
Ruck And Pass: 73
Ball Won –
In Open Play: 102
In Opponents’ 22: 49
At Set Pieces: 27
Turnovers Won: 5
Team Statistics –
Passes Completed: 174
Line Breaks: 3
Possession Kicked: 23
Errors From Kicks: 1
Kicks To Touch: 6
Kicks/Passes: 11%
Tackles Made: 72
Tackles Missed: 11
Tackle Completion: 86%
Offloads In Tackle: 15
Offloads/Tackled: 12%
Total Errors Made: 18
Errors/Ball Won: 13%
Minutes In Possession –
First Half: 11:44; Second Half: 19:07
Minutes In Opponents’ Half –
First Half: 23:59; Second Half: 32:12
Top Carries:
11 – Brian O’Driscoll, Andrew Trimble
10 – Cedric Heymans, Donncha O’Callaghan
9 – David Wallace
Top Tacklers:
18 – Thierry Dusautoir
16 – Julien Bonnaire
14 – Fulgence Ouedraogo
11 – David Marty
10 – David Skrela
Most Missed Tackles:
2 – John Hayes, Robert Kearney, Denis Leamy, Aurelien Rougerie, Andrew Trimble
Most Offloads:
5 – Brian O’Driscoll
3 – Robert Kearney
2 – David Marty, Ronan O’Gara, Damien Traille
Most Errors:
4 – David Skrela
3 – Julien Bonnaire, Robert Kearney
2 – Brian O’Driscoll, Vincent Clerc
– Match facts are supplied by SAS Software Ltd. and are recorded under the guidance and direction of Ken Harrower (SRRA/SRU referee) who objectively reports on ALL decisions made by the match officials