RBS 6 Nations: Round 4 Team Statistics

See below for a statistical review after the completion of the fourth round matches in this year’s RBS 6 Nations Championship. The round saw 189,353 spectators enjoy the action in Rome, Cardiff and London.

2011 RBS 6 NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP:

ROUND 4 MATCHES –

Saturday, March 12

ITALY 22 FRANCE 21, Stadio Flaminio (Att: 34,000) (Ht: 6-8)

Scorers: Italy: Try: Andrea Masi; Con: Mirco Bergamasco; Pens: Mirco Bergamasco
France: Tries: Vincent Clerc, Morgan Parra; Con: Morgan Parra; Pens: Morgan Parra 3

Italy: A Masi; T Benvenuti, G Canale, G Garcia, Mirco Bergamasco; L Orquera (K Burton 57), F Semenzato; A Lo Cicero (S Perugini 47), C Festuccia (L Ghiraldini 46), M Castrogiovanni, S Dellape (Q Geldenhuys 51), C Del Fava, A Zanni, R Barbieri (P Derbyshire 57), S Parisse (capt).

France: M Medard; Y Huget, A Rougerie, Y Jauzion (D Traille 70), V Clerc; F Trinh-Duc, M Parra; S Marconnet, W Servat (G Guirado 60), N Mas (L Ducalcon 41), J Pierre, L Nallet (J Thion 56), T Dusautoir (capt), J Bonnaire, S Chabal (I Harinordoquy 56).

RBS man-of-the-match: Andrea Masi (Italy)
Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)

Saturday, March 12

WALES 19 IRELAND 13, Millennium Stadium (Att: 74,233) (Ht: 9-13)

Scorers: Wales: Try: Mike Phillips; Con: James Hook; Pens: James Hook 3, Leigh Halfpenny
Ireland: Try: Brian O’Driscoll; Con: Ronan O’Gara; Pens: Ronan O’Gara 2

Wales: L Byrne; L Halfpenny, J Roberts, J Davies, S Williams; J Hook, M Phillips; P James, M Rees (capt) (R Hibbard 73), C Mitchell (J Yapp 13), B Davies, A Jones, D Lydiate, S Warburton, R Jones (J Thomas 60).

Ireland: L Fitzgerald (P Wallace 73); T Bowe, B O’Driscoll (capt), G D’Arcy, K Earls; R O’Gara (J Sexton 50), E Reddan (P Stringer 1); C Healy, R Best (S Cronin 76), M Ross (T Court 69), D O’Callaghan (L Cullen 76), P O’Connell, S O’Brien, D Wallace, J Heaslip (D Leamy 69).

RBS man-of-the-match: James Hook (Wales)
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)

Sunday, March 13

ENGLAND 22 SCOTLAND 16, Twickenham (Att: 82,120) (Ht: 9-9)

Scorers: England: Try: Tom Croft; Con: Jonny Wilkinson; Pens: Toby Flood 4, Jonny Wilkinson
Scotland: Try: Max Evans; Con: Chris Paterson; Pens: Chris Paterson 2; Drop: Ruaridh Jackson

England: B Foden; C Ashton, M Tindall (capt) (M Banahan half-time), S Hape, M Cueto; T Flood (J Wilkinson 65), B Youngs (D Care 55); A Corbisiero, D Hartley (S Thompson 65), D Cole (P Doran-Jones 74), L Deacon (S Shaw 65), T Palmer, T Wood (T Croft 65), J Haskell, N Easter.

Scotland: C Paterson; S Danielli, J Ansbro (N De Luca 72), S Lamont, M Evans; R Jackson (D Parks 55), R Lawson (M Blair 55); A Jacobsen, R Ford (S Lawson 65), M Low (G Cross 52), R Gray, A Kellock (capt), N Hines (A Strokosch 68), J Barclay, K Brown (R Vernon 43).

Yellow card: John Barclay (Scotland) (57)
RBS man-of-the-match: James Haskell (England)
Referee: Romain Poite (France); replaced by Jerome Garces (France) (58)

TEAM STATISTICS – AFTER ROUND 4:

TACKLES MADE:

WALES 483
ITALY 445
SCOTLAND 418
IRELAND 417
ENGLAND 397
FRANCE 389

MISSED TACKLES:

SCOTLAND 38
WALES 34
ITALY 34
FRANCE 33
IRELAND 16
ENGLAND 11

TACKLE COMPLETION:

ENGLAND 97%
IRELAND 96%
WALES 93%
ITALY 93%
FRANCE 92%
SCOTLAND 92%

OFFLOADS IN THE TACKLE:

ENGLAND 47
FRANCE 47
SCOTLAND 46
ITALY 33
IRELAND 29
WALES 28

PASSES COMPLETED:

ENGLAND 755
SCOTLAND 717
IRELAND 648
FRANCE 635
ITALY 596
WALES 574

POSSESSION KICKED:

WALES 114
SCOTLAND 99
IRELAND 97
ENGLAND 77
ITALY 75
FRANCE 73

KICKS/POSSESSION WON:

WALES 46%
SCOTLAND 40%
IRELAND 40%
FRANCE 36%
ITALY 34%
ENGLAND 33%

BALL WON IN OPPONENTS’ 22:

IRELAND 124
ENGLAND 112
SCOTLAND 90
ITALY 60
FRANCE 47
WALES 46

LINE BREAKS:

ENGLAND 26
IRELAND 14
WALES 10
FRANCE 8
ITALY 7
SCOTLAND 6

ERRORS MADE:

IRELAND 59
ENGLAND 53
FRANCE 53
SCOTLAND 47
ITALY 39
WALES 38

TURNOVERS WON:

IRELAND 18
ENGLAND 14
ITALY 13
WALES 11
SCOTLAND 8
FRANCE 7

RUCK CLEARANCES:

ITALY 86%
SCOTLAND 80%
FRANCE 78%
IRELAND 76%
ENGLAND 76%
WALES 69%

SCRUMS WON/LOST:

FRANCE 23/1
WALES 17/1
IRELAND 14/0
ENGLAND 13/0
SCOTLAND 10/3
ITALY 6/2

LINEOUTS WON/LOST:

ENGLAND 46/4
SCOTLAND 46/9
ITALY 41/17
IRELAND 37/6
WALES 36/5
FRANCE 32/5

PENALTIES CONCEDED/AWARDED:

WALES 46/31
ENGLAND 42/41
IRELAND 42/27
FRANCE 34/33
SCOTLAND 32/39
ITALY 32/57

MAULS WON:

ENGLAND 23
ITALY 19
IRELAND 12
SCOTLAND 11
FRANCE 10
WALES 8

– Official match data supplied by RBS 6 Nations