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Full time20 August 2011
Ireland
22–26
France
Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland · Men's Internationals 2011Head-to-head

France won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton3–0
  2. 10’TIreland try · Cian Healy8–0
  3. 27’PFrance penalty · Morgan Parra8–3
  4. 29’DFrance drop goal · Francois Trinh-Duc8–6
  5. 31’TFrance try · Cédric Heymans8–11
  6. 33’CFrance conversion · Morgan Parra8–13
  7. 40’PFrance penalty · Morgan Parra8–16
  8. 45’PFrance penalty · Morgan Parra8–19
  9. 49’TFrance try · Francois Trinh-Duc8–24
  10. 51’CFrance conversion · Morgan Parra8–26
  11. 74’TIreland try · Johnny Sexton13–26
  12. 76’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara15–26
  13. 83’TIreland try · Sean O'Brien20–26
  14. 84’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara22–26

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Cian HealyProp
  2. 2Rory BestHooker
  3. 3Mike RossProp
  4. 4Donncha O'CallaghanSecond row
  5. 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
  6. 6Sean O'BrienFlanker
  7. 7Shane JenningsFlanker
  8. 8Jamie HeaslipNumber 8
  9. 9Tomás O'LearyScrum-half
  10. 10Johnny SextonFly-half
  11. 11Keith EarlsWing
  12. 12Gordon D'ArcyCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Andrew TrimbleWing
  15. 15Felix JonesFull-back
  16. 16Jerry FlanneryBench
  17. 17Tom CourtBench
  18. 18Mike McCarthyBench
  19. 19Stephen FerrisBench
  20. 20Eoin ReddanBench
  21. 21Ronan O'GaraBench
  22. 22Luke FitzgeraldBench

France

  1. 1Jean-Baptiste PouxProp
  2. 2Dimitri SzarzewskiHooker
  3. 3Nicolas MasProp
  4. 4Pascal PapeSecond row
  5. 5Lionel NalletSecond row
  6. 6Fulgence OuedraogoFlanker
  7. 7Julien BonnaireFlanker
  8. 8Louis PicamolesNumber 8
  9. 9Morgan ParraScrum-half
  10. 10David SkrelaFly-half
  11. 11Alexis PalissonWing
  12. 12Fabrice EstebanezCentre
  13. 13Aurélien RougerieCentre
  14. 14Maxime MedardWing
  15. 15Cédric HeymansFull-back
  16. 16Guilhem GuiradoBench
  17. 17Fabien BarcellaBench
  18. 18Julien PierreBench
  19. 19Thierry DusautoirBench
  20. 20Dimitri YachviliBench
  21. 21Francois Trinh-DucBench
  22. 22Vincent ClercBench

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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.