| 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 | |||||||