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Full time9 February 2008
France
26–21
Ireland
Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France · Six Nations 2008Head-to-head

France won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. 16’TFrance try · Vincent Clerc5–0
  2. 17’CFrance conversion · Jean-Baptiste Elissalde7–0
  3. 19’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara7–3
  4. 20’TFrance try · Vincent Clerc12–3
  5. 31’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara12–6
  6. 38’CFrance conversion · Jean-Baptiste Elissalde14–6
  7. 38’TFrance try · Vincent Clerc19–6
  8. 50’TFrance try · Cédric Heymans24–6
  9. 51’CFrance conversion · Jean-Baptiste Elissalde26–6
  10. 59’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara26–8
  11. 59’TIreland try26–13
  12. 62’TIreland try · David Wallace26–18
  13. 76’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara26–21

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Lionel FaureProp
  2. 2Dimitri SzarzewskiHooker
  3. 3Nicolas MasProp
  4. 4Lionel NalletSecond row
  5. 5Arnaud MelaSecond row
  6. 6Thierry DusautoirFlanker
  7. 7Fulgence OuedraogoFlanker
  8. 8Julien BonnaireNumber 8
  9. 9Jean-Baptiste ElissaldeScrum-half
  10. 10David SkrelaFly-half
  11. 11Vincent ClercWing
  12. 12Damien TrailleCentre
  13. 13David MartyCentre
  14. 14Aurélien RougerieWing
  15. 15Cédric HeymansFull-back
  16. 16William ServatBench
  17. 17Julien BrugnautBench
  18. 18Loic JacquetBench
  19. 19Louis PicamolesBench
  20. 20Morgan ParraBench
  21. 21Francois Trinh-DucBench
  22. 22Anthony FlochBench

Ireland

  1. 1Marcus HoranProp
  2. 2Bernard JackmanHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Donncha O'CallaghanSecond row
  5. 5Malcolm O'KellySecond row
  6. 6Denis LeamyFlanker
  7. 7David WallaceFlanker
  8. 8Jamie HeaslipNumber 8
  9. 9Eoin ReddanScrum-half
  10. 10Ronan O'GaraFly-half
  11. 11Rob KearneyWing
  12. 12Andrew TrimbleCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Geordan MurphyWing
  15. 15Girvan DempseyFull-back
  16. 16Rory BestBench
  17. 17Tony BuckleyBench
  18. 18Mick O'DriscollBench
  19. 19Simon EasterbyBench
  20. 20Peter StringerBench
  21. 21Paddy WallaceBench
  22. 22Shane HorganBench

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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.