Match Stats: Ireland 30 France 21

Match Stats: Ireland 30 France 21

See below for a look at the official match statistics from Ireland's 2009 RBS 6 Nations victory over France at Croke Park on Saturday evening.
See below for a look at the official match statistics from Ireland's 2009 RBS 6 Nations victory over France at Croke Park on Saturday evening.

IRELAND:

Scoring -


Tries: 3
Conversions: 3/3
Penalty Goals: 3/5
Drop Goals: 0/0

Phases Of Play -

Scrums Won: 9
Scrums Lost: 0
Lineouts Won: 8
Lineouts Lost: 1
Penalties Conceded: 2
Free-Kicks Conceded: 3
Mauls Won: 6
Ruck And Drive: 32
Ruck And Pass: 33

Ball Won -

In Open Play: 71
In Opponents' 22: 12
At Set Pieces: 27
Turnovers Won: 4

Team Statistics -

Passes Completed: 103
Line Breaks: 4
Possession Kicked: 39
Errors From Kicks: 8
Kicks To Touch: 8
Kicks/Passes: 27%

Tackles Made: 95
Tackles Missed: 14
Tackle Completion: 87%

Offloads In Tackle: 4
Offloads/Tackled: 5%

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

Minutes In Possession -

First Half: 15:27; Second Half: 16:57

Minutes In Opponents' Half -

First Half: 15:43; Second Half: 25:32

FRANCE:

Scoring -


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

Phases Of Play -

Scrums Won: 10
Scrums Lost: 0
Lineouts Won: 11
Lineouts Lost: 2
Penalties Conceded: 10
Free-Kicks Conceded: 0
Mauls Won: 3
Ruck And Drive: 15
Ruck And Pass: 61

Ball Won -

In Open Play: 79
In Opponents' 22: 29
At Set Pieces: 23
Turnovers Won: 3

Team Statistics -

Passes Completed: 174
Line Breaks: 7
Possession Kicked: 29
Errors From Kicks: 6
Kicks To Touch: 3
Kicks/Passes: 14%

Tackles Made: 71
Tackles Missed: 5
Tackle Completion: 93%

Offloads In Tackle: 7
Offloads/Tackled: 7%

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

Minutes In Possession -

First Half: 19:59; Second Half: 21:01

Minutes In Opponents' Half -

First Half: 29:12; Second Half: 21:07

Top Carries:

10 - Yannick Jauzion 
8 - Julien Malzieu 
7 - Imanol Harinordoquy, Dimitri Szarzewski
6 - David Wallace 

Top Tacklers:

13 - Luke Fitzgerald 
11 - Thierry Dusautoir 
9 - David Wallace, Lionel Nallett, Paul O'Connell 

Most Missed Tackles:

2 - Paul O'Connell, Ronan O'Gara, Paddy Wallace 
1 - Brian O'Driscoll, Lionel Beauxis 

Most Offloads:

2 - Julien Malzieu 
1 - Stephen Ferris, Imanol Harinordoquy, Benajmin Kayser, Rob Kearney 

Most Errors: 

7 - Clement Poitrenaud 
3 - Jamie Heaslip, Rob Kearney 
2 - Thierry Dusautoir, Stephen Ferris

- Match facts are supplied by SAS Software Ltd. and are recorded under the guidance and direction of Michael Toole (Liverpool & District) who objectively reports on ALL decisions made by the match officials