Stat Breakdown - England vs Italy

ENG v ITA – STATS

Certain portions of this game were extremely tight but for the most part England were dominant as the stats show. England made 11 clean breaks, making a total of 589 metres compared to Italy’s 5 line breaks and 357 metres made. England dominated the breakdown, securing 8 turnovers compared to Italy’s 2.

England were impeccable at the lineout, recording a success rate of 100% compared to the 81% success rate of the Italians. This lineout dominance for England was a key factor in the game as it constantly provided them with an excellent attacking platform.

Both sides had incredibly disappointing kicking performances today; England recording an uncharacteristically low success rate of just 43%. Italy’s kicking display was even worse with the Azzurri only managing to score 1/5 place kicks (20%).

Both sides were very solid in defence with England recording a tackle success rate of 88% and Italy 82%. The discipline was quite poor in the first half with both sides posting high penalty counts. The discipline improved in the second half and the penalty counts fell accordingly.

As the bulk of the stats suggest, England dominated many facets of tis fixture and ultimately dominated the scoreline. However, Italy had some impressive spells of play and will definitely take a huge amount of pride in today’s performance against the Championship favourites.