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Team Scotland PRE-MATCH REPORT SCOTLAND vs WALES GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021 ROUND 2 Team PRE-MATCH REPORT Scotland SCOTLAND vs WALES GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021 RESULTS SCOTLAND WALES Round Opponent Score Round Opponent Score 1 England 11-6 W 1 Ireland 21-16 W HOME TEAM HOME RANK FOR AWAY TEAM AWAY RANK 11 4 POINTS 21 2 11.0 4 POINTS / MATCH 21.0 2 1 3 TRIES SCORED 2 2 1.00 3 TRIES SCORED / MATCH 2.00 2 45.5% 4 % POINTS SCORED FROM TRIES 47.6% 3 AGAINST 6 6 POINTS CONCEDED 16 3 6.0 6 POINTS CONCEDED / MATCH 16.0 3 0 6 TRIES CONCEDED 1 3 0.000 6 TRIES CONCEDED / MATCH 1.00 3 0.0% 6 % POINTS CONCEDED FROM TRIES 31.3% 5 TYPES OF PLAY Scotland Wales 46.0% 50.6% 39.2% 38.2% 14.8% 11.2% Kick Ball Carry Passes Kick Ball Carry Passes HOME TEAM PLAYER LEADERS AWAY TEAM Finn Russell 6 POINTS Leigh Halfpenny 11 Duhan van der Merwe 1 TRIES SCORED George North 1 George Turner 1 TRY ASSISTS Josh Navidi 1 Jonny Gray 16 CARRIES Wyn Jones 12 Stuart Hogg 112.9 METRES CARRIED George North 85.4 Finn Russell 1 OFFLOADS Dan Biggar 1 Jonny Gray 12 SUCCESSFUL TACKLES Justin Tipuric 29 Duhan van der Merwe 1 DOMINANT TACKLES Josh Navidi 2 ©Copyright Stats Perform 2021. All rights reserved. PRE-MATCH REPORT SCOTLAND vs WALES GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021 OPPONENT 22 ENTRIES Scotland Wales Try & Conversion Scored Try & Missed Conversion 0.0% 11.1% 20.0% Penalty Try Scored Penalty Shot Scored Points / Points / Drop Goal Scored Opp 22 Entry: Opp 22 Entry: Other Opp 22 Entries 0.56 2.40 60.0% 20.0% 0.0% 88.9% Opponent 22 entries / match 9.0 Opponent 22 entries / match 5.0 Rank 3 Rank 5 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 .. POWER GAME Scotland Wales 59.7% 45.2% 33.7% 25.4% 21.2% 14.9% Gainline Forwards Gainline Static Gainline Backward Gainline Forwards Gainline Static Gainline Backward Metres carried / match 665 Metres carried / match 504 Line breaks / match 6.0 Line breaks / match 3.0 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 Scotland Wales % Tackles dominant 10.7% 0.0% 9.6% 0.7% % Turnover Tackles % Other Made Tackles % Missed Tackles 86.4% 87.1% This stat shows the defensive strength and structure of the team through Dominant Tackles which put pressure on the attacking team ©Copyright Stats Perform 2021. All rights reserved. PRE-MATCH REPORT SCOTLAND vs WALES GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020 HEAD TO HEAD - Scotland have won two of their last four Six Nations matches against Wales (L2), more than they’d won in their previous 13 Championship meetings (W1, L12); Gregor Townsend’s men will be aiming to record back-to-back wins against Wales in the Six Nations for the first time since 2002-2003. - Wales have led at halftime in each of their last six visits to BT Murrayfield in the Six Nations, going on to win five of those matches; their only defeat in that run came in 2017 when they lost 29-13 after conceding 20 unanswered second-half points. - Scotland have scored only six tries in their last seven home games against Wales in the Six Nations, never scoring more than two tries in a game in the process, after scoring exactly three tries in each of their first three games at BT Murrayfield against the Welsh team. - Four of the last six meetings between Scotland and Wales in the Six Nations have seen a final margin of seven points or fewer, while 10 of their previous 11 encounters in the Championship ended with a double-digit margin. - Scotland have failed to score a first-half try in eight of their last 10 games against Wales in the Six Nations; however they managed to cross the line for a try during the second-half in seven of those games, including the last six. COMMON STATISTICS - Scotland were the only side not to lose a lineout (15/15) on the opening weekend of the 2021 Six Nations, Wales lost more than any other side (4). - Wales recorded a 90% tackle success rate in the opening round of this year’s Six Nations, the best rate of any nation, just one percentage point ahead of Scotland (89%, France also 89%). - Scotland recorded 29 tackle breaks against England in the opening round of the Six Nations, more than any other side, while only England (11) recorded fewer than Wales (17). - Scotland (4.7s) and Wales (4.3) were the only sides to record an average ruck speed of over four second in the opening round of this year’s Six Nations. - Wales averaged 2.4 points per 22 entry in their opening game against Ireland, only France (4.3) recorded a better rate in Round 1, while only England, who failed to score any points, recorded fewer points per 22 entry than Scotland (0.6). ©Copyright Stats Perform 2021. All rights reserved. PRE-MATCH REPORT SCOTLAND vs WALES GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020 SCOTLAND STATISTICS - Scotland conceded just 59 points in their four games at BT Murrayfield in 2020, their average of 14.8 points conceded per game was their third lowest in such matches in a calendar year in the professional era and their lowest since 2011 (14.2, also 13.5 in 2009). - Scotland enjoyed 62% possession and 58% territory in their win against England in Round 1, no side has enjoyed more possession in a Six Nations match across the last two editions. - Scotland captain Stuart Hogg gained 88 metres with ball in hand against England last weekend, taking him past Sergio Parisse (3,088) as the player to gain the most in Six Nations history (3,091). - Duhan van der Merwe has scored four tries in his first five starts for Scotland, only failing to cross the try line against France in that run; he’s beaten 25 defenders in those five games, including five against England last time out. - Scotland’s Scott Cummings recorded 45 breakdown arrivals against England, no other player hit 40+ attacking rucks in the opening round of this year’s Championship. WALES STATISTICS - Wales have lost their last six away games in Test rugby, conceding 30 points per game in that spell, they had won five such matches in a row before that run; the last time they endured a longer such losing run was when they lost 10/10 away games in 2006 and 2007. - Justin Tipuric made 29 tackles in Wales’ win over Ireland in Round 1, the most by any player in the Championship since Guilhem Guirado made 31 against Ireland in 2018. - George North is set to win his 100th cap for Wales in this match, he will be the sixth player to achieve this feat for the country (Alun Wyn Jones, Gethin Jenkins, Stephen Jones, Gareth Thomas, Martyn Williams). - Welsh duo Alun Wyn Jones and Justin Tipuric hit 14 defensive rucks each against Ireland last weekend, no other player from any nation recorded as many defensive breakdown arrivals. - Josh Navidi and Ken Owens both made a round-high two dominant tackles in the Six Nations last weekend, no player made more (Maro Itoje, Paul Willemse and Will Connors also 2). ©Copyright Stats Perform 2021. All rights reserved. PRE-MATCH REPORT SCOTLAND STATISTICS ©Copyright Stats Perform 2021. All rights reserved. PRE-MATCH REPORT POINTS SCORED SCOTLAND - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021 Statistic Team Rank Championship Average Points scored 11 4 19.0 Points scored / match 11.0 4 19.0 Tries scored 1 3 2.00 Tries scored / match 1.00 3 2.00 % Points scored from tries 45.5% 4 52.6% Conversion success % 0.0% 5 75.0% Successful penalties / match 2.00 3 2.00 Penalty shot success % 50.0% 6 85.7% POINTS PER MATCH 11 1 W POINTS - TIMING TRY ORIGINS 0'-10' 3 (27.3%) 11'-20' 0 (0.0%) 21'-30' 5 (45.5%) 31'-HT 0 (0.0%) Try-From Turnover 1 (100.0%) HT-50' 3 (27.3%) 51'-60' 0 (0.0%) 61'-70' 0 (0.0%) 71'-80' 0 (0.0%) ©Copyright Stats Perform 2021. All rights reserved. PRE-MATCH REPORT KICKS AT GOAL SCOTLAND - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021 KICK LOCATIONS LAST 20 KICKS Opponent Minute Player England 80 Finn Russell Drop missed 72 Stuart Hogg Penalty missed 56 Finn Russell Drop missed 54 Finn Russell Penalty missed 49 Finn Russell Penalty made 31 Finn Russell Conversion missed 6 Finn Russell Penalty made CONVERSIONS Finn Russell Made: 0 1 (100.0%) Rank: 5 PENALTY KICKS AT GOAL Finn Russell Stuart Hogg 1 (33.3%) Made: 2 Made: 0 1 (100.0%) Rank: 2 Rank: 8 2 (66.7%) Ranks across total successful kicks ©Copyright Stats Perform 2021. All rights reserved. PRE-MATCH REPORT PLAYER SCORING STATISTICS SCOTLAND - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021 GP MP Points Points / 80 Tries Con Pen Drop Ali Price 1 69 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Cameron Redpath 1 80 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Chris Harris 1 80 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 David Cherry 1 13 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Duhan van der Merwe 1 80 5 5.0 1 0 0 0 Finn Russell 1 70 6 6.9 0 0 2 0 Gary Graham 1 17 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 George Turner 1 67 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Hamish Watson 1 80 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Huw Jones 1 9 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Jamie Ritchie 1 65 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Jonny Gray 1 80 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Matt Fagerson 1 63 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Oli Kebble 1 17 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Richie Gray 1 15 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Rory Sutherland 1 63 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Scott Cummings 1 80 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Scott Steele 1 11 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Sean Maitland 1 71 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Stuart Hogg 1 80 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 WP Nel 1 17 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Zander Fagerson 1 63 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 ©Copyright Stats Perform 2021.