FRANCE  35 V IRELAND  17
  COMPETITION: 6 Nations International Championship
  VENUE: Stade de France, Paris DATE: 14 February, 2004 SPECTATORS: 79, 547
  REFEREE: Chris White (England) HALFTIME: 11-3  
  SCORERS: SCORERS:
  TRIES: Clerc, Pape, Jauzion, Elissalde TRIES: Foley, Howe
  CONVERSIONS: Michalak (3)
CONVERSIONS: O'Gara (2)
  PENALTY GOALS: Michalak (3) PENALTY GOALS: O'Gara
  DROPPED GOALS: DROPPED GOALS:
   
15 Nicolas Brusque  Biarritz RFC 15 Girvan Dempsey  Leinster
14 Vincent Clerc (22) Stade Toulousain RFC 14 Shane Horgan  Leinster
13 Yannick Jauzion  Stade Toulousain RFC 13 Gordon D'Arcy  Leinster
12 Damien Traille (21) Pau RFC 12 Kevin Maggs  Bath RFC, England
11 Christophe Dominici  Stade Français RFC 11 Tyrone Howe (22) Ulster
10 Frédéric Michalak  Stade Toulousain RFC 10 Ronan O'Gara  Munster
9 Jean-Baptiste Elissalde (20) Stade Toulousain RFC 9 Peter Stringer  Munster
8 Imanol Harinordoquy  Pau RFC 8 Anthony Foley  Munster
7 Olivier Magne (19) Montferrand RFC 7 Keith Gleeson (19) Leinster
6 Serge Betsen Biarritz RFC 6 Simon Easterby  Llanelly RFC, Wales
5 Pascal Papé (18) Bourgoin-Jallieu RFC 5 Malcolm O'Kelly (18t) Leinster
4 Fabien Pelous (Cap) Stade Toulousain RFC 4 Paul O'Connell (Cap) Munster
3 Pieter De Villiers  Stade Français RFC 3 John Hayes  Munster
2 William Servat (16) Stade Toulousain RFC 2 Shane Byrne (16) Leinster
1 Syvlain Marconnet (17) Stade Français RFC 1 Reggie Corrigan  Leinster
 
16 Yannick Bru (2) Stade Toulousain RFC 16 Frankie Sheahan (2) Munster
17 Jean-Jacques Crenca (1) Agen RFC 17 Simon Best  Ulster
18 David Auradou (5) Stade Français RFC 18 Donncha O'Callaghan (5t) Munster
19 Thomas Liévremont (7) Biarritz RFC 19 Victor Costello (7) Leinster
20 Dimitri Yachvili (9) Biarritz RFC 20 Guy Easterby  Rotherham RFC, England
21 Brian Liebenberg (12) Stade Français RFC 21 David Humphreys  Ulster
22 Pepito Elhorga (14) Agen RFC 22 Anthony Horgan (11) Munster
   
  COACH: Bernard Laporte COACH: Eddie O'Sullivan
           
MATCH NOTES
Source: www.planet-rugby.com
There were 14 changes ( 1 positional) in the starting lineup for France from the team that lost 13-40 to New Zealand in the Rugby World Cup 3rd/4th playoff last November.Damian Traille being the only survivor. Servat and Papé were new caps.
Ireland's Paul O'connell took over the captaincy from the injured Brian O'Driscoll.There were four changes to the Irish side that lost to France in the Rugby World Cup quarter finals last November.
France were too good for Ireland on the day
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