Match Stats: Ireland 22 France 25

See below for a look at the official match statistics from Ireland’s RBS 6 Nations defeat to France in Dublin on Sunday afternoon.

IRELAND:

Scoring –

Tries: 3
Conversions: 2/3
Penalty Goals: 1/1
Drop Goals: 0/0

Phases Of Play –

Scrums Won: 4
Scrums Lost: 0
Lineouts Won: 7
Lineouts Lost: 3
Penalties Conceded: 9
Free-Kicks Conceded: 0
Mauls Won: 2
Ruck And Drive: 19
Ruck And Pass: 50

Ball Won –

In Open Play: 71
In Opponents’ 22: 44
At Set Pieces: 19
Turnovers Won: 4

Team Statistics –

Passes Completed: 126
Line Breaks: 3
Possession Kicked: 10
Errors From Kicks: 2
Kicks To Touch: 1
Percentage Kicks: 22%

Tackles Made: 108
Tackles Missed: 4
Tackle Completion: 96%

Offloads In Tackle: 10
Offloads/Tackled: 11%

Total Errors Made: 17
Errors/Ball Won: 37%

Minutes In Possession –

First Half: 12:52; Second Half: 10:39

Minutes In Opponents’ Half –

First Half: 21:47; Second Half: 19:28

FRANCE:

Scoring –

Tries: 1
Conversions: 1/1
Penalty Goals: 6/7
Drop Goals: 0/1

Phases Of Play –

Scrums Won: 7
Scrums Lost: 1
Lineouts Won: 6
Lineouts Lost: 2
Penalties Conceded: 8
Free-Kicks Conceded: 2
Mauls Won: 3
Ruck And Drive: 20
Ruck And Pass: 62

Ball Won –

In Open Play: 85
In Opponents’ 22: 7
At Set Pieces: 22
Turnovers Won: 1

Team Statistics –

Passes Completed: 152
Line Breaks: 1
Possession Kicked: 15
Errors From Kicks: 2
Kicks To Touch: 3
Percentage Kicks: 34%

Tackles Made: 88
Tackles Missed: 3
Tackle Completion: 96%

Offloads In Tackle: 13
Offloads/Tackled: 12%

Total Errors Made: 9
Errors/Ball Won: 20%

Minutes In Possession –

First Half: 9:00; Second Half: 14:36

Minutes In Opponents’ Half –

First Half: 19:47; Second Half: 28:27

– Match facts are recorded under the guidance and direction of Michael Toole who objectively reports on ALL decisions made by the match officials