TheBreakdown
Full time7 February 2009
Ireland
30–21
France
Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland · Six Nations 2008Head-to-head

Ireland won by 9 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara3–0
  2. 16’TFrance try · Imanol Harinordoquy3–5
  3. 17’CFrance conversion · Lionel Beauxis3–7
  4. 18’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara6–7
  5. 35’TIreland try · Jamie Heaslip11–7
  6. 36’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara13–7
  7. 42’DFrance drop goal · Lionel Beauxis13–10
  8. 44’TIreland try · Brian O'Driscoll18–10
  9. 45’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara20–10
  10. 51’TFrance try · Maxime Medard20–15
  11. 55’DFrance drop goal · Lionel Beauxis20–18
  12. 67’TIreland try · Gordon D'Arcy25–18
  13. 68’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara27–18
  14. 77’PFrance penalty · Lionel Beauxis27–21
  15. 79’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara30–21

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Marcus HoranProp
  2. 2Jerry FlanneryHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Donncha O'CallaghanSecond row
  5. 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
  6. 6Stephen FerrisFlanker
  7. 7David WallaceFlanker
  8. 8Jamie HeaslipNumber 8
  9. 9Tomás O'LearyScrum-half
  10. 10Ronan O'GaraFly-half
  11. 11Luke FitzgeraldWing
  12. 12Paddy WallaceCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Tommy BoweWing
  15. 15Rob KearneyFull-back
  16. 16Rory BestBench
  17. 17Tom CourtBench
  18. 18Malcolm O'KellyBench
  19. 19Denis LeamyBench
  20. 20Peter StringerBench
  21. 21Gordon D'ArcyBench
  22. 22Geordan MurphyBench

France

  1. 1Lionel FaureProp
  2. 2Dimitri SzarzewskiHooker
  3. 3Benoit LecoulsProp
  4. 4Sébastien ChabalSecond row
  5. 5Lionel NalletSecond row
  6. 6Thierry DusautoirFlanker
  7. 7Fulgence OuedraogoFlanker
  8. 8Imanol HarinordoquyNumber 8
  9. 9Sebastien Tillous-BordeScrum-half
  10. 10Lionel BeauxisFly-half
  11. 11Julien MalzieuWing
  12. 12Yannick JauzionCentre
  13. 13Florian FritzCentre
  14. 14Maxime MedardWing
  15. 15Clément PoitrenaudFull-back
  16. 16Benjamin KayserBench
  17. 17Nicolas MasBench
  18. 18Romain Millo-ChluskiBench
  19. 19Louis PicamolesBench
  20. 20Morgan ParraBench
  21. 21Benoit BabyBench
  22. 22Cédric HeymansBench

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Context

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

Ireland going in
France 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.