Italy V France – Pre-Match Report

PRE-MATCH REPORT

ITALY vs FRANCE GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021 ROUND 1 Team PRE-MATCH REPORT Italy

ITALY vs FRANCE GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020

RESULTS ITALY FRANCE Round Opponent Score Round Opponent Score 1 Wales 0-42 L 1 England 24-17 W 2 France 22-35 L 2 Italy 35-22 W 3 Scotland 0-17 L 3 Wales 27-23 W 4 Ireland 17-50 L 4 Scotland 17-28 L 5 England 5-34 L 5 Ireland 35-27 W

HOME TEAM HOME RANK FOR AWAY TEAM AWAY RANK

44 6 POINTS 138 1 8.8 6 POINTS / MATCH 27.6 1 6 6 TRIES SCORED 17 1 1.20 6 TRIES SCORED / MATCH 3.4 1 68.2% 1 % POINTS SCORED FROM TRIES 63.0% 3 AGAINST

178 1 POINTS CONCEDED 117 2 35.6 1 POINTS CONCEDED / MATCH 23.4 2 25 1 TRIES CONCEDED 13 2 5.0 1 TRIES CONCEDED / MATCH 2.6 2 70.2% 1 % POINTS CONCEDED FROM TRIES 55.6% 5

TYPES OF PLAY Italy France 51.5% 41.0% 45.2% 41.3%

7.6% 13.4%

Kick Ball Carry Passes Kick Ball Carry Passes

HOME TEAM PLAYER LEADERS AWAY TEAM

Paolo Garbisi 12 POINTS Romain Ntamack 57

Edoardo Padovani 1 TRIES SCORED Charles Ollivon 4

Jayden Hayward 2 TRY ASSISTS Antoine Dupont 4

Jake Polledri 61 CARRIES Gregory Alldritt 66

Mattia Bellini 376.3 METRES CARRIED Gregory Alldritt 392.9

Matteo Minozzi 9 OFFLOADS Antoine Dupont 12

Jake Polledri 70 SUCCESSFUL TACKLES Bernard le Roux 84

Niccolo Cannone 9 DOMINANT TACKLES Bernard le Roux 13

ITALY vs FRANCE GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020

OPPONENT 22 ENTRIES

Italy France Try & Conversion Scored Try & Missed Conversion 10.8% Penalty Try Scored 0.0% 33.3% Penalty Shot Scored 44.4% Drop Goal Scored Points / Points / Opp 22 Entry: Opp 22 Entry: Other Opp 22 Entries 1.03 3.22

5.6% 83.8% 2.8% 0.0% 13.9%

Opponent 22 entries / match 7.4 Opponent 22 entries / match 7.2

Rank 5 Rank 6

The number of occasions a team has entered the opposition 22 and how many points they have scored with the entries. The 22 entry will also be calculated per ‘play’ and not simply crossing the 22m line on multiple occasions in a play. POWER GAME Italy France 58.6%

38.7% 40.1% 27.6% 21.1% 13.8%

Gainline Forwards Gainline Static Gainline Backward Gainline Forwards Gainline Static Gainline Backward

Metres carried / match 698 Metres carried / match 641

Line breaks / match 4.0 Line breaks / match 4.2

The Power Game determines the direct impact of a team that dominates action areas including effectiveness of reaching the gainline, metres carried, and line breaks. DOMINANT TACKLES / TACKLE COUNT

Italy France % Tackles dominant % Turnover Tackles 10.9% 1.6% 10.1% 10.1% 1.6% % Other Made Tackles % Missed Tackles

80.7% 78.1%

This stat shows the defensive strength and structure of the team through Dominant Tackles which put pressure on the attacking team

ITALY vs FRANCE GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021

HEAD TO HEAD

- France have won 19 of their 21 previous Six Nations matches against Italy (L2), including their last seven in a row, their two defeats in that time both came in Rome, in 2011 and 2013.

- Italy have beaten France just three times in their Test rugby history (L41), losing their last 10 in a row against Les Bleus in all competitions.

- France have led at halftime in each of their 10 previous Six Nations games against Italy in Rome (W8, L2), although their last five such meetings have seen the sides separated by fewer than 10 points at the break.

- The biggest win in a match between these sides in the Six Nations came in Rome in 2005, with France securing a 43-point victory in the final round of fixtures (56-13).

- A total of 57 points were scored when France (35) and Italy (22) last met in the Six Nations – only once since 2010 had a Championship fixture between the two sides yielded more points (58 in 2017).

COMMON STATISTICS

- France averaged the fewest 22 entries per game in last year’s Six Nations (7.2) but averaged the most points per entry of any team (3.2), while Italy recorded the second fewest 22 entries per game (7.4) and the fewest points per entry (1.0).

- No one scored more tries than France in the 2020 Six Nations (17, same as Ireland), with six of those scored coming from kick returns, the most of any nation (Italy were the only side not to score a try from a kick return in 2020).

- France (11) and Italy (10.2) conceded the most penalties per game in the Six Nations in 2020; France were awarded the fewest penalties on average (7.2) while only Ireland (11.2) were awarded more than the Azzurri (10, level with Scotland).

- France crossed the gainline with 59% of their carries in the 2020 Six Nations, the best rate of any team, Italy recorded the lowest gainline success rate (39%).

- France were the only side to record a 100% scrum success rate in the Six Nations in 2020, while Italy had the lowest success rate at that particular set piece (77%).

ITALY vs FRANCE GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021

ITALY STATISTICS

- Italy have lost their last 27 Six Nations matches, the longest losing streak in the competition’s history, their last victory came at BT Murrayfield against Scotland in 2015, their last home win was back in 2013 against Ireland.

- Since bonus points for tries and losing margins were introduced to the Six Nations in 2017 Italy are the only side not to pick up a try scoring bonus point, in fact they have only picked up one losing bonus point in that time.

- Italy’s Paolo Garbisi became the first player born since the Six Nations began (2000) to score a try in the Championship when he crossed against Ireland in October last year; the 20-year-old had also featured in the U20 Six Nations earlier in 2020.

- Only Ireland (3,688) recorded more ball carry metres in the 2020 Six Nations than Italy (3,492), Italy also made the second most tackle breaks in the Championship last year (45, behind Ireland – 58).

- Italy made just 51 handling errors during last year’s Six Nations, fewer than any other side in the tournament and were the only team to knock the ball on fewer than 20 times (14).

FRANCE STATISTICS

- France achieved a cumulative points difference of +31 in the first 20 minutes of their 2020 Six Nations matches, no other side managed a double-digit points difference in this time, Italy had a -39 difference in this first quarter.

- France scored six tries in the opening 20 minutes of their matches during last year’s Six Nations, more than any other side, while Italy conceded the most tries in that same period (5).

- France made 55 offloads in the Six Nations in 2020, more than any other side, despite making the fewest passes of any team during the tournament (547).

- Charles Ollivon (France) was the top try scorer in last year’s Six Nations, crossing four times in total, the joint most ever by a forward in an edition of the Championship (since 2000) along with Imanol Harinordoquy (2004).

- Bernard Le Roux (84) and Gregory Alldritt (81) were the top two tacklers in the 2020 Six Nations, while teammate Charles Ollivon ranked fourth (77, behind Maro Itoje - 80).

ITALY STATISTICS

POINTS SCORED ITALY - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020

Championship Statistic Team Rank Average

Points scored 44 6 21.0

Points scored / match 8.8 6 21.0

Tries scored 6 6 2.47

Tries scored / match 1.20 6 2.47

% Points scored from tries 68.2% 1 59.0%

Conversion success % 66.7% 5 76.7%

Successful penalties / match 0.40 6 1.63

Penalty shot success % 50.0% 6 77.8%

POINTS PER MATCH

0 0 1 2 3 4 5

POINTS - TIMING TRY ORIGINS

0'-10' 3 (6.8%) Try-From Counter Attack 2 (33.33%) 11'-20' 5 (11.4%)

21'-30' 10 (22.7%) Try-From Lineout 1 (16.67%) 31'-HT 0 (0.0%)

HT-50' 0 (0.0%) Try-From Scrum 1 (16.67%) 51'-60' 7 (15.9%)

61'-70' 7 (15.9%) Try-From Turnover 2 (33.33%) 71'-80' 12 (27.3%)

KICKS AT GOAL ITALY - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020

KICK LOCATIONS LAST 20 KICKS

Opponent Minute Player

England 19 Paolo Garbisi Conversion missed

Ireland 80 Paolo Garbisi Conversion made

56 Paolo Garbisi Conversion made

4 Paolo Garbisi Penalty made

Scotland 39 Tommaso Allan Penalty missed

France 80 Carlo Canna Conversion missed

66 Tommaso Allan Conversion made

55 Tommaso Allan Penalty missed

29 Tommaso Allan Penalty made

26 Tommaso Allan Conversion made

CONVERSIONS Carlo Canna Paolo Garbisi Tommaso Allan

1 (33.3%)

Made: 0 Made: 2 Made: 2 1 (100.0%) 2 (100.0%) Rank: 12 Rank: 8 Rank: 8

2 (66.7%)

PENALTY KICKS AT GOAL Paolo Garbisi Tommaso Allan

1 (33.3%)

Made: 1 Made: 1 1 (100.0%) Rank: 7 Rank: 7

2 (66.7%)

Ranks across total successful kicks

PLAYER SCORING STATISTICS ITALY - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020

GP MP Points Points / 80 Tries Con Pen Drop

Alessandro Zanni 2 90 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Andrea Lovotti 3 156 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Braam Steyn 5 400 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Callum Braley 4 201 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Carlo Canna 5 400 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Danilo Fischetti 5 182 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

David Sisi 2 53 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Dean Budd 3 123 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Edoardo Padovani 2 103 5 3.9 1 0 0 0 Federico Mori 2 84 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Federico Ruzza 1 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Federico Zani 3 42 5 9.5 1 0 0 0

Gianmarco Lucchesi 2 53 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Giosue Zilocchi 5 261 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Giovanni Licata 3 90 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Giulio Bisegni 2 12 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Guglielmo Palazzani 4 84 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Jake Polledri 5 371 5 1.1 1 0 0 0

Jayden Hayward 4 264 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Jimmy Tuivaiti 1 19 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Johan Meyer 2 22 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Leonardo Sarto 1 56 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Luca Bigi 5 303 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Luca Morisi 5 373 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Marcello Violi 2 150 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Marco Lazzaroni 4 184 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Marco Riccioni 3 87 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Matteo Minozzi 4 286 5 1.4 1 0 0 0 Mattia Bellini 5 394 5 1.0 1 0 0 0

Maxime Mbanda 2 22 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Niccolo Cannone 5 326 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Paolo Garbisi 2 160 12 6.0 1 2 1 0

Pietro Ceccarelli 2 53 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Sebastian Negri 5 289 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Simone Ferrari 2 63 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Tommaso Allan 3 229 7 2.4 0 2 1 0

POINTS CONCEDED ITALY - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020

Championship Statistic Team Rank Average

Points conceded 178 6 21.0

Points conceded / match 35.6 6 21.0

Tries conceded 25 6 2.47

Tries conceded / match 5.00 6 2.47

% Points conceded from tries 70.2% 6 59.0%

Opponent conversion success % 64.0% 1 76.7%

Opponent successful penalties / match 1.40 2 1.63

Opponent penalty shot success % 77.8% 2 77.8%

POINTS CONCEDED PER MATCH

50 42 35 34

1 2 3 4 5

POINTS CONCEDED - TIMING OPPONENT TRY ORIGINS

0'-10' 25 (14.0%) Try-From Counter Attack 6 (24.0%) 11'-20' 22 (12.4%)

21'-30' 15 (8.4%) Try-From Lineout 14 (56.0%) 31'-HT 21 (11.8%)

HT-50' 12 (6.7%) Try-From Tap Penalty 1 (4.0%) 51'-60' 17 (9.6%)

61'-70' 24 (13.5%) Try-From Turnover 4 (16.0%) 71'-80' 42 (23.6%)

POSSESSION ITALY - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020

POSSESSION % TERRITORY % EFFECTIVE PLAYING TIME

51% 45% 38:53 Rank: 4 Rank: 6 Rank: 2

Championship Statistic Team Rank Average

% Balls played with hands 92.4% 2 90.0%

Total passes / match 161.4 2 141.3

Offloads / match 9.4 3 7.3

Total carries / match 121.0 3 113.8

Metres carried / match 698.3 2 655.3

Average carry distance 5.8 4 5.8

% Balls kicked 7.6% 5 10.0%

Open play kicks / match 22.4 5 27.4

Kicking metres / match 788.3 4 856.1

Average kicking distance 35.2 1 31.2

% Time in opponent 22 8.1% 5 10.9%

Turnovers conceded / match 14.4 2 12.6

TEAM POSSESSIONS OPPONENT POSSESSIONS 38.6% 31.9% 29.5% 30.4% 24.3%

15.2% 15.8% 14.3%

% Possessions - % Possessions - % Possessions - % Possessions - % Possessions - % Possessions - % Possessions - % Possessions - GL-22 22-50 50-22 22-GL GL-22 22-50 50-22 22-GL

TYPES OF PLAY ITALY - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020

Own 22 Own 22-50 50-Opp 22 Opp 22 56.3% 51.8% 53.6% 45.3% 40.6% 42.1% 35.3% 36.8% 27.9%

7.6% 1.6% 1.1%

Kick Ball Carry Passes Kick Ball Carry Passes Kick Ball Carry Passes Kick Ball Carry Passes

CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 31.5% 38.2% 30.3% 14.9% 40.2% 44.9% 4.0% 39.6% 56.4% 0.9% 48.3% 50.9%

PHASES

First 3 Phases 35.9% 35.9% 28.2% Own 22 4+ Phases 55.6% 22.2% 22.2%

First 3 Phases 52.8% 40.5% 6.6% Own 22-50 4+ Phases 47.9% 41.0% 11.1%

First 3 Phases 55.1% 43.2% 50-Opp 22 4+ Phases 58.6% 40.1%

First 3 Phases 53.4% 45.6% Opp 22 4+ Phases 53.9% 44.7%

GAME STATES

Leading 50.0% 50.0%

Own 22 Tied 45.8% 29.2% 25.0%

Trailing 35.4% 36.0% 28.7%

Tied 53.6% 39.3% 7.1% Own 22-50 Trailing 51.7% 40.7% 7.6%

Tied 62.5% 37.5% 50-Opp 22 Trailing 55.8% 42.5%

Tied 60.0% 30.0% 10.0% Opp 22 Trailing 53.3% 46.2%

ATTACKS ITALY - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020

GAINLINE SUCCESS OVERALL OWN HALF OPPONENT HALF

29.3% 35.2% 40.1% 38.7% 44.7% 47.9% Rank: 6 Rank: 6 Rank: 6

22.8% 21.1% 20.1%

CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES

Gainline Forwards 47.4% Gainline Forwards 38.1% Gainline Forwards 50.5%

Gainline Static 21.3% Gainline Static 19.0% Gainline Static 22.1%

Gainline Backward 31.3% Gainline Backward 42.9% Gainline Backward 27.5%

LINE BREAKS & TACKLE BREAKS LINE BREAK OUTCOMES

Line breaks 20 Error Turnover 2 (14.3%)

Line breaks / match 4.0 Kick Turnover 3 (21.4%)

Rank 5 Penalty Conceded 2 (14.3%) Tackle breaks 45

Penalty Won 1 (7.1%) Tackle breaks / match 9.0

Rank 2 Try 6 (42.9%)

PLAYER STATISTICS - MINIMUM 80 MINUTES PLAYED Line breaks / 80 minutes Tackle breaks / 80 minutes Metres carried / 80 minutes

1 Matteo Minozzi 1.1 1 Jake Polledri 3.0 1 Giovanni Licata 112.2

2 Federico Mori 1.0 2 Paolo Garbisi 2.5 2 Jayden Hayward 96.7

3 Giovanni Licata 0.9 3 Mattia Bellini 1.6 3 Matteo Minozzi 84.9

4 Edoardo Padovani 0.8 4 Marcello Violi 1.1 4 Mattia Bellini 76.4

5 Dean Budd 0.7 5 Guglielmo Palazzani 1.0 5 Sebastian Negri 75.8

BREAKDOWNS ITALY - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020

% RUCKS WON % MAULS WON OWN RUCK SPEEDS

31 (6.4%) 7.7%

12 (32.4%)

Rank: Rank: 33.8% AVG: 2.53 6 Rank: 1 6 58.5% 25 (67.6%)

452 (93.6%)

CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES

Ruck speed 0-3 53.2% Rucks won 95.9% Mauls won 79.7%

Ruck speed 3-6 32.5%

Rucks lost 4.1% Mauls lost 20.3% Ruck speed 6+ 14.2%

RUCK SPEEDS - LOCATIONS

Own 22 Own 22-50 50-Opp 22 Opp 22 7.7% 3.4% 8.0% 22.0% 34.1% 25.5%

AVG: 3.97 AVG: 2.69 AVG: 2.02 33.3% AVG: 2.44 Rank: 1 Rank: 2 Rank: 1 Rank: 1 39.1% 53.2% 58.6%

71.0% 43.9%

Attacking Breakdown Arrivals Defensive Breakdown Arrivals Breakdown steals

1 Luca Bigi 107 1 Jake Polledri 41 1 Jake Polledri 4 2 Niccolo Cannone 106 2 Braam Steyn 35 2 Giovanni Licata 2 3 Giosue Zilocchi 100 3 Luca Bigi 30 3 Simone Ferrari 2 4 Jake Polledri 78 4 Giosue Zilocchi 28 4 Danilo Fischetti 1 5 Braam Steyn 77 5 Niccolo Cannone 22 Team Total 13

First 3 Arrivals (Attacking) First 3 Arrivals (Defensive) Cleanouts

1 Niccolo Cannone 59 1 Jake Polledri 24 1 Giosue Zilocchi 47 2 Luca Bigi 57 2 Luca Bigi 14 2 Luca Bigi 47 3 Jake Polledri 46 3 Giosue Zilocchi 13 3 Niccolo Cannone 43 4 Braam Steyn 45 4 Dean Budd 12 4 Jake Polledri 30 5 Giosue Zilocchi 43 5 Marco Riccioni 12 5 Braam Steyn 27

SCRUMS ITALY - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020

OWN SCRUMS WON SCRUM PUSH OPPONENT SCRUMS WON

4.0% 8.0% 4 (13.8%) 7 (22.6%)

Rank: Rank:

6 2

24 (77.4%) 25 (86.2%) 88.0%

CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES

Forward 15.1% Scrum Won 89.9% Scrum Won 10.1%

Static 81.6%

Scrum Lost 10.1% Scrum Lost 89.9% Backward 3.3%

OWN SCRUMS OPPONENT SCRUMS Scrum Won Scrum Reset Retained Scrum Lost Scrum Won Scrum Reset Retained Scrum Lost 63.2% 18.4% 18.4% 12.5% 9.4% 78.1%

OWN SCRUMS WON OPPONENT SCRUMS WON Used Penalty Free Kick Used Penalty Free Kick

Total 17 4 3 Total 3 1

% of Total 70.8% 16.7% 12.5% % of Total 75.0% 25.0%

OWN SCRUMS LOST OPPONENT SCRUMS LOST

Total 4 3 Total 18 4 3

% of Total 57.1% 42.9% % of Total 72.0% 16.0% 12.0%

SCRUM MOVEMENT CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES

Own 22 25.0% 50.0% 25.0% Blind 12.2%

Own 22-50 66.7% 33.3% Close 26.7%

50-Opp 22 100.0% Kicked 23.3%

Opp 22 100.0% Midfield 31.1%

Overall 58.3% 8.3% 25.0% 8.3% Wide 6.7%

LINEOUTS ITALY - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020

OWN LINEOUTS LINEOUT THROW LINEOUT SPEED

2.5% 10 (13.0%) 6 (15.4%)

5 (6.5%) 29.1% 36.7%

Total: 77

62 (80.5%) 33 (84.6%) 31.6%

CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES

Lineouts - Effective 78.4% Front 32.8% Fast 6.3% Middle 41.6% Lineouts - Ineffective 6.5% Back 22.9% Slow 93.7% Lineouts - Turnover 15.1% Quick 2.7%

LINEOUT BREAKDOWNS PLAYER STATISTICS - MINIMUM 80 MINUTES PL.. Total % of Total 2 Man - Effective 1 1.3% Own lineout takes / 80 minutes 4 Man - Effective 2 2.6% 1 Braam Steyn 4.8 4 Man - Turnover 1 1.3% 5 Man - Effective 12 15.8% 2 Marco Lazzaroni 3.0 5 Man - Ineffective 2 2.6% 5 Man - Turnover 2 2.6% 3 Dean Budd 2.6 6 Man - Effective 30 39.5% 6 Man - Ineffective 2 2.6% 6 Man - Turnover 5 6.6% Full - Effective 15 19.7% Lineout steals / 80 minutes Full - Turnover 2 2.6% Quick - Effective 2 2.6% 1 Braam Steyn 0.4

MOVEMENT FROM LINEOUTS CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES

Drive 39.0% Own 22 100.0%

End of Play 4.3% Own 22-50 33.3% 16.7% 33.3% 16.7% Move 5.3%

50-Opp 22 44.4% 11.1% 22.2% 5.6% 11.1% 5.6% Off The Top 23.4%

Over The Back 1.4% Opp 22 84.6% 7.7% 7.7% Quick Feed 9.9%

Overall 55.3% 7.9% 18.4% 7.9% 7.9% Other 16.7%

OPPONENT LINEOUTS & RESTARTS ITALY - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020

OPPONENT LINEOUTS OPPONENT LINEOUT BREAKDOWNS Total % of Total

8 (11.6%) 3 Man - Opponent Effective 1 1.4% 2 (2.9%) 4 Man - Opponent Effective 3 4.3%

Total: 5 Man - Opponent Effective 11 15.9% 69 5 Man - Opponent Ineffective 1 1.4%

5 Man - Turnover Won 2 2.9% 59 (85.5%) 6 Man - Opponent Effective 33 47.8%

6 Man - Opponent Ineffective 1 1.4% CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 6 Man - Turnover Won 4 5.8% Turnover Won 15.1% Full - Opponent Effective 10 14.5% Opponent Ineffective 6.5% Full - Turnover Won 2 2.9%

Opponent Effective 78.4% Quick - Effective 1 1.4%

% START HALF WON START HALF - BREAKDOWNS START HALF - DIRECTION

1 (2.8%) 5.6% Long - Lost 94.4%

2.8%

Rank: 5 Short - Retained 2.8%

35 (97.2%) 94.4% Short - Lost 2.8%

Won Lost Right Left

% START 22 WON START 22 - BREAKDOWNS START 22 - DIRECTION

Long - Lost 50.0% 0.0% 4 (100.0%) 100.0% Rank: 5

Short - Lost 50.0%

Lost Right

DEFENCE ITALY - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020

% SUCCESSFUL TACKLES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES OPPONENT GAINLINE SUCCESS

% Successful Tackles 90.4% 29.1% % Missed Tackles 9.6%

89.1% 48.4% Rank: 4 Rank: 6 Gainline Forwards 47.4%

Gainline Static 21.3%

22.5% Gainline Backward 31.3%

Statistic Team Rank Championship Av..

Total tackles / match 176.4 2 172.7

Total successful tackles / match 157.2 2 156.2

Dominant tackles / match 12.0 6 15.9

% Tackles dominant 6.8% 6 9.2%

Turnovers won / match 3.6 5 4.8

Turnover tackles / match 2.8 5 3.0

OPPONENT POSSESSIONS

Line breaks / match 6.8 6 4.3

Tackle breaks / match 10.0 6 7.5

Total carries / match 116.4 5 113.8

Metres carried / match 769.5 6 655.3

Average carry distance 6.6 6 5.8

Offloads / match 8.6 5 7.3

PLAYER STATISTICS - MINIMUM 80 MINUTES PLAYED Successful tackles / 80 minutes Dominant tackles / 80 minutes Turnovers won / 80 minutes

1 Andrea Lovotti 15.9 1 Giovanni Licata 3.6 1 Giovanni Licata 1.8

2 Giovanni Licata 15.1 2 Andrea Lovotti 2.6 2 Jake Polledri 1.1

3 Jake Polledri 15.1 3 Niccolo Cannone 2.2 3 Edoardo Padovani 0.8

4 Niccolo Cannone 14.7 4 Danilo Fischetti 2.2 4 Marcello Violi 0.5

5 Luca Bigi 14.5 5 Marco Lazzaroni 1.7 5 Danilo Fischetti 0.4

PENALTIES CONCEDED & CARDS ITALY - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020

Statistic Team Rank Championship Av..

Total penalties conceded / match 10.2 2 9.4

Free kicks conceded / match 1.4 1 0.8

Yellow cards / match 0.4 3 0.4

Red cards / match 0.0 3 0.1

PENALTIES CONCEDED PER MATCH 13 10 10 10 8

1 2 3 4 5

PENALTIES & INFRINGEMENTS ZONES TIMES TYPES

0'-10' 9 (17.6%) Foul 3 (5.9%) Own 22 13 (35.1%) 11'-20' 9 (17.6%) Maul 2 (3.9%) 21'-30' 5 (9.8%) 3 (5.9%) Own 22-50 11 (29.7%) Offside 31'-HT 9 (17.6%) Other 3 (5.9%) HT-50' 4 (7.8%) 50-Opp 22 9 (24.3%) Ruck 18 (35.3%) 51'-60' 6 (11.8%)

Scrum 8 (15.7%) 61'-70' 3 (5.9%) Opp 22 4 (10.8%) 71'-80' 6 (11.8%) Tackle 14 (27.5%)

PLAYER STATISTICS - PER 80 AVERAGES WITH A MINIMUM 80 MINUTES PLAYED Total penalties conceded Penalties conceded / 80 minutes Yellow / Red cards

1 Giosue Zilocchi 11 1 Giosue Zilocchi 3.4 1 Federico Zani 1 / 0 2 Jake Polledri 10 2 Jake Polledri 2.2

3 Braam Steyn 4 3 Alessandro Zanni 0.9

4 Mattia Bellini 3 4 Giovanni Licata 0.9 2 Jake Polledri 1 / 0 5 Sebastian Negri 3 5 Danilo Fischetti 0.9

FRANCE STATISTICS

POINTS SCORED FRANCE - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020

Championship Statistic Team Rank Average

Points scored 138 1 21.0

Points scored / match 27.6 1 21.0

Tries scored 17 1 2.47

Tries scored / match 3.40 1 2.47

% Points scored from tries 63.0% 3 59.0%

Conversion success % 75.0% 4 76.7%

Successful penalties / match 1.80 3 1.63

Penalty shot success % 75.0% 3 77.8%

POINTS PER MATCH

35 35

27 24

1 2 3 4 5

W L

POINTS - TIMING TRY ORIGINS

0'-10' 29 (21.0%) Try-From Counter Attack 4 (23.53%) 11'-20' 16 (11.6%)

21'-30' 14 (10.1%) Try-From Lineout 7 (41.18%)

31'-HT 22 (15.9%) Try-From Scrum 1 (5.88%) HT-50' 8 (5.8%)

51'-60' 22 (15.9%) Try-From Tap Penalty 1 (5.88%)

61'-70' 6 (4.3%) Try-From Turnover 4 (23.53%) 71'-80' 21 (15.2%)

KICKS AT GOAL FRANCE - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020

KICK LOCATIONS LAST 20 KICKS

Opponent Minute Player Ireland 72 Romain Ntamack Conversion made 52 Romain Ntamack Penalty made 48 Romain Ntamack Penalty made 45 Romain Ntamack Conversion missed 38 Romain Ntamack Penalty made 8 Romain Ntamack Conversion made Scotland 76 Matthieu Jalibert Conversion made 61 Matthieu Jalibert Penalty made 34 Matthieu Jalibert Conversion made 3 Romain Ntamack Penalty missed Wales 78 Matthieu Jalibert Penalty missed 63 Romain Ntamack Penalty made 53 Romain Ntamack Conversion made 31 Romain Ntamack Conversion made 19 Romain Ntamack Penalty made 8 Romain Ntamack Conversion made Italy 75 Matthieu Jalibert Conversion made 60 Romain Ntamack Conversion missed 40 Romain Ntamack Conversion made 32 Romain Ntamack Penalty made

CONVERSIONS Matthieu Jalibert Romain Ntamack

4 (30.8%)

Made: 3 Made: 9 3 (100.0%) Rank: 5 Rank: 3

9 (69.2%)

PENALTY KICKS AT GOAL Matthieu Jalibert Romain Ntamack

2 (20.0%)

1 (50.0%) Made: 1 Made: 8

Rank: 7 1 (50.0%) Rank: 2

8 (80.0%)

Ranks across total successful kicks

PLAYER SCORING STATISTICS FRANCE - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020

GP MP Points Points / 80 Tries Con Pen Drop

Anthony Bouthier 5 351 5 1.1 1 0 0 0

Antoine Dupont 5 348 5 1.1 1 0 0 0

Arthur Retiere 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Arthur Vincent 5 282 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Baptiste Serin 4 19 5 21.1 1 0 0 0

Bernard le Roux 5 339 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Boris Palu 2 34 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Cameron Woki 2 43 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Camille Chat 2 26 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Charles Ollivon 5 361 20 4.4 4 0 0 0

Cyril Baille 4 188 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Damian Penaud 1 60 5 6.7 1 0 0 0

Demba Bamba 5 101 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Dylan Cretin 3 35 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Francois Cros 5 264 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Gael Fickou 5 361 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Gregory Alldritt 5 357 5 1.1 1 0 0 0

Jean-Baptiste Gros 3 73 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Jefferson Poirot 3 104 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Julien Marchand 5 290 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Matthieu Jalibert 4 103 9 7.0 0 3 1 0

Mohamed Haouas 5 254 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Paul Willemse 5 269 5 1.5 1 0 0 0

Peato Mauvaka 3 49 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Romain Ntamack 5 274 57 16.6 3 9 8 0

Romain Taofifenua 4 85 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Teddy Thomas 3 226 5 1.8 1 0 0 0

Thomas Ramos 3 17 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Vincent Rattez 3 197 5 2.0 1 0 0 0

Virimi Vakatawa 4 281 5 1.4 1 0 0 0

POINTS CONCEDED FRANCE - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020

Championship Statistic Team Rank Average

Points conceded 117 5 21.0

Points conceded / match 23.4 5 21.0

Tries conceded 13 5 2.47

Tries conceded / match 2.60 5 2.47

% Points conceded from tries 55.6% 2 59.0%

Opponent conversion success % 84.6% 4 76.7%

Opponent successful penalties / match 2.00 6 1.63

Opponent penalty shot success % 83.3% 4 77.8%

POINTS CONCEDED PER MATCH

28 27 22 23 17

1 2 3 4 5 W L

POINTS CONCEDED - TIMING OPPONENT TRY ORIGINS

0'-10' 3 (2.6%) Try-From Counter Attack 3 (23.1%) 11'-20' 13 (11.1%)

21'-30' 16 (13.7%) Try-From Free Kick 1 (7.7%) 31'-HT 14 (12.0%)

HT-50' 14 (12.0%) Try-From Lineout 7 (53.8%) 51'-60' 12 (10.3%)

61'-70' 23 (19.7%) Try-From Scrum 2 (15.4%) 71'-80' 22 (18.8%)

POSSESSION FRANCE - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020

POSSESSION % TERRITORY % EFFECTIVE PLAYING TIME

46% 47% 38:32 Rank: 6 Rank: 5 Rank: 3

Championship Statistic Team Rank Average

% Balls played with hands 86.6% 5 90.0%

Total passes / match 109.4 6 141.3

Offloads / match 11.0 1 7.3

Total carries / match 107.6 5 113.8

Metres carried / match 640.7 5 655.3

Average carry distance 6.0 2 5.8

% Balls kicked 13.4% 2 10.0%

Open play kicks / match 32.0 2 27.4

Kicking metres / match 1,048.4 2 856.1

Average kicking distance 32.8 2 31.2

% Time in opponent 22 8.0% 6 10.9%

Turnovers conceded / match 11.6 5 12.6

TEAM POSSESSIONS OPPONENT POSSESSIONS

34.4% 30.5% 29.4% 28.9% 26.8%

19.4% 17.3% 13.3%

% Possessions - % Possessions - % Possessions - % Possessions - % Possessions - % Possessions - % Possessions - % Possessions - GL-22 22-50 50-22 22-GL GL-22 22-50 50-22 22-GL

TYPES OF PLAY FRANCE - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020

Own 22 Own 22-50 50-Opp 22 Opp 22 49.8% 45.3% 47.6% 47.4% 47.1% 36.4% 36.9% 35.1% 26.7% 19.6%

5.0% 3.1%

Kick Ball Carry Passes Kick Ball Carry Passes Kick Ball Carry Passes Kick Ball Carry Passes

CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 31.5% 38.2% 30.3% 14.9% 40.2% 44.9% 4.0% 39.6% 56.4% 0.9% 48.3% 50.9%

PHASES

First 3 Phases 26.4% 36.8% 36.8% Own 22 4+ Phases 40.0% 40.0% 20.0%

First 3 Phases 34.9% 44.9% 20.2% Own 22-50 4+ Phases 37.5% 50.0% 12.5%

First 3 Phases 46.5% 48.7% 4.8% 50-Opp 22 4+ Phases 49.3% 45.4% 5.3%

First 3 Phases 53.2% 45.0% Opp 22 4+ Phases 46.4% 49.1% 4.5%

GAME STATES

Leading 25.0% 37.9% 37.1%

Own 22 Tied 33.3% 40.0% 26.7%

Trailing 31.3% 31.3% 37.5%

Leading 30.7% 43.4% 25.9%

Own 22-50 Tied 38.5% 43.6% 17.9%

Trailing 43.2% 50.0% 6.8%

Leading 46.4% 47.1% 6.4%

50-Opp 22 Tied 46.0% 52.0%

Trailing 50.0% 47.0%

Leading 48.0% 50.0%

Opp 22 Tied 60.0% 40.0%

Trailing 50.0% 42.0% 8.0%

ATTACKS FRANCE - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020

GAINLINE SUCCESS OVERALL OWN HALF OPPONENT HALF

27.6% 25.1% 35.4%

Rank: 1 Rank: 1 Rank: 1 52.4% 58.6% 60.6% 14.3% 13.8% 12.2%

CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES

Gainline Forwards 47.4% Gainline Forwards 38.1% Gainline Forwards 50.5%

Gainline Static 21.3% Gainline Static 19.0% Gainline Static 22.1%

Gainline Backward 31.3% Gainline Backward 42.9% Gainline Backward 27.5%

LINE BREAKS & TACKLE BREAKS LINE BREAK OUTCOMES

Line breaks 21 Error Turnover 2 (10.5%)

Line breaks / match 4.2

Kick Turnover 3 (15.8%) Rank 4

Tackle breaks 32 Penalty Won 2 (10.5%)

Tackle breaks / match 6.4

Try 12 (63.2%) Rank 5

PLAYER STATISTICS - MINIMUM 80 MINUTES PLAYED Line breaks / 80 minutes Tackle breaks / 80 minutes Metres carried / 80 minutes

1 Matthieu Jalibert 1.6 1 Demba Bamba 1.6 1 Matthieu Jalibert 95.6

2 Gael Fickou 0.9 2 Antoine Dupont 0.9 2 Gregory Alldritt 88.0

3 Antoine Dupont 0.7 3 Gael Fickou 0.9 3 Anthony Bouthier 66.8

4 Gregory Alldritt 0.7 4 Matthieu Jalibert 0.8 4 Demba Bamba 64.0

5 Romain Ntamack 0.6 5 Teddy Thomas 0.7 5 Romain Ntamack 62.6

BREAKDOWNS FRANCE - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020

% RUCKS WON % MAULS WON OWN RUCK SPEEDS

18 (4.4%) 2 (13.3%) 18.9%

Rank: 47.0% Rank: AVG: 4.14 4 Rank: 6 3

34.1%

393 (95.6%) 13 (86.7%)

CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES

Ruck speed 0-3 53.2% Rucks won 95.9% Mauls won 79.7%

Ruck speed 3-6 32.5%

Rucks lost 4.1% Mauls lost 20.3% Ruck speed 6+ 14.2%

RUCK SPEED - LOCATIONS

Own 22 Own 22-50 50-Opp 22 Opp 22 10.9% 10.7% 9.3% 26.0% 27.3%

24.0% AVG: 7.28 AVG: 5.12 AVG: 3.16 AVG: 3.40 Rank: 5 Rank: 6 Rank: 6 Rank: 4 51.5% 54.3% 34.8% 39.2% 65.3%

46.8%

Attacking Breakdown Arrivals Defensive Breakdown Arrivals Breakdown steals

1 Bernard le Roux 114 1 Gregory Alldritt 83 1 Gregory Alldritt 4 2 Charles Ollivon 106 2 Julien Marchand 61 2 Julien Marchand 3 3 Julien Marchand 93 3 Charles Ollivon 46 3 Jefferson Poirot 2 4 Mohamed Haouas 82 4 Francois Cros 44 4 Camille Chat 1 5 Francois Cros 75 5 Bernard le Roux 41 Team Total 14

First 3 Arrivals (Attacking) First 3 Arrivals (Defensive) Cleanouts

1 Bernard le Roux 77 1 Gregory Alldritt 56 1 Bernard le Roux 57 2 Charles Ollivon 71 2 Julien Marchand 32 2 Francois Cros 39 3 Francois Cros 58 3 Francois Cros 21 3 Charles Ollivon 35 4 Julien Marchand 57 4 Jefferson Poirot 16 4 Julien Marchand 34 5 Mohamed Haouas 56 5 Bernard le Roux 15 5 Paul Willemse 26

SCRUMS FRANCE - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020

OWN SCRUMS WON SCRUM PUSH OPPONENT SCRUMS WON

5.6% 2 (4.4%) 27.8%

Rank: Rank: 19 (100.0%) 1 6

66.7% 43 (95.6%)

CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES

Forward 15.1% Scrum Won 89.9% Scrum Won 10.1%

Static 81.6%

Scrum Lost 10.1% Scrum Lost 89.9% Backward 3.3%

OWN SCRUMS OPPONENT SCRUMS Scrum Won Scrum Reset Retained Scrum Won Scrum Reset Retained Scrum Lost 79.2% 20.8% 3.8% 15.1% 81.1%

OWN SCRUMS WON OPPONENT SCRUMS WON Used Penalty Free Kick Used Penalty Free Kick

Total 18 1 Total 1 1

% of Total 94.7% 5.3% % of Total 50.0% 50.0%

OWN SCRUMS LOST OPPONENT SCRUMS LOST

Total Total 28 11 4

% of Total % of Total 65.1% 25.6% 9.3%

SCRUM MOVEMENT CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES

Blind 12.2% Own 22 20.0% 40.0% 40.0%

Close 26.7% Own 22-50 50.0% 50.0%

Kicked 23.3%

50-Opp 22 16.7% 16.7% 16.7% 33.3% 16.7% Midfield 31.1%

7.7% 15.4% 30.8% 23.1% 23.1% Overall Wide 6.7%

LINEOUTS FRANCE - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020

OWN LINEOUTS LINEOUT THROW LINEOUT SPEED

3.2% 1 (2.0%) 9 (14.8%) 12.9%

5 (8.2%) 37.1%

Total: 61

47 (77.0%) 46.8% 50 (98.0%)

CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES

Lineouts - Effective 78.4% Front 32.8% Fast 6.3% Middle 41.6% Lineouts - Ineffective 6.5% Back 22.9% Slow 93.7% Lineouts - Turnover 15.1% Quick 2.7%

LINEOUT BREAKDOWNS PLAYER STATISTICS - MINIMUM 80 MINUTES PL.. Total % of Total 3 Man - Effective 1 1.7% Own lineout takes / 80 minutes 4 Man - Effective 3 5.0% 1 Charles Ollivon 6.4 4 Man - Turnover 2 3.3% 5 Man - Effective 14 23.3% 2 Francois Cros 3.0 5 Man - Ineffective 3 5.0% 6 Man - Effective 24 40.0% 3 Paul Willemse 1.5 6 Man - Ineffective 2 3.3% 6 Man - Turnover 5 8.3% 3 5.0% Full - Effective Lineout steals / 80 minutes Full - Turnover 1 1.7% Quick - Effective 2 3.3% 1 Francois Cros 0.6

MOVEMENT FROM LINEOUTS CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES

Drive 39.0% Own 22 28.6% 14.3% 14.3% 14.3% 28.6%

End of Play 4.3% Own 22-50 5.6% 33.3% 16.7% 38.9% 5.6% Move 5.3%

50-Opp 22 33.3% 55.6% 11.1% Off The Top 23.4%

Over The Back 1.4% Opp 22 30.0% 30.0% 20.0% 10.0% 10.0% Quick Feed 9.9%

Overall 22.6% 7.5% 35.8% 13.2% 18.9% Other 16.7%

OPPONENT LINEOUTS & RESTARTS FRANCE - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020

OPPONENT LINEOUTS OPPONENT LINEOUT BREAKDOWNS Total % of Total

10 (14.3%) 4 Man - Opponent Effective 4 5.7%

4 (5.7%) 4 Man - Turnover Won 2 2.9%

18 25.7% Total: 5 Man - Opponent Effective 70 5 Man - Opponent Ineffective 1 1.4%

5 Man - Turnover Won 1 1.4% 56 (80.0%) 6 Man - Opponent Effective 24 34.3%

6 Man - Opponent Ineffective 2 2.9%

CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 6 Man - Turnover Won 6 8.6%

Turnover Won 15.1% Full - Opponent Effective 7 10.0%

Full - Opponent Ineffective 1 1.4% Opponent Ineffective 6.5% Full - Turnover Won 1 1.4%

Opponent Effective 78.4% Quick - Effective 3 4.3%

% START HALF WON START HALF - BREAKDOWNS START HALF - DIRECTION

1 (4.0%) Long - Lost 68.0%

4.0% 48.0% Short - Retained 4.0% Rank: 4 52.0%

Short - Lost 28.0% 24 (96.0%)

Won Lost Right Left

% START 22 WON START 22 - BREAKDOWNS START 22 - DIRECTION

1 (25.0%) Long - Lost 50.0% 33.3%

25.0% Short - Retained 25.0% Rank: 3

66.7% 3 (75.0%) Short - Lost 25.0%

Won Lost Right Left

DEFENCE FRANCE - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020

% SUCCESSFUL TACKLES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES OPPONENT GAINLINE SUCCESS

% Successful Tackles 90.4%

30.6% % Missed Tackles 9.6% 45.2% 89.9% Rank: 1 Rank: 4 Gainline Forwards 47.4%

Gainline Static 21.3%

Gainline Backward 31.3% 24.2%

Statistic Team Rank Championship Av..

Total tackles / match 194.0 1 172.7

Total successful tackles / match 174.4 1 156.2

Dominant tackles / match 19.6 2 15.9

% Tackles dominant 10.1% 2 9.2%

Turnovers won / match 4.2 3 4.8

Turnover tackles / match 3.2 4 3.0

OPPONENT POSSESSIONS

Line breaks / match 4.4 4 4.3

Tackle breaks / match 7.8 3 7.5

Total carries / match 126.6 6 113.8

Metres carried / match 736.7 5 655.3

Average carry distance 5.8 4 5.8

Offloads / match 9.6 6 7.3

PLAYER STATISTICS - MINIMUM 80 MINUTES PLAYED Successful tackles / 80 minutes Dominant tackles / 80 minutes Turnovers won / 80 minutes

1 Paul Willemse 21.7 1 Romain Taofifenua 3.8 1 Jefferson Poirot 1.5

2 Bernard le Roux 19.8 2 Bernard le Roux 3.1 2 Romain Taofifenua 0.9

3 Gregory Alldritt 18.2 3 Paul Willemse 2.7 3 Gregory Alldritt 0.9

4 Charles Ollivon 17.1 4 Jefferson Poirot 2.3 4 Julien Marchand 0.8

5 Francois Cros 16.4 5 Francois Cros 2.1 5 Demba Bamba 0.8

PENALTIES CONCEDED & CARDS FRANCE - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020

Statistic Team Rank Championship Av..

Total penalties conceded / match 11.0 1 9.4

Free kicks conceded / match 0.8 3 0.8

Yellow cards / match 0.8 1 0.4

Red cards / match 0.2 1 0.1

PENALTIES CONCEDED PER MATCH

13 14 11 10 7

1 2 3 4 5

W L

PENALTIES & INFRINGEMENTS ZONES TIMES TYPES

0'-10' 6 (10.9%) Foul 4 (7.3%) Own 22 19 (44.2%) 11'-20' 4 (7.3%) Lineout 1 (1.8%)

21'-30' 7 (12.7%) Maul 3 (5.5%) Own 22-50 8 (18.6%) 31'-HT 12 (21.8%) Offside 11 (20.0%)

HT-50' 4 (7.3%) Other 2 (3.6%) 50-Opp 22 11 (25.6%) 51'-60' 5 (9.1%) Ruck 11 (20.0%)

61'-70' 10 (18.2%) Scrum 11 (20.0%) Opp 22 5 (11.6%) 71'-80' 7 (12.7%) Tackle 12 (21.8%)

PLAYER STATISTICS - PER 80 AVERAGES WITH A MINIMUM 80 MINUTES PLAYED Total penalties conceded Penalties conceded / 80 minutes Yellow / Red cards

1 Gregory Alldritt 5 1 Cyril Baille 1.7 1 Mohamed Haouas 1 / 1

2 Julien Marchand 5 2 Demba Bamba 1.6 2 Anthony Bouthier 1 / 0 3 Mohamed Haouas 5 3 Mohamed Haouas 1.6 3 Francois Cros 1 / 0 4 Charles Ollivon 4 4 Jefferson Poirot 1.5

5 Cyril Baille 4 5 Julien Marchand 1.4 4 Gregory Alldritt 1 / 0