TheBreakdown
Full time6 April 2002
France
44–5
Ireland
Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France · Six Nations 2002Head-to-head

France won by 39 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’PFrance penalty · Gérald Merceron3–0
  2. 1’PFrance penalty · Gérald Merceron6–0
  3. 1’PFrance penalty · Gérald Merceron9–0
  4. 1’PFrance penalty · Gérald Merceron12–0
  5. 1’PFrance penalty · Francois Gelez15–0
  6. 1’TFrance try · Serge Betsen20–0
  7. 1’TFrance try · Nicolas Brusque25–0
  8. 3’CFrance conversion · Gérald Merceron27–0
  9. 3’TFrance try · Serge Betsen32–0
  10. 12’TIreland try · Keith Wood32–5
  11. 27’TFrance try · Nicolas Brusque37–5
  12. 31’CFrance conversion · Gérald Merceron39–5
  13. 31’TFrance try · Aurélien Rougerie44–5

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Jean-Jacques CrencaProp
  2. 2Raphaël IbanezHooker
  3. 3Pieter de VilliersProp
  4. 4Fabien PelousSecond row
  5. 5Olivier BrouzetSecond row
  6. 6Serge BetsenFlanker
  7. 7Olivier MagneFlanker
  8. 8Imanol HarinordoquyNumber 8
  9. 9Fabien GalthiéScrum-half
  10. 10Gérald MerceronFly-half
  11. 11David BoryWing
  12. 12Damien TrailleCentre
  13. 13Tony MarshCentre
  14. 14Aurélien RougerieWing
  15. 15Nicolas BrusqueFull-back
  16. 16Olivier AzamBench
  17. 17Jean-Baptiste PouxBench
  18. 18David AuradouBench
  19. 19Rémy MartinBench
  20. 20Pierre MignoniBench
  21. 21Francois GelezBench
  22. 22Jimmy MarluBench

Ireland

  1. 1Peter ClohessyProp
  2. 2Keith WoodHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Gary LongwellSecond row
  5. 5Malcolm O'KellySecond row
  6. 6Simon EasterbyFlanker
  7. 7David WallaceFlanker
  8. 8Anthony FoleyNumber 8
  9. 9Peter StringerScrum-half
  10. 10David HumphreysFly-half
  11. 11Denis HickieWing
  12. 12Rob HendersonCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Shane HorganWing
  15. 15Girvan DempseyFull-back
  16. 16Shane ByrneBench
  17. 17Paul WallaceBench
  18. 18Paul O'ConnellBench
  19. 19Keith GleesonBench
  20. 20Guy EasterbyBench
  21. 21Ronan O'GaraBench
  22. 22John KellyBench

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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.