Ireland v England

Summary

Time	Score
5	3 - 0	PENALTY Sexton opens the scores after England drift offside in midfield.
14	6 - 0	PENALTY Sexton doubles Ireland's lead following a high tackle from England winger Chris Ashton
22	9 - 0	PENALTY Sexton makes it three from three from the kicking tee.
27	14 - 0	TRY Having been denied an earlier effort for a forward pass - Ireland notch the opening try of game through Bowe.
31	14 - 3	PENALTY England get on the board thanks to a good kick from Flood.
35		YELLOW CARD Youngs is sin-binned for throwing the ball away.
37	17 - 3	PENALTY Sexton slots another kick to cement his side's advantage.
46	22 - 3	TRY O'Driscoll crosses in the corner after another sustained spell of pressure.
48	24 - 3	CONVERSION Sexton nails the difficult conversion from out wide.
53	24 - 8	TRY England hit back with a try from Thompson who races in after intercepting a pass by Reddan.

Timeline

Time	Ireland	Score	England
0	start of first half		start of first half
5	Sexton - penalty goal	3 - 0
14	Sexton - penalty goal	6 - 0
22	Sexton - penalty goal	9 - 0
25			Shaw - sub on Palmer - sub off
27	Bowe - try	14 - 0
31		14 - 3	Flood - penalty goal
35			Youngs - yellow card
37	Sexton - penalty goal	17 - 3
40	end of first half		end of first half
40	start of second half		start of second half
45			Care - sub on Youngs - sub off
46	O'Driscoll - try	22 - 3
48	Sexton - conversion	24 - 3
50			Wilkinson - sub on Flood - sub off
51			Hartley - sub off Thompson - sub on Cole - sub off Doran Jones - sub on
53		24 - 8	Thompson - try
54			Deacon - sub off Croft - sub on
58	Court - sub on Ross - sub off
65			Cueto - sub off Strettle - sub on
69	Sexton - sub off O'Gara - sub on
71	DP Wallace - sub off Leamy - sub on
78	Reddan - sub off Stringer - sub on Best - sub off Cronin - sub on Cullen - sub on O'Connell - sub off PR Wallace - sub on D'Arcy - sub off
80	end of second half end of half		end of second half end of half
0
80

Notes

Result Ireland won by a margin of 16 points

Six Nations points Ireland 2, England 0

Ground name Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance 51000

Referee BJ Lawrence (New Zealand)

Ireland Test debuts none

England Test debuts none

Teams

Ireland

England

Tries Bowe (27), O'Driscoll (46)

Tries Thompson (53)

Cons Sexton (48)

Cons none

Pens Sexton (5, 14, 22, 37)

Pens Flood (31)

Team

Replacements

Team

Nick Easter (c)

Replacements

Match stats

Ireland		England
2	Tries	1
1 from 2	Conversion goals	0 from 1
4 from 4	Penalty goals	1 from 2
83.3%	Kick at goal success	33.3%
0	Dropped goals	0

Kick/pass/run
26	Kicks from hand	15
117	Passes	133
84	Runs	94
363	Metres run with ball	391

Attacking
48%	Possession	52%
53%	Territory	47%
8	Clean breaks	3
16	Defenders beaten	5
7	Offloads	7
59 from 60 (98.3%)	Rucks won	76 from 79 (96.2%)
3 from 3 (100.0%)	Mauls won	3 from 4 (75.0%)
10	Turnovers conceded	22

Defensive
105/5	Tackles made/missed	75/16
95.5%	Tackling success rate	82.4%

Set pieces
11 won, 2 lost (84.6%)	Scrums on own feed	5 won, 1 lost (83.3%)
10 won, 3 lost (76.9%)	Lineouts on own throw	9 won, 2 lost (81.8%)

Discipline
8	Penalties conceded	9
0/0	Yellow/red cards	1/0

Ire stats

Pos

T/A

Pts

K/P/R

Tack

Pen

Y/R

Earls

0/0

5/4/9

0/0

1/0

0/0

Bowe

1/0

1/5/5

3/0

0/0

O'Driscoll

1/0

1/4/7

5/0

0/0

D'Arcy

0/0

0/8/6

13/1

0/0

Trimble

0/0

1/1/7

5/0

0/0

Sexton

0/1

7/19/4

1/0

0/0

Reddan

0/0

3/55/4

4/0

0/0

Healy

0/0

1/1/6

4/1

0/1

0/0

Best

0/0

0/5/4

9/0

0/0

Ross

0/0

0/1/0

1/0

0/0

O'Callaghan

0/0

1/2/3

11/0

1/0

0/0

O'Connell

0/0

1/3/4

12/1

3/0

0/0

O'Brien

0/0

0/1/8

12/0

2/0

0/0

DP Wallace

0/0

0/0/5

9/0

0/0

Heaslip

0/0

1/6/10

9/0

3/0

0/0

(H)

Cronin

0/0

0/0/0

0/1

0/0

(P)

Court

0/0

0/0/1

2/0

0/0

(L)

Cullen

0/0

0/0/0

0/0

(F)

Leamy

0/0

0/0/0

4/0

0/0

(SH)

Stringer

0/0

1/0/0

0/1

0/0

(FH)

O'Gara

0/0

3/2/1

1/0

0/0

(C)

PR Wallace

0/0

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

Eng stats

Pos

T/A

Pts

K/P/R

Tack

Pen

Y/R

Foden

0/0

4/8/10

3/2

0/0

Ashton

0/0

0/1/7

5/1

0/0

Banahan

0/0

0/3/9

1/1

0/0

Hape

0/0

0/5/5

2/0

0/0

Cueto

0/0

1/5/5

1/1

0/0

Flood

0/0

2/22/1

6/1

0/0

Youngs

0/0

4/24/3

1/0

0/0

1/0

Corbisiero

0/0

0/3/6

6/0

0/0

Hartley

0/0

0/0/3

2/1

0/1

0/0

Cole

0/0

0/0/0

4/0

0/0

Deacon

0/0

0/0/3

2/1

1/0

0/0

Palmer

0/0

0/0/2

3/0

1/0

0/0

Wood

0/0

0/2/3

8/0

2/0

0/0

Haskell

0/0

0/0/6

12/1

1/0

0/0

Easter

0/0

1/5/10

8/0

1/0

0/0

(H)

Thompson

1/0

0/0/3

2/0

0/1

0/0

(P)

Doran Jones

0/0

0/1/2

2/0

0/0

(L)

Shaw

0/0

0/1/8

1/1

0/0

(L)

Croft

0/0

0/3/2

2/1

2/0

0/0

(SH)

Care

0/0

1/35/3

0/2

0/0

(FH)

Wilkinson

0/0

2/15/2

4/2

0/0

(W)

Strettle

0/0

0/0/1

0/1

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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