TheBreakdown
Full time8 March 2003
Ireland
15–12
France
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Six Nations 2003Head-to-head

Ireland won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. –PIreland penalty · David Humphreys3–0
  2. –PIreland penalty · David Humphreys6–0
  3. –PIreland penalty · David Humphreys9–0
  4. –PIreland penalty · David Humphreys12–0
  5. –DIreland drop goal · Geordan Murphy15–0
  6. –PFrance penalty · Francois Gelez15–3
  7. –PFrance penalty · Francois Gelez15–6
  8. –PFrance penalty · Francois Gelez15–9
  9. –PFrance penalty · Francois Gelez15–12

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Marcus HoranProp
  2. 2Shane ByrneHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Gary LongwellSecond row
  5. 5Malcolm O'KellySecond row
  6. 6Victor CostelloFlanker
  7. 7Keith GleesonFlanker
  8. 8Anthony FoleyNumber 8
  9. 9Peter StringerScrum-half
  10. 10David HumphreysFly-half
  11. 11Denis HickieWing
  12. 12Kevin MaggsCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14John KellyWing
  15. 15Geordan MurphyFull-back
  16. 16Frankie SheahanBench
  17. 17Justin FitzpatrickBench
  18. 18Leo CullenBench
  19. 19Alan QuinlanBench
  20. 20Guy EasterbyBench
  21. 21Ronan O'GaraBench
  22. 22Rob HendersonBench

France

  1. 1Jean-Jacques CrencaProp
  2. 2Raphaël IbanezHooker
  3. 3Sylvain MarconnetProp
  4. 4Fabien PelousSecond row
  5. 5Olivier BrouzetSecond row
  6. 6Serge BetsenFlanker
  7. 7Olivier MagneFlanker
  8. 8Imanol HarinordoquyNumber 8
  9. 9Dimitri YachviliScrum-half
  10. 10Francois GelezFly-half
  11. 11Vincent ClercWing
  12. 12Damien TrailleCentre
  13. 13Xavier GarbajosaCentre
  14. 14Aurélien RougerieWing
  15. 15Clément PoitrenaudFull-back
  16. 16Jean-Baptiste RueBench
  17. 17Christian CalifanoBench
  18. 18David AuradouBench
  19. 19Sébastien ChabalBench
  20. 20Mathieu BarrauBench
  21. 21Gérald MerceronBench
  22. 22Thomas CastaignedeBench

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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.