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PRE-MATCH REPORT

FRANCE vs WALES GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021 ROUND 5 Team PRE-MATCH REPORT France

FRANCE vs WALES GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021

RESULTS

FRANCE WALES Round Opponent Score Round Opponent Score

1 Italy 50-10 W 1 Ireland 21-16 W 2 Scotland 25-24 W 2 Ireland 15-13 W 3 England 40-24 W

4 England 20-23 L 4 Italy 48-7 W

HOME TEAM HOME RANK FOR AWAY TEAM AWAY RANK

85 4 POINTS 134 1 28.3 2 POINTS / MATCH 33.5 1 11 2 TRIES SCORED 17 1 3.67 2 TRIES SCORED / MATCH 4.3 1 64.7% 1 % POINTS SCORED FROM TRIES 63.4% 2 AGAINST

46 1 POINTS CONCEDED 71 4 15.3 1 POINTS CONCEDED / MATCH 17.8 3 4 1 TRIES CONCEDED 7 3 1.33 1 TRIES CONCEDED / MATCH 1.75 2 43.5% 1 % POINTS CONCEDED FROM TRIES 49.3% 2

TYPES OF PLAY

France Wales 44.9% 52.0% 41.0% 36.8% 14.1% 11.2%

Kick Ball Carry Passes Kick Ball Carry Passes

HOME TEAM PLAYER LEADERS AWAY TEAM

Matthieu Jalibert 30 POINTS Callum Sheedy 24

Antoine Dupont 2 TRIES SCORED Louis Rees-Zammit 4

Antoine Dupont 4 TRY ASSISTS Dan Biggar 2

Gregory Alldritt 39 CARRIES Taulupe Faletau 50

Brice Dulin 232.9 METRES CARRIED Taulupe Faletau 282.8

Antoine Dupont 5 OFFLOADS Dan Biggar 3

Paul Willemse 52 SUCCESSFUL TACKLES Justin Tipuric 70

Paul Willemse 4 DOMINANT TACKLES Ken Owens 5

FRANCE vs WALES GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021

OPPONENT 22 ENTRIES

France Wales Try & Conversion Scored Try & Missed Conversion Penalty Try Scored 31.0% 34.6% 34.5% Penalty Shot Scored

Points / Points / Drop Goal Scored 50.0% Opp 22 Entry: Opp 22 Entry: Other Opp 22 Entries 3.04 3.86 0.0%

7.7% 13.8% 0.0% 7.7% 0.0% 20.7%

Opponent 22 entries / match 8.7 Opponent 22 entries / match 7.3

Rank 1 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

France Wales 49.7% 43.2% 33.3% 33.8% 23.0% 17.0%

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

Metres carried / match 636 Metres carried / match 575

Line breaks / match 6.7 Line breaks / match 5.5

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

France Wales % Tackles dominant

12.8% 1.8% 11.2% 1.9% % Turnover Tackles % Other Made Tackles % Missed Tackles

82.3% 83.1%

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

FRANCE vs WALES GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020

HEAD TO HEAD

- France have won only two of their last nine games against Wales in the Six Nations (L7) after winning nine of the previous 12 (L3).

- Wales have won three of their last four away games to France in the Six Nations (L1), after winning only two of the previous six (L4); they won in their last trip to France (24-19 in 2019) despite trailing by 16 points at half-time, the biggest second-half comeback for a team in the Six Nations.

- Wales have scored more than 20 points in their last two games against France in the Six Nations, as many times as in their previous 11 encounters.

- Wales have scored no first-half tries in their last five away games against France in the Six Nations, but scored five second-half tries in that span.

- France have scored a tally of 11 tries in their last three Test games against Wales after scoring 10 tries in their previous 10 meetings.

COMMON STATISTICS

- France have beaten more defenders on average than any other side in this edition of the Six Nations, their tally of 27 defenders beaten per match is more than double that of Wales (12.5) who have beaten the fewest of any side.

- Wales remain the only side yet to be shown a card of any colour in the 2021 Six Nations, indeed they have now gone 15 games in the tournament without being shown a card, France meanwhile have conceded fewer penalties per game (8.7) than any other side in the 2021 Championship.

- France have averaged 1,131 kicking metres per game in the Six Nations in 2021, more than any other side, while Wales have made the second most (901).

- Wales have averaged 175 successful tackles per game in the Six Nations this year, more than any other side, while France have made the second most (161).

- France’s Charles Ollivon and Wales’ Justin Tipuric have each made 16 lineout takes in the Six Nations in 2021, more than any other player; Wales Adam Beard sits just behind them on 15 takes.

FRANCE vs WALES GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020

FRANCE STATISTICS

- France have made more offloads (27) than any other side in the 2021 Six Nations, Les Bleus have been successful with 87% of the offloads they have attempted overall, the best rate of any nation.

- France’s Gregory Alldritt has made 41 defensive breakdown arrivals in the Six Nations this year, more than any other player in the tournament.

- Individually, Antoine Dupont has made the most offloads of any player in the Six Nations in 2021 (5).

- Antoine Dupont already has four try assists in this Six Nations, only five players have ever recorded more in an edition of the Championship with Frederic Michalak (7 in 2006) the only Frenchman to do so.

- Teddy Thomas (France) has beaten 14 defenders from 14 carries in the 2021 Six Nations, the best rate of any player to make more than one carry.

WALES STATISTICS

- Wales are bidding to win a sixth Six Nations title (since 2000), only England (7) have won the Championship more often, if they win this match it would be their fifth Grand Slam, no other side has more than three.

- Wales have made 144 metres from their maul in the 2021 Six Nations, 85 metres more than any other side, they are also the only team to score a try directly from a maul this season in the Championship.

- Justin Tipuric (70), Josh Navidi and Taulupe Faletau (both 57) are the top three tacklers in the 2021 Six Nations.

- Josh Navidi (2) is the only forward to assist multiple tries in the Six Nations in 2021, in fact, only Antoine Dupont (4) has assisted more overall than the Wales back rower.

- Louis Rees-Zammit is the joint top try scorer in the 2021 Six Nations (4, same as Anthony Watson), Shane Williams (6 in 2008) is the only Welsh player to score more than four in an edition of the tournament; Rees-Zammit also tops the charts for breaks in the tournament this year (7).

FRANCE STATISTICS

POINTS SCORED FRANCE - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021

Statistic Team Rank Championship Average

Points scored 85 4 23.7

Points scored / match 28.3 2 23.7

Tries scored 11 2 2.73

Tries scored / match 3.67 2 2.73

% Points scored from tries 64.7% 1 57.6%

Conversion success % 81.8% 3 76.7%

Successful penalties / match 1.33 4 1.95

Penalty shot success % 66.7% 5 86.0%

POINTS PER MATCH

20 15

1 2 4

W L

POINTS - TIMING TRY ORIGINS

0'-10' 14 (16.5%) Try-From Counter Attack 2 (18.18%) 11'-20' 3 (3.5%)

21'-30' 20 (23.5%) Try-From Lineout 5 (45.45%) 31'-HT 14 (16.5%)

HT-50' 8 (9.4%) Try-From Scrum 2 (18.18%) 51'-60' 21 (24.7%)

61'-70' 0 (0.0%) Try-From Turnover 2 (18.18%) 71'-80' 5 (5.9%)

KICKS AT GOAL FRANCE - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021

KICK LOCATIONS LAST 20 KICKS

Opponent Minute Player England 64 Brice Dulin Drop missed 50 Matthieu Jalibert Penalty made 34 Matthieu Jalibert Conversion made 30 Matthieu Jalibert Penalty made 3 Matthieu Jalibert Conversion made Ireland 72 Matthieu Jalibert Penalty missed 56 Matthieu Jalibert Conversion missed 39 Matthieu Jalibert Penalty made 31 Matthieu Jalibert Conversion made 11 Matthieu Jalibert Penalty missed Italy 75 Louis Carbonel Conversion missed 58 Matthieu Jalibert Conversion made 54 Matthieu Jalibert Conversion made 51 Matthieu Jalibert Conversion made 31 Matthieu Jalibert Conversion made 28 Matthieu Jalibert Conversion made 11 Matthieu Jalibert Penalty made 7 Matthieu Jalibert Conversion made

CONVERSIONS Louis Carbonel Matthieu Jalibert

1 (10.0%)

Made: 0 Made: 9 1 (100.0%) Rank: 12 Rank: 1

9 (90.0%)

PENALTY KICKS AT GOAL Matthieu Jalibert

2 (33.3%)

Made: 4

Rank: 3

4 (66.7%)

Ranks across total successful kicks

PLAYER SCORING STATISTICS FRANCE - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021

GP MP Points Points / 80 Tries Con Pen Drop

Anthony Jelonch 2 89 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Antoine Dupont 3 219 10 3.7 2 0 0 0

Arthur Vincent 2 160 5 2.5 1 0 0 0

Baptiste Serin 1 21 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Bernard le Roux 2 150 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Brice Dulin 3 240 5 1.7 1 0 0 0

Cameron Woki 1 9 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Camille Chat 1 9 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Charles Ollivon 3 240 5 1.7 1 0 0 0

Cyril Baille 3 194 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Cyril Cazeaux 1 21 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Damian Penaud 3 168 10 4.8 2 0 0 0

Dorian Aldegheri 2 50 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Dylan Cretin 3 164 5 2.4 1 0 0 0

Gabin Villiere 2 160 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Gael Fickou 3 219 5 1.8 1 0 0 0

Gregory Alldritt 3 218 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Hassane Kolingar 1 5 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Jean-Baptiste Gros 2 41 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Julien Marchand 3 191 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Louis Carbonel 1 21 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Matthieu Jalibert 3 219 30 11.0 0 9 4 0

Mohamed Haouas 3 166 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Paul Willemse 3 208 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Pierre Bourgarit 2 40 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Romain Taofifenua 3 91 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Teddy Thomas 3 173 10 4.6 2 0 0 0

Uini Atonio 1 24 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Virimi Vakatawa 1 80 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

POINTS CONCEDED FRANCE - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021

Statistic Team Rank Championship Average

Points conceded 46 1 23.7

Points conceded / match 15.3 1 23.7

Tries conceded 4 1 2.73

Tries conceded / match 1.33 1 2.73

% Points conceded from tries 43.5% 1 57.6%

Opponent conversion success % 100.0% 6 76.7%

Opponent successful penalties / match 2.00 3 1.95

Opponent penalty shot success % 85.7% 3 86.0%

POINTS CONCEDED PER MATCH

13 10

1 2 4

W L

POINTS CONCEDED - TIMING OPPONENT TRY ORIGINS

0'-10' 5 (10.9%)

1 (25.0%) 11'-20' 11 (23.9%) Try-From Counter Attack

21'-30' 3 (6.5%)

31'-HT 0 (0.0%) Try-From Lineout 2 (50.0%) HT-50' 0 (0.0%)

51'-60' 10 (21.7%)

10 (21.7%) 61'-70' Try-From Turnover 1 (25.0%)

71'-80' 7 (15.2%)

POSSESSION FRANCE - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021

POSSESSION % TERRITORY % EFFECTIVE PLAYING TIME

44% 50% 36:44 Rank: 6 Rank: 4 Rank: 4

Statistic Team Rank Championship Average

% Balls played with hands 85.9% 6 90.3%

Total passes / match 113.0 6 151.8

Offloads / match 9.0 1 5.1

Total carries / match 95.0 6 116.2

Metres carried / match 635.6 5 687.8

Average carry distance 6.7 1 5.9

% Balls kicked 14.1% 1 9.7%

Open play kicks / match 32.7 1 28.2

Kicking metres / match 1,131.3 1 845.8

Average kicking distance 34.6 1 30.0

% Time in opponent 22 6.2% 6 9.6%

Turnovers conceded / match 11.3 4 11.2

TEAM POSSESSIONS OPPONENT POSSESSIONS

38.6% 37.1% 35.4% 29.9%

17.2% 17.5% 14.3% 10.0%

% 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 2021

Null Own 22 Own 22-50 50-Opp 22 Opp 22 54.3% 48.5% 48.5% 40.3% 40.5% 37.4% 34.1% 37.4% 28.5% 22.3%

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CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 12.1% 37.1% 50.8% 33.1% 35.8% 31.1% 14.2% 40.6% 45.2% 3.4% 38.3% 58.3% 1.6% 46.2% 52.2%

PHASES

First 3 Phases 34.5% 36.2% 29.3% Own 22 4+ Phases 28.6% 57.1% 14.3%

First 3 Phases 37.1% 40.7% 22.2% Own 22-50 4+ Phases 41.7% 33.3% 25.0%

First 3 Phases 52.9% 41.3% 5.8% 50-Opp 22 4+ Phases 59.0% 37.7%

First 3 Phases 50.8% 45.8% Opp 22 4+ Phases 44.7% 52.6%

GAME STATES

Leading 29.5% 41.0% 29.5%

Own 22 Tied 40.0% 40.0% 20.0%

Trailing 45.0% 20.0% 35.0%

Leading 36.9% 40.9% 22.1%

Own 22-50 Tied 45.2% 33.3% 21.4%

Trailing 20.0% 53.3% 26.7%

Leading 51.5% 42.1% 6.4%

50-Opp 22 Tied 55.0% 40.0% 5.0%

Trailing 62.1% 36.2%

Leading 48.1% 48.1%

Opp 22 Tied 46.2% 53.8%

Trailing 50.0% 46.7%

ATTACKS FRANCE - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021

GAINLINE SUCCESS OVERALL OWN HALF OPPONENT HALF

23.1% 33.3% 33.3%

49.7% Rank: 2 Rank: 5 Rank: 1

57.8% 56.5% 20.4% 8.9% 17.0%

CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES

Gainline Forwards 47.3% Gainline Forwards 33.8% Gainline Forwards 51.9%

Gainline Static 20.2% Gainline Static 19.8% Gainline Static 20.2%

Gainline Backward 32.6% Gainline Backward 46.3% Gainline Backward 27.8%

LINE BREAKS & TACKLE BREAKS LINE BREAK OUTCOMES

Line breaks 20 Error Turnover 5 (25.0%)

Line breaks / match 6.7

Kick Turnover 1 (5.0%) Rank 1

Tackle breaks 82 Penalty Conceded 2 (10.0%)

Tackle breaks / match 27.3

Try 12 (60.0%) Rank 1

PLAYER STATISTICS - MINIMUM 80 MINUTES PLAYED

Line breaks / 80 minutes Tackle breaks / 80 minutes Metres carried / 80 minutes

1 Teddy Thomas 1.8 1 Teddy Thomas 6.5 1 Teddy Thomas 81.4

2 Julien Marchand 1.3 2 Matthieu Jalibert 3.7 2 Brice Dulin 77.6

3 Arthur Vincent 1.0 3 Brice Dulin 3.0 3 Gregory Alldritt 71.5

4 Gabin Villiere 1.0 4 Gabin Villiere 3.0 4 Arthur Vincent 59.3

5 Damian Penaud 1.0 5 Antoine Dupont 2.6 5 Antoine Dupont 58.3

BREAKDOWNS FRANCE - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021

% RUCKS WON % MAULS WON OWN RUCK SPEEDS

12 (6.1%) 13.8%

Rank: Rank: AVG: 3.51 9 (100.0%) 5 Rank: 4 1 24.7% 61.5%

184 (93.9%)

CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES

Ruck speed 0-3 59.4% Rucks won 95.7% Mauls won 94.1%

Ruck speed 3-6 29.4%

Rucks lost 4.3% Mauls lost 5.9% Ruck speed 6+ 11.2%

RUCK SPEEDS - LOCATIONS Null Own 22 Own 22-50 50-Opp 22 Opp 22 8.5% 17.4% 20.9% 21.6%

39.1% 19.7%

AVG: 6.08 AVG: 3.98 AVG: 2.95 AVG: 2.46 Rank: 4 Rank: 3 Rank: 5 Rank: 2 53.5%

25.6% 71.8% 43.5% 78.4%

Attacking Breakdown Arrivals Defensive Breakdown Arrivals Breakdown steals

1 Charles Ollivon 55 1 Gregory Alldritt 41 1 Jean-Baptiste Gros 2 2 Julien Marchand 41 2 Julien Marchand 29 2 Romain Taofifenua 2 3 Paul Willemse 41 3 Gael Fickou 27 3 Anthony Jelonch 1 4 Mohamed Haouas 37 4 Charles Ollivon 22 4 Antoine Dupont 1 5 Bernard le Roux 36 5 Paul Willemse 20 Team Total 10

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

1 Charles Ollivon 44 1 Gregory Alldritt 41 1 Charles Ollivon 14 2 Paul Willemse 38 2 Julien Marchand 28 2 Bernard le Roux 12 3 Bernard le Roux 34 3 Gael Fickou 27 3 Mohamed Haouas 10 4 Mohamed Haouas 34 4 Charles Ollivon 22 4 Paul Willemse 9 5 Gregory Alldritt 32 5 Paul Willemse 19 5 Julien Marchand 8

SCRUMS FRANCE - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021

OWN SCRUMS WON SCRUM PUSH OPPONENT SCRUMS WON

1 (6.7%) 11.1% 16.7%

Rank: Rank: 16 (100.0%) 3 6

14 (93.3%) 72.2%

CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES

Forward 8.5% Scrum Won 90.1% Scrum Won 9.9%

Static 86.8%

Scrum Lost 9.9% Scrum Lost 90.1% Backward 4.7%

OWN SCRUMS OPPONENT SCRUMS

Scrum Won Scrum Reset Retained Scrum Lost Scrum Reset Retained Scrum Lost

77.8% 16.7% 5.6% 5.9% 94.1%

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

Total 8 5 1 Total

% of Total 57.1% 35.7% 7.1% % of Total

OWN SCRUMS LOST OPPONENT SCRUMS LOST Penalty Free Kick Used Penalty Free Kick

Total 1 Total 11 4 1

% of Total 100.0% % of Total 68.8% 25.0% 6.3%

LINEOUTS FRANCE - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021

OWN LINEOUTS LINEOUT THROW

6 (13.0%) 10.6% 19.1% 2 (4.3%) 19.1% Total: 46

38 (82.6%) 51.1%

CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES

Lineouts - Effective 84.8% Front 31.7% Middle 49.1% Lineouts - Ineffective 2.5% Back 15.3%

Lineouts - Turnover 12.6% Quick 3.9%

LINEOUT BREAKDOWNS PLAYER STATISTICS - MINIMUM 80 MINUTES PLAYED Own lineout takes / 80 minutes

Total % of Total

3 Man - Effective 1 2.2% 1 Charles Ollivon 5.3 4 Man - Effective 4 8.7%

4 Man - Turnover 1 2.2%

8 17.4% 5 Man - Effective 2 Dylan Cretin 4.4

5 Man - Ineffective 1 2.2%

5 Man - Turnover 2 4.3%

6 Man - Effective 11 23.9% 3 Anthony Jelonch 1.8

6 Man - Ineffective 1 2.2%

6 Man - Turnover 1 2.2% Lineout steals / 80 minutes Full - Effective 9 19.6%

Full - Turnover 2 4.3% 1 Dylan Cretin 0.5

Quick - Effective 5 10.9%

OPPONENT LINEOUTS & RESTARTS FRANCE - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021

OPPONENT LINEOUTS OPPONENT LINEOUT BREAKDOWNS Total % of Total 3 (8.6%) 1 (2.9%) 4 Man - Opponent Effective 3 8.6%

Total: 5 Man - Opponent Effective 16 45.7% 35

5 Man - Opponent Ineffective 1 2.9%

31 (88.6%) 6 Man - Opponent Effective 7 20.0%

CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 6 Man - Turnover Won 3 8.6%

Turnover Won 12.6% Full - Opponent Effective 3 8.6% Opponent Ineffective 2.5%

2 5.7% Opponent Effective 84.8% Quick - Effective

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

Long - Lost 53.8%

0.0% 13 (100.0%) 100.0% Rank: 5

Short - Lost 46.2%

Lost Right

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

Long - Lost 66.7% 33.3%

0.0% 3 (100.0%) Rank: 3

Short - Lost 33.3% 66.7%

Lost Right Left

DEFENCE FRANCE - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021

% SUCCESSFUL TACKLES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES OPPONENT GAINLINE SUCCESS

% Successful Tackles 87.2%

31.8% % Missed Tackles 12.8%

87.2% 48.9% Rank: 4 Rank: 3 Gainline Forwards 47.3%

Gainline Static 20.2%

Gainline Backward 32.6% 19.3%

Statistic Team Rank Championship Average

Total tackles / match 184.3 2 159.1

Total successful tackles / match 160.7 2 138.7

Dominant tackles / match 5.7 3 5.5

% Tackles dominant 3.1% 5 3.5%

Turnovers won / match 4.0 2 4.2

Turnover tackles / match 3.3 3 2.5

OPPONENT POSSESSIONS

Line breaks / match 5.7 4 5.6

Tackle breaks / match 23.7 5 20.4

Total carries / match 137.0 5 116.2

Metres carried / match 884.0 6 687.8

Average carry distance 6.5 5 5.9

Offloads / match 6.0 4 5.1

PLAYER STATISTICS - MINIMUM 80 MINUTES PLAYED

Successful tackles / 80 minutes Dominant tackles / 80 minutes Turnovers won / 80 minutes

1 Paul Willemse 20.0 1 Anthony Jelonch 1.8 1 Romain Taofifenua 1.8

2 Bernard le Roux 17.6 2 Paul Willemse 1.5 2 Virimi Vakatawa 1.0

3 Mohamed Haouas 14.5 3 Bernard le Roux 1.1 3 Anthony Jelonch 0.9

4 Charles Ollivon 14.3 4 Damian Penaud 1.0 4 Dylan Cretin 0.5

5 Gregory Alldritt 13.2 5 Charles Ollivon 0.7 5 Julien Marchand 0.4

PENALTIES CONCEDED & CARDS FRANCE - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021

Statistic Team Rank Championship Average

Total penalties conceded / match 8.7 6 10.6

Free kicks conceded / match 0.3 4 0.6

Yellow cards / match 0.3 2 0.3

Red cards / match 0.0 3 0.1

PENALTIES CONCEDED PER MATCH 9 9 8

1 2 4

W L

PENALTIES & INFRINGEMENTS

ZONES TIMES TYPES

0'-10' 2 (7.7%) Foul 1 (3.8%) Own 22 2 (9.1%) 11'-20' 8 (30.8%) Lineout 1 (3.8%)

21'-30' 2 (7.7%) 2 (7.7%) Own 22-50 8 (36.4%) Maul 31'-HT 3 (11.5%) Other 5 (19.2%) HT-50' 1 (3.8%) 50-Opp 22 9 (40.9%) Ruck 8 (30.8%) 51'-60' 4 (15.4%) Scrum 5 (19.2%) 61'-70' 3 (11.5%) Opp 22 3 (13.6%) 71'-80' 3 (11.5%) Tackle 4 (15.4%)

PLAYER STATISTICS - PER 80 AVERAGES WITH A MINIMUM 80 MINUTES PLAYED

Total penalties conceded Penalties conceded / 80 minutes Yellow / Red cards

1 Charles Ollivon 5 1 Bernard le Roux 2.1

2 Bernard le Roux 4 2 Mohamed Haouas 1.9

3 Mohamed Haouas 4 3 Charles Ollivon 1.7 1 Bernard le Roux 1 / 0

4 Dorian Aldegheri 3 4 Dylan Cretin 1.5

5 Dylan Cretin 3 5 Anthony Jelonch 0.9

WALES STATISTICS

POINTS SCORED WALES - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021

Statistic Team Rank Championship Average

Points scored 134 1 23.7

Points scored / match 33.5 1 23.7

Tries scored 17 1 2.73

Tries scored / match 4.25 1 2.73

% Points scored from tries 63.4% 2 57.6%

Conversion success % 64.7% 6 76.7%

Successful penalties / match 2.25 3 1.95

Penalty shot success % 100.0% 1 86.0%

POINTS PER MATCH

48 40

25 21

1 2 3 4

POINTS - TIMING TRY ORIGINS

0'-10' 19 (14.2%) Try-From Lineout 8 (50.00%) 11'-20' 15 (11.2%)

21'-30' 17 (12.7%) Try-From Scrum 3 (18.75%) 31'-HT 7 (5.2%)

HT-50' 19 (14.2%) Try-From Tap Penalty 2 (12.50%) 51'-60' 24 (17.9%)

61'-70' 23 (17.2%) Try-From Turnover 3 (18.75%) 71'-80' 10 (7.5%)

KICKS AT GOAL WALES - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021

KICK LOCATIONS LAST 20 KICKS

Opponent Minute Player Italy 65 Callum Sheedy Conversion made 61 Callum Sheedy Conversion made 43 Dan Biggar Conversion made 31 Dan Biggar Conversion missed 22 Dan Biggar Conversion made 15 Dan Biggar Conversion missed 9 Dan Biggar Conversion made 3 Dan Biggar Penalty made England 80 Callum Sheedy Conversion made 75 Callum Sheedy Penalty made 70 Callum Sheedy Penalty made 67 Callum Sheedy Penalty made 50 Callum Sheedy Conversion made 31 Dan Biggar Conversion made 17 Dan Biggar Conversion made 6 Dan Biggar Penalty made Scotland 71 Callum Sheedy Conversion missed 56 Callum Sheedy Conversion missed 52 Callum Sheedy Conversion made 39 Dan Biggar Conversion missed

CONVERSIONS Callum Sheedy Dan Biggar Leigh Halfpenny

2 (28.6%) 3 (37.5%)

Made: 5 Made: 5 Made: 1 1 (50.0%) 1 (50.0%) Rank: 4 Rank: 4 Rank: 9

5 (62.5%) 5 (71.4%)

PENALTY KICKS AT GOAL Callum Sheedy Dan Biggar Leigh Halfpenny

Made: 3 Made: 2 Made: 4 3 (100.0%) 2 (100.0%) 4 (100.0%) Rank: 7 Rank: 8 Rank: 3

Ranks across total successful kicks

PLAYER SCORING STATISTICS WALES - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021

GP MP Points Points / 80 Tries Con Pen Drop

Aaron Wainwright 2 90 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Adam Beard 3 201 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Alun Wyn Jones 4 284 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Callum Sheedy 4 109 24 17.6 1 5 3 0

Cory Hill 2 105 5 3.8 1 0 0 0

Dan Biggar 4 225 16 5.7 0 5 2 0

Dan Lydiate 1 12 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Elliot Dee 3 55 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Gareth Davies 4 155 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

George North 3 205 10 3.9 2 0 0 0

Hallam Amos 1 66 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Jake Ball 1 26 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

James Botham 2 28 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Johnny Williams 1 24 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Jonathan Davies 2 129 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Josh Adams 2 160 10 5.0 2 0 0 0

Josh Navidi 3 218 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Justin Tipuric 4 320 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Ken Owens 4 265 10 3.0 2 0 0 0

Kieran Hardy 2 96 5 4.2 1 0 0 0

Leigh Halfpenny 2 112 14 10.0 0 1 4 0

Leon Brown 4 81 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Liam Williams 3 240 10 3.3 2 0 0 0

Lloyd Williams 1 29 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Louis Rees-Zammit 4 320 20 5.0 4 0 0 0

Nick Tompkins 2 136 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Owen Watkin 1 80 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Rhodri Jones 3 34 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Rhys Carré 1 23 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Taulupe Faletau 4 292 5 1.4 1 0 0 0

Tomas Francis 4 239 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Tomos Williams 1 40 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Will Rowlands 2 24 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Willis Halaholo 3 114 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Wyn Jones 4 263 5 1.5 1 0 0 0

POINTS CONCEDED WALES - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021

Statistic Team Rank Championship Average

Points conceded 71 4 23.7

Points conceded / match 17.8 3 23.7

Tries conceded 7 3 2.73

Tries conceded / match 1.75 2 2.73

% Points conceded from tries 49.3% 2 57.6%

Opponent conversion success % 85.7% 5 76.7%

Opponent successful penalties / match 2.00 3 1.95

Opponent penalty shot success % 88.9% 4 86.0%

POINTS CONCEDED PER MATCH

24 24

1 2 3 4 W

POINTS CONCEDED - TIMING OPPONENT TRY ORIGINS

0'-10' 0 (0.0%) Try-From Counter Attack 1 (14.3%) 11'-20' 16 (22.5%)

21'-30' 10 (14.1%) Try-From Lineout 2 (28.6%) 31'-HT 18 (25.4%)

HT-50' 0 (0.0%) Try-From Scrum 1 (14.3%) 51'-60' 10 (14.1%)

61'-70' 14 (19.7%) Try-From Turnover 3 (42.9%) 71'-80' 3 (4.2%)

POSSESSION WALES - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021

POSSESSION % TERRITORY % EFFECTIVE PLAYING TIME

48% 51% 39:38 Rank: 5 Rank: 3 Rank: 1

Statistic Team Rank Championship Average

% Balls played with hands 88.8% 5 90.3%

Total passes / match 141.5 4 151.8

Offloads / match 4.0 4 5.1

Total carries / match 97.3 5 116.2

Metres carried / match 575.3 6 687.8

Average carry distance 5.9 3 5.9

% Balls kicked 11.2% 2 9.7%

Open play kicks / match 29.5 4 28.2

Kicking metres / match 901.0 2 845.8

Average kicking distance 30.5 4 30.0

% Time in opponent 22 7.3% 5 9.6%

Turnovers conceded / match 9.3 6 11.2

TEAM POSSESSIONS OPPONENT POSSESSIONS 45.6% 33.9% 29.6% 24.9% 25.3%

13.8% 15.3% 11.6%

% 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 WALES - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021

Null Own 22 Own 22-50 50-Opp 22 Opp 22 59.9% 63.0% 49.4% 49.6% 40.0% 36.5% 34.3% 37.8% 37.0% 37.0% 25.7% 14.1% 12.6% 3.1% s s s s s l l l l l y y y y y k k k k k l l l l l e e e e e r r r r r c c c c c a a a a a s s s s s i i i i i r r r r r s s s s s B B B B B a a a a a K K K K K a a a a a C C C C C P P P P P

CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 12.1% 37.1% 50.8% 33.1% 35.8% 31.1% 14.2% 40.6% 45.2% 3.4% 38.3% 58.3% 1.6% 46.2% 52.2%

PHASES

First 3 Phases 45.4% 38.8% 15.8% Null 4+ Phases 59.7% 30.6% 9.7% First 3 Phases 25.0% 35.0% 40.0% Own 22 4+ Phases 40.0% 20.0% 40.0%

First 3 Phases 47.4% 38.7% 13.9% Own 22-50 4+ Phases 57.7% 34.6% 7.7%

First 3 Phases 59.3% 37.7% 50-Opp 22 4+ Phases 60.7% 36.1%

First 3 Phases 58.1% 41.9% Opp 22 4+ Phases 69.6% 30.4%

GAME STATES

Leading 50.9% 34.9% 14.2% Null Tied 41.9% 44.2% 14.0%

Leading 28.0% 34.7% 37.3%

Own 22 Tied 50.0% 50.0%

Trailing 25.0% 29.2% 45.8%

Leading 47.3% 38.0% 14.7%

Own 22-50 Tied 45.5% 38.6% 15.9%

Trailing 56.2% 37.0% 6.8%

Leading 59.6% 36.6%

50-Opp 22 Tied 51.6% 48.4%

Trailing 62.9% 34.0%

Leading 63.0% 37.0%

Opp 22 Tied 83.3% 16.7%

Trailing 52.8% 47.2%

ATTACKS WALES - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021

GAINLINE SUCCESS OVERALL OWN HALF OPPONENT HALF

26.3% 33.8% 37.5% 35.4% 43.2%

Rank: 5 Rank: 3 Rank: 5 51.3%

22.4% 23.0% 27.1%

CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES

Gainline Forwards 47.3% Gainline Forwards 33.8% Gainline Forwards 51.9%

Gainline Static 20.2% Gainline Static 19.8% Gainline Static 20.2%

Gainline Backward 32.6% Gainline Backward 46.3% Gainline Backward 27.8%

LINE BREAKS & TACKLE BREAKS LINE BREAK OUTCOMES

Line breaks 22 Error Turnover 3 (13.0%)

Line breaks / match 5.5

Kick Turnover 4 (17.4%) Rank 4

Tackle breaks 50 Penalty Won 1 (4.3%)

Tackle breaks / match 12.5

Try 15 (65.2%) Rank 6

PLAYER STATISTICS - MINIMUM 80 MINUTES PLAYED

Line breaks / 80 minutes Tackle breaks / 80 minutes Metres carried / 80 minutes

1 Callum Sheedy 2.2 1 George North 4.3 1 George North 102.3

2 Louis Rees-Zammit 1.8 2 Callum Sheedy 2.2 2 Taulupe Faletau 77.5

3 George North 1.6 3 Leigh Halfpenny 2.1 3 Josh Adams 67.7

4 Leon Brown 1.0 4 Josh Adams 2.0 4 Louis Rees-Zammit 67.6

5 Kieran Hardy 0.8 5 Aaron Wainwright 1.8 5 Liam Williams 54.2

BREAKDOWNS WALES - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021

% RUCKS WON % MAULS WON OWN RUCK SPEEDS

12 (3.7%) 20.5%

Rank: Rank: AVG: 4.12 28 (100.0%) 3 Rank: 6 50.0% 1

29.5%

310 (96.3%)

CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES

Ruck speed 0-3 59.4% Rucks won 95.7% Mauls won 94.1%

Ruck speed 3-6 29.4%

Rucks lost 4.3% Mauls lost 5.9% Ruck speed 6+ 11.2%

RUCK SPEED - LOCATIONS Null Own 22 Own 22-50 50-Opp 22 Opp 22 1.2% 3.3% 24.7% 30.4% 29.3% 41.1% 39.3% 45.5% 38.3% AVG: 4.68 AVG: 7.58 AVG: 5.15 AVG: 2.66 AVG: 3.12 Rank: 2 Rank: 6 Rank: 6 Rank: 3 Rank: 4 58.3% 69.6% 69.5% 29.9% 19.6%

Attacking Breakdown Arrivals Defensive Breakdown Arrivals Breakdown steals

1 Tomas Francis 97 1 Alun Wyn Jones 29 1 Justin Tipuric 2 2 Justin Tipuric 93 2 Wyn Jones 29 2 Adam Beard 1 3 Wyn Jones 75 3 Justin Tipuric 28 3 Alun Wyn Jones 1 4 Alun Wyn Jones 62 4 Taulupe Faletau 28 4 Liam Williams 1 5 Josh Navidi 61 5 Tomas Francis 26 Team Total 7

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

1 Tomas Francis 81 1 Alun Wyn Jones 29 1 Tomas Francis 19 2 Justin Tipuric 78 2 Wyn Jones 29 2 Justin Tipuric 18 3 Wyn Jones 66 3 Justin Tipuric 28 3 Alun Wyn Jones 16 4 Josh Navidi 57 4 Taulupe Faletau 28 4 Josh Navidi 13 5 Alun Wyn Jones 56 5 Tomas Francis 26 5 Taulupe Faletau 13

SCRUMS WALES - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021

OWN SCRUMS WON SCRUM PUSH OPPONENT SCRUMS WON

1 (5.3%) 5.0% 5.0% 1 (5.0%)

Rank: Rank:

2 4

18 (94.7%) 90.0% 19 (95.0%)

CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES

Forward 8.5% Scrum Won 90.1% Scrum Won 9.9%

Static 86.8%

Scrum Lost 9.9% Scrum Lost 90.1% Backward 4.7%

OWN SCRUMS OPPONENT SCRUMS

Scrum Won Scrum Reset Retained Scrum Lost Scrum Won Scrum Reset Retained Scrum Lost

90.0% 5.0% 5.0% 4.2% 16.7% 79.2%

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

Total 17 1 Total 1

% of Total 94.4% 5.6% % of Total 100.0%

OWN SCRUMS LOST OPPONENT SCRUMS LOST Penalty Free Kick Used Penalty Free Kick

Total 1 Total 15 3 1

% of Total 100.0% % of Total 78.9% 15.8% 5.3%

LINEOUTS WALES - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021

OWN LINEOUTS LINEOUT THROW

6 (10.5%) 8.8%

Total: 57 50.9% 40.4%

51 (89.5%)

CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES

Lineouts - Effective 84.8% Front 31.7% Middle 49.1% Lineouts - Ineffective 2.5% Back 15.3%

Lineouts - Turnover 12.6% Quick 3.9%

LINEOUT BREAKDOWNS PLAYER STATISTICS - MINIMUM 80 MINUTES PLAYED Own lineout takes / 80 minutes

Total % of Total 1 Cory Hill 7.6 4 Man - Effective 1 1.8%

2 Adam Beard 5.2 4 Man - Turnover 1 1.8%

3 Justin Tipuric 3.8 5 Man - Effective 18 31.6%

6 Man - Effective 16 28.1% Lineout steals / 80 minutes

1 Adam Beard 0.8 6 Man - Turnover 4 7.0%

2 Alun Wyn Jones 0.3 Full - Effective 16 28.1%

Full - Turnover 1 1.8% 3 Justin Tipuric 0.3

OPPONENT LINEOUTS & RESTARTS WALES - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021

OPPONENT LINEOUTS OPPONENT LINEOUT BREAKDOWNS Total % of Total

7 (17.1%) 5 Man - Opponent Effective 14 35.9%

2 (4.9%) Total: 5 Man - Opponent Ineffective 1 2.6% 41

5 Man - Turnover Won 5 12.8% 32 (78.0%)

6 Man - Opponent Effective 12 30.8%

CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 6 Man - Turnover Won 1 2.6%

Turnover Won 12.6% Full - Opponent Effective 3 7.7% Opponent Ineffective 2.5%

3 7.7% Opponent Effective 84.8% Quick - Effective

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

Long - Lost 83.3%

0.0% 44.4% 18 (100.0%) 50.0% Rank: 5

Short - Lost 16.7%

5.6%

Lost Right Split Left

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

Long - Lost 25.0%

0.0% 4 (100.0%) 100.0% Rank: 3

Short - Lost 75.0%

Lost Left

DEFENCE WALES - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021

% SUCCESSFUL TACKLES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES OPPONENT GAINLINE SUCCESS

% Successful Tackles 87.2%

% Missed Tackles 12.8% 33.2%

88.8% 49.5% Rank: 5 Rank: 2 Gainline Forwards 47.3%

Gainline Static 20.2%

Gainline Backward 32.6% 17.3%

Statistic Team Rank Championship Average

Total tackles / match 197.0 1 159.1

Total successful tackles / match 175.0 1 138.7

Dominant tackles / match 7.5 1 5.5

% Tackles dominant 3.8% 2 3.5%

Turnovers won / match 3.8 1 4.2

Turnover tackles / match 3.8 4 2.5

OPPONENT POSSESSIONS

Line breaks / match 5.8 5 5.6

Tackle breaks / match 22.0 4 20.4

Total carries / match 140.0 6 116.2

Metres carried / match 829.7 5 687.8

Average carry distance 5.9 4 5.9

Offloads / match 4.0 3 5.1

PLAYER STATISTICS - MINIMUM 80 MINUTES PLAYED

Successful tackles / 80 minutes Dominant tackles / 80 minutes Turnovers won / 80 minutes

1 Josh Navidi 20.9 1 Cory Hill 1.5 1 Adam Beard 1.2

2 Leon Brown 19.8 2 Ken Owens 1.5 2 Nick Tompkins 1.2

3 Justin Tipuric 17.5 3 Josh Adams 1.5 3 Justin Tipuric 0.8

4 Taulupe Faletau 15.6 4 Josh Navidi 1.5 4 Callum Sheedy 0.7

5 Alun Wyn Jones 15.5 5 Dan Biggar 1.1 5 Willis Halaholo 0.7

PENALTIES CONCEDED & CARDS WALES - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021

Statistic Team Rank Championship Average

Total penalties conceded / match 10.0 3 10.6

Free kicks conceded / match 0.3 5 0.6

Yellow cards / match 0.0 5 0.3

Red cards / match 0.0 3 0.1

PENALTIES CONCEDED PER MATCH 12 11 9 8

1 2 3 4

PENALTIES & INFRINGEMENTS

ZONES TIMES TYPES

0'-10' 3 (7.5%) Null 8 (22.9%) Maul 1 (2.6%) 11'-20' 3 (7.5%) Offside 5 (12.8%) Own 22 8 (22.9%) 21'-30' 4 (10.0%)

31'-HT 8 (20.0%) Other 3 (7.7%) Own 22-50 6 (17.1%) HT-50' 5 (12.5%) Ruck 22 (56.4%)

50-Opp 22 11 (31.4%) 51'-60' 5 (12.5%) Scrum 4 (10.3%) 61'-70' 2 (5.0%) Opp 22 2 (5.7%) 71'-80' 10 (25.0%) Tackle 4 (10.3%)

PLAYER STATISTICS - PER 80 AVERAGES WITH A MINIMUM 80 MINUTES PLAYED

Total penalties conceded Penalties conceded / 80 minutes Yellow / Red cards

1 Alun Wyn Jones 6 1 Leigh Halfpenny 2.1

2 Wyn Jones 5 2 Alun Wyn Jones 1.7

3 Tomas Francis 4 3 Wyn Jones 1.5

4 Josh Navidi 3 4 Tomas Francis 1.3

5 Leigh Halfpenny 3 5 Nick Tompkins 1.2