RBS 6 Nations: Round 5 Review

2014 RBS 6 NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP: Saturday, March 15

ROUND 5 REVIEW –

ITALY (6) 11 ENGLAND (24) 52, Stadio Olimpico, Rome

ITALY: 15 Luke McLean; 14 Angelo Esposito, 13 Michele Campagnaro, 12 Gonzalo Garcia, 11 Leonardo Sarto (1 try); 10 Luciano Orquera (2 penalties), 9 Tito Tebaldi; 1 Matias Aguero, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 3 Lorenzo Cittadini, 4 Quintin Geldenhuys, 5 Marco Bortolami, 6 Josh Furno, 7 Robert Barbieri, 8 Sergio Parisse (capt).

Replacements used: Tommaso Allan for Orquera (42 mins), Michele Rizzo for Aguero, Alberto de Marchi for Cittadini (both 46), Paul Derbyshire for Josh Furno (55), George Biagi for Paul Derbyshire (61), Edoardo Gori for Tebaldi (66), Lorenzo Cittadini for Rizzo (67), Andrea Masi for Garcia (72).

Test debut: George Biagi; Six Nations debut: George Biagi.

ENGLAND: 15 Mike Brown (2 tries); 14 Jack Nowell (1 try), 13 Luther Burrell, 12 Billy Twelvetrees, 11 Jonny May; 10 Owen Farrell (1 try, 7 conversions and 1 penalty), 9 Danny Care; 1 Mako Vunipola (1 try), 2 Dylan Hartley, 3 Dave Wilson, 4 Joe Launchbury, 5 Courtney Lawes, 6 Tom Wood, 7 Chris Robshaw (capt) (1 try), 8 Ben Morgan.

Replacements used: Tom Youngs for Hartley, Manu Tuilagi (1 try) for Burrell (both 53 mins), Tom Johnson for Wood, Lee Dickson for Care (both 66), George Ford for Twelvetrees, Dave Attwood for Launchbury, Henry Thomas for Wilson (all 70), Matt Mullan for Mako Vunipola (75).

Test debuts: None; Six Nations debuts: None.

Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France); Attendance: 57,750; RBS 6 Nations man-of-the-match: Mike Brown.

WALES (27) 51 SCOTLAND (3) 3, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

WALES: 15 Liam Williams (1 try); 14 Alex Cuthbert, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Jamie Roberts (2 tries), 11 George North (2 tries); 10 Dan Biggar (4 conversions and 2 penalties), 9 Mike Phillips; 1 Gethin Jenkins, 2 Ken Owens, 3 Rhodri Jones, 4 Luke Charteris, 5 Alun Wyn Jones, 6 Dan Lydiate, 7 Sam Warburton (capt), 8 Toby Faletau (1 try).

Replacements used: Justin Tipuric for Lydiate, Rhodri Williams (1 try) for Mike Phillips (both 53 mins), Richard Hibbard for Owens, Adam Jones for R Jones, Paul James for Jenkins (all 57), James Hook for L Williams, Jake Ball for Charteris, Rhys Priestland for Biggar (all 62).

Test debuts: None; Six Nations debut: Rhodri Williams.

SCOTLAND: 15 Stuart Hogg; 14 Dougie Fife, 13 Alex Dunbar, 12 Matthew Scott, 11 Max Evans; 10 Duncan Weir, 9 Greig Laidlaw (1 penalty); 1 Ryan Grant, 2 Scott Lawson, 3 Geoff Cross, 4 Richie Gray, 5 James Hamilton, 6 Ryan Wilson, 7 Kelly Brown (capt), 8 Dave Denton.

Replacements used: Alasdair Strokosch for Brown (8 mins), Euan Murray for Cross (half-time), Ross Ford for Lawson, Alasdair Dickinson for Grant (both 45), Tim Swinson for Hamilton (54), Chris Cusiter for Laidlaw (61), Duncan Taylor for Fife (66). Not used: Jack Cuthbert.

Tests debut: Dougie Fife; Six Nations debut: Dougie Fife.

Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France); Attendance: 73,547; RBS 6 Nations man-of-the-match: Liam Williams.

FRANCE (13) 20 IRELAND (12) 22, Stade de France, Paris

FRANCE: 15 Brice Dulin (1 try); 14 Yoann Huget, 13 Mathieu Bastareaud, 12 Gaël Fickou, 11 Maxime Medard; 10 Remi Tales, 9 Maxime Machenaud (2 conversions and 2 penalties); 1 Thomas Domingo, 2 Dimitri Szarzewski (1 try), 3 Nicolas Mas, 4 Pascal Papé (capt), 5 Yoann Maestri, 6 Louis Picamoles, 7 Alexandre Lapandry, 8 Damien Chouly.

Replacements used: Rabah Slimani for Mas (36 mins), Vincent Debaty for Domingo (42), Alexandre Flanquart for Maestri (53), Sebastien Vahaamahina for Picamoles, Jean-Marc Doussain for Machenaud (both 66), Guilhem Guirado for Szarzewski (68), Maxime Mermoz for Fickou, Wenceslas Lauret for Lapandry (both 75).

Test debuts: None; Six Nations debuts: None.

IRELAND: 15 Rob Kearney; 14 Andrew Trimble (1 try), 13 Brian O’Driscoll, 12 Gordon D’Arcy, 11 Dave Kearney; 10 Jonathan Sexton (2 tries, 2 conversions and 1 penalty), 9 Conor Murray; 1 Cian Healy, 2 Rory Best, 3 Mike Ross, 4 Devin Toner, 5 Paul O’Connell (capt), 6 Peter O’Mahony, 7 Chris Henry, 8 Jamie Heaslip.

Replacements used: Martin Moore for Ross, Eoin Reddan for Murray, Iain Henderson for O’Mahony (all 63 mins), Fergus McFadden for D’Arcy (66), Ian Madigan for Sexton (68), Jack McGrath for Healy, Sean Cronin for Best (70). Not used: Jordi Murphy.

Test debuts: None; Six Nations debuts: None.

Referee: Steve Walsh (Australia); Attendance: 78,876; RBS 6 Nations man-of-the-match: Brian O’Driscoll.

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TOP POINTS SCORERS:

66 – Jonathan Sexton (Ireland) (4 tries, 8 conversions and 10 penalties)

64 – Owen Farrell (England) (1 try, 13 conversions and 11 penalties)

51 – Leigh Halfpenny (Wales) (3 conversions and 15 penalties)

27 – Jean-Marc Doussain (France) (3 conversions and 7 penalties)

26 – Maxime Machenaud (France) (4 conversions and 6 penalties)

21 – Tommaso Allan (Italy) (1 try, 2 conversions and 4 penalties)

20 – Mike Brown (England) (4 tries)

19 – Greig Laidlaw (Scotland) (2 conversions and 5 penalties)

16 – Danny Care (England) (2 tries and 2 drop goals)

TOP TRY SCORERS:

4 – Mike Brown (England), Jonathan Sexton (Ireland)

3 – Luther Burrell (England), Yoann Huget (France), George North (Wales), Andrew Trimble (Ireland)

2 – Michele Campagnaro (Italy), Danny Care (England), Alex Dunbar (Scotland), Rob Kearney (Ireland), Jamie Roberts (Wales), Leonardo Sarto (Italy)

TOP GOAL KICKERS:

100% – Luciano Orquera (Italy) 5 successful kicks from 5 attempts), Alex Goode (England) (1/1), James Hook (Wales) (1/1)

90.91% – Maxime Machenaud (France) (10/11)

85.71% – Leigh Halfpenny (Wales) (18/21)

82.76% – Owen Farrell (England) (24/29)

75% – Jonathan Sexton (Ireland) (18/24), Dan Biggar (Wales) (6/8), Paddy Jackson (Ireland) (3/4)

66.67% – Duncan Weir (Scotland) (2/3)

62.50% – Jean-Marc Doussain (France) (10/16)

54.55% – Tommaso Allan (Italy) (6/11)

50% – Greig Laidlaw (Scotland) (7/14), Jules Plisson (France) (1/2)

TOP PERFORMERS –

CARRIES:

65 Jamie Heaslip (Ireland)
64 Mike Brown (England)
61 Dave Denton (Scotland), Luke McLean (Italy), Rob Kearney (Ireland)

METRES:

543 Mike Brown (England)
456 Rob Kearney (Ireland)
373 Brice Dulin (France)
354 Luke McLean (Italy)
326 George North (Wales)

CLEAN BREAKS:

10 Mike Brown (England)
7 George North (Wales)
6 Yoann Huget (France), Andrew Trimble (Ireland), Luther Burrell (England), Jamie Roberts (Wales)

DEFENDERS BEATEN:

25 Mike Brown (England)
19 Jonny May (England)
16 George North (Wales), Brice Dulin (France), Mathieu Bastareaud (France)

PASSES:

340 Conor Murray (Ireland)
306 Danny Care (England)
302 Greig Laidlaw (Scotland)
207 Mike Phillips (Wales)
162 Maxime Machenaud (France)

KICKS IN PLAY:

54 Jonathan Sexton (Ireland)
47 Danny Care (England), Rhys Priestland (Wales)
36 Owen Farrell (England)
35 Conor Murray (Ireland)

OFFLOADS:

14 Stuart Hogg (Scotland)
13 Yoann Huget (France)
9 Louis Picamoles (France)
8 Owen Farrell (England), Brice Dulin (France), Maxime Machenaud (France), Mathieu Bastareaud (France)

TACKLES MADE (MISSES):

70(3) Quintin Geldenhuys (Italy)
66(0) Dan Lydiate (Wales)
66(10) Chris Robshaw (England)
64(3) Chris Henry (Ireland)
63(4) Leonardo Ghiraldini (Italy)

TURNOVERS WON:

7 Peter O’Mahony (Ireland)
6 Chris Henry (Ireland), Joe Launchbury (England), Mathieu Bastareaud (France), Dave Denton (Scotland)

LINEOUTS WON (INCLUDING STEALS):

34 Courtney Lawes (England)
28 Devin Toner (Ireland)
19 Alun Wyn Jones (Wales)
18 Tom Wood (England)
17 Peter O’Mahony (Ireland)