Six Nations statistics

We take a closer look at the Official Match Data from Week Two of 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 the Week Two of Six Nations action.

Probably the only good thing to come out of the farce in Paris is that it made this week's data crunching task a little easier.

One of the big talking points in the competition so far has been England's inability to create tries. Indeed, Stuart Lancaster's young guns have managed just two line breaks in as many games. That will be major concern with the free-running Welsh heading to Twickenham next.

While a closed roof in Cardiff certainly helped, everyone agrees that Wales are looking very impressive on attack. Scotland weren't be outdone for positive intent and their 'passes completed' statistics tell a tale of a team desperately trying to get hang onto the ball.

The Azzurri will be ruing their below-par goal kicking after missing two penalties, a conversion and a drop-goal in Rome while England's new kid on the block Owen Farrell landed five from five. Look no further for the cause of Italy's heartbreak in Rome.

Leigh Halfpenny is the top points scorer so far with 30 while Farrell is next best with 22. Both have landed eight of their ten attempts at goal.

Most tackles made: Wales – 178
Most tackles missed: Wales – 16
Most passes completed: Scotland – 254
Most line breaks: Wales – 7
Most possession kicked: Italy – 34
Most turnovers won: Italy – 6
Most offloads in tackle: Scotland – 19
Most errors made: Italy – 15
Most penalties conceded: Wales – 13

Least tackles missed: Italy 4
Least errors made: Scotland – 8
Least penalties conceded: England/Scotland – 9

Italy 15 -19 England

Italy once again showed their strength in the set pieces and generally did better at winning the ball than their visitors. But you can't win without the ball in the right areas and England made sure that the lion's share of the game was planned in Italian territory.

Possession:
Italy: 47 %
England: 53%

Territory:
Italy: 43%
England: 57%

Passes completed:
Italy: 118
England: 147

Line breaks:
Italy: 3
England: 1

Ruck and drive v Ruck and pass:
Italy: 15 – 67
England: 11 – 64

Scrums lost – Line-outs lost:
Italy: 0 – 2
England: 2 – 3

Ball won in open play – in opposition 22 – in set pieces – in turnovers:
Italy: 84 – 16 – 19 – 6
England: 81 – 10 – 27 – 4

Possession kicked – Kicks to touch – Percentage kicks
Italy: 34 – 9 – 52%
England: 31 – 3 – 44%

Tackles made – tackles missed – tackle completion
Italy: 85 – 4 – 95%
England: 85 – 5 – 94%

Total errors made – errors from kicks:
Italy: 15 – 4
England: 9 – 0

Wales 27-13 Scotland

Looking at the numbers and it's hard to believe that Scotland lost by 14 points. But there is one stat that Andy Robinson won't easily forget: The two yellow cards his team gave away.

Seven line breaks for Wales is an illustration of the firepower they possess in their backline.

Possession:
Wales: 44%
Scotland: 56%

Territory:
Wales: 54%
Scotland: 46%

Passes completed:
Wales: 154
Scotland: 254

Line breaks:
Wales: 7
Scotland: 5

Ruck and drive v Ruck and pass:
Wales: 8 – 60
Scotland: 27 – 111

Scrums lost – Line-outs lost:
Wales: 0 – 2
Scotland: 0 – 0

Ball won in open play – in opposition 22 – in set pieces – in turnovers:
Wales: 69 – 34 – 22 – 3
Scotland: 140 – 35 – 23 – 1

Possession kicked – Kicks to touch – Percentage kicks
Wales: 26 – 2 – 39%
Scotland: 19 – 3 – 29%

Tackles made – tackles missed – tackle completion
Wales: 178 – 16 – 91%
Scotland: 99 – 9 – 91%

Total errors made – errors from kicks:
Wales: 10 – 1
Scotland: 8 – 0