| FRANCE 20 | V | IRELAND 17 | |||||
| COMPETITION: 6 Nations International Championship Updated 14.02.2007 | |||||||
| VENUE: Croke Park, Dublin | DATE: 11 February 2007 | SPECTATORS: 82,000 | |||||
| REFEREE: Steve Walsh (New Zealand) | HALFTIME: 13-11 | ||||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||||
| TRIES: Ibañez, Clerc | TRIES: O'Gara | ||||||
| CONVERSIONS: Skréla, Beauxis | CONVERSIONS: | ||||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Skréla (2) | PENALTY GOALS: O'Gara (4) | ||||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||||
| 15 | Clément Poitrenaud | Stade Toulousain | 15 | Girvan Dempsey | Leinster | ||
| 14 | Vincent Clerc | Stade Toulousain | 14 | Geordan Murphy (22) | Leicester, England | ||
| 13 | David Marty | Perpignan | 13 | Shane Horgan | Leinster | ||
| 12 | Yannick Jauzion | Stade Toulousain | 12 | Gordon D'Arcy | Leinster | ||
| 11 | Christophe Dominici | Stade Français | 11 | Denis Hickie | Leinster | ||
| 10 | David Skréla (21) | Stade Français | 10 | Ronan O'Gara | Munster | ||
| 9 | Pierre Mignoni | Clermont Auvergne | 9 | Isaac Boss | Ulster | ||
| 8 | Sebastian Chabal (19) | Sale Sharks, England | 8 | Denis Leamy | Munster | ||
| 7 | Imañol Harinordoquy | Biarritz Olympique | 7 | David Wallace | Munster | ||
| 6 | Serge Betsen | Biarritz Olympique | 6 | Simon Easterby (19) | Llanelly, Wales | ||
| 5 | Lionel Nallet | Castres | 5 | Paul O'Connell (Capt.) | Munster | ||
| 4 | Pascal Papé (18) | Castres Olympique | 4 | Donncha O'Callaghan | Munster | ||
| 3 | Pieter de Villiers (17) | Stade Français | 3 | John Hayes | Munster | ||
| 2 | Raphaël Ibañez (Capt.) (16) | London Wasps, England | 2 | Rory Best (16) | Ulster | ||
| 1 | Sylvain Marconnet | Stade Français | 1 | Marcus Horan | Munster | ||
| 16 | Sébastien Bruno (2) | Sale Sharks, England | 16 | Jerry Flannery (2) | Munster | ||
| 17 | Olivier Milloud (3) | Bourgoin | 17 | Simon Best | Ulster | ||
| 18 | Jérôme Thion (4) | Biarritz Olympique | 18 | Michael O'Driscoll | Munster | ||
| 19 | Julien Bonnaire (8) | Bourgoin | 19 | Niel Best (6) | Ulster | ||
| 20 | Dimitri Yachvili | Biarritz Olympique | 20 | Eoin Reddan | London Wasps, England | ||
| 21 | Lionel Beauxis (10) | Stade Français | 21 | Patrick Wallace | Ulster | ||
| 22 | Cédric Heymans | Stade Toulousain | 22 | Andrew Trimble (14) | Ulster | ||
| COACH: Bernard Laporte | COACH: Eddie O'Sullivan | ||||||
| MATCH NOTES This was the first ever game of rugby to be played at this hallowed ground of republican Irish sport. Croke Park had replaced Lansdowne Road as the international rugby venue due to rennovations. The attendance was the highest ever for a International Championship game. A last minute try by Clerc gave the match to France. Bruno had last played for France v Ireland in the 2006 6 Nations Championship. Sources http://www.planet-rugby.com./Story/0,18259,3558_1910645,00.html http://www.itsrugby.fr/match_34104.html |
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