At the 2023 Men's Six Nations Championship, Ireland and Scotland both had perfect success rates in kicking penalties. However, owing to France's higher volume of goals kicked in both penalties and conversions, Les Bleus had the highest overall success rate, with 85 percent. Meanwhile, England sat at the bottom of the rankings, having kicked 78 percent of their penalties and only converted half of their tries.
Goal kicking success rate in the Men's Six Nations Championship in 2023, by country
France, Ireland, Italy, United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales)
Survey time period
2023
Supplementary notes
* The overall success rate was weighted by the number of kicks attempted in each category. For example, Ireland had a 100 percent success rate from seven penalty goal attempts, however, a 75 percent rate from 20 conversion attempts. This meant that, overall, Ireland kicked 22 goals from 27, which in terms of success rate equalled 82 percent.
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