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SIX NATIONSWOMEN’S

WOMEN'SSIX NATIONS

2019CHAMPIONSHIP REPORT

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AN EXCEPTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

INTRODUCTION

We are very pleased to share with you the statistics guide for 2019 Women's Six Nations, the first such publication. This guide reviews the exciting Championship won by an exceptional England team and included some amazing performances that generated excitement for fans, broadcasters and sponsors and was complemented with new statistics such as dominant tackles, try origins and detailed analysis of a team’s type of play.

STATS, the world leader in sports content and analysis collected and delivered over 120,000 statistics across the 15 men's and women's matches that were played over the six weeks of the tournament schedule. Our permanent investment in new technologies (Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning) allows us to meet the challenges of tomorrow and support our customers by providing more context and relevance to sports data. STATS looks forward to expanding the scope and depth of the statistics and content provided to the 2020 Women's Women's Six Nations Championship and its partners.

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EDITORIALREVOLUTIONISING THE RUGBY VIEWING EXPERIENCE

New dynamic statistics that provide better insights were introduced during this year’s Women's Six Nations Championship.

Try origins were introduced during the 2019 Championship, showing how and where each try in the game originated, as this statistic looks at the phase of play before a try is scored and provides an insight into how much a counter-attack attributed to the try, or whether it was from lineout, free kick, scrum, free kick, tap penalty, or turnover. This helps to unearth key turning points in each game and help viewers get a deeper understanding of each team’s attacking strategy. For example, 43 of the 114 tries scored during this year's Championship originated from lineouts, with 25 of those tries in the first three phases. Lineouts provided the highest number of tries for England (18), France (12), Ireland (5) and Wales (3) - as Italy scored most of their tries from counter attacks (5) and Scotland scored three of their seven tries from tap penalties.

England's dominance in the 2019 Women's Six Nations wasn't just when they had the ball. England made more dominant tackles than any other nation (80), as England's Sarah Hunter made 17 dominant tackles - more than any other player.

More data than ever before was available at the breakdown, allowing analysis on the 3,161 rucks during the 2019 Women's Six Nations. While Ireland both won the most (701) and lost the fewest (15) rucks, they were the third-quickest nation at the breakdown, as their average speed (3.15) ranked behind France (3.01) and England (3.07).

A team's type of play was also analysed, providing an insight into how a team utilised their possession - breaking this down into certain areas of the pitch and game states. It provided numbers into what each side did with their possessions, such as Scotland kicking during play more than any other nation (5.9%), although England were the most aggressive when it came out of kicking out of their own 22 (17.5% compared to Scotland's 15.0%).

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SUMMARY

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2019 CHAMPIONSHIP STATISTICS

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S tarting with the Championship statistics ranking all six teams before moving into individual

performances and data on all teams, this Championship Report will look at every aspect of the 2019 Women's Six Nations - complete with insights.

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INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES

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TEAM PERFORMANCES

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2019 CHAMPIONSHIP STATISTICSRESULTS BY ROUND 10

2019 CHAMPIONSHIP TABLES 12

2019 CHAMPIONSHIP HIGHLIGHTS 16

POINTS ANALYSIS 18

SCORING BREAKDOWN 22

ATTACK 24

DEFENCE 26

BREAKDOWN 30

SET PIECE 32

KICKING 36

DISCIPLINE 38

MATCH RECORDS 42

POSITION PROFILES 44

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RESULTS BY ROUND

ROUND 1

England's 44-point winning margin was their biggest over Ireland in the Women's Six Nations since a

79-0 victory in 2002.

H GAME A

7 Ireland - England 51

7 Scotland - Italy 28

52 France - Wales 3

ROUND 3

The 170 points scored in round 3 were the most points scored

in a single round in Women's Six Nations history.

H GAME A

29 Italy - Ireland 27

41 France - Scotland 10

12 Wales - England 51

ROUND 5

The three biggest victory margins in Women's Six Nations history belong to

England, with their 80-0 win over Scotland in round five being the third-highest.

H GAME A

31 Italy - France 12

24 Wales - Ireland 5

80 England - Scotland 0

ROUND 2

Italy and Wales' 3-3 draw was the lowest-scoring Women's Six Nations

match since Wales' 3-0 win over France in 2008.

H GAME A

5 Scotland - Ireland 22

3 Italy - Wales 3

41 England - France 26

ROUND 4

In their 17-15 defeat against Wales, Scotland scored three tries in a match for the first

time since their last Women's Six Nations clash against Wales (18-17 defeat in 2018).

H GAME A

15 Scotland - Wales 17

55 England - Italy 0

17 Ireland - France 47


England won their ninth grand slam in just

18 Women's Six Nations Championships.

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2019 CHAMPIONSHIP TABLES

POS TEAM P W D L PF PA PTDIFF GS TB LB PTS

1 England 5 5 0 0 278 45 233 3 5 0 28

2 Italy 5 3 1 1 91 104 -13 0 3 0 17

3 France 5 3 0 2 178 102 76 0 4 0 16

4 Wales 5 2 1 2 59 126 -67 0 1 0 11

5 Ireland 5 1 0 4 78 156 -78 0 2 1 7

6 Scotland 5 0 0 5 37 188 -151 0 0 1 1

The 278 points scored by England was not just a record total for a team in the Women's Six Nations, but it eclipsed the total points scored by Italy (91), Wales (59), Ireland (78) and Scotland (37) combined. England conceded 45 points - the only side to have conceded fewer than 100 points in this year's Championship - and also netted five bonus points en route to the grand slam. They became the first team to ever reach the maximum number of points since the introduction of the bonus point system in 2017.


POINTS GALORE

This is just the second time in Women's Six Nations history that every side conceded 45 points or more. Every side conceded at least 52 points in 2009, as only two nations (Scotland and Italy) conceded 100 points or more.

Two teams scored more than 170 points for the first time in the

Women's Six Nations era - combining for a total 456 points, which

is the highest combined points total of two teams in Championship

history.

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The 721 points scored in the 2019 Women's Six Nations was the

highest-ever total for a collective Championship, eclipsing the 595

points scored in 2018.

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2019 CHAMPIONSHIP HIGHLIGHTS

WHILE A RECORD NUMBER OF POINTS WERE SCORED IN THE 2019 WOMEN'S SIX NATIONS, THIS WAS HEAVILY RELIANT

ON TRIES BEING SCORED. TEAMS COMBINED TO SCORE JUST 11 PENALTIES IN THIS YEAR'S CHAMPIONSHIP FROM 12

ATTEMPTED, WITH ITALY ATTEMPTING HALF OF THE PENALTY KICKS AT GOAL - SCORING FIVE TIMES. WALES WERE THE ONLY OTHER NATION TO SCORE MORE THAN ONE PENALTY (3) WHILE

SCOTLAND DID NOT ATTEMPT A SINGLE PENALTY KICK AT GOAL.


BY THE NUMBERS

POINTS SCORED

721DOMINANT TACKLES

318TACKLES MADE

5,866TOTAL RUCKS

3,275RUCK SPEED 0-3 SECS %

52.0%ATT. BREAKDOWN ARRIVALS

8,270

TRIES SCORED

114CARRIES

3,961TACKLE MADE %

89.6%BREAKDOWN STEALS

91RUCK SPEED 3-6 SECS %

39.8%DEF. BREAKDOWN ARRIVALS

2,066

PENALTIES SCORED

11KICKS

360LINEBREAKS

172TOTAL MAULS

114RUCK SPEED 6+ SECS %

8.2%PENALTIES CONCEDED

313

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POINTS ANALYSIS

POINTS DIFFERENTIAL

+223England's +233 point differential was the biggest points difference since their +254 point differential in 2003.

-13Italy became the first team to finish second with a negative points differential in the Women's Six Nations since Wales did so in 2008 (-4).

POINTS CONCEDED

POS. NATION POINTS

1 England 45

2 France 102

3 Italy 104

4 Wales 126

5 Ireland 156

6 Scotland 188

POINTS SCORED

POS. NATION POINTS

1 England 278

2 France 178

3 Italy 91

4 Ireland 78

5 Wales 59

6 Scotland 37

POINTS PER ROUND

0

80

160

148

100

170151 152

Round 5Round 4Round 3Round 2Round 1


England became the first team in Women's Six Nations history to score 40 points or more in each of their five games in the Championship.

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MOST POINTS SCORED IN A SINGLE CHAMPIONSHIP

NATION YEAR POINTS

England 2019 278

England 2003 264

England 2009 237

England 2002 224

England 2011 223


ENGLAND ARE THE ONLY TEAM WHO HAVE SCORED 200 OR MORE POINTS IN WOMEN'S SIX NATIONS

HISTORY, HAVING DONE SO ON TEN SEPARATE OCCASIONS.

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SCORING BREAKDOWN

This year's Women’s Six Nations not only saw records set for total points scored (721) but also for tries, as 114 were scored across the 15 games (7.6 tries per match) – 24 more tries than last year's Championship. Only Scotland scored fewer tries in 2019 than what they did in 2018 (7 vs 8), while all other Unions improved on their respective totals.

MOST PENALTIES MADE

POS. NATION TOTAL

1 Italy 5

2 Wales 3

3 England 1

3 France 1

3 Ireland 1

6 Scotland 0

MOST CONVERSIONS MADE

POS. NATION TOTAL

1 England 25

2 France 15

3 Italy 8

4 Wales 5

5 Ireland 4

6 Scotland 1


TOP TRIES SCORED

SCORING BREAKDOWN %

BY THE CHARTS

0 10 20 30 40 50

Scotland

Wales

Italy

Ireland

France

England 45

29

13

8

12

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TRIES

79.3%PENALTY SHOTS

4.6%

CONVERSIONS

16.1%

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ATTACK

TERRITORY %

POS. NATION TOTAL

1 England 60.1%

2 Ireland 54.3%

3 France 53.6%

4 Italy 48.9%

5 Wales 46.8%

6 Scotland 37.6%

BALL CARRIES

POS. NATION TOTAL

1 Ireland 785

2 England 744

3 France 660

4 Wales 643

5 Italy 604

6 Scotland 525

METRES CARRIED

POS. NATION TOTAL (M)

1 England 5,609

2 France 4,612

3 Ireland 4,377

4 Italy 3,728

5 Wales 3,136

6 Scotland 2,666

England's domination in the 2019 Women's Six Nations can be seen in their attacking statistics, as no team had more territory (60.1%), metres carries (5,609m), tackle breaks (43) or line breaks (60). In fact, England carried for almost 1,000 metres more than any other nation in this year's Championship.


OFFLOADS

POS. NATION TOTAL

1 France 78

2 England 57

3 Italy 45

4 Wales 26

5 Ireland 20

5 Scotland 20

TACKLE BREAKS

POS. NATION TOTAL

1 England 43

2 France 41

3 Ireland 40

4 Wales 25

5 Italy 23

6 Scotland 17

LINEBREAKS

POS. NATION TOTAL

1 England 60

2 France 42

3 Italy 28

4 Ireland 21

5 Wales 16

6 Scotland 5

France led the 2019 Women's Six Nations

with 78 offloads, as Audrey Forlani was the

only player to reach double figures (12).

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DEFENCE

LINEBREAKS CONCEDED

POS. NATION TOTAL

1 Ireland 42

2 Scotland 31

3 Wales 30

4 Italy 29

5 France 23

6 England 16

TURNOVERS WON

POS. NATION TOTAL

1 France 31

2 Italy 30

3 England 26

3 Ireland 26

5 Wales 23

6 Scotland 15

TRIES CONCEDED

POS. NATION TOTAL

1 Scotland 29

2 Ireland 24

3 Wales 22

4 France 16

4 Italy 16

6 England 7

As Scotland averaged just 39.9% possession and 37.5% territory, they were forced to spend the majority of their games on the defensive, resulting in a total of 1,312 successful tackles - as they were one of three nations with a successful tackle rate over 90%. Only Wales (27) had more turnover tackles than Scotland (25 - alongside Italy) in the 2019 Championship; however, only 55 (4.2%) of their 1,312 successful tackles were dominant - well below England's Championship-leading percentage of 10.1%.


TOTAL SUCCESSUL TACKLES

POS. NATION TOTAL

1 Scotland 1,312

2 Wales 1,117

3 Italy 965

4 France 918

5 England 796

6 Ireland 758

% TACKLES SUCCESSFUL

POS. NATION TOTAL

1 England 93.0%

2 Scotland 91.0%

3 France 90.6%

4 Italy 89.4%

5 Wales 88.0%

6 Ireland 85.6%

TURNOVER TACKLES

POS. NATION TOTAL

1 Wales 27

2 Scotland 25

2 Italy 25

4 Ireland 18

5 England 14

5 France 14

DOMINANT TACKLES

POS. NATION TOTAL

1 England 80

2 Wales 61

3 Scotland 55

4 France 52

5 Italy 39

6 Ireland 31

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"THEY'RE A GREAT SIDE AND THEY PUT YOU UNDER A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PRESSURE. WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WITH THEIR PHYSICALITY, IT'S BOUND TO

WEAR YOU DOWN"Ireland coach Adam Griggs after his side's defeat to England.


England's attack was relentless, boasting a Championship-high 60% territory in the 2019 Women's Six Nations.

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BREAKDOWN

RUCKS LOST

POS. NATION TOTAL

1 Wales 25

2 France 24

3 Italy 17

3 Scotland 17

5 England 16

6 Ireland 15

RUCKS WON

POS. NATION TOTAL

1 Ireland 701

2 Wales 559

3 England 530

4 Italy 477

5 Scotland 456

6 France 438

AVERAGE RUCK SPEED

POS. NATION TOTAL

1 France 3.01

2 England 3.07

3 Ireland 3.15

4 Scotland 3.40

5 Italy 3.81

6 Wales 3.91

RUCKS WON %

POS. NATION TOTAL

1 Ireland 97.9%

2 England 97.1%

3 Italy 96.6%

4 Scotland 96.4%

5 Wales 95.7%

6 France 94.8%

Ireland's primary focus on the breakdown as a means of attack was obvious in the 2019 Women's Six Nations, with their 701 rucks won total nearly 150 more than any other nation in this year's Championship. As well as winning the most rucks, they also won the highest percentage of their rucks (97.9%), while their 3.15 average ruck speed was just 0.14 seconds shy of France's Championship-best 3.01 seconds. They could also boast 19 breakdown steals, just a single steal behind France's leading total of 20.


BREAKDOWN STEALS

POS. NATION TOTAL

1 France 20

2 Ireland 19

3 England 14

3 Wales 14

5 Italy 13

6 Scotland 11

MAULS WON

POS. NATION TOTAL

1 France 21

1 Scotland 21

3 Ireland 17

4 England 15

5 Wales 13

6 Italy 8

% MAULS WON

NATION TEAM TOTAL

1 Scotland 95.5%

2 Ireland 89.5%

3 England 88.2%

4 France 80.8%

5 Italy 72.7%

6 Wales 68.4%

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SET PIECE

LINEOUTS WON

POS. NATION TOTAL

1 England 59

2 France 54

3 Ireland 46

3 Scotland 46

5 Italy 44

6 Wales 34

LINEOUT STEALS

POS. NATION TOTAL

1 Italy 10

2 France 5

3 England 4

3 Ireland 4

3 Wales 4

6 Scotland 1

LINEOUTS WON %

POS. NATION %

1 England 92.2%

2 France 85.7%

3 Italy 81.5%

4 Ireland 80.7%

5 Scotland 76.7%

6 Wales 66.7%

England showed their strength at set pieces during the 2019 Women's Six Nations, winning 92.2% of their lineouts (the highest percentage in this year's Championship) and 92.7% of their own scrums (only Wales had a higher percentage - 93.8%). Set pieces formed an important part of England's attack, with a total of 25 tries originating from lineouts (18 - including 11 within the first two phases following a lineout) and scrums (7), more than four of the other five nations scored in total.


SCRUM INFRINGEMENTS

POS. NATION TOTAL

1 Ireland 11

2 England 10

2 Italy 10

4 Scotland 7

5 France 6

6 Wales 5

OWN SCRUMS WON %

POS. NATION TOTAL

1 Wales 93.8%

2 England 92.7%

3 France 92.3%

4 Ireland 87.9%

5 Scotland 87.2%

6 Italy 83.3%

OPPONENT SCRUMS WON %

POS. NATION TOTAL

1 France 22.7%

2 Wales 13.3%

3 England 9.5%

4 Italy 7.7%

5 Scotland 5.3%

6 Ireland 4.5%


ENGLAND'S KATY DALEY-MCLEAN (1,312M) WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR 15.4% OF ALL KICKING METRES IN THE 2019 WOMEN'S SIX NATIONS - MORE THAN

FRANCE (968M) AND WALES (1,010M) MANAGED AS TEAMS IN THIS YEAR'S CHAMPIONSHIP.

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KICKING

% POSSESSIONS KICKED

POS. NATION %

1 Scotland 5.9%

2 Italy 4.1%

3 England 3.8%

3 France 3.8%

5 Wales 3.6%

6 Ireland 3.2%

TOTAL KICKS

POS. NATION TOTAL

1 England 71

2 Scotland 67

3 Ireland 60

3 Italy 60

5 France 55

6 Wales 47

% POSSESSIONS KICKED - OWN 22

POS. NATION %

1 England 17.5%

2 Italy 16.1%

3 Scotland 15.0%

4 Ireland 13.2%

5 France 13.1%

6 Wales 9.4%

KICKING METRES

POS. NATION TOTAL (M)

1 England 2,254

2 Scotland 1,472

3 Italy 1,454

4 Ireland 1,335

5 Wales 1,010

6 France 968

England kicked all opposition into touch en route to winning the 2019 Women's Six Nations, as they led this year's Championship in terms of kicking metres (2,254m), the percentage of possessions kicked from inside their own 22 (17.5%) and total kicks (71). Their 25 successful conversions total was also ten more than any other side in the 2019 Women's Six Nations. England were responsible for 26.5% of all kicking metres in the 2019 Championship.


GOAL KICKING %

POS. NATION CONVERSION MADE PENALTIES MADE %

1 Wales 5 3 72.7%

2 Italy 8 5 72.2%

3 England 25 1 56.5%

4 France 15 1 53.3%

5 Ireland 4 1 38.5%

6 Scotland 1 0 14.3%

There were 149 points kicked in the 2019

Women's Six Nations, with England's Katy

Daley-Mclean (43) and Italy's Michela

Sillari (31) responsible for 49.7% of them.

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DISCIPLINEEngland led the 2019 Women's Six Nations in terms of penalties conceded with 59 - 40.5% more than France (42), who conceded the fewest penalties in this year's Championship. Each nation picked up a yellow card at some point, although Ireland, Wales and France all picked up just a single yellow, while England and Italy were both put into the notebook on three occasions. The Irish and the French showed the best discipline on the ground, conceding just four penatlies each while both Scotland and Wales had double that total (8).

France received the only red card of the 2019 Women's Six Nations when Marine Menager was sent off in their 47-17 win against Ireland.


FREE KICKS CONCEDED

POS. NATION TOTAL

1 England 5

2 Ireland 3

3 Wales 2

3 Scotland 2

3 France 2

6 Italy 1

TOTAL PENALTIES CONCEDED

POS. NATION TOTAL

1 England 59

2 Italy 57

3 Wales 54

4 Scotland 51

5 Ireland 50

6 France 42

YELLOW CARDS

POS. NATION TOTAL

1 England 3

2 Italy 3

3 Scotland 2

4 Ireland 1

4 Wales 1

4 France 1

PENALTIES CONCEDED ON GROUND

POS. NATION TOTAL

1 Wales 8

1 Scotland 8

3 England 7

4 Italy 5

5 Ireland 4

5 France 4


Italy kicked three successful penalties in their win against France in round five, more than four teams made in total over the course of the 2019 Women's Six Nations - and the same number as Wales' total in their five games during this year's Championship.

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MATCH RECORDS

England scored 12 tries against Scotland in round five of the 2019 Women's Six Nations

- more than two teams managed in the entire Championship (Scotland - 7, and Wales -

8). Their 80 points against the Scots exceeded the total points scored by Scotland (37),

Wales (59) and Ireland (78) across the entire 2019 Women's Six Nations campaign.

England also set Championship single-game highs for carries, carry metres, line breaks,

kicks and kicking metres against Scotland in round five.


BY THE NUMBERS

POINTS SCORED #1

80ENGLAND

VS SCOTLAND - ROUND 5

POINTS SCORED #2

55ENGLAND

VS ITALY - ROUND 4

POINTS SCORED #3

52FRANCE

VS WALES - ROUND 1

POINTS SCORED #4

51ENGLAND

VS IRELAND/WALES - ROUND 3/5

PENALTIES SCORED

3ITALY

VS FRANCE - ROUND 5

TRIES SCORED #1

12ENGLAND


TRIES SCORED #2

9ENGLAND

VS ITALY/WALES - ROUND 3/4

TRIES SCORED #2

9FRANCE

VS WALES - ROUND 1

BALL CARRIES

208ENGLAND


METRES CARRIED

1,521MENGLAND


LINEBREAKS

14ENGLAND

THREE GAMES

KICKS IN PLAY

20ENGLAND/ITALY

VS SCOTLAND/FRANCE - ROUND 5

KICKING METRES

707MENGLAND


SUCCESSFUL TACKLES

350SCOTLAND

VS IRELAND - ROUND 2

DOMINANT TACKLES

30ENGLAND

VS WALES - ROUND 3

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Starting forwards accounted for 47.8% (54) of the 113 tries scored (excluding penalty tries) in the 2019 Women's Six Nations, with 30 for the tight five and 24 contributed by the loose forward; however, outside back scored 34 tries - more than any other starting position.

Players averaged 0.7 dominant tackles per 80 minutes over the course of this year's Championship; however, only loose forwards (1.2) surpassed 1.0 dominant tackles per 80 minutes, as substitutes (1.0) were also above average. Loose forwards also combined for the highest successful tackle rate in the 2019 Women's Six Nations (92.0%) while also combining for the highest successful tackles per 80 minutes average (18.0), as this group of players also had the highest carry average (11.1 carries per 80 minutes).

POSITION PROFILES

ALL PLAYERS

STATISTIC TOTAL / AVG.

Total Tries 113

Carries / 80 minutes 8.8

Metres carried / 80 minutes 53.7

Passes / 80 minutes 11.2

Kicks / 80 minutes 0.8

Successful tackles / 80 minutes 13.1

% Successful tackles 89.6%

Dominant tackles / 80 minutes 0.7


TIGHT FIVE


Total Tries 30








OUTSIDE BACKS


Total Tries 34








HALF BACKS


Total Tries 8








LOOSE FORWARDS


Total Tries 24








SUBSTITUTES


Total Tries 11








INSIDE BACKS


Total Tries 8








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INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCESTOP POINTS SCORER 48

TOP TRY SCORER 49

ATTACK 50

KICKING 54

DEFENCE 56

BREAKDOWN 60

LINEOUTS 62

DISCIPLINE 63

SINGLE GAME HIGHS 64

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TOP POINTS SCORERKATY DALEY-MCLEAN (ENGLAND)

Katy Daley-Mclean led the 2019 Women's Six Nations with 53 points, eight more than teammate Jess Breach in second place. Three of the five players who scored 25 points or more in the 2019 Championship were English.

POS. PLAYER NATION POINTS

1 Katy Daley-Mclean England 53

2 Jess Breach England 45

3 Michela Sillari Italy 31

4 Pauline Bourdon France 25

4 Sarah Bern England 25

6 Caroline Thomas France 20

6 Poppy Cleall England 20

6 Romane Menager France 20

9 Caroline Boujard France 15

9 Catherine O'Donnell England 15


TOP TRY SCORERJESS BREACH (ENGLAND)

Jess Breach scored four tries more than any other player, and five more than any other opposition player, in the 2019 Women's Six Nations. This total included scoring in each of the five games she played in the 2019 Women's Six Nations, scoring twice in each of her last four games in this year's Championship.

POS. PLAYER NATION TRIES

1 Jess Breach England 9

2 Sarah Bern England 5

3 Caroline Thomas France 4

3 Poppy Cleall England 4

3 Romane Menager France 4

6 Caroline Boujard France 3

6 Catherine O'Donnell England 3

6 Gabrielle Vernier France 3

6 Giada Franco Italy 3

6 Ian Jason France 3

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ATTACK

BALL CARRIES

POS. PLAYER TOTAL

1 Siwan Lillicrap (Wales) 81

2 Giada Franco (Italy) 77

3 Anna Caplice (Ireland) 67

4 Claire Molloy (Ireland) 66

5 Beth Lewis (Wales) 64

6 Amy Evans (Wales) 63

7 Ciara Griffin (Ireland) 60

8 Carys Phillips (Wales) 54

8 Giordana Duca (Italy) 54

8 Sarah Hunter (England) 54

TACKLE BREAKS

POS. PLAYER TOTAL

1 Jasmine Joyce (Wales) 9

1 Sarah Bern (England) 9

3 Romane Menager (France) 8


4 Manuela Furlan (Italy) 6

6 Alison Miller (Ireland) 5

6 Eimear Considine (Ireland) 5

6 Hannah Smith (Scotland) 5

6 Pauline Bourdon (France) 5

10 Anna Caplice (Ireland) 4

METRES CARRIED

POS. PLAYER TOTAL (M)

1 Jess Breach (England) 680.7

2 Manuela Furlan (Italy) 474.7

3 Sarah McKenna (England) 443.7

4 Giada Franco (Italy) 433.2

5 Jasmine Joyce (Wales) 424.5

6 Romane Menager (France) 414.4

7 Emily Scarratt (England) 405.4

8 Caroline Boujard (France) 394.4

9 Sarah Bern (England) 364.3

10 Kelly Smith (England) 356.5

LINEBREAKS

POS. PLAYER TOTAL

1 Jess Breach (England) 11

2 Sarah Bern (England) 8

3 Kelly Smith (England) 7

3 Sofia Stefan (Italy) 7



5 Sarah McKenna (England) 6

7 Caroline Boujard (France) 5

7 Ian Jason (France) 5

10 Amy Cokayne (England) 4

England's Jess Breach led the 2019 Women's Six Nations with 680.7 metres carried, over 200 metres more than any other player, yet only ranked 17th with 48 carries, as she averaged 14.2 metres per carry. Breach was also the only player to reach double figures for line breaks (11), as she was also joint-tenth in this year's Championship with four tackle breaks.


OFFLOADS

POS. PLAYER TOTAL

1 Audrey Forlani (France) 12

2 Poppy Cleall (England) 9

2 Safi N'Diaye (France) 9

4 Caroline Boujard (France) 8


5 Hannah Smith (Scotland) 7

7 Lise Arricastre (France) 5

7 Manuela Furlan (Italy) 5


7 Sofia Stefan (Italy) 5

In terms of offloads, three of the top four players in this category are French (Audrey Forlani, Sadi N'Diaye and Caroline Boujard), as well as half of the top ten. Forlani, N'Diaye and Boujard combined for 29 offloads, which is more than Wales (26), Scotland (20) and Ireland (20) had in total over the course of the 2019 Women's Six Nations.

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MICHELA SILLARI KICKED FOR 31 POINTS DURING THE 2019 WOMEN'S SIX NATIONS, ONLY ENGLAND'S KATY DALEY-MCLEAN (43) SCORED MORE POINTS

FROM KICKS. SILLARI SCORED 34.1% OF ITALY'S 91 POINTS DURING THE 2019 CHAMPIONSHIP.

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KICKING

POINTS SCORED FROM KICKS

POS. PLAYER TOTAL

1 Katy Daley-Mclean (England) 43

2 Michela Sillari (Italy) 31

3 Jessy Tremouliere (France) 14

4 Robyn Wilkins (Wales) 13

5 Nicole Fowley (Ireland) 11


7 Camille Imart (France) 9

8 Zoe Harrison (England) 8

9 Lleucu George (Wales) 6

10 Emily Scarratt (England) 2

KICKS

POS. PLAYER TOTAL



3 Beatrice Rigoni (Italy) 28

4 Helen Nelson (Scotland) 20

5 Mhairi Grieve (Scotland) 18

5 Sara Barattin (Italy) 18


8 Emma Coudert (France) 14



GOAL KICK % (4 KICKS OR MORE)

POS. PLAYER %

1 Jessy Tremouliere 87.5%

2 Robyn Wilkins 83.3%

3 Michela Sillari 72.2%

4 Katy Daley-Mclean 60.0%

4 Lleucu George 60.0%

6 Pauline Bourdon 55.6%

7 Nicole Fowley 41.7%

8 Zoe Harrison 40.0%

9 Camille Imart 36.4%

10 Lana Skeldon 14.3%

KICKING METRES

POS. PLAYER TOTAL (M)

1 Katy Daley-Mclean (England) 1,312





6 Sara Barattin (Italy) 430


8 Mhairi Grieve (Scotland) 358


10 Chloe Rollie (Scotland) 218

Katy Daley-Mclean kicked for more points (43) and metres in play (1,312 metres) than any other player during the 2019 Women's Six Nations. She was the only player to kick for more than 1,000 metres, as only Ireland's Nicole Fowley (963 metres) was within 600 metres of Daley-Mclean's total.

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DEFENCE

SUCCESSFUL TACKLES

POS. PLAYER TOTAL

1 Rachel McLachlan (Scotland) 129

2 Sarah Bonar (Scotland) 121


3 Emma Wassell (Scotland) 96


6 Lana Skeldon (Scotland) 87


8 Lisa Thomson (Scotland) 85

8 Megan Kennedy (Scotland) 85

10 Gaelle Hermet (France) 81


TURNOVER TACKLES

POS. PLAYER TOTAL

1 Aura Muzzo (Italy) 4


1 Jess Breach (England) 4



5 Caryl Thomas (Wales) 3


5 Elisa Giordano (Italy) 3



DOMINANT TACKLES

POS. PLAYER TOTAL




2 Hannah Botterman (England) 8

2 Poppy Cleall (England) 8

6 Jade Konkel (Scotland) 7


6 Romane Menager (France) 7


10 Celine Ferer (France) 6

SUCCESSFUL TACKLE %

POS. PLAYER %

1 Catherine O'Donnell (England) 98.5%

2 Sarah Beckett (England) 98.3%

3 Anna Caplice (Ireland) 98.1%

4 Sarah Hunter (England) 96.8%

5 Clara Joyeux (France) 96.6%

6 Giordana Duca (Italy) 96.4%

7 Claire Molloy (Ireland) 96.2%

8 Emma Wassell (Scotland) 96.0%

9 Siwan Lillicrap (Wales) 95.8%

10 Audrey Forlani (France) 95.3%

MISSED TACKLES

POS. PLAYER TOTAL

1 Elinor Snowsill (Wales) 17


3 Rachel McLachlan (Scotland) 14






6 Nichola Fryday (Ireland) 11


With Scotland making more tackles than any other side in the 2019 Women's Six Nations (1,441 attempted, 1,312 successful), it's not a surprise to see that Scottish players made the most successful tackles in this year's Championship. Rachel McLachlan (129) and Sarah Bonar (121) were the only players to make more than 100 successful tackles, as seven of the top nine tacklers were Scottish. However, only Jade Konkel and Megan Kennedy ranked in the top ten for dominant tackles, as the two players combined for 25.5% (14) of Scotland's 55 dominant tackles in this year's Championship.

Minimum 50 tackle attempts


ENGLAND'S SARAH HUNTER MADE 17 DOMINANT TACKLES DURING THE 2019 WOMEN'S SIX NATIONS,

MORE THAN TWICE AS MANY AS ANY OTHER PLAYER IN THIS YEAR'S CHAMPIONSHIP.

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BREAKDOWN

BREAKDOWN STEALS

POS. PLAYER TOTAL




3 Marlie Packer (England) 4


5 Ian Jason (France) 3

5 Lindsay Peat (Ireland) 3


9 Deirbhile Nic A Bhaird (Ireland) 2


CLEANOUTS

POS. PLAYER TOTAL

1 Aoife McDermott (Ireland) 80



4 Lucia Gai (Italy) 56




8 Caroline Thomas (France) 48



ATTACKING BREAKDOWN ARRIVALS

POS. PLAYER TOTAL










10 Catherine O'Donnell (England) 114

Ireland's primary focus on the breakdown as a means of attack during the 2019 Women's Six Nations can really be seen when looking that their player statistics. Aoife McDermott made 80 cleanouts, 14 more than any other Irish player and 19 more than any other opposition player, while Ciara Griffin was heavily involved in both the attacking and defensive phases of play - as she was within the first three arrivals among Irish players on 232 occasions.

Ciara Griffin and Claire Molloy also ranked among the top four players for breakdown

steals, as England's Amy Evans joined Griffin with a

Championship-leading five breakdown steals.


DEFENSIVE BREAKDOWN ARRIVALS

POS. PLAYER TOTAL








8 Lana Skeldon (Scotland) 41



FIRST 3 BREAKDOWN ARRIVALS (OWN TEAM)

POS. PLAYER TOTAL











Own & Opponent Breakdowns

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LINEOUTS

Italy's Elisa Giordano made seven lineout steals, more

than every other team in the 2019 Championship.

LINEOUT TAKES

POS. PLAYER TOTAL

1 Abbie Scott (England) 33








8 Mel Clay (Wales) 13


LINEOUT STEALS

POS. PLAYER TOTAL




4 Abbie Scott (England) 2



4 Coumba Diallo (France) 2

8 Alisha Butchers (Wales) 1




DISCIPLINE

YELLOW CARDS

POS. PLAYER TOTAL

1 Coumba Diallo (France) 1






1 Silvia Turani (Italy) 1


1 Valentina Ruzza (Italy) 1

1 Victoria Cornborough (England) 1

PENALTIES CONCEDED

POS. PLAYER TOTAL






4 Lindsay Peat (Ireland) 7

7 Fiona Reidy (Ireland) 6

7 Laura Feely (Ireland) 6



Italy's Lucia Gai and Scotland's Megan Kennedy were the only players who conceded 10 penalties during the 2019 Championship, as Kennedy was also one of 11 players to receive a yellow card.

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SINGLE GAME HIGHS

Two players scored hat-tricks in the 2019 Women's Six Nations - both for France. Caroline Thomas scored the first hat-trick of the Championship in France's 52-3 win against Wales in round one before Gabrielle Vernier scored three tries against Scotland in round three.


BY THE NUMBERS

POINTS SCORED #1

18KATY DALEY-MCLEAN

ENGLAND VS SCOTLAND - ROUND 5

POINTS SCORED #2

16KATY DALEY-MCLEAN

IRELAND VS ENGLAND - ROUND 1

POINTS SCORED #3

15CAROLINE THOMAS

FRANCE VS WALES - ROUND 1

POINTS SCORED #3

15GABRIELLE VERNIER

FRANCE VS SCOTLAND - ROUND 3

PENALTIES SCORED

3MICHELA SILLARI

ITALY VS FRANCE - ROUND 5

TRIES SCORED #1

3CAROLINE THOMAS

FRANCE VS WALES - ROUND 1

TRIES SCORED #1

3GABRIELLE VERNIER

FRANCE VS SCOTLAND - ROUND 3

BALL CARRIES

30LINDSAY PEAT

WALES VS IRELAND - ROUND 5

METRES CARRIED

220.4MJESS BREACH

ENGLAND VS ITALY - ROUND 4

SUCCESSFUL TACKLES

39RACHEL MCLACHLAN

ENGLAND VS SCOTLAND - ROUND 5

LINEBREAKS

5JESS BREACH & JASMINE JOYCE

ROUND 4 & 5

TACKLE BREAKS

4SARAH BERN & JASMINE JOYCEY

ROUND 4 & 5

KICKS IN PLAY

12NICOLE FOWLEY & KATY DALEY-MCLEAN

ROUND 1 & 3

KICKING METRES

360.3KATY DALEY-MCLEAN

ENGLAND VS FRANCE - ROUND 2

DOMINANT TACKLES

7SARAH HUNTER

WALES VS ENGLAND - ROUND 3

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TEAM PERFORMANCESENGLAND 68

ITALY 72

FRANCE 76

WALES 80

IRELAND 84

SCOTLAND 88

672 0 1 9 W O M E N ' S S I X N A T I O N S | T E A M P E R F O R M A N C E S

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ENGLAND

POINT DISTRIBUTION

278POINTS FOR

45POINTS AGAINST

+233POINTS DIFFERENCE

MAIN STATISTICS

7England conceded just seven tries in the 2019 Women's Six Nations - nine fewer than any other nation. They also scored seven or more tries in each of their five games in the 2019 Championship.

11Eleven (24.4%) of England's 45 tries in the 2019 Women's Six Nations originated from turnovers. The other five nations combined for ten tries originating from turnovers between them.

80-0England's 80-0 win over Scotland in the 2019 Championship ensures that they possess the five highest winning margins in Women's Six Nations history. Only France and Ireland can also claim victories by 70 points or more in the Women's Six Nations, and both of those also came against Scotland (France 76-0 Scotland in 2013, Ireland 73-3 in 2015).

5WINS

0DRAWS

0LOSSES

2019 CHAMPIONSHIP SNAPSHOT

England landed their tenth Women’s Six Nations Title as they claimed yet another Grand Slam – they have only once won a Championship title without also winning a Grand Slam.


TEAM STATISTICS

STATISTIC TEAM AVERAGE 2019 CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGE

Possession 55.8% 50.0%

Territory 60.0% 50.0%

Ball Carries 148.8 132.0

Carry Metres 1,121.8m 804.3m

Line breaks 12.0 5.7

Offloads 11.4 8.2

Own Lineouts 12.8 11.6

% Lineout Won 92.2% 81.1%

Lineout Steals 0.8 0.9

Own Scrums 10.6 10.7

% Own Scrums Won 92.7% 89.6%

Tackles Attempted 171.2 218.1

% Tackles Successful 93.0% 89.6%

Dominant Tackles 16.0 10.6

Mauls Won 3.0 3.2

Rucks 109.2 109.2

Ruck Won % 97.1% 96.5%

Breakdown Steals 2.8 3.0

Penalties Conceded 11.8 10.4

Free Kicks Conceded 1.0 0.5

Yellow Cards 0.6 0.4

Red Cards 0.0 0.0

POINTS FOR/AGAINST

POINTS DISTRIBUTION TRY ORIGINS TYPES OF PLAY RUCK SPEED

81+18+1 7+40+16+24+13 4+40+56 62+31+7 Tries ..................225

Conversions ....... 50

Penalties ...............3

Kicks ..............3.8%

Carries ......... 40.1%

Passes ......... 56.1%

Counter Attacks ...3

Lineouts ..............18

Scrums .................7

Turnovers ............11

Other .....................6

0-3 Secs ......62.3%

3-6 Secs ......30.9%

6+ Secs ..........6.8%

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JESS BREACH

5Jess Breach was one of just two players to score in every game in the 2019 Women's Six Nations, alongside teammate and Championship top scorer Katy Daley-Mclean.

ABBIE SCOTT

33Abbie Scott led all players in the 2019 Women's Six Nations in terms of lineout takes with 33. She also boasted two lineout steals, 48 made tackles and eight dominant tackles.

POPPY CLEALL

9Poppy Cleall (9) trailed only Audrey Forlani (12) in terms of offloads in the 2019 Women's Six Nations. Alongside that, she scored four tries - one of five players to score more than three.

PLAYER INSIGHTS

TOP POINTS SCORER

KATY DALEY-MCLEANPoints 53Tries 2Conversions 20Penalties 1Drop Goals 0


DETAILED PLAYER STATISTICS

PLAYER G M T P BC MC LB TB O K KM ST DT MT PC

ABBIE SCOTT 4 298 2 10 40 150 1 0 3 0 0 48 2 1 2

ABIGAIL DOW 1 80 1 5 7 143 2 1 1 0 0 6 1 1 0AMY COKAYNE 4 198 1 5 22 196 4 0 4 0 0 30 4 2 3BRYONY CLEALL 1 25 1 5 5 18 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0CARYS WILLIAMS 1 15 0 0 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0CATHERINE O'DONNELL 5 342 3 15 37 173 0 2 1 0 0 64 3 1 2CLAUDIA MACDONALD 1 15 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0EMILY SCARRATT 4 297 1 7 46 405 4 1 3 13 514 22 1 1 1EMILY SCOTT 5 110 1 5 14 119 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0HANNAH BOTTERMAN 5 183 1 5 22 198 2 2 3 0 0 31 8 2 3JESS BREACH 5 400 9 45 48 681 11 4 1 0 0 25 1 3 2JO BROWN 2 33 0 0 4 21 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 1 1KATY DALEY-MCLEAN 5 393 2 53 30 199 3 1 1 43 1312 50 1 5 1KELLY SMITH 4 248 2 10 29 357 7 2 3 0 0 6 1 1 0LARK DAVIES 5 231 2 10 22 111 0 0 0 0 0 36 5 2 5LEANNE RILEY 4 192 0 0 12 66 1 2 1 1 33 25 0 5 3MARLIE PACKER 4 174 1 5 32 173 2 1 1 0 0 32 2 3 4NATASHA HUNT 5 190 1 5 20 163 0 2 3 7 180 19 1 3 3POPPY CLEALL 5 270 4 20 53 299 1 1 9 0 0 49 8 4 3POPPY LEITCH 1 72 0 0 5 32 0 0 0 0 0 22 1 4 2RACHAEL BURFORD 3 118 0 0 16 101 0 3 2 0 0 14 1 3 2ROSIE GALLIGAN 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0ROWENA BURNFIELD 2 44 0 0 9 37 0 1 2 0 0 11 1 2 3SARAH BECKETT 5 283 2 10 38 215 2 1 4 0 0 58 6 1 0

SARAH BERN 5 279 5 25 39 364 8 9 3 0 0 36 3 2 5SARAH HUNTER 5 314 2 10 54 260 0 0 3 0 0 61 17 2 1SARAH MCKENNA 5 360 1 5 40 444 6 2 2 2 57 16 1 2 2SHAUNAGH BROWN 5 117 0 0 25 191 2 3 2 0 0 32 3 2 4TATYANA HEARD 2 146 0 0 26 151 0 1 2 0 0 14 1 5 1VICTORIA CORNBOROUGH 4 187 1 5 11 66 0 0 0 0 0 27 4 1 3VICTORIA FLEETWOOD 2 109 1 5 15 100 1 1 1 0 0 11 1 0 0ZOE HARRISON 5 215 1 13 21 167 2 2 2 5 158 25 0 1 2

POSITIONAL DISTRIBUTION

FORWARDS BACKS SUBSTITUTES

Total Tries 22 17 6

Carries / 80 minutes 10.0 8.6 13.3

Metres carried / 80 minutes 58.6 86.4 90.5

Passes / 80 minutes 4.0 24.1 19.6

Kicks / 80 minutes 0.0 2.2 0.2

Successful tackles / 80 minutes 13.5 6.5 13.6

% Successful tackles 95.4% 87.8% 93.4%

Dominant tackles / 80 minutes 1.6 0.3 1.9

G - Games Played, M - Minutes Played, T - Tries, P - Points, BC - Ball Carries, MC - Metres Carried, LB - Linebreaks, TB - Tackle Breaks,

O - Offloads, K - Kicks In Play, KM - Kicking Metres, ST - Successful Tackles, DT - Dominant Tackles, MT - Missed Tackles, PC - Penalties

Conceded

72

ITALYItaly finished second in this year’s Championship, their highest position in Women’s Six Nations history.

POINT DISTRIBUTION

91POINTS FOR

104POINTS AGAINST

-13POINTS DIFFERENCE

MAIN STATISTICS

12Italy scored 12 tries in the 2019 Women's Six Nations, their second-highest total in Championship history (13 scored in 2015).

50%Exactly half of Italy's 12-try haul came within the first two phases of play in the 2019 Women's Six Nations, above the tournament average of 43.0%.

29Italy conceded just 29 points in the final 20 minutes of games in the 2019 Women's Six Nations - just a single point behind the Championship-low tally of 28 (England and France).

3WINS

1DRAWS

1LOSSES



TEAM STATISTICS





Carry Metres 745.6m 804.3m

Line breaks 5.6 5.7

Offloads 9.0 8.2









Mauls Won 1.6 3.2

Rucks 98.8 109.2

Ruck Win % 96.6% 96.5%





Red Cards 0.0 0.0

POINTS FOR/AGAINST


66+18+16 42+25+25+8 4+41+55 39+49+12 Tries ................... 60

Conversions ........16

Penalties .............15

Kicks .............. 4.1%

Carries ......... 41.2%

Passes .........54.7%


Lineouts ................3

Scrums .................3

Turnovers ..............1

0-3 Secs ......38.5%

3-6 Secs ...... 49.1%

6+ Secs ........ 12.4%

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PLAYER INSIGHTS

GIADA FRANCO

77Giada Franco (77) was one of only two players (alongside Championship leader Siwan Lillicrap) to carry the ball over 70 times. She had 10 more carries than her nearest rival (Anna Caplice) and 23 more than any of her teammates.

MANUELA FURLAN

475MManuela Furlan had 475 running metres in the 2019 Women's Six Nations - 206 metres behind the category leader Jess Breach, but 31 metres ahead of her nearest rival (Sarah McKenna - 444m).

BEATRICE RIGONI

28Beatrice Rigoni (28) was one of just three women to have more than 20 kicks in the 2019 Women's Six Nations, behind England's Katy Daley-Mclean (43) and Nicole Fowley (39). Her 634 kicking metres also ranked third, only trailing the same two players.

TOP POINTS SCORER

MICHELA SILLARIPoints 31Tries 0Conversions 8Penalties 5Drop Goals 0




AURA MUZZO 5 390 1 5 22 231 4 0 1 0 0 39 2 9 0

BEATRICE RIGONI 5 396 2 10 40 320 2 3 2 28 634 64 3 10 3

CAMILLA SARASSO 2 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0

ELISA GIORDANO 5 376 1 5 18 103 0 2 0 0 0 78 4 10 3

FRANCESCA SBERNA 1 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0

FRANCESCA SGORBINI 1 6 0 0 2 27 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0

GAIA GIACOMOLI 5 235 0 0 14 75 0 0 0 0 0 53 0 4 3

GIADA FRANCO 5 387 3 15 77 433 3 4 7 0 0 70 6 6 7

GIORDANA DUCA 5 389 0 0 54 262 2 0 2 0 0 80 2 3 3

ILARIA ARRIGHETTI 5 379 1 5 49 271 1 0 3 0 0 70 3 8 4

JESSICA BUSATO 3 85 0 0 4 21 0 1 1 0 0 17 0 1 0

LUCIA CAMMARANO 4 83 0 0 6 47 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 2 0

LUCIA GAI 5 383 0 0 37 159 0 0 1 0 0 78 4 8 10

MANUELA FURLAN 5 399 1 5 51 475 1 6 5 3 82 18 1 6 1

MARIA MAGATTI 2 28 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 0

MELISSA BETTONI 5 330 1 5 42 184 1 2 4 0 0 50 0 5 3

MICHELA SILLARI 5 399 0 31 33 239 2 1 4 3 115 78 3 8 6

SARA BARATTIN 5 369 0 0 31 137 3 0 1 18 430 37 1 9 3

SARA TOUNESI 4 28 0 0 8 41 1 2 4 0 0 8 0 0 0

SILVIA TURANI 5 159 0 0 12 59 0 1 0 0 0 29 3 4 4

SOFIA STEFAN 5 399 2 10 30 267 7 0 5 2 60 33 3 4 3

VALENTINA RUZZA 5 256 0 0 28 144 0 0 2 0 0 42 1 3 1

VALERIA FEDRIGHI 4 127 0 0 18 86 0 0 1 0 0 25 0 4 1

VERONICA MADIA 4 316 0 0 25 143 0 1 1 6 133 68 3 7 0



Total Tries 6 6 0



Passes / 80 minutes 3.9 20.2 2.5







Conceded

76

FRANCEFrance won three games in this year’s Championship. They have won at least three matches in every Championship in Women’s Six Nations history.

POINT DISTRIBUTION

178POINTS FOR

102POINTS AGAINST

+76POINTS DIFFERENCE

MAIN STATISTICS

+15Despite winning the Championship in 2018 and finishing third this year, France actually scored 15 more points in this year's Women's Six Nations than they did in last year's Championship.

82.8%Twenty-four (82.8%) of France's 29 tries in the 2019 Women's Six Nations were scored within the first six phases of play, the second-highest percentage in this year's Championship (behind Scotland - 85.7%).

4France had just four of their scrums reset in the 2019 Women's Six Nations, as their own scrums were responsible for just 5.7% of reset scrums. Every other nation had at least 11 scrums reset in the 2019 Championship.

3WINS

0DRAWS

2LOSSES



TEAM STATISTICS






Line breaks 8.2 5.7

Offloads 15.6 8.2




Own Scrums 8.6 10.7





Mauls Won 4.2 3.2

Rucks 92.4 109.2

Ruck Win % 94.8% 96.5%





Red Cards 0.2 0.0

POINTS FOR/AGAINST


81+17+2 21+41+14+3+21 4+45+51 61+34+5 Tries ..................145

Conversions ....... 30

Penalties ...............3

Kicks ..............3.8%

Carries ......... 45.1%

Passes ..........51.1%


Lineouts ..............12

Scrums .................4

Tap Penalties ........1

Turnovers ..............6

0-3 Secs .......61.1%

3-6 Secs ...... 34.1%

6+ Secs ..........4.8%

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PLAYER INSIGHTS

JESSY TREMOULIERE

87.5%Jessy Tremouliere had the highest kicking accuracy percentage of any player in the 2019 Women's Six Nations, converting seven of her eight kicks on goal. Her 14 points from the boot only trailed Michela Silari (31) and Katy Daley-McLean (43).

GAELLE HERMET

8Gaelle Hermett's eight dominant tackles were only surpassed by Sarah Hunter's Championship-leading 17.

PAULINE BOURDON

271Pauline Bourdon led all French players in terms of passes (271), 120 more than any of her teammates. She was also one of three French players who had over 350 carry metres (351) alongside Caroline Boujard (394m) and Romane Menager (414m).

TOP POINTS SCORER

PAULINE BOURDONPoints 25Tries 3Conversions 5Penalties 0Drop Goals 0




AGATHE SOCHAT 1 12 0 0 2 16 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0AUDREY FORLANI 5 305 1 5 40 245 2 3 12 0 0 61 3 3 1AXELLE BERTHOUMIEU 1 69 0 0 6 25 0 0 2 0 0 14 0 2 0CAMILLE IMART 5 177 0 9 28 168 1 1 4 9 130 24 0 4 0CAROLINE BOUJARD 5 292 3 15 35 394 5 1 8 8 173 24 0 2 2CAROLINE THOMAS 5 317 4 20 13 41 0 0 0 0 0 67 1 10 1CELINE FERER 5 280 0 0 23 119 0 0 3 0 0 49 6 3 3CHLOE PELLE 1 16 0 0 2 13 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0CLARA JOYEUX 5 321 0 0 23 84 0 3 1 0 0 56 2 2 3COUMBA DIALLO 4 201 0 0 22 123 0 1 0 0 0 57 4 7 5DORIANE CONSTANTY 3 94 2 10 18 325 4 1 3 0 0 7 0 1 0EMELINE GROS 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0EMMA COUDERT 3 118 0 0 14 79 0 0 1 14 189 17 1 1 1FIONA LECAT 1 19 0 0 5 40 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 0 0GABRIELLE VERNIER 5 360 3 15 33 230 2 2 3 1 43 57 6 9 1GAELLE HERMET 5 400 0 0 53 220 0 1 1 0 0 81 8 7 2IAN JASON 5 380 3 15 29 309 5 3 0 0 0 26 3 3 3JESSY TREMOULIERE 2 153 0 14 21 161 0 4 1 3 114 7 0 3 0KATIA AMBONGUILAT 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0LAETITIA BOBO 1 3 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0LAURE TOUYE 2 34 0 0 6 38 0 1 1 0 0 8 0 0 0LAURIANE LISSAR 1 24 0 0 2 12 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0LEA MURIE 3 240 2 10 22 231 3 3 2 0 0 10 0 3 0LENAIG CORSON 3 186 0 0 11 66 0 0 3 0 0 31 1 2 1LISE ARRICASTRE 5 231 1 5 25 162 3 0 5 0 0 31 0 1 2MARIE SALLUZO 1 45 0 0 9 40 1 2 1 1 0 5 0 0 1MARINE MENAGER 5 234 1 5 33 261 3 1 1 0 0 26 4 3 3MARINE PELLEGRIS 1 11 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0MAYLIS TRAORE DHIA 5 167 0 0 18 88 1 0 0 0 0 38 0 4 5MILENA SOLOCH 2 34 0 0 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 0MORGANE PEYRONNET 1 19 0 0 2 10 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 0PAULINE BOURDON 5 345 3 25 48 351 6 5 5 17 289 39 0 10 1ROMANE MENAGER 4 300 4 20 49 414 3 8 4 0 0 58 7 3 4SABINA ARGAGNON 3 58 0 0 4 13 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 2 0SAFI N'DIAYE 3 180 2 10 38 192 1 0 9 0 0 35 2 2 1YANNA RIVOALEN 4 153 0 0 7 7 0 0 1 2 29 12 1 2 0YOLAINE YENGO 2 157 0 0 13 116 2 1 5 0 0 22 0 3 1



Total Tries 12 14 3



Passes / 80 minutes 4.0 16.8 16.4







Conceded

80

WALESWales' 3-3 draw with Italy was just the third draw in Women's Six Nations history, with Wales also featuring in one of the other two ties (Spain 10-10 Wales in 2003).

POINT DISTRIBUTION

59POINTS FOR

126POINTS AGAINST


MAIN STATISTICS

44.1%No nation scored a larger share of their points in the final 20 minutes of games in the 2019 Women's Six Nations than Wales (44.1% of their 59 points).

93.8%Wales won 93.8% of their scrums in the 2019 Women's Six Nations, the highest percentage in this year's Championship.

3.91Wales were the slowest team at the breakdown in the 2019 Women's Six Nations with an average ruck speed of 3.91 seconds.

2WINS

1DRAWS

2LOSSES



TEAM STATISTICS






Line breaks 3.2 5.7

Offloads 5.2 8.2









Mauls Won 2.6 3.2

Rucks 116.8 109.2

Ruck Win % 95.7% 96.5%





Red Cards 0.0 0.0

POINTS FOR/AGAINST


68+17+15 43+14+14+14+14 4+49+47 43+44+13 Tries ................... 40

Conversions ........10

Penalties ...............9

Kicks ..............3.6%

Carries .........49.2%

Passes ......... 47.2%

Lineouts ................3

Scrums .................1

Turnovers ..............1

Tap Penalty ...........1

Free Kick ...............1

0-3 Secs ......42.6%

3-6 Secs ......44.3%

6+ Secs .........13.1%

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PLAYER INSIGHTS

AMY EVANS

5Amy Evans' five breakdown steals led the 2019 Championship, while her 37 defensive ruck arrivals were second behind Ireland's Claire Molly (44) in the 2019 Women's Six Nations.

JASMINE JOYCE

9Jasmine Joyce's nine tackle breaks led the 2019 Women's Six Nations, matched only by England's Sarah Bern. Joyce made three times more tackle breaks than any of her teammates.

HANNAH JONES

400Hannah Jones was the only Welsh player to feature in every minute of her nation's 2019 Championship campaign.

TOP POINTS SCORER

ROBYN WILKINSPoints 13Tries 0Conversions 2Penalties 3Drop Goals 0




ALEX CALLENDER 5 175 0 0 20 86 0 2 0 0 0 49 1 3 5

ALICIA MCCOMISH 2 120 0 0 13 66 0 0 0 0 0 31 2 2 0

ALISHA BUTCHERS 5 170 0 0 34 132 0 0 4 0 0 48 3 8 1

AMY EVANS 5 376 0 0 63 212 0 1 0 0 0 67 3 16 9

BETH LEWIS 5 393 2 10 64 217 2 2 4 1 15 96 5 7 2

CARA HOPE 3 21 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0

CARYL THOMAS 5 376 0 0 36 152 0 0 2 0 0 70 4 11 7

CARYS PHILLIPS 5 374 1 5 54 222 0 2 1 0 0 69 5 9 4

CERYS HALE 3 21 1 5 9 22 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1

ELINOR SNOWSILL 5 240 0 0 17 92 0 1 1 10 215 55 1 17 0

FFION LEWIS 5 66 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 4 0 1 0

GWEN CRABB 4 301 0 0 29 86 0 0 0 0 0 65 4 7 3

HANNAH BLUCK 1 64 0 0 6 21 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 3 0

HANNAH JONES 5 400 0 0 36 231 2 1 4 0 0 80 1 6 3

JASMINE JOYCE 5 391 1 5 31 425 6 9 1 0 0 37 2 11 3

JESSICA KAVANAGH-WILLIAMS 5 246 2 10 16 186 2 0 0 0 0 25 2 3 2

KEIRA BEVAN 5 329 0 0 13 42 1 2 2 12 195 54 3 8 3

KELSEY JONES 3 23 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0

LAUREN SMYTH 5 311 0 0 17 166 1 3 3 5 138 20 1 5 1

LISA NEUMANN 4 162 0 0 13 109 1 1 2 0 0 18 1 5 0

LLEUCU GEORGE 2 160 0 6 17 104 0 1 0 3 52 26 3 8 1

MANON JOHNES 4 156 0 0 14 38 0 0 0 0 0 44 1 4 3

MELISSA CLAY 4 307 0 0 24 64 0 0 0 0 0 81 6 7 0

NATALIA JOHN 3 96 0 0 17 54 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0

ROBYN WILKINS 5 298 0 13 11 55 1 0 1 13 372 44 5 5 0

SIWAN LILLICRAP 5 381 1 5 81 340 0 0 0 1 20 92 7 4 6



Total Tries 4 3 1



Passes / 80 minutes 3.1 13.0 19.2







Conceded

84

IRELANDIreland's 78-point tally was the highest points total scored by any team that finished fifth in Women's Six Nations history.

POINT DISTRIBUTION

78POINTS FOR

156POINTS AGAINST


MAIN STATISTICS

43.5%43.5% (34) of Ireland's 78 points were scored in the opening 20 minutes of 2019 Women's Six Nations matches, the highest percentage in this year's Championship.

57.6%Ireland averaged 57.6% possession during the 2019 Women's Six Nations, no other nation saw more of the ball in the Championship.

3Ireland scored three tries in the 11th phase or later, the highest total in the 2019 Championship.

1WINS

0DRAWS

4LOSSES



TEAM STATISTICS






Line breaks 4.2 5.7

Offloads 4.0 8.2




Own Scrums 8.8 10.7





Mauls Won 3.4 3.2

Rucks 143.2 109.2

Ruck Win % 97.9% 96.5%





Red Cards 0.0 0.0

POINTS FOR/AGAINST


86+10+4 38+15+15+23+8 3+42+55 55+40+5 Tries ....................67

Conversions ..........8

Penalties ...............3

Kicks ..............3.2%

Carries ......... 41.8%

Passes .........55.0%

Lineouts ................5

Scrums .................2

Turnovers ..............2

Tap Penalty ...........3

Free Kick ...............1

0-3 Secs ......55.4%

3-6 Secs ......39.9%

6+ Secs .......... 4.7%

86

PLAYER INSIGHTS

AOIFE MCDERMOTT

187Aoife McDermott's 187 attacking ruck arrivals led the 2019 Women's Six Nations, finishing six arrivals ahead of her teammate Ciara Griffin. Only four players had over 150 attacking ruck arrivals in this year's Championship and all of them were Irish.

EIMEAR CONSIDINE

400Eimear Considine was one of eight players to play every minute of her side's 2019 Women's Six Nations campaign, as three of them were Irish (alongside Aoife McDermott and Sene Naoupu).

CLAIRE MOLLOY

44Claire Molloy (44) was the only player in the 2019 Women's Six Nations to make over 40 defensive ruck arrivals. She finished seven ahead of her nearest rival, Amy Evans, while teammate Ciara Griffin was third on 36.

TOP POINTS SCORER

NICOLE FOWLEYPoints 11Tries 0Conversions 4Penalties 1Drop Goals 0




AILSA HUGHES 2 130 0 0 8 39 1 1 0 1 26 11 2 0 2

ALISON MILLER 4 209 1 5 28 237 2 5 1 0 0 20 1 4 0

ANNA CAPLICE 5 252 2 10 67 329 0 4 4 0 0 51 1 1 3

ANNE MARIE O'HORA 1 8 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0

AOIFE MCDERMOTT 5 400 1 5 39 193 1 0 0 0 0 62 0 9 3

BEIBHINN PARSONS 2 110 1 5 10 88 1 1 0 0 0 9 0 4 0

CIARA GRIFFIN 5 382 1 5 60 248 1 4 2 0 0 57 3 4 5

CLAIRE BOLES 3 44 0 0 8 41 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0

CLAIRE MCLAUGHLIN 4 131 0 0 18 74 0 0 0 0 0 25 1 3 1

CLAIRE MOLLOY 5 379 1 5 66 333 1 6 1 0 0 76 8 3 1

DEIRBHILE NIC A BHAIRD 4 184 0 0 35 199 2 2 1 0 0 29 4 4 2

EDEL MCMAHON 1 22 0 0 3 19 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0

EIMEAR CONSIDINE 5 400 2 10 35 315 4 5 2 5 88 26 1 11 2

ELLEN MURPHY 4 87 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 7 145 7 1 4 1

EMMA HOOBAN 5 162 0 0 30 128 0 0 1 0 0 23 1 8 0

ENYA BREEN 2 160 0 0 26 210 0 0 2 0 0 14 0 6 0

FIONA REIDY 4 181 0 0 18 61 0 1 0 0 0 20 0 7 6

JULIET SHORT 1 53 0 0 7 33 0 1 0 0 0 12 0 2 0

KATHRYN DANE 5 229 0 0 8 10 0 0 2 6 96 15 0 3 1

LAURA FEELY 5 265 0 0 44 169 0 1 0 0 0 26 0 7 6

LAURA SHEEHAN 1 42 1 5 4 37 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0

LAUREN DELANY 5 382 0 0 34 352 1 3 2 0 0 33 1 6 0

LEAH LYONS 3 202 1 5 30 134 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 4 2

LINDA DJOUGANG 4 47 0 0 8 17 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 1 0

LINDSAY PEAT 3 138 0 0 39 192 1 1 0 0 0 24 0 3 7

MEGAN WILLIAMS 2 96 0 0 8 47 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 3 0

MICHELLE CLAFFEY 3 197 0 0 28 186 2 2 0 0 0 30 4 4 2

NICHOLA FRYDAY 5 316 0 0 32 148 0 0 0 0 0 31 1 11 3

NICOLE CRONIN 2 37 0 0 4 40 2 1 0 1 16 3 0 0 0

NICOLE FOWLEY 5 309 0 11 32 146 0 0 1 39 963 35 1 6 1

SENE NAOUPU 5 400 1 5 53 339 1 1 1 1 0 54 1 5 2



Total Tries 6 5 1



Passes / 80 minutes 2.5 25.9 15.7







Conceded

88

SCOTLANDScotland finished bottom of the Women's Six Nations for the first time since 2016 but did score eight more points in 2019 than they managed in that Championship.

POINT DISTRIBUTION

37POINTS FOR

188POINTS AGAINST


MAIN STATISTICS

3Scotland scored three tries originating from tap penalties, the joint-second highest total in the 2019 Championship (alongside Ireland).

95.5%No team won a higher percentage of their mauls than Scotland in the 2019 Women's Six Nations (95.5%). Of the 22 mauls they contested in this year's Championship, they only lost once.

1,312Scotland made more tackles (1,312) than any other side in the 2019 Women's Six Nations - with a success rate of 91.0%, just behind eventual winners England (93.0%).

0WINS

0DRAWS

5LOSSES



TEAM STATISTICS






Line breaks 1.0 5.7

Offloads 4.0 8.2









Mauls Won 4.2 3.2

Rucks 94.6 109.2

Ruck Win % 96.4% 96.5%





Red Cards 0.0 0.0

POINTS FOR/AGAINST


95+5 14+29+14+43 6+46+48 51+41+8 Tries ................... 35

Conversions ..........2

Kicks ..............5.9%

Carries .........46.2%

Passes ......... 47.9%

Counter Attack .....1

Lineouts ................2

Scrums .................1

Tap Penalties ........3

0-3 Secs ...... 51.4%

3-6 Secs ......40.7%

6+ Secs .......... 7.9%

90

PLAYER INSIGHTS

EMMA WASSELL

400Emma Wassell was one of two Scottish players to play every minute of the 2019 Women's Six Nations, alongside teammate Chloe Rollie. The only other nation to have multiple players play every minute of this year's Championship was Ireland (3).

RACHEL MCLACHLAN

129Scotland's Rachel McLachlan totalled 129 made tackles in the 2019 Women's Six Nations, the most in this year's Championship. Three of the top four tacklers in this year's Championship were Scottish (Emma Wassell - 96, Sarah Bonar - 121).

CHLOE ROLLIE

300Of the 21 players to record 300 running metres or more, Scotland's only representative was Chloe Rollie (300m). Every other nation had at least two players run for over 300 metres.

TOP POINTS SCORER

SARAH BONARPoints 10Tries 2Conversions 0Penalties 0Drop Goals 0




ABIGAIL EVANS 3 48 0 0 3 30 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0

ANNABEL SERGEANT 5 324 0 0 8 57 0 0 1 0 0 33 2 1 0

CHLOE ROLLIE 5 400 1 5 34 300 3 3 0 10 218 25 2 2 3

DEBORAH MCCORMACK 3 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 0 1

EMMA WASSELL 5 400 1 5 31 120 0 0 0 0 0 96 2 4 0

HANNAH SMITH 5 388 1 5 32 271 1 5 7 0 0 52 1 9 3

HELEN NELSON 5 332 0 0 33 164 0 2 2 20 561 86 4 13 1

JADE KONKEL 3 234 1 5 45 191 1 1 1 0 0 76 7 8 5

JENNY MAXWELL 3 104 0 0 14 62 0 0 1 2 37 21 1 6 0

JODIE RETTIE 5 90 0 0 6 14 0 0 0 0 0 23 3 2 2

KATIE DOUGAN 3 33 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 1 0

LANA SKELDON 5 398 0 2 45 166 0 0 0 0 0 87 4 6 2

LISA COCKBURN 4 239 0 0 17 58 0 0 0 0 0 63 1 5 3

LISA MARTIN 5 81 0 0 3 25 0 0 1 3 95 19 0 3 0

LISA THOMSON 5 384 0 0 48 272 0 1 4 8 87 85 5 13 3

LIZ MUSGROVE 2 138 0 0 6 30 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 3 0

LUCY WINTER 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

MAIRI FORSYTH 5 194 0 0 11 53 0 0 0 1 0 39 3 2 1

MEGAN KENNEDY 5 330 0 0 44 165 0 1 0 0 0 85 7 8 10

MHAIRI GRIEVE 4 181 0 0 9 4 0 0 1 18 358 48 0 5 1

NICOLA HOWAT 3 147 0 0 11 56 0 0 0 0 0 35 0 4 2

PANASHE MUZAMBE 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

RACHEL MALCOLM 3 211 0 0 38 227 0 2 0 0 0 70 2 5 3

RACHEL MCLACHLAN 5 357 0 0 15 71 0 0 0 0 0 129 5 14 3

RHONA LLOYD 5 285 1 5 11 69 0 1 1 1 18 35 0 4 2

SARAH BONAR 5 387 2 10 37 165 0 0 1 0 0 121 5 9 5

SARAH LAW 3 110 0 0 9 14 0 0 0 4 100 19 0 1 0

SIOBHAN CATTIGAN 1 80 0 0 12 71 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 1 1

SOPHIE ANDERSON 2 18 0 0 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0



Total Tries 4 3 0



Passes / 80 minutes 1.1 11.4 21.9







Conceded


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