TheBreakdown
Full time19 March 2000
France
25–27
Ireland
Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France · Six Nations 2000Head-to-head

Ireland won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. –CFrance conversion · Gérald Merceron2–0
  2. –PFrance penalty · Gérald Merceron5–0
  3. –PFrance penalty · Gérald Merceron8–0
  4. –PFrance penalty · Gérald Merceron11–0
  5. –PFrance penalty · Gérald Merceron14–0
  6. –PFrance penalty · Gérald Merceron17–0
  7. –PFrance penalty · Gérald Merceron20–0
  8. –TFrance try · Christophe Laussucq25–0
  9. –CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara25–2
  10. –CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara25–4
  11. –CIreland conversion · David Humphreys25–6
  12. –PIreland penalty · David Humphreys25–9
  13. –PIreland penalty · David Humphreys25–12
  14. –TIreland try · Brian O'Driscoll25–17
  15. –TIreland try · Brian O'Driscoll25–22
  16. –TIreland try · Brian O'Driscoll25–27

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Christian CalifanoProp
  2. 2Marc Dal MasoHooker
  3. 3Franck TournaireProp
  4. 4Fabien PelousSecond row
  5. 5Olivier BrouzetSecond row
  6. 6Arnaud CostesFlanker
  7. 7Abdelatif BenazziFlanker
  8. 8Thomas LievremontNumber 8
  9. 9Christophe LaussucqScrum-half
  10. 10Gérald MerceronFly-half
  11. 11David BoryWing
  12. 12Stephane GlasCentre
  13. 13Cedric DesbrosseCentre
  14. 14Philippe Bernat-SallesWing
  15. 15Emile NtamackFull-back
  16. 16Raphaël IbanezBench
  17. 17Pieter de VilliersBench
  18. 18Lionel MallierBench
  19. 19Franck BelotBench
  20. 20Aubin HueberBench
  21. 21Alain PenaudBench
  22. 22David VendittiBench

Ireland

  1. 1Peter ClohessyProp
  2. 2Keith WoodHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Mick GalweySecond row
  5. 5Malcolm O'KellySecond row
  6. 6Simon EasterbyFlanker
  7. 7Kieron DawsonFlanker
  8. 8Anthony FoleyNumber 8
  9. 9Peter StringerScrum-half
  10. 10Ronan O'GaraFly-half
  11. 11Denis HickieWing
  12. 12Rob HendersonCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Kevin MaggsWing
  15. 15Girvan DempseyFull-back
  16. 16Frankie SheahanBench
  17. 17Justin FitzpatrickBench
  18. 18Paddy JohnsBench
  19. 19Andy WardBench
  20. 20Guy EasterbyBench
  21. 21David HumphreysBench
  22. 22Mike MullinsBench

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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.