Teams

France	Ireland
Tries Bernat-Salles, Ibanez	Tries Hickie
Cons Lamaison	Cons Elwood
Pens Lamaison 2	Pens Elwood 3
Team 15 FB Jean-Luc Sadourny 14 W Philippe Bernat-Salles 13 C Christophe Lamaison 12 C Stephane Glas 11 W Xavier Garbajosa 10 FH Thomas Castaignede 9 SH Philippe Carbonneau 1 P Christian Califano 2 H Raphael Ibanez (c) 3 P Franck Tournaire 4 L Olivier Brouzet 5 L Fabien Pelous 6 F Marc Lievremont 7 F Olivier Magne 8 N8 Thomas Lievremont     Replacements 16 F Philippe Benetton 17 P Cedric Soulette 18 L Thierry Cleda 19 Richard Dourthe 20 Jean-Marc Aue 21 Marc dal Maso 22 Fabien Galthie	Team 15 FB Conor O'Shea 14 W Richard Wallace 13 C Kevin Maggs 12 C Rob Henderson 11 W Denis Hickie 10 FH Eric Elwood 9 SH Conor McGuinness 1 P Reggie Corrigan 2 H Keith Wood (c) 3 P Paul Wallace 4 L Paddy Johns 5 L Malcolm O'Kelly 6 F David Corkery 7 F Andy Ward 8 N8 Victor Costello     Replacements 16 P Nick Popplewell 17 H Ross Nesdale 18 P Peter Clohessy 19 L Mick Galwey 20 Mike Lynch 21 Brian O'Meara 22 David Humphreys

Notes

Result France won by a margin of 2 points

Five Nations points France 2, Ireland 0

Ground name Stade de France, Paris

Attendance 78000

Referee JM Fleming (Scotland)

France Test debuts X Garbajosa

Ireland Test debuts AJ Ward

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