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Men's Rugby World Cup 2007 · Stade de France, Saint-Denis · 21 September 2007Head-to-head
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France won by 22 points.Half-time 12–3 · Tries 2–0 · FRA 1 yellow card · IRE 1 yellow card

Pitch map

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60703839Attacks1020Ball won75752338947533335933241049%Own 2250%Own half56%Opp half64%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
FRA926
IRE687
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
FRA0/05/50
IRE0/00/01
← Ireland attack · France attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
60′FranceTry, Vincent Clerc20–3
70′FranceTry, Vincent Clerc25–3
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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08152330HT0′20′40′60′80′1 FRA card · 1 IRE card
60′Vincent Clerc70′Vincent Clerc
FRA

Team stats

IRE
47%Possession53%
49%Territory51%
60Carries85
342Metres gained263
7Defenders beaten6
94Passes102
5Offloads8
92Tackles made68
6Tackles missed7
50/54Rucks won75/79
19/20Lineouts won15/19
9/11Mauls won2/4
2Turnovers won7
8Penalties conceded13
Goal kicking
FRA conversions 0/0, penalties 5/5 · IRE conversions 0/0, penalties 0/0. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Olivier MilloudProp
  2. 2Raphaël IbanezHooker
  3. 3Pieter de VilliersProp
  4. 4Sébastien ChabalSecond row
  5. 5Jérôme ThionSecond row
  6. 6Serge BetsenFlanker
  7. 7Thierry DusautoirFlanker
  8. 8Julien BonnaireNumber 8
  9. 9Jean-Baptiste ElissaldeScrum-half
  10. 10Frederic MichalakFly-half
  11. 11Cédric HeymansWing
  12. 12Damien TrailleCentre
  13. 13David MartyCentre
  14. 14Vincent ClercWing
  15. 15Clément PoitrenaudFull-back
  16. 16Dimitri SzarzewskiBench
  17. 17Jean-Baptiste PouxBench
  18. 18Lionel NalletBench
  19. 19Yannick NyangaBench
  20. 20Lionel BeauxisBench
  21. 21Yannick JauzionBench
  22. 22Aurélien RougerieBench

Ireland

  1. 1Marcus HoranProp
  2. 2Jerry FlanneryHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Donncha O'CallaghanSecond row
  5. 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
  6. 6Simon EasterbyFlanker
  7. 7David WallaceFlanker
  8. 8Denis LeamyNumber 8
  9. 9Eoin ReddanScrum-half
  10. 10Ronan O'GaraFly-half
  11. 11Andrew TrimbleWing
  12. 12Gordon D'ArcyCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Shane HorganWing
  15. 15Girvan DempseyFull-back
  16. 16Frankie SheahanBench
  17. 17Simon BestBench
  18. 18Malcolm O'KellyBench
  19. 19Neil BestBench
  20. 20Isaac BossBench
  21. 21Paddy WallaceBench
  22. 22Gavin DuffyBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, France 62–37 Ireland, 7 drawn in 106 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

France going in
Ireland going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.