{"id":411016,"date":"2026-04-22T02:19:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T02:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/411016\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T02:19:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T02:19:11","slug":"irish-rugby-opta-facts-guinness-womens-six-nations-france-v-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/411016\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish Rugby | Opta Facts: Guinness Women\u2019s Six Nations \u2013 France v Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"

A big Saturday night showdown at the atmospheric Stade Marcel Michelin awaits as Ireland play France for the first time since last September\u2019s closely-fought Rugby World Cup quarter-final. Check out the Opta Facts, provided by\u00a0Stats Perform<\/a>, below.<\/p>\n

\u2013 France have won their last seven Guinness Women\u2019s Six Nations matches against Ireland, their longest run since winning their first seven against them in the Championship between 2002 and 2008<\/p>\n

\u2013 France have won their 11 home games against Ireland in the Women\u2019s Six Nations, conceding fewer than 10 points in eight of those fixtures. However, Ireland scored 17 points in their last meeting in France, their joint most away to les Bleues in the Championship (also 2008)<\/p>\n

\u2013 Across both the Five and Six Nations, France have lost just nine of 65 home clashes in the Championship (W56), with England responsible for eight of those defeats and Scotland being the only other team to win in France, doing so in Evreux back in 2003 (14-19)<\/p>\n

\u2013 Ireland ran out comprehensive winners over Italy at Dexcom Stadium last Saturday, with their 57 points being their most in a Women\u2019s Six Nations fixture since 2015 (73 v Scotland), and their third most overall<\/p>\n

\u2013 Ireland will attempt to win back-and-back matches in the same Six Nations tournament for the first time since doing so in the opening two rounds of 2020 (v Scotland and Wales)<\/p>\n

\u2013 Ireland have won two of their last four Six Nations away games (L2) after losing seven in a row previously. They have scored multiple tries in each of those four encounters after doing so in just one of the previous seven<\/p>\n

\"B\u00e9ibhinn<\/p>\n

\u2013 Scott Bemand\u2019s charges have won the most turnovers in the Women\u2019s Six Nations this year (17), while France have made the most dominant tackles (19), with the two teams also boasting the best tackle success rates in the Championship in 2026 (France 92%, Ireland 88%)<\/p>\n

\u2013 France are the only team to make over 300 carries so far in this year\u2019s Six Nations (334), recording the highest dominant carry rate in the process (37%) and tallying up the most carry metres (2332) and the joint-most line breaks (26, also England)<\/p>\n

\u2013 Ireland scrum half Emily Lane and her French counterpart Pauline Bourdon Sansus have both assisted three tries in the 2026 tournament, more than any other player<\/p>\n

\u2013 Bourdon Sansus also assisted five line breaks during the opening two rounds. Only her team-mate Pauline Barrat has assisted more (6, England\u2019s Zoe Harrison also 5)<\/p>\n

\u2013 Only three players have reached double figures for defenders beaten after the first two weekends \u2013 Ireland\u2019s B\u00e9ibhinn Parsons (11) and France duo Carla Arbez (11) and Pauline Barrat (10). Barrat has also made the most carries of any player in the current campaign (32)<\/p>\n

\u2013 Ireland captain Erin King has hit the most rucks of any player in this year\u2019s Six Nations (94), topping the charts for both attacking (68) and defensive (26) ruck hits. French pair Mathilde Lazarko (49) and Manae Feleu (42) sit second and third, respectively, for attacking rucks<\/p>\n


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