Six Nations
- Stade de France, 9 February 2008, 17:00 local, 16:00 GMT
France
(19)
26 - 21
(6)
Ireland
(FT)
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Teams
France
Ireland
Tries
Clerc 3, Heymans
Tries
DP Wallace, Penalty try
Cons
Elissalde 3
Cons
O'Gara
Pens
none
Pens
O'Gara 3
Team
15
FB
Cedric Heymans
14
W
Aurelien Rougerie
13
C
David Marty
12
C
Damien Traille
11
W
Vincent Clerc
10
FH
David Skrela
9
SH
Jean-Baptiste Elissalde
1
P
Lionel Faure
2
H
Dimitri Szarzewski
3
P
Nicolas Mas
4
L
Lionel Nallet
(c)
5
L
Arnaud Mela
6
F
Thierry Dusautoir
7
F
Fulgence Ouedraogo
8
N8
Julien Bonnaire
Replacements
16
H
William Servat
17
P
Julien Brugnaut
18
L
Loic Jacquet
19
F
Louis Picamoles
20
SH
Morgan Parra
21
FH
Francois Trinh-Duc
22
Anthony Floch
Team
15
FB
Girvan Dempsey
14
W
Geordan Murphy
13
C
Brian O'Driscoll
(c)
12
C
Andrew Trimble
11
W
Rob Kearney
10
FH
Ronan O'Gara
9
SH
Eoin Reddan
1
P
Marcus Horan
2
H
Bernard Jackman
3
P
John Hayes
4
L
Donncha O'Callaghan
5
L
Malcolm O'Kelly
6
F
Denis Leamy
7
F
David Wallace
8
N8
Jamie Heaslip
Replacements
16
H
Rory Best
17
P
Tony Buckley
18
L
Mick O'Driscoll
19
Simon Easterby
20
Peter Stringer
21
Paddy Wallace
22
Shane Horgan
Notes
Result
France won by a margin of 5 points
Six Nations points
France 2, Ireland 0
Ground name
Stade de France, Paris
Attendance
79270
Referee
N Owens
(Wales)
France Test debuts
LGP Picamoles
Ireland Test debuts
none
Other scores
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Wales
30 - 15
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Millennium Stadium
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22 - 7
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Tbilisi
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13 - 20
Leicester Tigers
Gloucester
