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Men's Rugby World Cup 2015 · Millennium Stadium, Cardiff · 11 October 2015Head-to-head
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Ireland won by 15 points.Half-time 6–9 · Tries 0–2

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6′11′13′16′19′23′29′64′77′50722477Attacks426Ball won11435028107931182836432417624%Own 2225%Own half44%Opp half64%Opp 22
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Tacklesmademissed
FRA19723
IRE9911
← 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.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
50′IrelandTry, Rob Kearney, conversion missed6–14
72′IrelandTry, Conor Murray, converted9–19
6′FrancePenalty goal missed
11′FrancePenalty goal missed
13′IrelandPenalty goal scored
16′FrancePenalty goal scored
19′IrelandPenalty goal scored
23′FrancePenalty goal scored
29′IrelandPenalty goal scored
64′FrancePenalty goal scored
77′IrelandPenalty goal scored
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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50′Rob Kearney72′Conor Murray
FRA

Team stats

IRE
31%Possession69%
28%Territory72%
90Carries172
268Metres gained423
2Clean breaks2
11Defenders beaten23
94Passes213
6Offloads3
197Tackles made99
23Tackles missed11
62/67Rucks won146/152
10/13Lineouts won10/11
4/4Scrums won9/9
1/2Mauls won5/5
6Turnovers won8
10Penalties conceded14
24Kicks from hand36
426Kick metres350
Goal kicking
FRA conversions 0/0, penalties 3/5 · IRE conversions 1/2, penalties 4/4. 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.

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Eddy Ben ArousProp
  2. 2Guilhem GuiradoHooker
  3. 3Rabah SlimaniProp
  4. 4Pascal PapeSecond row
  5. 5Yoann MaestriSecond row
  6. 6Thierry DusautoirFlanker
  7. 7Damien ChoulyFlanker
  8. 8Louis PicamolesNumber 8
  9. 9Sebastien Tillous-BordeScrum-half
  10. 10Frederic MichalakFly-half
  11. 11Brice DulinWing
  12. 12Wesley FofanaCentre
  13. 13Mathieu BastareaudCentre
  14. 14Noa NakaitaciWing
  15. 15Scott SpeddingFull-back
  16. 16Benjamin KayserBench
  17. 17Vincent DebatyBench
  18. 18Nicolas MasBench
  19. 19Alexandre FlanquartBench
  20. 20Bernard Le RouxBench
  21. 21Morgan ParraBench
  22. 22Remi TalesBench
  23. 23Alexandre DumoulinBench

Ireland

  1. 1Cian HealyProp
  2. 2Rory BestHooker
  3. 3Mike RossProp
  4. 4Devin TonerSecond row
  5. 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
  6. 6Peter O'MahonyFlanker
  7. 7Sean O'BrienFlanker
  8. 8Jamie HeaslipNumber 8
  9. 9Conor MurrayScrum-half
  10. 10Johnny SextonFly-half
  11. 11Dave KearneyWing
  12. 12Robbie HenshawCentre
  13. 13Keith EarlsCentre
  14. 14Tommy BoweWing
  15. 15Rob KearneyFull-back
  16. 16Richardt StraussBench
  17. 17Jack McGrathBench
  18. 18Nathan WhiteBench
  19. 19Iain HendersonBench
  20. 20Chris HenryBench
  21. 21Eoin ReddanBench
  22. 22Ian MadiganBench
  23. 23Luke FitzgeraldBench

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.