Team Wales PRE-MATCH REPORT WALES vs ENGLAND GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021 ROUND 3 Team PRE-MATCH REPORT Wales WALES vs ENGLAND GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021 RESULTS WALES ENGLAND Round Opponent Score Round Opponent Score 1 Ireland 21-16 W 1 Scotland 6-11 L 2 Scotland 25-24 W 2 Italy 41-18 W HOME TEAM HOME RANK FOR AWAY TEAM AWAY RANK 46 3 POINTS 47 2 23.0 3 POINTS / MATCH 23.5 2 6 2 TRIES SCORED 6 2 3.00 2 TRIES SCORED / MATCH 3.00 2 65.2% 2 % POINTS SCORED FROM TRIES 63.8% 3 AGAINST 40 5 POINTS CONCEDED 29 2 20.0 5 POINTS CONCEDED / MATCH 14.5 2 4 3 TRIES CONCEDED 3 2 2.00 3 TRIES CONCEDED / MATCH 1.50 2 50.0% 2 % POINTS CONCEDED FROM TRIES 51.7% 3 TYPES OF PLAY Wales England 51.0% 50.3% 37.4% 39.5% 11.7% 10.2% Kick Ball Carry Passes Kick Ball Carry Passes HOME TEAM PLAYER LEADERS AWAY TEAM Louis Rees-Zammit 15 POINTS Owen Farrell 17 Louis Rees-Zammit 3 TRIES SCORED Anthony Watson 2 Josh Navidi 1 TRY ASSISTS Dan Robson 1 Taulupe Faletau 20 CARRIES Elliot Daly 23 Taulupe Faletau 110.1 METRES CARRIED Elliot Daly 180.2 Nick Tompkins 2 OFFLOADS Billy Vunipola 2 Justin Tipuric 42 SUCCESSFUL TACKLES Tom Curry 33 Ken Owens 3 DOMINANT TACKLES Maro Itoje 3 ©Copyright Stats Perform 2021. All rights reserved. PRE-MATCH REPORT WALES vs ENGLAND GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021 OPPONENT 22 ENTRIES Wales England Try & Conversion Scored Try & Missed Conversion 16.7% 23.5% Penalty Try Scored Penalty Shot Scored Points / Points / Drop Goal Scored 50.0% Opp 22 Entry: Opp 22 Entry: Other Opp 22 Entries 2.83 2.24 11.8% 33.3% 64.7% 0.0% 0.0% Opponent 22 entries / match 6.0 Opponent 22 entries / match 8.5 Rank 5 Rank 3 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 Wales England 50.0% 48.0% 32.5% 25.0% 27.0% 17.5% Gainline Forwards Gainline Static Gainline Backward Gainline Forwards Gainline Static Gainline Backward Metres carried / match 480 Metres carried / match 633 Line breaks / match 4.5 Line breaks / match 6.0 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 Wales England % Tackles dominant 1.0% 11.1% 13.5% 1.7% % Turnover Tackles % Other Made Tackles % Missed Tackles 85.3% 80.9% 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 WALES vs ENGLAND GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020 HEAD TO HEAD - Wales have only won one of their last seven games against England in the Six Nations (L6) after winning five of the previous seven (L2). - The last six meetings between Wales and England in the Six Nations have been decided by a single-digit margin, including five by less than a converted try. - England have won three of their last five trips to Wales in the Six Nations (L2) after losing the previous three; the team leading at half-time went on to lose the game in the last three meetings between those teams in Cardiff (W1 for Wales, W2 for England). - England are the only team that has never conceded more than two tries in a Six Nations game played in Wales; they have scored 19 tries in Wales during the Six Nations, no visiting team has scored more (Ireland 19). - England have won 48% of their Test matches against Wales (65/136), the only European opponents against which they have a winning ratio lower than 50%. COMMON STATISTICS - Wales have made just 22 handling errors in the 2021 Six Nations so far, fewer than any other side, England have made the most (35). - Maro Itoje (5) and Alun Wyn Jones (5) are two of just four players to concede 5+ penalties at the 2021 Six Nations. - Between them England (three times) and Wales (once) have won four of the last five editions of the Six Nations. - Wales have had a tournament low 40% possession so far, England have had the third lowest figure (48%). - England (44) and Wales (43) have made more maul metres than any other side at the 2021 Six Nations. ©Copyright Stats Perform 2021. All rights reserved. PRE-MATCH REPORT WALES vs ENGLAND GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020 WALES STATISTICS - Wales have lost five lineouts on their own through in the 2021 Six Nations, the most of any side, subsequently they have the lowest lineout success rate (81%) of any nation. - Wales are the only side yet to carry the ball for 1,000 metres in the 2021 Six Nations (959), they have however made the fewest carries of any side (176). - Wales have won their opening two games of the 2021 Six Nations, the sixth time they have opened a campaign with two victories, on four of the previous five occasions they have managed this they have gone on to win a Grand Slam (2005, 2008, 2012, 2019, not in 2009). - George North is set to win his 100th cap for Wales in this match, he will be the sixth man to achieve this feat for the country (Alun Wyn Jones, Gethin Jenkins, Stephen Jones, Gareth Thomas, Martyn Williams). - Wales trio, Justin Tipuric (42), Taulupe Faletau (39) and Alun Wyn Jones (36) have made more tackles than anyone else after two rounds of the 2021 Six Nations. ENGLAND STATISTICS - England have picked up nine try-scoring bonus points since the system was introduced to the Six Nations in 2017, more than any other side; no team has yet picked one up as the visiting side in Wales however, France are the only other side to deny their visitors any try-scoring bonus points. - Elliot Daly is in line to win his 50th cap for England, since his debut in 2016 only Jonny May (26) has more tries than him (17) for England, whilst Owen Farrell is the only England back with more minutes than him (3,433) in this time. - Anthony Watson has made more post contact metres (128) than any other player in the 2021 Six Nations, he also has the best average ball carry distance (18m) of any player. - Luke Cowan-Dickie has beaten five defenders in just 77 minutes of game time so far in the 2021 Six Nations, no forward has beaten more (Gregory Aldritt also 5). - Anthony Watson scored two tries in Round 2, taking his tally to 20 for England and entering the top 10 try scorers list for the men’s team (level with Chris Ashton and Mark Cueto in 9th). ©Copyright Stats Perform 2021. All rights reserved. PRE-MATCH REPORT WALES STATISTICS ©Copyright Stats Perform 2021. All rights reserved. PRE-MATCH REPORT POINTS SCORED WALES - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021 Statistic Team Rank Championship Average Points scored 46 3 20.8 Points scored / match 23.0 3 20.8 Tries scored 6 2 2.50 Tries scored / match 3.00 2 2.50 % Points scored from tries 65.2% 2 60.0% Conversion success % 33.3% 6 66.7% Successful penalties / match 2.00 2 1.67 Penalty shot success % 100.0% 1 80.0% POINTS PER MATCH 25 21 1 2 W POINTS - TIMING TRY ORIGINS 0'-10' 6 (13.0%) 11'-20' 3 (6.5%) Try-From Lineout 4 (66.67%) 21'-30' 0 (0.0%) 31'-HT 5 (10.9%) HT-50' 5 (10.9%) 51'-60' 19 (41.3%) Try-From Turnover 2 (33.33%) 61'-70' 8 (17.4%) 71'-80' 0 (0.0%) ©Copyright Stats Perform 2021. All rights reserved. PRE-MATCH REPORT KICKS AT GOAL WALES - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021 KICK LOCATIONS LAST 20 KICKS Opponent Minute Player Scotland 71 Callum Sheedy Conversion missed 56 Callum Sheedy Conversion missed 52 Callum Sheedy Conversion made 39 Dan Biggar Conversion missed 7 Leigh Halfpenny Penalty made Ireland 66 Leigh Halfpenny Penalty made 60 Leigh Halfpenny Conversion made 51 Leigh Halfpenny Conversion missed 19 Leigh Halfpenny Penalty made 5 Leigh Halfpenny Penalty made CONVERSIONS Callum Sheedy Dan Biggar Leigh Halfpenny 1 (33.3%) Made: 1 Made: 0 Made: 1 1 (50.0%) 1 (100.0%) 1 (50.0%) Rank: 4 Rank: 10 Rank: 4 2 (66.7%) PENALTY KICKS AT GOAL Leigh Halfpenny Made: 4 4 (100.0%) Rank: 1 Ranks across total successful kicks ©Copyright Stats Perform 2021. All rights reserved. PRE-MATCH REPORT PLAYER SCORING STATISTICS WALES - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021 GP MP Points Points / 80 Tries Con Pen Drop Aaron Wainwright 1 62 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Adam Beard 2 146 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Alun Wyn Jones 2 150 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Callum Sheedy 2 45 2 3.6 0 1 0 0 Dan Biggar 2 129 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Dan Lydiate 1 12 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Elliot Dee 1 10 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Gareth Davies 2 89 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 George North 1 80 5 5.0 1 0 0 0 Hallam Amos 1 66 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 James Botham 1 18 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Johnny Williams 1 24 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Josh Navidi 1 68 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Justin Tipuric 2 160 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Ken Owens 2 150 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Kieran Hardy 1 31 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Leigh Halfpenny 2 112 14 10.0 0 1 4 0 Leon Brown 2 32 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Liam Williams 1 80 5 5.0 1 0 0 0 Louis Rees-Zammit 2 160 15 7.5 3 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 2 16 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Taulupe Faletau 2 160 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Tomas Francis 2 128 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 1 48 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Wyn Jones 2 144 5 2.8 1 0 0 0 ©Copyright Stats Perform 2021.