Match Stats: Wales 15 Ireland 17
See below for a look at the official match statistics from Ireland’s Grand Slam-clinching win over Wales at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday.
WALES:
Scoring –
Tries: 0
Conversions: 0/0
Penalty Goals: 4/6
Drop Goals: 1/1
Phases Of Play –
Scrums Won: 5
Scrums Lost: 0
Lineouts Won: 16
Lineouts Lost: 6
Penalties Conceded: 5
Free-Kicks Conceded: 1
Mauls Won: 0
Ruck And Drive: 19
Ruck And Pass: 46
Ball Won –
In Open Play: 65
In Opponents’ 22: 5
At Set Pieces: 36
Turnovers Won: 3
Team Statistics –
Passes Completed: 132
Line Breaks: 5
Possession Kicked: 26
Errors From Kicks: 2
Kicks To Touch: 1
Kicks/Passes: 16%
Tackles Made: 86
Tackles Missed: 11
Tackle Completion: 88%
Offloads In Tackle: 6
Offloads/Tackled: 7%
Total Errors Made: 12
Errors/Ball Won: 11%
Minutes In Possession –
First Half: 12:41; Second Half: 09:16
Minutes In Opponents’ Half –
First Half: 16:41; Second Half: 18:12
IRELAND:
Scoring –
Tries: 2
Conversions: 2/2
Penalty Goals: 0/1
Drop Goals: 1/1
Phases Of Play –
Scrums Won: 6
Scrums Lost: 0
Lineouts Won: 9
Lineouts Lost: 1
Penalties Conceded: 15
Free-Kicks Conceded: 1
Mauls Won: 3
Ruck And Drive: 34
Ruck And Pass: 48
Ball Won –
In Open Play: 85
In Opponents’ 22: 36
At Set Pieces: 20
Turnovers Won: 5
Team Statistics –
Passes Completed: 127
Line Breaks: 5
Possession Kicked: 40
Errors From Kicks: 2
Kicks To Touch: 6
Kicks/Passes: 23%
Tackles Made: 81
Tackles Missed: 17
Tackle Completion: 82%
Offloads In Tackle: 4
Offloads/Tackled: 4%
Total Errors Made: 12
Errors/Ball Won: 11%
Minutes In Possession –
First Half: 11:21; Second Half: 14:12
Minutes In Opponents’ Half –
First Half: 24:28; Second Half: 24:31
Top Carries:
9 – Brian O’Driscoll
8 – David Wallace, Stephen Jones
7 – Mike Phillips
6 – Alun Wyn Jones
Top Tacklers:
14 – Alun Wyn Jones
11 – Ian Gough
9 – Dafydd Jones, Martyn Williams
8 – Jerry Flannery
Most Missed Tackles:
3 – Ronan O’Gara
2 – Ian Gough, Gavin Henson, Marcus Horan, Paul O’Connell
Most Offloads:
2 – Brian O’Driscoll, Stephen Jones
1 – Dafydd Jones, Luke Fitzgerald, Gavin Henson
Most Errors:
2 – Lee Byrne, Paul O’Connell, Ronan O’Gara, Matthew Rees, Stephen Jones
– Match facts are supplied by SAS Software Ltd. and are recorded under the guidance and direction of Stephen P Smith (WRU Referee) who objectively reports on ALL decisions made by the match officials