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Full time17 February 2001
Ireland
22–15
France
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Six Nations 2001Head-to-head

Ireland won by 7 points.

Scoring

  1. –CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara2–0
  2. –PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara5–0
  3. –PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara8–0
  4. –PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara11–0
  5. –PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara14–0
  6. –PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara17–0
  7. –TIreland try · Brian O'Driscoll22–0
  8. –CFrance conversion · Christophe Lamaison22–2
  9. –PFrance penalty · Christophe Lamaison22–5
  10. –TFrance try · Philippe Bernat-Salles22–10
  11. –TFrance try · Fabien Pelous22–15

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Peter ClohessyProp
  2. 2Keith WoodHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Mick GalweySecond row
  5. 5Malcolm O'KellySecond row
  6. 6Alan QuinlanFlanker
  7. 7David WallaceFlanker
  8. 8Anthony FoleyNumber 8
  9. 9Peter StringerScrum-half
  10. 10Ronan O'GaraFly-half
  11. 11Tyrone HoweWing
  12. 12Rob HendersonCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Denis HickieWing
  15. 15Girvan DempseyFull-back
  16. 16Frankie SheahanBench
  17. 17Emmett ByrneBench
  18. 18Gary LongwellBench
  19. 19Andy WardBench
  20. 20Brian O'MearaBench
  21. 21David HumphreysBench
  22. 22Kevin MaggsBench

France

  1. 1Sylvain MarconnetProp
  2. 2Raphaël IbanezHooker
  3. 3Pieter de VilliersProp
  4. 4David AuradouSecond row
  5. 5Fabien PelousSecond row
  6. 6Christophe MoniFlanker
  7. 7Olivier MagneFlanker
  8. 8Christophe JuilletNumber 8
  9. 9Philippe CarbonneauScrum-half
  10. 10Christophe LamaisonFly-half
  11. 11David BoryWing
  12. 12Franck CombaCentre
  13. 13Richard DourtheCentre
  14. 14Philippe Bernat-SallesWing
  15. 15Xavier GarbajosaFull-back
  16. 16Olivier AzamBench
  17. 17Christian CalifanoBench
  18. 18Abdelatif BenazziBench
  19. 19Serge BetsenBench
  20. 20Christophe LaussucqBench
  21. 21Gérald MerceronBench
  22. 22Christophe DominiciBench

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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.