FRANCE  26 V   IRELAND  21
  COMPETITION: 6 Nations International Championship                                                           Updated 13.02.2008
  VENUE: Stade de France, Paris DATE: 9 February 2008 SPECTATORS: 80,000
  REFEREE: Nigel Owens (Wales) HALFTIME: 19-6  
  SCORERS:   SCORERS:
  TRIES: Clerc (3), Heymans TRIES: penalty try, Wallace
  CONVERSIONS: Elissalde (3) CONVERSIONS: O'Gara
  PENALTY GOALS: PENALTY GOALS: O'Gara (3)
  DROPPED GOALS: DROPPED GOALS:
   
15 Cédric Heymans  Stade Toulousain 15 Girvan Dempsey Leinster
14 Aurelien Rougerie  Clermont Auvergne 14 Geordan Murphy  Leicester, England
13 David Marty  Perpignan 13 Brian O'Driscoll (Capt.)  Leinster
12 Damien Traille  Biarritz Olympique 12 Andrew Trimble Ulster
11 Vincent Clerc  Stade Toulousain 11 Robert Kearney  Leinster
10 David Skrela (21) Stade Francais 10 Ronan O'Gara  Munster
9 Jean-Baptiste Elissalde (20) Stade Toulousain 9 Eion Redden  London Wasps, England
8 Julien Bonnaire  Clermont Auvergne 8 James Heaslip  Leinster
7 Thierry Dusautoir Stade Toulousain 7 David Wallace  Munster
6 Fulgence Ouedraogo (19) Montpellier 6 Denis Leamy  Munster
5 Lionel Nallet (Capt.) Castres Olympique 5 Malcolm O'Kelly (18) Leinster
4 Arnaud Mela (18t) Albi 4 Donncha O'Callaghan  Munster
3 Lionel Faure (17) Sale Sharks, England 3 John Hayes (17) Munster
2 Dimitri Szarzewski (16) Stade Français 2 Bernard Jackman (16) Leinster
1 Nicolas Mas  Perpignan 1 Marcus Horan  Munster
   
16 William Servat (2) Stade Toulousain 16 Rory Best (2) Ulster
17 Julien Brugnaut (3) Dax 17 Anthony Buckley (3) Munster
18 Loïc Jacquet (4t) Clermont Auvergne 18 Michael O'Driscoll (5) Munster
19 Louis Picamoles (6) Montpellier 19 Simon Easterby  Llanelly, Wales
20 Morgan Parra (9) Bourgoin 20 Peter Stringer  Munster
21 François Trinh-Duc (10) Montpellier 21 Patrick Wallace  Ulster
22 Anthony Floch  Clermont Auvergne 22 Shane Horgan  Leinster
   
  COACH: Marc Lièvremont COACH: Eddie O'Sullivan
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MATCH NOTES
France retained their unbeaten run in the tournament to date.
 
New Caps: For France; Picamoles.
Malcolm O'Kelly played his 90th test for Ireland.
In scoring his 3rd try of the match Clerc reached his 20th for France thus reaching his 100th test point.
 
Sources
http://www.scrum.com/41_50842.php
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/france-26-ireland-21-ogara-takes-ireland-closer-to-redemption-780736.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/7236787.stm