| FRANCE 43 | V | IRELAND 21 | |||
| COMPETITION: World Cup, Quarter final | |||||
| VENUE: Colonial Stadium, Melbourne | DATE: 9 November, 2003 | SPECTATORS: | |||
| REFEREE: | HALFTIME: 27-0 | ||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||
| TRIES: Magne, Dominici, Harinordoquy, Crenca | TRIES: O'Driscoll (2), Maggs | ||||
| CONVERSIONS: Michalak (4) | CONVERSIONS: Humphreys (3) | ||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Michalak (5) | PENALTY GOALS: | ||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||
| 15 | Nicolas Brusque | Biarritz RFC | 15 | Girvan Dempsey | Leinster |
| 14 | Aurelien Rougerie | Montferrand RFC | 14 | Shane Horgan | Leinster |
| 13 | Tony Marsh | Montferrand RFC | 13 | Brian O'Driscoll | Leinster |
| 12 | Yannick Jauzion (21) | Stade Toulousain RFC | 12 | Kevin Maggs | Bath RFC, England |
| 11 | Christophe Dominici | Stade Francais RFC | 11 | John Kelly | Munster |
| 10 | Frederic Michalak | Stade Toulousain RFC | 10 | Ronan O'Gara (21) | Munster |
| 9 | Fabien Galthie (Cap) | Stade Francais RFC | 9 | Peter Stringer (20) | Munster |
| 8 | Imanol Harinordoquy (19) | Pau RFC | 8 | Victor Costello (19) | Leinster |
| 7 | Olivier Magne (16) (2) | Montferrand RFC | 7 | Keith Gleeson | Leinster |
| 6 | Serge Betsen | Biarritz RFC | 6 | Simon Easterby | Llanelly RFC, Wales |
| 5 | Jerome Thion (18t) | Biarritz RFC | 5 | Paul O'Connell | Munster |
| 4 | Fabien Pelous | Stade Toulousain RFC | 4 | Malcolm O'Kelly | Leinster |
| 3 | Sylvain Marconnet | Stade Francais RFC | 3 | John Hayes | Munster |
| 2 | Raphael Ibanez (7) | Saracens RFC, England | 2 | Keith Wood (Cap) | Munster |
| 1 | Jean-Jacques Crenca (17) | Agen RFC | 1 | Reggie Corrigan (17) | Leinster |
| 16 | Yannick Bru (7) | Stade Toulousain RFC | 16 | Shane Byrne | Leinster |
| 17 | Olivier Milloud (1) | Bourgoin-Jallieu RFC | 17 | Marcus Horan (1) | Munster |
| 18 | Olivier Brouzet (5t) (22) | Montferrand RFC | 18 | Donncha O'Callaghan | Munster |
| 19 | Patrick Tabacco (8) | Stade Francais RFC | 19 | Eric Miller (8) | Leinster |
| 20 | Gerald Merceron | Montferrand RFC | 20 | Guy Easterby (9) | Llanelli RFC, Wales |
| 21 | Brian Liebenberg (12) | Stade Francais RFC | 21 | David Humphreys (10) | Ulster |
| 22 | Pepito Elhorga (18) | Agen RFC | 22 | Anthony Horgan | Munster |
| COACH | COACH | ||||
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