| IRELAND 30 | V | FRANCE 21 | |||||
| COMPETITION: 6 Nations International Championship | DATE: 7 February 2009 Updated: 18.03.2009 | ||||||
| VENUE: Croke Park, Dublin | SPECTATORS: 82,000 | ||||||
| REFEREE: Nigel Owens (Wales) | HALFTIME: 13-10 | ||||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||||
| TRIES: Heaslip, O'Driscoll, D'Arcy | TRIES: Harinordoquy, Médard | ||||||
| CONVERSIONS: O'Gara (3) | CONVERSIONS: Beauxis | ||||||
| PENALTY GOALS: O'Gara (3) | PENALTY GOALS: Beauxis (2) | ||||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: Beauxis | ||||||
| 15 | Robert Kearney (22) | Leinster | 15 | Clement Poitrenaud (22) | Stade Toulousain | ||
| 14 | Thomas Bowe | Neath Swansea Ospreys | 14 | Julien Malzieu | Clermont Auvergne | ||
| 13 | Brian O'Driscoll (Capt.) | Leinster | 13 | Florin Fritz (21) | Stade Toulousain | ||
| 12 | Patrick Wallace (21) | Ulster | 12 | Yannick Jauzion | Stade Toulousain | ||
| 11 | Luke Fitzgerald | Leinster | 11 | Maxime Médard | Stade Toulousain | ||
| 10 | Ronan O'Gara | Munster | 10 | Lionel Beauxis | Stade Toulousain | ||
| 9 | Tomas O'Leary | Munster | 9 | Sebastien Tillous-Borde (20) | Castres Olympique | ||
| 8 | James Heaslip | Leinster | 8 | Imanol Harinordoquy (19) | Biarritz Olympique | ||
| 7 | David Wallace | Munster | 7 | Fulgence Ouedraogo | Montpellier | ||
| 6 | Stephan Ferris (19) | Ulster | 6 | Thierry Dusautoir | Stade Toulousain | ||
| 5 | Paul O'Connell | Munster | 5 | Lionel Nallet (Capt) | Castres Olympique | ||
| 4 | Donncha O'Callaghan | Munster | 4 | Sebastien Chabal (18) | Sale Sharks, England | ||
| 3 | John Hayes | Munster | 3 | Benoit Lecouls (17) | Stade Toulousain | ||
| 2 | Jeremy Flannery (16) | Munster | 2 | Dimitri Szarzewski (16) | Stade Français | ||
| 1 | Marcus Horan | Munster | 1 | Lionel Faure | Sale Sharks, England | ||
| 16 | Rory Best (2) | Ulster | 16 | Benjamin Kayser (2) | Leicester Tigers, England | ||
| 17 | Thomas Court | Ulster | 17 | Nicolas Mas (3) | Perpignan | ||
| 18 | Malcolm O'Kelly | Leinster | 18 | Romain Millo-Chluski (4) | Stade Toulousain | ||
| 19 | Denis Leamy (6) | Munster | 19 | Louis Picamoles (8) | Montpellier | ||
| 20 | Peter Stringer | Munster | 20 | Morgan Parra (9) | Bourgoin | ||
| 21 | Gordan D'Arcy (12) | Leinster | 21 | Benoit Baby (13) | Clermont Auvergne | ||
| 22 | Geordan Murphy (15) | Leicester Tigers, England | 22 | Cedric Heymans (15) | Stade Toulousain | ||
| HEAD COACH: Decaln Kidney | HEAD COACH: Marc Lièvrement | ||||||
| MATCH NOTES Beauxis last played test rugby for France v Argentina in the 2007 Rugby World Cup playoff. Fritz last played for France v Italy at the start of the 2007 6 Nations competition. Sources http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/7876810.stm |
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