Stat Breakdown - Scotland vs Wales

This was a very tight game for the most part, but Scotland were just able to pull away in the final 15/20 minutes to secure a vital victory for themselves. The tight margin between their total line-breaks, Wales with 5 and Scotland with 6 gives a clear indication of the closeness of this fixture. Wales edged Scotland in terms of metres made, 330 to 302 and played a majority of the game inside the Scottish half but were unable to convert this territorial dominance into points on the scoreboard.

Scotland dominated the lineout and the breakdown recording 100% success rates in both compared to the Welsh 93% lineout rate and disappointing 59% turnover rate. The scots dominated the kicking statistics with Finn Russell recording a perfect 100% success rate compared to Halfpenny’s 75%.

 Both sides were very impressive in defence with Wales recording a tackle success rate of 89% and Scotland 84%. 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.

Despite the similarity in the stats, Scotland just had a bit too much for this Welsh outfit today and were able to edge their way to a crucial Six Nations victory.