Match Stats: Italy 9 Ireland 38

See below for a look at the official match statistics from Ireland’s 2009 RBS 6 Nations victory over Italy at Stadio Flaminio on Sunday afternoon.

ITALY:

Scoring –

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

Phases Of Play –

Scrums Won: 6
Scrums Lost: 0
Lineouts Won: 8
Lineouts Lost: 4
Penalties Conceded: 18
Free-Kicks Conceded: 2
Mauls Won: 0
Ruck And Drive: 6
Ruck And Pass: 35

Ball Won –

In Open Play: 41
In Opponents’ 22: 3
At Set Pieces: 26
Turnovers Won: 2

Team Statistics –

Passes Completed: 89
Line Breaks: 0
Possession Kicked: 18
Errors From Kicks: 2
Kicks To Touch: 3
Kicks/Passes: 16%

Tackles Made: 114
Tackles Missed: 19
Tackle Completion: 85%

Offloads In Tackle: 1
Offloads/Tackled: 2%

Total Errors Made: 6
Errors/Ball Won: 8%

Minutes In Possession –

First Half: 04:48; Second Half: 09:28

Minutes In Opponents’ Half –

First Half: 16:13; Second Half: 12:18

IRELAND:

Scoring –

Tries: 5
Conversions: 5/5
Penalty Goals: 1/1
Drop Goals: 0/0

Phases Of Play –

Scrums Won: 3
Scrums Lost: 0
Lineouts Won: 16
Lineouts Lost: 0
Penalties Conceded: 12
Free-Kicks Conceded: 0
Mauls Won: 5
Ruck And Drive: 23
Ruck And Pass: 70

Ball Won –

In Open Play: 98
In Opponents’ 22: 47
At Set Pieces: 37
Turnovers Won: 3

Team Statistics –

Passes Completed: 157
Line Breaks: 8
Possession Kicked: 15
Errors From Kicks: 3
Kicks To Touch: 5
Kicks/Passes: 8%

Tackles Made: 50
Tackles Missed: 4
Tackle Completion: 92%

Offloads In Tackle: 7
Offloads/Tackled: 6%

Total Errors Made: 10
Errors/Ball Won: 7%

Minutes In Possession –

First Half: 14:15; Second Half: 11:14

Minutes In Opponents’ Half –

First Half: 25:59; Second Half: 31:16

Top Carries:

10 – Paul O’Connell 
8 – Sergio Parisse 
6 – David Wallace, Matteo Pratichetti 
5 – Stephen Ferris 

Top Tacklers:

16 – Mauro Bergamasco 
15 – Alessandro Zanni 
13 – Paul O’Connell
10 – Carlos Nieto
9 – Luke McLean

Most Missed Tackles: 

3 – Matteo Pratichetti 
2 – Paul Griffen, Mauro Bergamasco, Luke McLean, Mirco Bergamasco 

Most Offloads: 

3 – Paul O’Connell 
1 – Brian O’Driscoll, Tommy Bowe, David Wallace, Ronan O’Gara 

Most Errors:

2 – Jerry Flannery, Paul Griffen, Rob Kearney, Andrea Masi, Paul O’Connell

– 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