Six Nations overall statistics

With all six teams now having played three games we can compare the Official Match Data gathered from the nine matches contested.

With all six teams now having played three games we can compare the Official Match Data gathered from the nine matches contested so far.

Championship leaders Wales have made, and missed, the most tackles but Scotland and England have the worst tackle completion stats at 91 percent compared to Ireland's 96 percent.

Indeed, the men in green have amazing defensive numbers having missed just 14 tackles in 240 minutes of rugby.

It terms of style of play, there is perhaps no more telling statistic than the 'passes completed': Scotland have pass the ball 704 times compared to Wales, who are next with 489, or England, who passed the least with 382.

England do however have the best kicking numbers with a strike rate of 80 percent thanks to Owen Farrell's accurate boot, unlike Italy who have missed exactly half their attempts at goal!

Scotland have also made the most line-breaks and won the most possession in the opposition's 22, which will be terribly frustrating for coach Andy Robinson since they have also score the least points.

One area that Robinson will be happy with is the line-outs where Scotland have won 33 and have yet to lose one on their own throw in.

Wales have successfully mauled the ball just four times in three games while it seems to be a favourite tactic for the French, who have mauled it up no less than 15 times.

The French have looked to keep ball in hand the most, kicking just 51 times while England have put ball to boot the most.

England are the least dangerous team on attack by some distance having made just three line-breaks and scored just two tries in three matches. With games against the tournament's two best defensive teams – Ireland and France – left on the menu, Stuart Lancaster's men a have a lot of work to do.

Statistics after three rounds

Most tackles made: Wales – 371
Most tackles missed: Wales – 34
Most passes completed: Scotland – 704
Most line breaks: Scotland – 14
Most possession kicked: England – 81
Most turnovers won: Ireland – 16
Most offloads in tackle: Scotland – 38
Most errors made: Italy / Scotland – 36
Most penalties conceded: Wales – 32

Fewest tackles missed: Ireland – 14
Fewest errors made: Wales – 32
Fewest penalties conceded: France – 16

Most points scored: Ireland – 80
Most tries scored: Ireland – 9
Fewest tries conceded: Wales – 3

Most tries conceded: Italy – 10
Fewest tries scored: England – 2
Fewest points scored: Scotland – 36

Most points scored (player): Leigh Halfpenny (Wal) – 44
Most tries scored (player): Tommy Bowe (Ire) – 5

France 17 – 17 Ireland

Having had the worst line-out stats in the first two rounds, France turned the tables on their visitors, stealing three Irish line-outs.

But the stat the Irish will be ruing the most will be the 'penalties conceded' column where the gave away almost three-times as many as the French.

Of course les Bleus will point to the 0-from-2 drops goal attempts from Lionel Beauxis….just one would have been enough for victory.

Possession:
France: 50%
Ireland: 50%

Territory:
France: 56%
Ireland: 44%

Penalties conceded:
France: 4
Ireland: 11

Passes completed:
France: 155
Ireland: 113

Line breaks:
France: 2
Ireland: 2

Ruck and drive v Ruck and pass:
France: 41 – 46
Ireland: 32 – 36

Scrums lost – Line-outs lost:
France: 0 – 0
Ireland: 0 – 3

Ball won in open play – in opposition 22 – in set pieces – in turnovers:
France: 93 – 16 – 32 – 1
Ireland: 69 – 22 – 12 – 4

Possession kicked – Kicks to touch – Percentage kicks
France: 17 – 2 – 32%
Ireland: 18 – 3 – 42%

Tackles made – tackles missed – tackle completion
France: 80 – 4 – 95%
Ireland: 112 – 4 – 96%

Total errors made – errors from kicks:
France: 6 – 2
Ireland: 9 – 1