Six Nations - Twickenham, 17 March 2012, 17:00 local, 17:00 GMT
England (9) 30 - 9 (6) Ireland (FT)

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Summary

Time Score  
2 3 - 0

Farrell nails an impressive penalty to give England an early lead

15 3 - 3

Sexton nails the three points and we're all square at Twickenham

23 6 - 3

Farrell lines up the kick and slots it perfectly between the posts - England have the three point lead

34 9 - 3

Owen Farrell notches up his ninth point of the game

40+1 9 - 6

Sexton strokes over the three points to cut England's lead to three

48 12 - 6

Farrell slots the three points and England have a six point lead

51 12 - 9

Sexton nails the three points Ireland are back within three

58 19 - 9

After the scrum collapses again - Owens opts to give England the penalty try!

64 22 - 9

Farrell punishes Ireland's scrum with three points from the penalty

73 27 - 9

Quick thinking from Ben Youngs as the scrum-half taps and goes at the scrum and darts over for a try- he has struggled for form in this Six Nations but what a moment for the half-back

77 30 - 9

Farrell knocks over another three - this is a rout

Timeline

Time England  Score  Ireland
0 start of first half start of first half
2 Farrell - penalty goal 3 - 0
15 3 - 3 Sexton - penalty goal
23 Farrell - penalty goal 6 - 3
34 Farrell - penalty goal 9 - 3
36 Court - sub on
Ross - sub off
40+1 end of first half 9 - 6 Sexton - penalty goal
end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
48 Farrell - penalty goal
Youngs - sub on
Dickson - sub off		 12 - 6 O'Leary - sub on
Reddan - sub off
D'Arcy - sub off
O'Gara - sub on
51 12 - 9 Sexton - penalty goal
55 Palmer - sub on
Botha - sub off
58 penalty try
Farrell - conversion		 19 - 9
64 Farrell - penalty goal 22 - 9
66 O'Callaghan - sub off
McCarthy - sub on
69 O'Mahony - sub on
O'Brien - sub off
70 Foden - sub off
Brown - sub on
73 Youngs - try 27 - 9
74 Dowson - sub on
Mears - sub on
Morgan - sub off
Cole - sub off
Hartley - sub off
Stevens - sub on		 Trimble - sub off
McFadden - sub on
Cronin - sub on
Best - sub off
77 Farrell - penalty goal 30 - 9
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 21 points
Six Nations points England 2, Ireland 0
 
Ground name Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance 80567
 
Referee N Owens (Wales)
 
England Test debuts none
Ireland Test debuts none

Teams

England Ireland
Tries Penalty try (58), Youngs (73) Tries none
Cons Farrell (58) Cons none
Pens Farrell (2, 23, 34, 48, 64, 77) Pens Sexton (15, 40, 51)
    Team
15 FB
Ben Foden
14 W
Chris Ashton
13 C
Manu Tuilagi
12 C
Brad Barritt
11 W
David Strettle
10 FH
Owen Farrell
9 SH
Lee Dickson
1 P
Alex Corbisiero
2 H
Dylan Hartley
3 P
Dan Cole
4 L
Mouritz Botha
5 L
Geoff Parling
6 F
Tom Croft
7 F
Chris Robshaw (c)
8 N8
Ben Morgan
    Replacements
16 H
Lee Mears
17 P
Matt Stevens
18 L
Tom Palmer
19 N8
Phil Dowson
20 SH
Ben Youngs
21
Charlie Hodgson
22 FB
Mike Brown
    Team
15 FB
Rob Kearney
14 W
Tommy Bowe
13 C
Keith Earls
12 C
Gordon D'Arcy
11 W
Andrew Trimble
10 FH
Johnny Sexton
9 SH
Eoin Reddan
1 P
Cian Healy
2 H
Rory Best (c)
3 P
Mike Ross
4 L
Donncha O'Callaghan
5 L
Donnacha Ryan
6 F
Stephen Ferris
7 F
Sean O'Brien
8 N8
Jamie Heaslip
    Replacements
16 H
Sean Cronin
17 P
Tom Court
18 L
Mike McCarthy
19 F
Peter O'Mahony
20 SH
Tomas O'Leary
21 C
Ronan O'Gara
22 W
Fergus McFadden

Match stats

England   Ireland
2 (1 penalty try) Tries 0
1 from 2 Conversion goals 0 from 0
6 from 6 Penalty goals 3 from 3
87.5% Kick at goal success 100.0%
0 (1 missed) Dropped goals 0 (2 missed)
Kick/pass/run
30 Kicks from hand 26
87 Passes 74
70 Runs 56
269 Metres run with ball 207
Attacking
57% Possession 43%
55% Territory 45%
2 Clean breaks 2
11 Defenders beaten 7
2 Offloads 2
57 from 63 (90.5%) Rucks won 47 from 51 (92.2%)
4 from 5 (80.0%) Mauls won 3 from 4 (75.0%)
15 Turnovers conceded 22
Defensive
64/7 Tackles made/missed 86/11
90.1% Tackling success rate 88.7%
Set pieces
13 won, 2 lost (86.7%) Scrums on own feed 3 won, 4 lost (42.9%)
10 won, 1 lost (90.9%) Lineouts on own throw 10 won, 2 lost (83.3%)
Discipline
7 Penalties conceded 13
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 5/3/3 33 0 0 0 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Ashton 0/0 0 1/2/5 13 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Tuilagi 0/0 0 0/1/4 4 0 0 0 2 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Barritt 0/0 0 0/4/8 11 0 1 0 0 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
W Strettle 0/0 0 0/1/4 5 0 1 1 0 5/3 0/0 0 0/0
FH Farrell 0/0 20 16/16/2 0 0 0 0 1 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Dickson 0/0 0 5/27/2 1 0 0 0 3 1/0 0/0 2 0/0
P Corbisiero 0/0 0 0/0/4 10 0 1 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
H Hartley 0/0 0 1/0/4 3 0 2 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Cole 0/0 0 0/1/2 1 0 0 0 0 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
L Botha 0/0 0 0/2/3 6 0 0 0 2 6/2 0/0 1 0/0
L Parling 0/0 0 0/0/2 5 0 0 0 2 4/0 6/0 0 0/0
F Croft 0/0 0 0/0/3 41 1 1 0 2 7/0 4/0 1 0/0
F Robshaw 0/0 0 0/2/5 6 0 0 0 0 11/0 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Morgan 0/0 0 0/3/14 87 1 5 1 1 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
(H) Mears 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Stevens 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Palmer 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(N8) Dowson 0/0 0 0/0/1 8 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Youngs 1/0 5 2/25/1 12 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FB) Brown 0/0 0 0/0/2 23 0 0 0 1 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

Ire stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Kearney 0/0 0 6/0/8 40 0 0 0 4 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Bowe 0/0 0 0/2/4 11 0 0 0 2 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Earls 0/0 0 0/1/3 82 2 3 0 2 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
C D'Arcy 0/0 0 2/3/3 0 0 0 1 1 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Trimble 0/0 0 1/5/4 18 0 0 1 2 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Sexton 0/0 9 3/8/0 0 0 0 0 1 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Reddan 0/0 0 6/27/3 1 0 0 0 0 5/1 0/0 1 0/0
P Healy 0/0 0 1/1/2 0 0 0 0 1 4/0 0/0 2 0/0
H Best 0/0 0 0/1/3 4 0 0 0 0 6/2 0/0 1 0/0
P Ross 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
L O'Callaghan 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 7/0 1/0 0 0/0
L Ryan 0/0 0 0/1/6 5 0 1 0 2 10/1 4/0 0 0/0
F Ferris 0/0 0 0/0/4 3 0 1 0 1 11/2 0/0 1 0/0
F O'Brien 0/0 0 0/2/11 27 0 2 0 1 6/1 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Heaslip 0/0 0 0/3/2 9 0 0 0 2 7/2 5/0 0 0/0
(H) Cronin 0/0 0 0/0/1 2 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Court 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/1 0/0 1 0/0
(L) McCarthy 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) O'Mahony 0/0 0 0/0/1 5 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) O'Leary 0/0 0 4/14/0 0 0 0 0 3 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) O'Gara 0/0 0 3/5/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) McFadden 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

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