Rugby World Cup , Pool B - Auckland, 1 October 2011, 20:30 local, 07:30 GMT
England (3) 16 - 12 (9) Scotland (FT)

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Summary

Time Score  
8 0 - 3

Paterson slots the opening points of the match after Matt Stevens is penalised at the scrum

16 0 - 6

Nigel Owens asks Craig Joubert to go upstairs and after viewing the kick - Dan Parks' effort is confirmed

33 3 - 6

PENALTY FOR ENGLAND!!!! Jonny Wilkinson gets his first points of the game with a well struck penalty

40 3 - 9

DROP-GOAL FOR SCOTLAND!!! Dan Parks hits over the three points with a well struck drop-goal from just to the left of the posts

55 3 - 12

PENALTY FOR SCOTLAND!!!! Chris Paterson nails the penalty from near the touchline

56 6 - 12

DROP-GOAL FOR ENGLAND!!! Jonny Wilkinson drops it off his right foot and it flies through the uprights

62 9 - 12

PENALTY FOR ENGLAND!!!! Wilkinson makes it two from five with a confident strike - three points in it

77 14 - 12

And that's the tournament defining try for Scotland. Ashton goes into the corner and England have the lead - absolute heartbreak for Robinson's men

78 16 - 12

Flood shows Wilkinson how it's done with a fantastic conversion from the touchline

Timeline

Time England  Score  Scotland
0 start of first half start of first half
4 Jackson - sub off
Parks - sub on
8 0 - 3 Paterson - penalty goal
16 0 - 6 Parks - penalty goal
33 Wilkinson - penalty goal 3 - 6
40 end of first half 3 - 9 Parks - drop goal
end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
Evans - sub off
de Luca - sub on
53 Moody - sub off
Easter - sub on
55 3 - 12 Paterson - penalty goal
56 Lawes - sub off
Palmer - sub on
Wilkinson - drop goal
6 - 12
62 Wilkinson - penalty goal 9 - 12
63 Moody - sub on
Haskell - sub off
Hines - sub on
Strokosch - sub off
Barclay - sub off
Rennie - sub on
66 Dickinson - sub on
Jacobsen - sub off
67 Hartley - sub on
Thompson - sub off
70 Blair - sub off
Cusiter - sub on
71 Tindall - sub off
Flood - sub on
72 Corbisiero - sub on
Stevens - sub off
74 Wigglesworth - sub on
Youngs - sub off
Banahan - sub on
Wilkinson - sub off
77 Ashton - try 14 - 12
78 Flood - conversion 16 - 12
80 end of second half
end of half
end of second half
end of half
0
80

Notes

 
Result England won by a margin of 4 points
Rugby World Cup points England 4, Scotland 1 (1 losing bonus)
 
Ground name Eden Park, Auckland (neutral venue)
Attendance 58213
 
Referee CP Joubert (South Africa)
 
England Test debuts none
Scotland Test debuts none

Teams

England Scotland
Tries Ashton (77) Tries none
Cons Flood (78) Cons none
Pens Wilkinson (33, 62) Pens Paterson (8, 55), Parks (16)
Drops Wilkinson (56) Drops Parks (40)

Match stats

England   Scotland
1 Tries 0
1 from 1 Conversion goals 0 from 0
2 from 6 Penalty goals 3 from 3
42.9% Kick at goal success 100.0%
1 (2 missed) Dropped goals 1 (1 missed)
Kick/pass/run
30 Kicks from hand 34
71 Passes 106
66 Runs 73
298 Metres run with ball 306
Attacking
49% Possession 51%
49% Territory 51%
1 Clean breaks 0
4 Defenders beaten 5
6 Offloads 7
54 from 58 (93.1%) Rucks won 56 from 64 (87.5%)
7 from 8 (87.5%) Mauls won 1 from 1 (100.0%)
13 Turnovers conceded 16
Defensive
83/5 Tackles made/missed 55/4
94.3% Tackling success rate 93.2%
Set pieces
4 won, 4 lost (50.0%) Scrums on own feed 8 won, 1 lost (88.9%)
13 won, 2 lost (86.7%) Lineouts on own throw 10 won, 1 lost (90.9%)
Discipline
13 Penalties conceded 14
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Eng stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Foden 0/0 0 4/3/6 49 0 1 1 0 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
W Ashton 1/0 5 2/1/2 13 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Tuilagi 0/0 0 1/1/11 67 0 1 2 2 10/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Tindall 0/0 0 0/4/3 6 0 0 0 1 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Armitage 0/0 0 1/4/8 79 1 1 1 1 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Wilkinson 0/0 9 9/5/6 17 0 0 0 0 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Youngs 0/0 0 8/40/5 15 0 0 1 4 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Stevens 0/0 0 0/1/1 2 0 0 0 0 4/1 0/0 3 0/0
H Thompson 0/0 0 0/2/3 6 0 0 1 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Cole 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 2 0/0
L Deacon 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 4/0 1 0/0
L Lawes 0/0 0 0/1/1 3 0 0 0 0 3/0 1/0 0 0/0
F Croft 0/0 0 0/0/1 6 0 0 0 1 10/0 4/1 2 0/0
F Moody 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 8/1 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Haskell 0/0 0 0/1/8 19 0 0 0 2 11/0 2/0 0 0/0
(H) Hartley 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Corbisiero 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Palmer 0/0 0 0/0/2 5 0 1 0 1 1/0 1/0 0 0/0
(F) Easter 0/0 0 0/0/5 11 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 2 0/0
(SH) Wigglesworth 0/0 0 0/5/0 0 0 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Flood 0/1 2 0/3/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Banahan 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

Scot stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Paterson 0/0 6 6/8/4 37 0 0 0 2 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Evans 0/0 0 1/2/3 16 0 1 0 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Ansbro 0/0 0 2/0/8 55 0 2 1 4 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Lamont 0/0 0 0/7/11 25 0 1 2 3 5/1 0/0 1 0/0
W Danielli 0/0 0 5/2/5 50 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
FH Jackson 0/0 0 3/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Blair 0/0 0 4/38/5 30 0 0 0 3 3/0 1/0 1 0/0
P Jacobsen 0/0 0 0/1/3 1 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
H Ford 0/0 0 0/1/8 6 0 0 0 1 5/0 0/0 3 0/0
P Murray 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
L Gray 0/0 0 0/2/1 1 0 0 0 0 5/0 3/1 0 0/0
L Kellock 0/0 0 0/3/2 1 0 1 0 1 4/0 0/1 1 0/0
F Strokosch 0/0 0 0/3/3 3 0 0 1 0 8/0 0/0 0 0/0
F Barclay 0/0 0 0/1/1 0 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Vernon 0/0 0 0/2/10 41 0 0 0 1 3/0 4/0 0 0/0
(P) Dickinson 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Hines 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 1 0 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
(F) Rennie 0/0 0 0/0/1 5 0 0 0 0 1/0 1/0 0 0/0
(SH) Cusiter 0/0 0 0/6/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Parks 0/0 6 10/25/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) de Luca 0/0 0 0/4/6 35 0 0 2 0 2/1 0/0 2 0/0
Key T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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