Six Nations statistics

Who missed the most tackles? Who made the most line breaks? We take a closer look at the Official Match Data from the Six Nations,

Who missed the most tackles? Who made the most line breaks? We take a closer look at the Official Match Data from Week Four of Six Nations action.

Obviously the big story of the weekend was England's victory in Paris, where they managed to double their tournament line-break tally in 80 minutes.

England also scored more tries at the Stade de France than in their first three games combined, so things are clearly coming right for Stuart Lancaster's boys, who will now look back at the dying minutes of the clash against Wales at Twickenham and regret not being on the verge of a Grand Slam instead of chasing second place.

Philippe Saint-André will not be a happy man when he looks at the numbers from Sunday's Crunch as his team had built the platform necessary for success. Ultimately he might blame his own tactical choices and the accompanying selections: Kicking more possession than England (the biggest kickers in the competition) doesn't make much sense considering the talent in France's backline…

The stats from Dublin and Cardiff tell tales of two one-sided affairs. Italy were forced to make double the amount of tackles than their hosts and weren't up to the task, missing a whopping 15.

For all their endeavour, Scotland are clearly lacking some incisive runners as they had plenty of possession, but couldn't carry it into the right areas.

Ireland continue to impress with their ability to break the opposition defensive line but both teams will have concerns about the number of tackles missed at Lansdowne Road: 23 between them.

Equally impressive is France's ability to stay in the referees' good books. Just 20 penalties conceded in four games is phenomenal. Compare that to Wales, who have been blown up 45 times!

That said, take nothing away from the Welsh defence – three tries conceded in four games ain't bad in anyone's book!

Statistics after four rounds

Most tackles made: England – 448
Most tackles missed: England -39
Most passes completed: Scotland – 853
Most line breaks: Ireland – 18
Most possession kicked: England – 106
Most turnovers won: France/Ireland – 18
Most offloads in tackle: Scotland – 47
Most errors made: Italy – 47
Most penalties conceded: Wales – 45

Fewest tackles missed: France – 26
Fewest errors made: Ireland – 33
Fewest penalties conceded: France – 20

Most points scored: Ireland – 112
Most tries scored: Ireland – 13
Fewest tries conceded: Wales – 3

Most tries conceded: Italy – 12
Fewest tries scored: Italy – 3
Fewest points scored: Italy – 40

Most points scored (player): Leigh Halfpenny (Wal) – 55
Most tries scored (player): Tommy Bowe (Ire) – 5

Wales 24- 3 Italy

Italy went to Cardiff hoping to shut Wales down, but it was never going to happen with a tackle completion rate of just 88 percent. A glance at the possession and territory stats and there should be no mystery why the hosts won by over 20 points.

Possession:
Wales: 59%
Italy: 41%

Territory:
Wales: 69%
Italy: 31%

Penalties conceded:
Wales: 13
Italy: 12

Passes completed:
Wales: 210
Italy: 104

Line breaks:
Wales: 4
Italy: 1

Ruck and drive v Ruck and pass:
Wales: 22 – 71
Italy: 15 – 33

Scrums lost – Line-outs lost:
Wales: 0 – 1
Italy: 0 – 3

Ball won in open play – in opposition 22 – in set pieces – in turnovers:
Wales: 96 – 38 – 29 – 3
Italy: 51 – 10 – 29 – 3

Possession kicked – Kicks to touch – Percentage kicks
Wales: 22 – 1 – 28%
Italy: 25 – 4 – 30%

Tackles made – tackles missed – tackle completion
Wales: 62 – 1 – 98%
Italy: 121 – 15 – 88%

Total errors made – errors from kicks:
Wales: 12 – 1
Italy: 11 – 1

Ireland 32 – 14 Scotland

Scotland continue to persist with their expansive game and continue to fall short. They've mixed the sublime with the woeful, as illustrated by Andrew Trimble's try, when four defenders were made to look silly.

Possession:
Ireland: 44%
Scotland: 56%

Territory:
Ireland: 52%
Scotland: 48%

Penalties conceded:
Ireland: 14
Scotland: 11

Passes completed:
Ireland: 118
Scotland: 149

Line breaks:
Ireland: 6
Scotland: 1

Ruck and drive v Ruck and pass:
Ireland: 20 – 41
Scotland: 5 – 61

Scrums lost – Line-outs lost:
Ireland: 0 -2
Scotland: 1 – 2

Ball won in open play – in opposition 22 – in set pieces – in turnovers:
Ireland: 66 – 25 – 23 – 2
Scotland: 68 – 10 – 31 – 2

Possession kicked – Kicks to touch – Percentage kicks
Ireland: 20 – 4 – 39%
Scotland: 16 – 1 – 28%

Tackles made – tackles missed – tackle completion
Ireland: 90 – 13 – 87%
Scotland: 76 -10 – 88%

Total errors made – errors from kicks:
Ireland: 6 – 0
Scotland: 10 – 1

France 22-24 England

France will harbour a number of regrets after enjoying the lion's share of both territory and possession. Once again the French kickers let their team down with two missed drops and two missed penalties.

Possession:
France: France 56%
England: England 44%

Territory:
France: France 53%
England: England 47%

Penalties conceded:
France: 4
England: 11

Passes completed:
France: 172
England: 100

Line breaks:
France: 4
England: 3

Ruck and drive v Ruck and pass:
France: 17 – 69
England: 5 – 47

Scrums lost – Line-outs lost:
France: 0 – 2
England: 0 – 1

Ball won in open play – in opposition 22 – in set pieces – in turnovers:
France: 90 – 8 – 26 – 5
England: 54 – 4 – 18 – 4

Possession kicked – Kicks to touch – Percentage kicks
France: 26 – 6 – 42%
England: 25 – 6 – 45%

Tackles made – tackles missed – tackle completion
France: 59 – 5 – 92%
England: 111 – 6 – 94%

Total errors made – errors from kicks:
France: 14 – 1
England: 12 – 1