Six Nations - Lansdowne Road, 13 February 2011, 15:00 local, 15:00 GMT
Ireland (15) 22 - 25 (12) France (FT)

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Summary

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4 5 - 0

TRY McFadden burrows over from close range to round off a period of pressure

6 7 - 0

Sexton - conversion

10 7 - 3

PENALTY Parra gets France on the board after David Wallace is pinged

15 10 - 3

PENALTY Sexton rewards his scrum with a well struck penalty

18 10 - 6

PENALTY Parra adds another three points after McFadden is penalised

20 10 - 9

PENALTY Parra brings France to within a point with a third kick

27 10 - 12

PENALTY Parra continues to punish Ireland with his fourth kick

37 15 - 12

TRY Tomas O'Leary muscles over from close range

48 15 - 15

PENALTY Parra makes no mistake with penalty number five

54 15 - 20

TRY Rougerie breaks a weak tackle and sends Medard over

55 15 - 22

Yachvili - conversion

62 15 - 25

PENALTY A beautiful strike from Yachvili extends France's lead

67 20 - 25

TRY Jamie Heaslip burrows over in the corner after a lucky bounce

68 22 - 25

O'Gara - conversion

Timeline

Time Ireland  Score  France
0 start of first half start of first half
4 McFadden - try 5 - 0
6 Sexton - conversion 7 - 0
10 7 - 3 Parra - penalty goal
15 Sexton - penalty goal 10 - 3
18 10 - 6 Parra - penalty goal
20 10 - 9 Parra - penalty goal
27 10 - 12 Parra - penalty goal
37 O'Leary - try 15 - 12
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
48 15 - 15 Parra - penalty goal
49 Domingo - sub off
Marconnet - sub on
50 Clerc - sub on
Poitrenaud - sub off
53 Bonnaire - sub off
Chabal - sub on
Yachvili - sub on
Parra - sub off
54 15 - 20 Medard - try
55 15 - 22 Yachvili - conversion
56 Court - sub on
Healy - sub off
62 Sexton - sub off
O'Gara - sub on		 15 - 25 Yachvili - penalty goal
63 Pierre - sub off
Thion - sub on
67 Heaslip - try 20 - 25
68 O'Gara - conversion
O'Leary - sub off
Reddan - sub on		 22 - 25
72 Jauzion - sub on
Traille - sub off
75 Best - sub off
Cronin - sub on
79 Cullen - sub on
O'Connell - sub off
80+1 end of second half
end of half		 end of second half
end of half
0
81

Notes

 
Result France won by a margin of 3 points
Six Nations points France 2, Ireland 0
 
Ground name Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance 51000
 
Referee D Pearson (England)
 
Ireland Test debuts none
France Test debuts none

Teams

Ireland France
Tries McFadden (4), O'Leary (37), Heaslip (67) Tries Medard (54)
Cons Sexton (6), O'Gara (68) Cons Yachvili (55)
Pens Sexton (15) Pens Parra (10, 18, 20, 27, 48), Yachvili (62)
    Team
15 FB
Luke Fitzgerald
14 W
Fergus McFadden
13 C
Brian O'Driscoll (c)
12 C
Gordon D'Arcy
11 W
Keith Earls
10 FH
Johnny Sexton
9 SH
Tomas O'Leary
1 P
Cian Healy
2 H
Rory Best
3 P
Mike Ross
4 L
Donncha O'Callaghan
5 L
Paul O'Connell
6 F
Sean O'Brien
7 F
David Wallace
8 N8
Jamie Heaslip
    Replacements
16 H
Sean Cronin
17 P
Tom Court
18 L
Leo Cullen
19
Denis Leamy
20 SH
Eoin Reddan
21 FH
Ronan O'Gara
22
Paddy Wallace
    Team
15 FB
Clement Poitrenaud
14 W
Yoann Huget
13 C
Aurelien Rougerie
12 C
Damien Traille
11 W
Maxime Medard
10 FH
Francois Trinh-Duc
9 SH
Morgan Parra
1 P
Thomas Domingo
2 H
William Servat
3 P
Nicolas Mas
4 L
Julien Pierre
5 L
Lionel Nallet
6 F
Thierry Dusautoir (c)
7 F
Julien Bonnaire
8 N8
Imanol Harinordoquy
    Replacements
16
Guilhem Guirado
17 P
Sylvain Marconnet
18 L
Jerome Thion
19 F
Sebastien Chabal
20 SH
Dimitri Yachvili
21 C
Yannick Jauzion
22 FB
Vincent Clerc

Match stats

Ireland   France
3 Tries 1
2 from 3 Conversion goals 1 from 1
1 from 1 Penalty goals 6 from 7
75.0% Kick at goal success 87.5%
0 Dropped goals 0 (1 missed)
Kick/pass/run
12 Kicks from hand 13
107 Passes 136
90 Runs 111
186 Metres run with ball 345
Attacking
45% Possession 55%
53% Territory 47%
0 Clean breaks 2
5 Defenders beaten 4
6 Offloads 3
74 from 77 (96.1%) Rucks won 87 from 90 (96.7%)
2 from 2 (100.0%) Mauls won 5 from 5 (100.0%)
16 Turnovers conceded 13
Defensive
130/4 Tackles made/missed 98/5
97.0% Tackling success rate 95.2%
Set pieces
5 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 11 won, 2 lost (84.6%)
7 won, 3 lost (70.0%) Lineouts on own throw 6 won, 1 lost (85.7%)
Discipline
10 Penalties conceded 9
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Ire stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Fitzgerald 0/0 0 1/3/7 20 0 0 1 3 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
W McFadden 1/0 5 0/0/5 15 0 0 0 2 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
C O'Driscoll 0/0 0 0/8/6 8 0 1 0 0 11/0 0/0 0 0/0
C D'Arcy 0/0 0 0/7/3 9 0 1 2 2 9/1 0/0 1 0/0
W Earls 0/0 0 2/0/4 11 0 0 0 1 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Sexton 0/0 5 3/15/4 4 0 0 0 0 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH O'Leary 1/0 5 2/49/6 18 0 0 1 3 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Healy 0/0 0 0/0/6 19 0 1 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
H Best 0/0 0 0/3/3 1 0 0 0 0 7/0 0/0 1 0/0
P Ross 0/0 0 0/3/2 9 0 0 1 0 7/0 0/1 2 0/0
L O'Callaghan 0/0 0 0/3/5 4 0 0 0 0 11/0 2/0 1 0/0
L O'Connell 0/0 0 0/0/7 3 0 0 0 2 9/0 5/0 1 0/0
F O'Brien 0/0 0 0/1/12 21 0 2 0 2 6/1 0/0 1 0/0
F DP Wallace 0/1 0 0/3/12 18 0 0 1 0 11/0 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Heaslip 1/0 5 1/3/5 23 0 0 0 0 14/0 0/0 0 0/0
(H) Cronin 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 1 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Court 0/0 0 0/1/3 3 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 1 0/0
(L) Cullen 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Reddan 0/0 0 1/4/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) O'Gara 0/0 2 2/4/0 0 0 0 0 0 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

Fra stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Poitrenaud 0/0 0 2/4/7 45 0 0 0 3 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Huget 0/0 0 1/3/7 30 0 1 0 4 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Rougerie 0/1 0 0/8/6 36 1 1 1 0 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Traille 0/0 0 0/6/7 49 0 0 0 1 5/0 0/0 1 0/0
W Medard 1/0 5 1/4/6 53 1 0 1 1 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Trinh-Duc 0/0 0 5/24/4 23 0 1 0 0 6/2 0/0 0 0/0
SH Parra 0/0 15 3/40/1 0 0 0 0 0 1/1 0/0 1 0/0
P Domingo 0/0 0 0/0/4 6 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
H Servat 0/0 0 0/1/12 20 0 0 0 0 11/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Mas 0/0 0 0/0/2 2 0 0 0 0 9/0 0/0 1 0/0
L Pierre 0/0 0 0/0/8 9 0 1 0 2 3/0 1/0 1 0/0
L Nallet 0/0 0 0/3/2 0 0 0 0 0 9/0 3/0 1 0/0
F Dusautoir 0/0 0 0/5/15 19 0 0 0 0 13/0 0/0 0 0/0
F Bonnaire 0/0 0 0/1/2 0 0 0 0 0 6/1 1/1 0 0/0
N8 Harinordoquy 0/0 0 0/6/12 26 0 0 1 1 8/0 1/1 1 0/0
(P) Marconnet 0/0 0 0/0/3 1 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Thion 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
(F) Chabal 0/0 0 0/5/7 4 0 0 0 1 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Yachvili 0/0 5 1/25/1 1 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Jauzion 0/0 0 0/1/3 6 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FB) Clerc 0/0 0 0/0/2 15 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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