Match Stats: France 20 Ireland 22
A look at the official match statistics, provided by Accenture, from Ireland’s tense 22-20 victory over France in Paris which confirmed Joe Schmidt’s men as 2014 RBS 6 Nations champions.
FRANCE:
Scoring –
Tries: 2
Conversions: 2/2
Penalty Goals: 2/3
Drop Goals: 0/1
Attack –
Possession: 47%
Territory: 50%
Ball Carries: 112
Metres Made: 385
Kicks From Hand: 28
Line Breaks: 1
Tackles Bust: 18
Offloads: 16
Rucks/Mauls Won: 82
Rucks/Mauls Lost: 2
Defence –
Tackles Made: 96
Missed Tackles: 15
Tackle Success: 86%
Turnovers Won: 5
Infringements –
Total Penalties Conceded: 8
Total Free-Kicks Conceded: 0
Set Pieces –
Lineouts Won Own Throw: 10
Lineouts Lost Own Throw: 1
Lineout Success: 91%
Lineout Steals: 1
Scrums Won: 3
Scrums Lost: 1
Scrum Success: 75%
Ball Carries –
15 Mathieu Bastareaud
12 Louis Picamoles
9 Brice Dulin
Metres Made –
87 Mathieu Bastareaud
50 Brice Dulin
49 Louis Picamoles
Lineouts Won –
5 Damien Chouly
3 Pascal Papé
1 Alexandre Flanquart
Tackles –
12 Alexandre Lapandry
10 Damien Chouly
8 Gaël Fickou
IRELAND:
Scoring –
Tries: 3
Conversions: 2/3
Penalty Goals: 1/2
Drop Goals: 0/0
Attack –
Possession: 53%
Territory: 50%
Ball Carries: 103
Metres Made: 353
Kicks From Hand: 40
Line Breaks: 5
Tackles Bust: 15
Offloads: 5
Rucks/Mauls Won: 79
Rucks/Mauls Lost: 4
Defence –
Tackles Made: 139
Missed Tackles: 18
Tackle Success: 89%
Turnovers Won: 6
Infringements –
Total Penalties Conceded: 9
Total Free-Kicks Conceded: 0
Set Pieces –
Lineouts Won Own Throw: 13
Lineouts Lost Own Throw: 1
Lineout Success: 93%
Lineout Steals: 1
Scrums Won: 7
Scrums Lost: 2
Scrum Success: 78%
Ball Carries –
13 Jamie Heaslip
11 Andrew Trimble
10 Paul O’Connell
Metres Made –
85 Andrew Trimble
81 Rob Kearney
35 Conor Murray
Lineouts Won –
5 Paul O’Connell
4 Peter O’Mahony
3 Devin Toner
Tackles –
15 Chris Henry
14 Paul O’Connell
13 Gordon D’Arcy
