| FRANCE 25 | V | IRELAND 3 | |||||
| COMPETITION: World Cup Pool D Updated 23.11.2007 | |||||||
| VENUE: Stade de France, Paris | DATE: 21 September 2007 | SPECTATORS: | |||||
| REFEREE: Chris White (England) | HALFTIME: 12-3 | ||||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||||
| TRIES: Clerc (2) | TRIES: | ||||||
| CONVERSIONS: | CONVERSIONS: | ||||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Elissalde (2) | PENALTY GOALS: | ||||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: O'Gara | ||||||
| 15 | Clément Poitrenaud (22) | Stade Toulousain | 15 | Girvan Dempsey | Leinster | ||
| 14 | Vincent Clerc | Stade Toulousain | 14 | Shane Horgan | Leinster | ||
| 13 | David Marty (21) | Perpignan | 13 | Brian O'Driscoll (Capt.) | Leinster | ||
| 12 | Damien Traille | Biarritz Olympique | 12 | Gordon D'Arcy | Leinster | ||
| 11 | Cédric Heymans | Stade Toulousain | 11 | Andrew Trimble | Ulster | ||
| 10 | Frédéric Michalak | Stade Toulousain | 10 | Ronan O'Gara | Munster | ||
| 9 | Jean-Baptiste Elissalde (20) | Stade Toulousain | 9 | Eion Redden | London Wasps, England | ||
| 8 | Julien Bonnaire | Bourgoin | 8 | Denis Leamy | Munster | ||
| 7 | Thierry Dusautoir | Stade Toulousain | 7 | David Wallace | Munster | ||
| 6 | Serge Betsen (19) | Biarritz Olympique | 6 | Simon Easterby (19) | Llanelly, Wales | ||
| 5 | Jérôme Thion | Biarritz Olympique | 5 | Paul O'Connell | Munster | ||
| 4 | Sébastien Chabal (18) | Sale Sharks, England | 4 | Donncha O'Callaghan (18) | Munster | ||
| 3 | Pieter de Villiers | Stade Français | 3 | John Hayes (17) | Munster | ||
| 2 | Raphaël Ibañez (Capt.) (16) | London Wasps, England | 2 | Jerry Flannery (16t) | Munster | ||
| 1 | Olivier Milloud | Bourgoin | 1 | Marcus Horan | Munster | ||
| 16 | Dimitri Szarzewski (2) | Stade Français | 16 | Frank Sheahan (2t) | Munster | ||
| 17 | Jean-Baptiste Poux | Stade Toulousain | 17 | Simon Best (3) | Ulster | ||
| 18 | Lionel Nallet (4) | Castres Olympique | 18 | Malcolm O'Kelly (4) | Leinster | ||
| 19 | Yannick Nyanga (6) | Stade Toulousain | 19 | Niel Best (6) | Ulster | ||
| 20 | Lionel Beauxis (9) | Stade Français | 20 | Isaac Boss | Ulster | ||
| 21 | Yannick Jauzion (13) | Stade Toulousain | 21 | Patrick Wallace | Ulster | ||
| 22 | Aurelien Rougerie (15) | Clermont Auvergne | 22 | Gavin Duffy | Connacht | ||
| COACH: Bernard Laporte | COACH: Eddie O'Sullivan | ||||||
| MATCH NOTES Horan was playing his 50th test for Ireland. Sources http://sport.independent.co.uk/rugby_union/world_cup_news/article2987896.ece http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/7005286.stm |
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