Categories: Ireland Six Nations

Match Statistics: England 33 Ireland 10

See below for a look at the official match statistics from Ireland’s 2008 Six Nations loss to England in London on Saturday.

ENGLAND:

Scoring –

Tries: 3
Conversions: 3/3
Penalty Goals: 4/4
Drop Goals: 0/1

Phases Of Play –

Scrums Won: 7
Scrums Lost: 1
Lineouts Won: 8
Lineouts Lost: 3
Penalties Conceded: 11
Free-Kicks Conceded: 0
Mauls Won: 6
Ruck And Drive: 17
Ruck And Pass: 42

Ball Won –

In Open Play: 65
In Opponents’ 22: 13
At Set Pieces: 27
Turnovers Won: 1

Team Statistics –

Passes Completed: 113
Line Breaks: 5
Possession Kicked: 31
Errors From Kicks: 3
Kicks To Touch: 10
Kicks/Passes: 21%

Tackles Made: 87
Tackles Missed: 7
Tackle Completion: 92%

Offloads In Tackle: 8
Offloads/Tackled: 10%

Total Errors Made: 15
Errors/Ball Won: 16%

Minutes In Possession –

First Half: 10:46; Second Half: 13:22

Minutes In Opponents’ Half –

First Half: 19:55; Second Half: 19:47

IRELAND:

Scoring –

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

Phases Of Play –

Scrums Won: 3
Scrums Lost: 0
Lineouts Won: 15
Lineouts Lost: 3
Penalties Conceded: 12
Free-Kicks Conceded: 1
Mauls Won: 3
Ruck And Drive: 22
Ruck And Pass: 60

Ball Won –

In Open Play: 85
In Opponents’ 22: 30
At Set Pieces: 29
Turnovers Won: 3

Team Statistics –

Passes Completed: 137
Line Breaks: 1
Possession Kicked: 26
Errors From Kicks: 1
Kicks To Touch: 3
Kicks/Passes: 15%

Tackles Made: 77
Tackles Missed: 9
Tackle Completion: 89%

Offloads In Tackle: 3
Offloads/Tackled: 3%

Total Errors Made: 11
Errors/Ball Won: 9%

Minutes In Possession –

First Half: 11:54; Second Half: 11:46

Minutes In Opponents’ Half –

First Half: 18:14; Second Half: 20:39

Top Carries:

10 – Shane Horgan
9 – Nick Easter
8 – Iain Balshaw, Paul O’Connell, Andrew Trimble

Top Tacklers:

15 – Jamie Heaslip
12 – Tom Croft
11 – Steve Borthwick
9 – David Wallace, Nick Easter

Most Missed Tackles:

3 – Tommy Bowe
2 – Shane Horgan
1 – Tom Croft, David Wallace, Nick Easter

Most Offloads:

2 – Toby Flood, Shane Horgan, Paul Sackey, Lesley Vainikolo
1 – Iain Balshaw

Most Errors:

4 – Ronan O’Gara
2 – Rory Best, Eoin Reddan, Simon Shaw, Lesley Vainikolo

– 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