Six Nations - Lansdowne Road, 5 February 2012, 15:00 local, 15:00 GMT
Ireland (10) 21 - 23 (5) Wales (FT)

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Summary

Time Score  
3 3 - 0

Jonathan Sexton slots over the opening points of the clash to give Ireland a 3-0 lead

13 3 - 5

Great work from Priestland puts Davies away into the corner and after the TMO has a look - the try is awarded

36 8 - 5

Tommy Bowe's offload sticks away Rory Best who crosses for his sixth try for Ireland

38 10 - 5

Sexton slots the extras - Ireland 10-5 up

43 13 - 5

Jonathan Sexton slots the three points on the angle - Ireland are eight points ahead

53 13 - 8

Leigh Halfpenny takes on the kicking duties and slots his first of the match

54 13 - 13

What a try from Wales - George North puts in a sensational offload and Jonathan Davies sprints away from his marker to draw the game level - superb from Wales

55

Halfpenny adds the extras to give Wales a two point lead

55 13 - 15

Halfpenny adds the extras to give Wales a two point lead

59 16 - 15

Jonathan Sexton slots the three points from the angle - Ireland have a one point lead in a much more open match

65

That should be a straight red - he has tipped Ryan and lets him go...Davies is a very very lucky man

67 21 - 15

Jonathan Sexton injects some pace into the attack and Kearney's ball finds Tommy Bowe in the corner who makes no mistake

75 21 - 20

George North goes over in the corner and after the TMO takes a look - Barnes awards the try

79 21 - 23

Leigh Halfpenny kicks the penalty and the clock is still running - Ireland have 15 seconds left - O'Gara on the pitch...can he do it again?!

Timeline

Time Ireland  Score  Wales
0 start of first half start of first half
3 Sexton - penalty goal 3 - 0
13 3 - 5 JJV Davies - try
36 Best - try 8 - 5
38 Sexton - conversion 10 - 5
40 end of first half end of first half
Cuthbert - sub off
Hook - sub on
Tipuric - sub on
Warburton - sub off
40 start of second half start of second half
43 Sexton - penalty goal 13 - 5
53 13 - 8 Halfpenny - penalty goal
54 13 - 13 JJV Davies - try
55 13 - 15 Halfpenny - conversion
59 Sexton - penalty goal 16 - 15
63 O'Callaghan - sub off
Ryan - sub on
65 BS Davies - yellow card
67 Bowe - try 21 - 15
70 AR Jones - sub off
James - sub on
73 Healy - sub off
Court - sub on
75 21 - 20 North - try
76 Sexton - sub off
O'Gara - sub on
Reddan - sub on
Murray - sub off
79 Ferris - yellow card 21 - 23 Halfpenny - penalty goal
80 end of second half
end of half
end of second half
end of half
0
80

Notes

 
Result Wales won by a margin of 2 points
Six Nations points Wales 2, Ireland 0
 
Ground name Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance 51000
 
Referee W Barnes (England)
 
Ireland Test debuts none
Wales Test debuts none

Teams

Ireland Wales
Tries Best (36), Bowe (67) Tries JJV Davies (13, 54), North (75)
Cons Sexton (38) Cons Halfpenny (55)
Pens Sexton (3, 43, 59) Pens Halfpenny (53, 79)

Match stats

Ireland   Wales
2 Tries 3
1 from 2 Conversion goals 1 from 3
3 from 5 Penalty goals 2 from 4
57.1% Kick at goal success 42.9%
0 (1 missed) Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
32 Kicks from hand 22
128 Passes 177
100 Runs 134
332 Metres run with ball 433
Attacking
43% Possession 57%
42% Territory 58%
3 Clean breaks 5
10 Defenders beaten 13
7 Offloads 4
85 from 90 (94.4%) Rucks won 115 from 122 (94.3%)
1 from 1 (100.0%) Mauls won 0 from 1 (0.0%)
10 Turnovers conceded 8
Defensive
145/14 Tackles made/missed 108/9
91.2% Tackling success rate 92.3%
Set pieces
3 won, 1 lost (75.0%) Scrums on own feed 3 won, 1 lost (75.0%)
5 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Lineouts on own throw 10 won, 4 lost (71.4%)
Discipline
7 Penalties conceded 8
1/0 Yellow/red cards 1/0

Ire stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB RDJ Kearney 0/1 0 4/8/8 49 0 0 1 0 2/1 2/0 0 0/0
W Bowe 1/1 5 1/5/5 28 1 1 1 1 1/2 0/0 0 0/0
C McFadden 0/0 0 0/7/6 24 1 0 1 0 12/2 0/0 0 0/0
C D'Arcy 0/0 0 1/9/6 12 0 1 1 0 15/2 0/0 1 0/0
W Trimble 0/0 0 3/2/5 45 0 1 0 2 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Sexton 0/0 11 15/18/1 0 0 0 0 1 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Murray 0/0 0 7/62/7 30 0 1 0 1 11/1 0/0 1 0/0
P Healy 0/0 0 0/1/10 18 0 0 0 1 9/0 0/0 0 0/0
H Best 1/0 5 1/1/7 18 1 1 0 1 10/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Ross 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 8/0 0/0 0 0/0
L O'Callaghan 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 1 8/0 1/0 0 0/0
L O'Connell 0/0 0 0/2/10 18 0 1 0 2 17/1 1/1 0 0/0
F Ferris 0/0 0 0/6/8 16 0 0 1 0 8/1 0/1 1 1/0
F O'Brien 0/0 0 0/5/12 39 0 2 1 0 18/0 0/0 3 0/0
N8 Heaslip 0/0 0 0/2/11 35 0 1 1 0 11/1 1/1 0 0/0
(P) Court 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Ryan 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/1 0 0/0
(SH) Reddan 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) O'Gara 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

Wales stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Halfpenny 0/0 8 1/8/6 20 1 1 0 0 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
W Cuthbert 0/0 0 1/1/2 5 0 0 0 1 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
C JJV Davies 2/1 10 2/4/12 96 1 1 0 0 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Roberts 0/0 0 0/3/9 24 0 0 0 0 8/0 0/0 0 0/0
W North 1/1 5 0/2/7 45 1 6 1 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Priestland 0/1 0 13/39/9 41 0 0 1 2 5/2 0/0 0 0/0
SH Phillips 0/0 0 1/95/11 34 0 0 0 0 8/0 0/0 1 0/0
P Gill 0/0 0 0/0/9 15 0 0 0 0 6/0 0/0 3 0/0
H Bennett 0/0 0 0/6/7 9 0 0 0 0 9/1 0/0 0 0/0
P AR Jones 0/0 0 0/1/2 0 0 0 0 0 9/0 0/0 0 0/0
L BS Davies 0/0 0 0/1/12 45 2 2 1 0 7/1 3/0 1 1/0
L Evans 0/0 0 0/2/10 11 0 1 1 0 9/0 3/0 1 0/0
F RP Jones 0/0 0 1/5/11 21 0 0 0 1 12/3 2/0 1 0/0
F Warburton 0/0 0 0/1/5 2 0 0 0 0 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Faletau 0/0 0 0/3/13 34 0 2 0 3 14/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) James 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Tipuric 0/0 0 0/0/2 1 0 0 0 0 2/0 2/0 0 0/0
(W) Hook 0/0 0 3/6/7 30 0 0 0 1 2/0 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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