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WOMEN’S SIX NATIONS 2015 STATISTICAL REPORT

WORLD RUGBY GAME ANALYSIS

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FINAL RESULTS AND STANDINGS

P = Played W = Won D = Draw L = Lost PF = Points for PA = Points against

PD = Points difference TF = Tries for TA = Tries against PTS = Points

P W D L PF PA PD TF TA PTS

Ireland 5 4 0 1 139 26 113 20 3 8

France 5 4 0 1 113 44 69 16 7 8

Italy 5 3 0 2 82 94 -12 13 15 6

England 5 2 0 3 104 65 39 17 7 4

Wales 5 2 0 3 64 73 -9 9 9 4

Scotland 5 0 0 5 27 227 -200 2 36 0

Italy 5 - 30 Ireland

France 42 - 0 Scotland

Wales 13 - 0 England

Ireland 5 - 10 France

Scotland 3 - 39 Wales

England 39 - 7 Italy

Ireland 11 - 8 England

France 28 - 7 Wales

Scotland 8 - 31 Italy

England 42 - 13 Scotland

Italy 17 - 12 France

Wales 0 - 20 Ireland

Italy 22 - 5 Wales

England 15 - 21 France

Scotland 3 - 73 Ireland


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COMMENTARY

Last year’s commentary showed a history of the Women’s Six Nations that could be divided into three

distinct periods.

The first period covered the first four years of the competition – from 2002 to 2005 – when the

tournament was dominated by France. They won the tournament three times and won 18 of their 20

matches.

This was then followed by a period of domination by England who won the tournament every year from

2006 to 2012, winning 34 of their 35 matches.

The third period covered the last three years – 2012 to 2014 – when the competition was won by three

different teams in England, Ireland and France. At the top level, it had therefore become more

competitive with both France and England losing three matches and Ireland losing four over the three-

year period. Of the 10 matches lost by the three teams, nine were to each other, the only exception

being France’s loss to Italy in 2013.

Such results reflected a tournament that was now being dominated by three teams, a feature graphically

illustrated in the 2014 competition.

In the nine matches played by France, England and Ireland against Italy, Wales and

Scotland, the total points scored by the first group was 359 compared to nine by the second.

In those same nine matches, the try count was 56-0. Not a single try was scored by the

second group of teams against any of France, England and Ireland.

With such a demarcation between two groups of teams in one competition and with success in a number of matches all but guaranteed, the eventual standings in any championship are likely to be dependent on the results of a small limited number of matches. The 2015 Championship, won by Ireland on point differential from France, saw a measurable change. Italy finished in third place and two matches were won by lower ranking teams when Wales beat England and Italy beat France. Furthermore, while scoring differentials in matches between the two groups of teams remained high, in aggregate, they were not as extreme.

In 2014, the total points scored by the first group was 359 compared to nine by the second group – in 2015, the comparable figures were 291 to 60.

In 2014, the try count of the two groups was 56-0 with not a single try being scored by the

second group of teams against any of France, England and Ireland. In 2015, the comparable

figures were 44-8.

There is a caveat, however. In this year’s competition, the playing squads of both England and France were not the strongest available to each country. A combination of factors, including leading players concentrating on the sevens circuit, meant that comparatively few of England and France’s Women’s Rugby World Cup 2014 squads played in the Six Nations. Of the England squad of 22 that played in the WRWC 2014 final, only nine were in the squad that played against Wales, seven in the squads that played against France, Ireland and Italy, and six in the squad that faced Scotland. France’s squads also saw changes. In each of their five matches, only 11 featured in their squad for their final match at WRWC 2014.




For a more robust evaluation of the relative strengths of the six participating teams, therefore, this can only be made when all six teams pick their strongest squads. What does remain clear, however, are the problems continuing to face Scotland. Scotland lost all five matches again this year, scoring 27 points and conceding 227. Over the last five years they have failed to win a single game, losing all 25 matches, while scoring 67 points and conceding 1,061 – and although five tries were scored in 2011 and 2012, only three tries have been scored in the last three years during which time 110 tries have been conceded.


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MATCH FACTS France and Ireland both won four of their five matches, but Ireland were crowned champions

by virtue of a better point differential

Scotland failed to win a match, scoring two tries and conceding 36

Twelve of 15 matches were won by the team scoring the most tries (2013 – 15 of 15)

Seventy-seven tries were scored and 26 penalty goals were kicked, a ratio of almost three to

one

There were no drop goals

All six teams conceded most tries in the second half

There were four matches with a margin of 10 points or fewer, with four matches having a

margin of more than 30 points

Fifth-seven per cent of tries were scored by backs and 43 per cent by forwards compared with

2014 where 48 per cent of tries were scored by backs and 52 per cent by forwards

Thirty-one per cent of tries originated from lineout possession and 29 per cent from scrum

possession

Seventeen per cent of tries started from inside the scoring teams own half.

Sixty per cent of tries were preceded by two or fewer phases and 48 per cent of tries by three

or fewer passes

Average ball in play time was 36m 41s or 46 per cent

The average number of passes in a match was 249 – the most in a match was 343 (England v

Italy) and the least was 167 (Scotland v Italy)

England made 282 passes in the match against Italy, a number that exceeded those made by

both teams in 11 of the 14 remaining matches

The average number of rucks/mauls in a match was 180 – the most in a match was 236 (Ireland

v England) and the least was 124 (Scotland v Italy)

Overall, England made two and a half times more rucks/mauls than Italy

The average number of kicks in a match was 29 – the most in a match was 46 (Ireland v France)

and the least was 13 (England v Scotland).

There were 24 scrum tightheads and no free kicks for crooked feed.

Fifty-five per cent of penalties/free kicks were at tackle/ruck, with 60 per cent in favour of the

team in possession.

Sixteen per cent of penalty kicks/free kicks were at the scrum, with 82 per cent of penalty/free

kicks in favour of the team in possession.




OVERALL SUMMARY

WOMEN’S SIX NATIONS

2015


2014


2013


2012

Scoring

Avg. points 35 36 33 32

Avg. tries 5.5 4.5 4.9 5.7

Avg. penalty goals 1.7 1.9 1.1 1.5

Conversion success % 44% 49% 41% 41%

Avg. drop goals 1 in 15 matches 0 in 15 matches 1 in 15 matches 0 in 15 matches

Activity

Ball in play % 42% 44% 43% 43%

Avg. passes 232 266 232 244

Avg. ruck/mauls 152 175 143 161

Ruck/maul success % 90% 91% 91% 93%

Avg. kicks 32 30 30 29

Set piece

Avg. lineouts 24 26 25 24

Lineout success % 74% 73% 77% 75%

Avg. scrums 21 20 25 24

Scrum success % 88% 86% 87% 86%

Contestable 50m restart regain success %

26% 33% 28% 26%

Discipline

Avg. penalties/ FKs 23 23 24 24

Total cards 12 & 0 6 & 0 10 & 0 15 & 0


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TEAM SUMMARY

ENGLAND

FRANCE

IRELAND

Scoring 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014

Total points scored 104 145 113 162 139 137

Total points conceded 26 31 23 21 28 42

Total tries scored 17 23 16 25 20 20

Total tries conceded 7 3 7 2 3 6

Total penalty goals scored 3 4 7 2 7 7

Total penalty goals conceded 8 3 1 3 3 2

Points from tries 85% 79% 80% 77% 61% 73%

Kicks at goal success 75% 42% 57% 41% 55% 52%

Drop goal success rate 0 of 0 0 of 0 0 of 0 0 of 0 0 of 0 0 of 0

General play

Avg. possession 22m 23s

22m 04s

18m 56s

17m 04s

21m 42s

18m 08s

Avg. passes 181 178 127 93 144 131

Avg. ruck/mauls 123 102 86 74 111 81

Ruck/maul retention 93% 89% 90% 91% 95% 91%

Avg. kicks 10 14 17 19 17 16

Set piece

Own lineout success 88% 81% 65% 83% 78% 81%

Own scrum success 90% 93% 91% 87% 91% 96%

Own contestable 50m restart success

1 of 1 5 of 8 1 of 2 0 of 2 0 of 0 2 of 5

Discipline

Penalties and FKs for 53% 45% 48% 51% 65% 54%

Penalties and FKs against 47% 55% 52% 49% 35% 46%

Yellow/red cards 1/0 1/0 2/0 0/0 2/0 2/0




TEAM SUMMARY

ITALY

SCOTLAND

WALES

Scoring 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014

Total points scored 82 57 27 5 64 82

Total points conceded 94 108 227 261 73 94

Total tries scored 13 8 2 1 9 13

Total tries conceded 15 16 36 43 9 15

Total penalty goals scored 1 2 5 - 3 1

Total penalty goals conceded 3 4 5 3 6 3

% of points from tries 65% 70% 10% 100% 45% 65%

Kicks at goal success 50% 50% 46% 0% 30% 50%

Drop goal success rate 0 of 0 0 of 0 0 of 0 0 of 0 0 of 0 0 of 0

General play

Avg. possession 13m 14s

15m 03s

13m 32s

12m 41s

20m 18s

15m 51s

Avg. passes 89 107 73 75 135 112

Avg. ruck/mauls 47 66 67 57 107 78

Ruck/maul retention 88% 89% 86% 87% 91% 91%

Avg. kicks 22 16 8 13 12 17

Set piece

Own lineout success 76% 76% 65% 42% 72% 71%

Own scrum success 87% 83% 86% 83% 85% 76%

Own contestable 50m restart success

1 of 3 3 of 10 2 of 17 1 in 11 2 of 4 1 of 3

Discipline

Penalties and FKs for 43% 51% 42% 57% 49% 44%

Penalties and FKs against 57% 49% 58% 43% 51% 56%

Yellow/red cards 4/0 0/0 1/0 1/0 2/0 2/0


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TEAM FACTS

IRELAND

Ireland, like France won four of their matches, but claimed the title by virtue of their better point differential

They averaged 28 points per game – more than any other team

They also had the best defence conceding an average of five points per game

They conceded only three tries – all other teams conceded over twice as many

No team kicked more penalty goals than Ireland

They scored two thirds of their tries in the second half

Their try conceding rate of one try every 27 minutes was over twice as effective as any of the five remaining teams

They conceded just one try from lineouts and scrums

Sixteen of their 20 tries contained one or fewer rucks/mauls

Twelve of their tries did not contain a single pass

They obtained more possession than their opponents in every game

Their forwards made proportionately fewer passes than any other team

Ireland’s forwards were the least likely to pass the ball

Each of Ireland’s front row, second row and back row were the least likely groups of forwards to pass the ball

All 50m restarts were kicked long

Ireland’s lineout was stolen 14 times – 10 more than England and one more than Scotland

They were the least penalised team

They tapped fewer penalties than any other team




FRANCE

France finished as runners-up on point differential after winning four of their five matches

No team kicked more penalty goals than France

France conceded just one penalty goal

75 per cent of tries were scored by backs

A 30 per cent kick at goal rate was the lowest in the competition

Their forwards made 25 per cent of all France’s passes – a higher proportion than any other team

Their centres were the most likely to pass the ball

France’s No.9 kicked once in every 80 possessions

Their centres were the most likely to kick the ball

Their back three were the least likely to kick the ball

France contested more lineouts than any other team (46 per cent) – and won more lineout steals than other (22)

ITALY

Italy won three of five matches, beating Wales, Scotland and France to finish third

While Italy scored 13 tries, they kicked just one penalty goal

They had the best scoring rate – scoring one try for every 5 min 05 secs possession

They had the second worst try conceding rate

They scored five of their 13 tries from tap penalties

They did not score a try from open play

They conceded four tries that contained 10 or more passes – four times as many as any other team except Scotland

Eighty-five per cent of tries were scored by backs

They averaged less possession per match than any other team – England averaged 70 per cent more

They obtained less possession than their opponents in every game

They made almost 100 fewer passes per match than England

They also made proportionately more 3+ pass movements than any other team (25 per cent)

Italy’s forwards were the most likely to pass the ball

Their back three were the most likely to pass the ball

Italy rucked at the slowest rate

They were the team most likely to kick the ball – and were four times more likely to kick than England

They received the most yellow cards (4)


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ENGLAND

England came fourth after losing to Wales, Ireland and France

Eighty-five per cent of England’s points came from tries

They conceded eight penalty goals – more than any other team

Ten of their 17 tries contained three or more rucks and mauls

Five of their tries contained 10 or more passes

More tries were scored by forwards than backs

They averaged more possession per match than any other team

They had the highest passing rate

Their backs were the most likely to pass the ball

They were the team least likely to kick the ball

Their fly-half was the least likely to kick the ball

England’s back three were between three and seven times less likely to kick than any other team

England had the most successful lineout, losing only four steals

They tapped more penalties than any other team

WALES

Wales finished fifth after winning two matches

Wales scored eight of their nine tries in the second half

They kicked all three of their penalties in the first half

Their try scoring rate was half that of the other teams with the exception of Scotland

Seven of their nine tries came from the set pieces of lineout and scrum

They did not score a try from open play

Six of their nine tries were scored from within their opponent’s 22m

Their opponents scored three of their nine tries from within their own half

Seven of Wales’ tries contained three or more rucks and mauls

More tries were scored by forwards than backs

Wales’ scrum-half never kicked the ball

They were the least successful on their opponent’s lineout, with the fewest lineout steals (6)

They were penalised proportionately more times at the breakdown than any other team




SCOTLAND

Scotland lost all five matches

They lost all matches by at least 24 points

They averaged five points per game – while conceding an average of 46 points

They were the only team that scored more penalty goals than tries

They did not score a try in the first half

They conceded a try every 2min 43secs of opponent’s possession

Their two tries were scored from within their opponent’s 22m

A 75 per cent successful kick at goal rate was the best in the competition

They had the lowest passing rate

0nly nine per cent of passing movements contained three or more passes

Their backs were the least likely to pass the ball

They were the most penalised team in relation to their opponents


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1. SCORING

IMPACT OF TRIES AND PENALTY GOALS ON MATCH RESULTS The winning team scored the most tries in 12 or 75 per cent of matches. In three matches tries were equal, there were no matches won by a winning team scoring the fewest number of tries.

SCORING MARGINS There were four matches with a margin of 10 points or fewer. The following table groups all scoring margins.

The following table shows the winning and losing margins for each team.

WON SCORING MORE TRIES

WON SCORING EQUAL TRIES

WON SCORING LESS TRIES

England 2 - -

Ireland 3 1 -

Wales 2 - -

France 2 2 -

Italy 3 - -

Scotland - - -

POINTS DIFFERENCE

NO OF MATCHES

CUMULATIVE

Draw none drawn

1 – 5 3 3 with 5 points or less




31+ 4 15 with 70 points or less

WON BY

31 +

WON BY

21 - 30

WON BY

11 - 20

WON BY

1 - 10

DRAW

LOST BY

1 - 10

LOST BY

11 - 20

LOST BY

21 - 30

LOST BY

31 +

Ireland 1 1 1 1 - 1 - - -

France 1 1 - 2 - 1 - - -

Italy - 1 1 1 - - - 1 1

England 1 1 - - - 2 1 - -

Wales 1 - 1 - - - 2 1 -

Scotland - - - - - - - 2 3




POINTS SCORING AND CONCEDING There were 529 points scored, giving an average of 35 points per match. The following table shows a breakdown of all points scored.

The following tables show the total and average points scored and conceded per team.

The following tables show the breakdown of points scored by each team.

TOTAL POINTS %

Tries 77 385 73%

Conversions 33 66 12%

Penalty goals 26 78 15%

Drop goals 0 0 -

POINTS SCORED POINTS CONCEDED

TOTAL AVERAGE TOTAL AVERAGE

Ireland 139 28

Ireland 26 5

France 113 23

France 44 9

England 104 21

England 65 13

Italy 82 16

Wales 73 15

Wales 64 13

Italy 94 19

Scotland 27 5

Scotland 227 46

TRIES

SCORED

PENALTY GOALS

SCORED

DROP GOALS

SCORED

% POINTS SCORED

FROM TRIES

% POINTS SCORED

FROM KICKS

TRIES : PK SCORED

Ireland 20 7 - 61 39 2.9 : 1

France 16 7 - 80 33 2.3 : 1

Italy 13 1 - 65 17 13.0 : 1

England 17 3 - 85 19 5.6 : 1

Wales 9 3 - 45 19 3.0 : 1

Scotland 2 5 - 10 17 0.4 : 1


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The following tables show the breakdown of points conceded by each team.

TIMING OF SCORES – TRIES AND PENALTY GOALS

The following table shows when tries and penalty goals were scored. The following tables show the number of tries and penalty goals scored and conceded per half per team.

TRIES

CONCEDED

PENALTY GOALS

CONCEDED

DROP GOALS

CONCEDED

% POINTS CONCEDED FROM TRIES

% POINTS CONCEDED

FROM KICKS

TRIES : PK CONCEDED

Ireland 3 3 0 58% 42% 1.0 : 1

France 7 1 0 67% 33% 7.0 : 1

England 7 8 0 54% 46% 0.8 : 1

Wales 9 6 0 55% 45% 1.5 : 1

Italy 15 3 0 80% 20% 5.0 : 1

Scotland 36 5 0 79% 21% 7.2 : 1

TRIES % PENALTY GOALS %

First half 30 39% 19 73%

Second half 47 61% 7 27%

TRIES

PENALTY GOALS

FIRST HALF SECOND HALF FIRST HALF SECOND HALF

OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP

Ireland 7 1 13 2 3 2 4 1

France 8 2 8 5 5 1 2 -

Italy 7 6 6 9 1 2 - 1

England 7 2 10 5 3 6 - 2

Wales 1 3 8 6 3 3 - 3

Scotland - 16 2 20 4 5 1 -




RATE OF TRY SCORING AND CONCEDING There were 77 tries scored giving a try-scoring rate of one try every 7 minutes 09 seconds of play. The following tables show the rate of try scoring and the rate of try conceding for each team. This is a measure of each team’s success in converting possession into tries and their opponent’s success in converting possession into tries.

SOURCE OF TRIES The following table shows the possession source of tries.

The following table shows the source of tries scored and conceded by each team.

TRY SCORING RATE TRY CONCEDING RATE

Italy 1 try every 5m 05s

Ireland 1 try every 27m 03s

Ireland 1 try every 5m 26s

England 1 try every 12m 09s

France 1 try every 5m 55s

France 1 try every 11m 58s

England 1 try every 6m 36s

Italy 1 try every 7m 55s

Wales 1 try every 11m 17s

Wales 1 try every 10m 17s

Scotland 1 try every 33m 54s

Scotland 1 try every 2m 43s

TRY SOURCE

Lineout 24 = 31%

Turnover/handling error 5 = 6%

Opponents kick 5 = 6%

Penalty/free kick 17 = 22%

Scrum 22 = 29%

Restart 4 = 5%

LINEOUT SCRUM PEN & FK KICK TURNOVER RESTART TOTAL

OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP

Ireland 7 - 6 1 1 1 2 - 2 1 2 - 20 3

France 6 1 4 3 2 3 1 - 2 - 1 - 16 7

Italy 3 3 5 7 5 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 13 15

England 4 4 3 - 7 2 2 - - 1 1 - 17 7

Wales 4 3 3 2 2 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 9 9

Scotland - 13 1 9 - 8 - 3 1 1 - 2 2 36


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ORIGIN OF TRIES The following table shows the origin of tries.

The following table shows the origin of tries scored and conceded per team.

NUMBER OF RUCKS AND MAULS IN BUILD UP TO TRIES The following table show the number of rucks and mauls that preceded each try.

The following table shows the number of ruck/mauls in the build up to tries scored and conceded per team.

TRY ORIGIN

Own half 13 = 17%

Halfway to 10m 8 = 10%

10m to 22m 15 = 19%

22m to goal line 41 = 54%

OWN HALF HW – 10m 10m – 22m 22m - TRY TOTAL

OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP

Ireland 5 - 2 - - 1 13 2 20 3

France 2 1 1 - 7 1 6 5 16 7

Italy 1 2 1 4 4 1 7 8 13 15

England 4 - 3 1 3 1 7 5 17 7

Wales 1 3 1 - 1 1 6 5 9 9

Scotland - 7 - 3 - 10 2 16 2 36

Rucks/mauls NUMBER % CUMULATIVE %

0 R/Ms 22 29% 29%

1 R/Ms 18 23% 52%

2 R/Ms 6 8% 60%

3+ R/Ms 31 40% 100%

NO R/Ms 1 R/Ms 2 R/Ms 3+ R/Ms TOTAL

OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP

Ireland 6 2 10 1 - 4 - 20 3

France 4 4 3 1 3 1 6 1 16 7

Italy 5 4 3 3 1 1 4 7 13 15

England 3 2 2 - 2 1 10 4 17 7

Wales 2 3 - 2 - - 7 4 9 9

Scotland 2 7 - 11 - 3 15 2 36




NUMBER OF PASSES IN BUILD UP TO TRIES The following table shows the number of passes that preceded each try.

The following table shows the number of passes in the build up to tries scored and conceded per team.

TRY SCORERS The following table shows when tries and penalty goals were scored. The following table shows the number and percentage of tries scored by backs and forwards per team.

Passes NUMBER % CUMULATIVE %

0 24 30% 30%

1 - 3 14 18% 48%

4 - 6 14 18% 66%

7 - 9 11 16% 82%

10+ 14 18% 100%

NO PASSES 1–3 PASSES 4–6 PASSES 7–9 PASSES 10+ PASSES TOTAL

OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP OWN OPP

Ireland 12 2 4 - 1 1 - - 3 - 20 3

France 3 4 3 1 5 - 3 1 2 1 16 7

Italy 1 4 6 3 2 2 3 2 1 4 13 15

England 4 2 - 2 5 - 3 2 5 1 17 7

Wales 2 4 1 1 1 - 2 3 3 1 9 9

Scotland 2 8 - 7 - 11 - 3 - 7 2 36

TOTAL TRIES

TRIES %

Tries by backs 44 57%

Tries by forwards 31 41%

Penalty tries 2 2%

TRIES BY BACKS

TRIES BY FORWARDS

PENALTY TRIES

TOT % TOT % TOT %

Ireland 10 50% 10 50% - -

France 12 75% 3 19% 1 6%

Italy 11 85% 2 15% - -

England 7 41% 10 59% - -

Wales 3 33% 5 56% 1 11%

Scotland 1 50% 1 50% - -


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2. KICKS AT GOAL The following table shows kick success rates. The following table shows the kicking success for penalty goals, conversions and drop goals per team.

KICKING SUCCESS

Conversions 43%

Penalty goals 58%

Drop goals 0 of 0

PENALTY SUCCESS

CONVERSION SUCCESS

OVERALL SUCCESS

DROP GOAL SUCCESS

Scotland 83% 50% 75% 0 of 0

Italy 100% 54% 57% 0 of 0

Ireland 78% 45% 55% 0 of 0

Wales 43% 56% 50% 0 of 0

France 58% 38% 46% 0 of 0

England 30% 29% 30% 0 of 0




3. BALL IN PLAY AND POSSESSION

The average ball in play time per match was 36m 41s or 46 per cent. The highest ball in play in any match was 44m 19s or 55 per cent and the lowest was 30m 18s or 38 per cent. The table below shows the ball in play times and possession times for each match and team. The winning team won with less possession in five matches (highlighted in gold).

The following table shows the average possession time and the proportion of possession per match obtained by each team and their opponents.

TEAM POSSESSION

TIME % TEAM

POSSESSION TIME

% TOTAL TIME

% BIP

Italy 12m 09 35% Ireland 22m 50 65% 35m 00 44%

France 18m 35 59% Scotland 12m 47 41% 31m 23 39%

Wales 21m 17 54% England 18m 11 46% 39m 29 50%

Ireland 20m 38 54% France 17m 17 46% 37m 56 47%

Scotland 12m 52 35% Wales 23m 37 65% 36m 29 46%

England 30m 17 78% Italy 8m 43 22% 39m 01 49%

Ireland 23m 55 54% England 20m 24 46% 44m 19 55%

France 20m 52 55% Wales 16m 47 45% 37m 40 47%

Scotland 16m 32 53% Italy 14m 56 47% 31m 29 39%

England 22m 07 62% Scotland 13m 27 38% 35m 35 44%

Italy 12m 35 38% France 20m 10 62% 32m 46 41%

Wales 19m 17 46% Ireland 22m 49 54% 42m 06 53%

Italy 17m 41 46% Wales 20m 31 54% 38m 13 48%

England 20m 51 54% France 17m 41 46% 38m 33 48%

Scotland 12m 01 40% Ireland 18m 17 60% 30m 18 38%

OWN POSSESSION

AVERAGE

OPP POSSESSION

AVERAGE

OWN POSSESSION

%

OPP POSSESSION

%

England 22m 23s 17m 01s

England 57% 43%

Ireland 21m 42s 16m 14s

Ireland 57% 43%

Wales 20m 18s 18m 30s

Wales 52% 48%

France 18m 56s 16m 44s

France 53% 47%

Scotland 13m 32s 19m 31s

Scotland 41% 59%

Italy 13m 14s 22m 05s

Italy 38% 62%


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4. OPEN PLAY

Open play activity includes passes, ruck and mauls and kicks. The following table shows the average number and rate of passes, ruck/mauls and kicks per match.

PASSING The average number of passes per match was 249 and the passing rate was one every eight seconds of possession. The most passes in a match was 343 (England v Italy) and the least was 167 (Scotland v Italy). The following table shows the average, the most, the least and the passing frequency rate per team.

The following table shows frequency of passing movements for each team. Overall, 16 per cent of all passing movements contained three or more passes.

AVG. PER

MATCH

RATE FREQUENCY OF

PASSING

Passes 249 1 pass every 9 secs

Rucks/mauls 180 1 pass every 12 secs Kicks 29 1 pass every 77 secs

AVG. PASSES PER MATCH

MOST LEAST RATE

FREQUENCY OF PASSING

England 181 282 137 1 every 7 secs

France 127 191 74 1 every 9 secs

Ireland 144 173 95 1 every 9 secs

Italy 89 143 61 1 every 9 secs

Wales 135 164 82 1 every 9 secs

Scotland 73 87 59 1 every 11 secs

1 PASS 2 PASS 3+ PASS

Scotland 58% 33% 9%

Ireland 58% 28% 14%

Wales 54% 32% 14%

France 52% 30% 18%

England 50% 33% 17%

Italy 45% 30% 25%




PLAYER PASSING The following table shows the proportion of all passes made by forwards, scrum-halves and backs.

The following table shows the number and proportion of passes made by the forwards, the scrum-half and backs of each team.

The following tables show how often forwards and backs of each team passed the ball.

%

Passes by forwards 14%

Passes by scrum-half 52%

Passes by backs 34%

PASSES BY FORWARDS

% PASSES BY

SCRUM-HALF %

PASSES BY BACKS

%

France 156 25% 288 46% 185 29%

Italy 62 14% 194 44% 189 42%

Wales 91 14% 348 52% 234 35%

Scotland 46 13% 208 57% 110 30%

England 112 12% 475 53% 314 35%

Ireland 63 9% 408 57% 244 34%

FORWARDS PASS : POSSESSION

RATIO

BACKS PASS : POSSESSION

RATIO

Italy 1 every 2.8

possessions

England 1 every 1.8

possessions

France 2.9

Ireland 2.0

Wales 4.6

Wales 2.1

England 4.7

Italy 2.1

Scotland 5.3

France 2.2

Ireland 7.0

Scotland 2.4


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Overall, forwards passed the ball once in every 4.2 possessions. The following tables show how often front rows, second rows and back rows of each team passed the ball.

Overall, backs passed the ball every 2.1 possessions. The following tables show how often fly-halves, centres and back threes of each team passed the ball.

FRONT ROW PASS :

POSSESSION

SECOND ROW PASS :

POSSESSION

BACK ROW PASS :

POSSESSION

France 1 every 3.2

possessions France 1 every 3.6

possessions Italy 1 every 2.3

possessions

Wales 5.2

Italy 4.6

France 2.6

England 5.7

England 6.8

Wales 3.5

Scotland 7.6

Scotland 7.0

England 4.0

Italy 9.0

Wales 8.9

Scotland 4.4

Ireland 12.6

Ireland 12.3

Ireland 4.8

FLY-HALF PASS :

POSSESSION

CENTRES PASS :

POSSESSION

BACK THREE PASS :

POSSESSION

England 1 every 1.4



possessions

Ireland 1.4

France 1.9

England 3.6

Wales 1.5

England 2.0

Wales 4.2

France 1.6

Wales 2.2

Ireland 4.4

Scotland 1.7

Ireland 2.4

France 4.5

Italy 1.8

Scotland 3.7

Scotland 6.9




RUCKS AND MAULS The average number of ruck/mauls per match was 180 and the ruck/maul rate was one every 12 seconds of possession. The most ruck/mauls in a match was 236 (Ireland v England) and the least was 124 (Scotland v Italy). The following table shows the average, the most, the least and the ruck/maul frequency rate per team.

RUCK AND MAUL RETENTION The retention rate at ruck/mauls was 91 per cent. The following table shows how often each team retained ruck/maul possession and how often each team turned over opposition possession.

AVERAGE R/Ms PER MATCH

MOST LEAST FREQUENCY RATE

OF R/Ms







SUCCESS IN OWN RUCK/MAULS

SUCCESS IN OPP RUCK/MAULS

Ireland 95% 12%

England 93% 7%

Wales 91% 7%

France 90% 11%

Italy 88% 10%

Scotland 86% 6%


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KICKING The average number of kicks per match was 29 and the kick-rate was one every 77 seconds of possession. The most kicks in a match was 46 (Italy v France) and the least was 13 (England v Scotland). The following table shows the average, the most, the least and the kick frequency rate by each team.

PLAYER KICKING Overall, scrum-halves kicked every 34.6 possessions and backs kicked every 7.3 possessions. The following tables show the scrum-half, fly-half, centres and back threes kick frequency for each team.

AVERAGE KICKS PER MATCH

MOST LEAST FREQUENCY RATE

OF KICKS







SCRUM-HALF KICK : POSSESSION

FLY-HALF KICK : POSSESSION

Italy 1 every

9 possessions Italy 1 every

3.2 possessions

Ireland 29

France 4.0

England 47

Scotland 4.7

Scotland 48

Wales 5.2

France 80

Ireland 5.3

Wales none

England 9.3

CENTRES KICK : POSSESSION

BACK THREE KICK : POSSESSION

Italy 1 every

10 possessions France 1 every

4.5 possessions

France 12

Ireland 6

Wales 29

Italy 6

England 30

Wales 9

Ireland 67

Scotland 10

Scotland -

England 32




5. SET PIECE

50m RESTARTS

The following table shows the proportion of 50m restarts that were contestable and the success rates of contestable restarts.

The following tables show the success per team on own and opposition 50m restarts by each team.

The following table shows the type of 50m restart received and kicked by each team.

50m RESTARTS

Contestable 31%

Not contestable 69%

Receiving – success 74%

Regaining – success 26%

SUCCESS RECEIVING CONTESTABLE

50m RESTARTS

SUCCESS REGAINING CONTESTABLE

50m RESTARTS

England 2 of 2

Wales 2 of 4

France 2 of 10

Scotland 2 of 17

Scotland 1 of 1

England 1 of 1

Italy 1 of 4

France 1 of 2

Ireland 1 of 8

Italy 1 of 3

Wales 0 of 2

Ireland 0 of 0

TYPE OF 50m RESTARTS RECEIVED

TYPE OF 50m RESTARTS KICKED

CONTESTABLE NOT

CONTESTABLE CONTESTABLE NOT CONTESTABLE

France 37% 63%

Scotland 39% 61%

Italy 34% 76%

France 37% 63%

Ireland 26% 74%

Wales 21% 79%

Wales 13% 87%

Italy 14% 86%

England 9% 91%

England 10% 95%

Scotland 8% 92%

Ireland 0% 100%


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LINEOUTS The following table shows the average number of lineouts per match, the most/least number of lineouts in a match, the proportion of lineouts contested and the lineout retention rates.

The following table shows the success per team on their own lineouts.

The following table shows the success per team on opponent’s lineouts.

LINEOUTS

Average per match 24

Most in a match 30

Least in a match 17

Success 74%

Contested 31%

OWN LINEOUTS

SUCCESS CONTESTED STEALS

England 88% 24% 4

Ireland 78% 25% 14

Italy 76% 32% 11

Wales 72% 34% 12

France 65% 33% 9

Scotland 65% 37% 15

OPP LINEOUTS

SUCCESS CONTESTED STEALS

Ireland 35% 33% 9

France 34% 46% 22

England 33% 36% 10

Italy 24% 30% 10

Scotland 22% 24% 8

Wales 17% 13% 6




SCRUMS

The following table shows the average number of scrums per match, the most/least number of scrums in a match, the percentage of times the ball came out of the scrum back into play and the scrum retention rate.

In total there were 24 tightheads and four through 90 degree turnovers in 322 scrums. The following table shows the success per team on their own scrums.

The following table shows the success per team on their opponent’s scrums.

SCRUMS


Most in a match 29

Least in a match 15

Ball back into play 82%

Success 88%

OWN SCRUMS

WON % BALL

RELEASED PEN/FK

FOR LOST %

TIGHTHEAD/ THRU 90

PEN/FK AGAINST

France 91 32 8 9% 3 1

Ireland 91 47 6 9% 5 -

England 90 28 10 10% 3 1

Italy 87 53 6 13% 7 2

Scotland 86 45 9 14% 5 4

Wales 85 37 3 15% 5 2

OPP SCRUMS

WON % TIGHTHEAD /

THRU 90 PEN/FK

FOR LOST %

BALL RELEASED

PEN/FK AGAINST

Ireland 23% 8 4 77% 37 2

England 15% 5 3 85% 39 6

France 10% 4 2 90% 42 10

Italy 8% 4 0 92% 42 3

Scotland 8% 5 0 92% 41 11

Wales 6% 2 1 94% 41 10


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The following tables show the rate of collapses, resets, penalties/free kicks and ball back into play overall and on each team’s scrum put-in.

COLLAPSES PER 100 SCRUMS

RESETS PER 100 SCRUMS

PK/FKS PER 100 SCRUMS

BALL OUT PER 100 SCRUMS

Overall 14 20 Overall 18 82

Italy 19 25

England 26 74

England 19 23

Scotland 21 79

France 18 18

France 20 80

Scotland 13 21

Italy 12 88

Ireland 10 19

Wales 11 89

Wales 6 15

Ireland 10 90




6. PENALTIES AND FREE KICKS

The following table shows the overall average number of penalties/free kicks per match.

The following tables show the total penalties for and against, and the proportion of penalties for and against for each team.

OPTIONS TAKEN AT PENALTIES/FREE KICKS The following table shows the options taken at penalties/free kicks.

The following table shows the options taken at penalties and free kicks per team.

PENALTY/ FREE KICKS


Most in a match 27

Least in a match 18

PK/FK FOR

PK/FK AGAINST

PK/FK FOR

PK/FK AGAINST

Ireland 75 41 65% 35%

England 63 57 52% 47%

Wales 56 59 49% 51%

France 50 54 48% 52%

Italy 46 61 43% 57%

Scotland 48 66 42% 58%

%

Kick to touch 60%

Kick at goal 13%

Tap kicks 23%

Scrum 3%

Penalty tries 1%

KICK TO TOUCH

KICK AT GOAL

TAP KICKS SCRUM PENALTY

TRIES

Ireland 72% 12% 14% 2% -

France 52% 24% 22% - 2%

Italy 70% 2% 28% - -

Wales 63% 13% 23% 7% 1%

Scotland 58% 13% 25% 4% -

England 44% 16% 36% 4% -


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CATEGORIES OF OFFENCES PENALISED The following table shows the proportion of penalties and free kicks awarded in each facet of play.

The following table shows the proportion of penalties and free kicks against each team in each facet of play.

Of penalties awarded at the tackle/ruck, 60 per cent were in favour of the team in possession and 30 per cent were in favour of the team not in possession. Of penalties/free kicks awarded at the scrum, 82 per cent were in favour of the team in possession and 18 per cent were in favour of the team not in possession.

%

Tackle/ruck 55%

Scrum 16%

Maul 5%

General 16%

Foul play 6%

Lineout 2%

TACKLE/ RUCK

SCRUM LINEOUT MAUL GENERAL

PLAY FOUL PLAY

Wales 70% 10% 2% 5% 9% 4%

Ireland 61% 14% 4% 9% 8% 4%

France 56% 22% 2% 4% 14% 2%

Scotland 56% 21% 0% 6% 9% 8%

England 56% 22% 3% 0% 11% 8%

Italy 52% 15% 2% 4% 21% 6%




7. CARDS The following table shows the total number of cards.

The most cards in any match was two and the least was none. There were eight matches that contained at least one yellow card. The following table shows the reasons for the yellow cards.

The following table shows the number of cards awarded against each team and the reasons for the cards.

YELLOW CARDS RED CARDS

Total 12 0

YELLOW CARDS RED CARDS

Tackle/ruck 7 -

Maul 1 -

Dangerous tackle 1 -

Obstruction 1 -

Foul play 1 -

Offside 1 -

YELLOW CARDS

RED CARDS REASONS

Italy 4 - Maul / Offside / Tackle/ruck x 2

Wales 2 - Tackle/ruck x 2

France 2 - Tackle/ruck / Obstruction

Ireland 2 - Tackle/ruck / Foul play

England 1 - Tackle/ruck

Scotland 1 - Dangerous tackle

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