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France-V-Wales-Post-Match-Report POST-MATCH REPORT FRANCE VS WALES 32 - 30 Guinness Six Nations Round 5 20/03/2021 Stade de France Live data report Home/Away Away POST-MATCH REPORT Home Round 5 - 20/03/2021 - Stade de France FRANCE 32 - 30 WALES 17 - 17 Romain Taofifenua (Try - 6') Dan Biggar (Try - 12') Matthieu Jalibert (Conversion - 7') Dan Biggar (Conversion - 12') Antoine Dupont (Try - 14') Josh Navidi (Try - 18') Matthieu Jalibert (Conversion - 15') Dan Biggar (Conversion - 20') Romain Ntamack (Penalty Goal - 34') SCORING Dan Biggar (Penalty Goal - 25') Romain Ntamack (Penalty Goal - 54') Dan Biggar (Penalty Goal - 46') Charles Ollivon (Try - 77') Josh Adams (Try - 50') Romain Ntamack (Conversion - 77') Dan Biggar (Conversion - 51') Brice Dulin (Try - 80') Dan Biggar (Penalty Goal - 59') FRANCE ATTACKING WALES POSSESSION 50% 50% TERRITORY 48% 52% BALLS PLAYED 317 298 CARRIES 139 117 METRES CARRIED 900 722 TACKLE BREAKS 37 12 LINE BREAKS 6 5 171 TOTAL PASSES 156 12 OFFLOADS 4 8 BAD PASSES 4 104 RUCKS/MAULS WON 107 0 RUCKS/MAULS LOST 2 ©Copyright Stats Perform 2021. All rights reserved. 2 POST-MATCH REPORT Round 5 - 20/03/2021 - Stade de France FRANCE 32 - 30 WALES 17 - 17 Romain Taofifenua (Try - 6') Dan Biggar (Try - 12') Matthieu Jalibert (Conversion - 7') Dan Biggar (Conversion - 12') Antoine Dupont (Try - 14') Josh Navidi (Try - 18') Matthieu Jalibert (Conversion - 15') Dan Biggar (Conversion - 20') Romain Ntamack (Penalty Goal - 34') SCORING Dan Biggar (Penalty Goal - 25') Romain Ntamack (Penalty Goal - 54') Dan Biggar (Penalty Goal - 46') Charles Ollivon (Try - 77') Josh Adams (Try - 50') Romain Ntamack (Conversion - 77') Dan Biggar (Conversion - 51') Brice Dulin (Try - 80') Dan Biggar (Penalty Goal - 59') FRANCE DEFENCE WALES 11 DOMINANT TACKLES 11 1 TURNOVER TACKLES 1 158 TACKLES MADE 181 11 TACKLES MISSED 36 13 TURNOVERS CONCEDED 5 DISCIPLINE 6 TOTAL PENALTIES CONCEDED 14 0 TOTAL FREE KICKS CONCEDED 0 SET PIECES 13 OWN LINEOUTS WON 8 1 OWN LINEOUTS LOST 0 0 LINEOUT STEALS 0 7 SCRUMS WON 7 0 SCRUMS LOST 0 ©Copyright Stats Perform 2021. All rights reserved. 3 POST-MATCH REPORT GOAL KICKING FRANCE vs WALES FRANCE Minute Statistic Current Score Player 7 Conversion 7-0 Matthieu Jalibert 15' 15 Conversion 14-7 Matthieu Jalibert 7' 34 Penalty Goal 17-17 Romain Ntamack 80' 54' 77' 34' 54 Penalty Goal 20-27 Romain Ntamack 77 Conversion 27-30 Romain Ntamack Conversion 80 32-30 Romain Ntamack Missed WALES Minute Statistic Current Score Player 12 Conversion 7-7 Dan Biggar Dan Biggar 46' 20 Conversion 14-14 59' 12' 25 Penalty Goal 17-14 Dan Biggar 51' 25' 20' 46 Penalty Goal 20-17 Dan Biggar 51 Conversion 27-17 Dan Biggar 59 Penalty Goal 30-20 Dan Biggar Successful Unsuccessful ©Copyright Stats Perform 2021. All rights reserved. 4 POST-MATCH REPORT TOP 5 PLAYERS FRANCE vs WALES FRANCE CARRIES METRES CARRIED TOTAL KICKS 1 Virimi Vakatawa 15 1 Brice Dulin 138 1 Brice Dulin 7 2 Charles Ollivon 13 2 Virimi Vakatawa 119 2 Antoine Dupont 4 3 Gregory Alldritt 13 3 Gregory Alldritt 75 3 Romain Ntamack 4 4 Brice Dulin 12 4 Antoine Dupont 65 4 Matthieu Jalibert 3 5 Antoine Dupont 11 5 Damian Penaud 60 5 Teddy Thomas 1 TOTAL PASSES TOTAL SUCCESSFUL TACKLES DOMINANT TACKLES 1 Antoine Dupont 69 1 Charles Ollivon 21 1 Paul Willemse 3 2 Romain Ntamack 20 2 Gregory Alldritt 21 2 Charles Ollivon 2 3 Baptiste Serin 18 3 Paul Willemse 14 3 Antoine Dupont 1 4 Gregory Alldritt 10 4 Julien Marchand 13 4 Dylan Cretin 1 5 Matthieu Jalibert 8 5 Cyril Baille 12 5 Gregory Alldritt 1 WALES CARRIES METRES CARRIED TOTAL KICKS 1 Taulupe Faletau 16 1 Jonathan Davies 82 1 Gareth Davies 9 2 Wyn Jones 12 2 Louis Rees-Zammit 77 2 Dan Biggar 6 3 Alun Wyn Jones 11 3 Taulupe Faletau 75 3 Liam Williams 4 4 George North 9 4 Liam Williams 70 4 Josh Adams 3 5 Jonathan Davies 9 5 George North 65 5 Tomos Williams 3 TOTAL PASSES TOTAL SUCCESSFUL TACKLES DOMINANT TACKLES 1 Gareth Davies 74 1 Alun Wyn Jones 22 1 Alun Wyn Jones 2 2 Dan Biggar 31 2 Justin Tipuric 15 2 Justin Tipuric 2 3 Tomos Williams 16 3 Taulupe Faletau 15 3 Tomas Francis 2 4 Justin Tipuric 7 4 Tomas Francis 14 4 Adam Beard 1 5 Taulupe Faletau 5 5 Josh Navidi 12 5 Elliot Dee 1 Data collected live and subject to change ©Copyright Stats Perform 2021. All rights reserved. 5 teamname POST-MATCH REPORT France FRANCE - PLAYER DATA FRANCE vs WALES Pos Player MP Points Try Con Pen Drop YC RC 1 Cyril Baille 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Julien Marchand 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Mohamed Haouas 59 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 Romain Taofifenua 22 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 Paul Willemse 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 Dylan Cretin 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Charles Ollivon 80 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 Gregory Alldritt 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Antoine Dupont 74 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 Matthieu Jalibert 30 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 11 Damian Penaud 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Gael Fickou 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Virimi Vakatawa 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Teddy Thomas 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Brice Dulin 80 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 Subs Anthony Jelonch 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arthur Vincent 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Baptiste Serin 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Camille Chat 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jean-Baptiste Gros 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Romain Ntamack 51 8 0 1 2 0 0 0 Swan Rebbadj 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Uini Atonio 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PLAYERS ON PLAYERS OFF Swan Rebbadj 22' Romain Taofifenua 22' Romain Ntamack 30' Matthieu Jalibert 30' Dylan Cretin 51' Anthony Jelonch 51' Teddy Thomas 57' Arthur Vincent 57' Cyril Baille 59' Jean-Baptiste Gros 59' Mohamed Haouas 59' Uini Atonio 60' Gregory Alldritt 60' Camille Chat 69' Paul Willemse 68' 69' Gregory Alldritt Julien Marchand 69' Mohamed Haouas 69' Mohamed Haouas 69' Baptiste Serin 74' Antoine Dupont 74' ©Copyright Stats Perform 2021. All rights reserved. 6 teamname POST-MATCH REPORT Wales WALES - PLAYER DATA FRANCE vs WALES Pos Player MP Points Try Con Pen Drop YC RC 1 Wyn Jones 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Ken Owens 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Tomas Francis 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Adam Beard 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Alun Wyn Jones 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Josh Navidi 77 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 Justin Tipuric 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Taulupe Faletau 72 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 Gareth Davies 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Dan Biggar 68 20 1 3 3 0 0 0 11 Josh Adams 80 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 Jonathan Davies 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 George North 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Louis Rees-Zammit 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Liam Williams 73 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Subs Callum Sheedy 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cory Hill 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Elliot Dee 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 James Botham 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Leon Brown 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nicky Smith 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tomos Williams 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Willis Halaholo 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PLAYERS ON PLAYERS OFF Tomos Williams 49' Gareth Davies 49' Adam Beard 57' Cory Hill 57' Dan Biggar 68' Callum Sheedy 68' Jonathan Davies 68' Elliot Dee 68' Ken Owens 68' Leon Brown 68' Tomas Francis 68' Taulupe Faletau 72' Willis Halaholo 68' Liam Williams 73' James Botham 77' Josh Navidi 77' Nicky Smith 77' Wyn Jones 77' ©Copyright Stats Perform 2021. All rights reserved. 7 teamname POST-MATCH REPORT France FRANCE - PLAYER COMPETITION STATISTICS GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021 Player MP Points Points / 80 Try Con Pen Drop YC RC Anthony Jelonch 119 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Antoine Dupont 293 15 4.1 3 0 0 0 0 0 Arthur Vincent 184 5 2.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 Baptiste Serin 28 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bernard le Roux 150 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Brice Dulin 320 10 2.5 2 0 0 0 0 0 Cameron Woki 9 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Camille Chat 21 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Charles Ollivon 320 10 2.5 2 0 0 0 0 0 Cyril Baille 253 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cyril Cazeaux 21 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Damian Penaud 248 10 3.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 Dorian Aldegheri 50 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dylan Cretin 215 5 1.9 1 0 0 0 0 0 Gabin Villiere 160 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gael Fickou 299 5 1.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 Gregory Alldritt 289 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hassane Kolingar 5 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jean-Baptiste Gros 63 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Julien Marchand 260 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Louis Carbonel 21 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Matthieu Jalibert 249 34 10.9 0 11 4 0 0 0 Mohamed Haouas 225 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Paul Willemse 276 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Pierre Bourgarit 40 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Romain Ntamack 51 8 12.5 0 1 2 0 0 0 Romain Taofifenua 113 5 3.5 1 0 0 0 0 0 Swan Rebbadj 59 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Teddy Thomas 230 10 3.5 2 0 0 0 0 0 Uini Atonio 45 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Virimi Vakatawa 160 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 POINTS POINTS / 80 MINUTES TRIES 1 Matthieu Jalibert 34 1 Romain Ntamack 12.5 1 Antoine Dupont 3 2 Antoine Dupont 15 2 Matthieu Jalibert 10.9 2 Brice Dulin 2 3 Brice Dulin 10 3 Antoine Dupont 4.1 3 Charles Ollivon 2 4 Charles Ollivon 10 4 Romain Taofifenua 3.5 4 Damian Penaud 2 5 Damian Penaud 10 5 Teddy Thomas 3.5 5 Teddy Thomas 2 ©Copyright Stats Perform 2021.
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