MOST TACKLE ATTEMPTS:

62 – Serge Betsen (France)
49 – Simon Taylor (Scotland)
44 – Alix Popham (Wales)
43 – Martyn Williams (Wales)
42 – Julien Bonnaire (France)
40 – Ryan Jones (Wales)
39 – Lionel Nallet (France), Pieter de Villiers (France)
37 – David Wallace (Ireland), Mirco Bergamasco (Italy), Sergio Parisse (Italy)
36 – David Skrela (France), Alun Wyn Jones (Wales), Jerome Thion (France), Mauro Bergamasco (Italy)
35 – Santiago Dellape (Italy)
34 – Kelly Brown (Scotland), Marco Bortolami (Italy)
32 – Donncha O’Callaghan (Ireland), Gordon D’Arcy (Ireland), Paul O’Connell (Ireland)
31 – Euan Murray (Scotland), Imanol Harinordoquy (France), Josh Sole (Italy), Martin Corry (England), Raphael Ibanez (France)
30 – Magnus Lund (England), Olivier Milloud (France), Yannick Jauzion (France)
29 – Denis Leamy (Ireland), Ian Gough (Wales), James Hook (Wales)
28 – Tom Shanklin (Wales)
27 – Brian O’Driscoll (Ireland), Allister Hogg (Scotland)

MOST MISSED TACKLES:

6 – David Skrela (France), Gordon D’Arcy (Ireland), James Hook (Wales), Raphael Ibanez (France), Serge Betsen (France)
5 – Chris Horsman (Wales), Alessandro Troncon (Italy), Mirco Bergamasco (Italy), Ryan Jones (Wales), Simon Taylor (Scotland), Stephen Jones (Wales)
4 – Jerome Thion (France), Kaine Robertson (Italy), Pieter de Villiers (France), Rob Dewey (Scotland), Roland De Marigny (Italy), Sergio Parisse (Italy), Tom Shanklin (Wales), Yannick Jauzion (France)
3 – Alun Wyn Jones (Wales), Alessandro Zanni (Italy), Andrea Scanavacca (Italy), Clement Poitrenaud (France), Chris Czekaj (Wales), Chris Cusiter (Scotland), Euan Murray (Scotland), Fabio Ongaro (Italy), Geordan Murphy (Ireland), Gethin Jenkins (Wales), Ian Gough (Wales), Kelly Brown (Scotland), Kevin Morgan (Wales), Lionel Nallet (France), Magnus Lund (England), Martyn Williams (Wales)

MOST OFFLOADS:

12 – Gordon D’Arcy (Ireland)
11 – Yannick Jauzion (France)
10 – Brian O’Driscoll (Ireland), Denis Hickie (Ireland)
8 – Shane Horgan (Ireland)
7 – Ryan Jones (Wales), Sergio Parisse (Italy), Simon Taylor (Scotland)
6 – Andy Farrell (England), Gareth Thomas (Wales), Girvan Dempsey (Ireland), Mirco Bergamasco (Italy)
5 – Alix Popham (Wales), David Wallace (Ireland), James Hook (Wales), Josh Lewsey (England), Kevin Morgan (Wales), Martyn Williams (Wales), Mike Tindall (England), Nathan Hines (Scotland)
4 – David Skrela (France), Harry Ellis (England), Shane Geraghty (England)
3 – Allister Hogg (Scotland), Chris Cusiter (Scotland), Chris Paterson (Scotland), David Strettle (England), Denis Leamy (Ireland), George Chuter (England), Mike Catt (England), Peter Stringer (Ireland), Phil Godman (Scotland), Pierre Mignoni (France), Sean Lamont (Scotland), Sebastien Chabal (France)

MOST CARRIES:

38 – Gordon D’Arcy (Ireland)
36 – Sean Lamont (Scotland)
34 – Denis Leamy (Ireland)
32 – Martin Corry (England)
30 – Sergio Parisse (Italy)
28 – Mike Tindall (England)
26 – Yannick Jauzion (France)
25 – Kelly Brown (Scotland)
23 – Josh Lewsey (England)
22 – David Wallace (Ireland), Chris Paterson (Scotland), Shane Horgan (Ireland)
21 – George Chuter (England), Jason Robinson (England), Mirco Bergamasco (Italy), Rob Dewey (Scotland)
20 – Clement Poitrenaud (France), Raphael Ibanez (France)
19 – James Hook (Wales), Sebastien Chabal (France), Vincent Clerc (France)
18 – Denis Hickie (Ireland), Imanol Harinordoquy (France), Ronan O’Gara (Ireland), Ryan Jones (Wales), Serge Betsen (France), Simon Taylor (Scotland)
17 – Brian O’Driscoll (Ireland), David Strettle (France), Hugo Southwell (Scotland), Jonny Wilkinson (England)
16 – David Callam (Scotland), Christophe Dominici (France), David Skrela (France), Girvan Dempsey (Ireland)

MOST ERRORS:

15 – Ronan O’Gara (Ireland)
13 – Stephen Jones (Wales)
9 – David Skrela (France), Roland De Marigny (Italy)
8 – Dwayne Peel (Wales), Chris Czekaj (Wales), Gordon D’Arcy (Ireland), Pierre Mignoni (France), Ramiro Pez (Italy)
7 – Paul O’Connell (Ireland), Shane Williams (Wales)
6 – Dan Parks (Scotland), Dougie Hall (Scotland), Harry Ellis (England), Matthew Rees (Wales), Mike Catt (England), Nathan Hines (Scotland), Raphael Ibanez (France), Rory Best (Ireland), Shane Horgan (Ireland), Toby Flood (England)
5 – Donncha O’Callaghan (Ireland), Chris Cusiter (Scotland), Clement Poitrenaud (France), Christophe Dominici (France), George Chuter (England), Hugo Southwell (Scotland), Lionel Nallet (France), Mark Cueto (England), Peter Stringer (Ireland), Phil Godman (Scotland), Ryan Thomas (Wales), Rory Lawson (Scotland), Ryan Jones (Wales), Santiago Dellape (Italy)

- All statistics compiled by SAS Software Ltd., the official data and competititve intelligence partner of the RBS 6 Nations championship -

TEAM PERFORMANCE STATISTICS (AFTER FIVE ROUNDS) -POINTS SCORED:

155 – FRANCE
149 – IRELAND
119 – ENGLAND
95 – SCOTLAND
94 – ITALY
86 – WALES

TRIES FOR/AGAINST:

17/5 – IRELAND
15/9 – FRANCE
10/9 – ENGLAND
9/18 – ITALY
7/15 – SCOTLAND
7/9 – WALES

CONVERSIONS:

13 – FRANCE
11 – IRELAND
8 – ITALY
6 – SCOTLAND, WALES, ENGLAND

STRIKE RATE:

88% – SCOTLAND
81% – FRANCE
78% – WALES
76% – ENGLAND
73% – IRELAND
70% – ITALY

TACKLES MADE:

484 – FRANCE
465 – ITALY
437 – WALES
433 – SCOTLAND
348 – IRELAND
336 – ENGLAND

MISSED TACKLES:

58 – FRANCE
56 – WALES
54 – ITALY
35 – SCOTLAND
29 – IRELAND
23 – ENGLAND

TACKLE COMPLETION:

94% – ENGLAND
93% – SCOTLAND
92% – IRELAND
90% – ITALY
89% – FRANCE, WALES

OFFLOADS IN THE TACKLE:

68 – IRELAND
53 – WALES
44 – ENGLAND
40 – FRANCE, SCOTLAND
26 – ITALY

PASSES COMPLETED:

644 – FRANCE
639 – IRELAND
626 – SCOTLAND
609 – ENGLAND
511 – ITALY
499 – WALES

POSSESSION KICKED:

156 – ITALY
144 – FRANCE
139 – IRELAND
132 – WALES
127 – ENGLAND
101 – SCOTLAND

KICKS/PASSES:

23% – ITALY
21% – WALES
18% – FRANCE, IRELAND
17% – ENGLAND
14% – SCOTLAND

BALL WON IN OPPONENTS’ 22:

159 – SCOTLAND
114 – FRANCE
111 – ITALY
82 – ENGLAND
73 – WALES
64 – IRELAND

LINE BREAKS:

33 – IRELAND
30 – ENGLAND
26 – FRANCE
20 – WALES
14 – SCOTLAND
9 – ITALY

ERRORS MADE:

84 – WALES
81 – SCOTLAND
78 – FRANCE
77 – ITALY
73 – ENGLAND
70 – IRELAND

TURNOVERS WON:

38 – FRANCE, ITALY
35 – IRELAND
34 – WALES
26 – SCOTLAND
21 – ENGLAND

RUCK CLEARANCES:

75% – ENGLAND
73% – FRANCE
71% – IRELAND
66% – SCOTLAND
64% – ITALY
59% – WALES

SCRUMS WON/LOST:

41/1 – IRELAND
40/2 – SCOTLAND
37/0 – FRANCE
34/0 – ENGLAND
28/1 – WALES
24/2 – ITALY

LINEOUTS WON/LOST:

78/10 – IRELAND
70/8 – ENGLAND
76/7 – SCOTLAND
77/18 – WALES
78/10 – ITALY
72/13 – FRANCE

PENALTIES CONCEDED/AWARDED:

57/42 – ITALY
53/42 – ENGLAND
51/46 – WALES
49/63 – SCOTLAND
39/49 – IRELAND
37/44 – FRANCE

MAULS WON:

41 – FRANCE
40 – ITALY
31 – ENGLAND
26 – SCOTLAND
21 – IRELAND
11 – WALES

- All statistics compiled by SAS Software Ltd., the official data and competititve intelligence partner of the RBS 6 Nations championship -