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Men's Rugby World Cup 2003 · Telstra Dome, Melbourne | Narrm · 9 November 2003Head-to-head
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France won by 22 points.Half-time 27–0 · Tries 4–3 · FRA 1 yellow card

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Tacklesmademissed
FRA10120
IRE7311
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
FRA4/45/50
IRE3/30/00
← 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
  • Territory is not in the feed for this match.
  • Zone counts are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
4′FranceTry, Olivier Magne, converted5–0
30′FranceTry, Christophe Dominici, converted15–0
34′FranceTry, Imanol Harinordoquy, converted22–0
48′FranceTry, Jean-Jacques Crenca, converted35–0
53′IrelandTry, Kevin Maggs, converted37–5
66′IrelandTry, Brian O'Driscoll, converted40–12
82′IrelandTry, Brian O'Driscoll, converted43–19
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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013253850HT0′20′40′60′80′1 FRA card
4′Olivier Magne30′Christophe Dominici34′Imanol Harinordoquy48′Jean-Jacques Crenca53′Kevin Maggs66′Brian O'Driscoll82′Brian O'Driscoll
FRA

Team stats

IRE
57%Possession43%
105Carries115
507Metres gained372
16Clean breaks4
11Defenders beaten20
135Passes145
13Offloads6
101Tackles made73
20Tackles missed11
50/55Rucks won81/88
22/23Lineouts won15/17
9/9Scrums won14/14
10/12Mauls won8/8
7Turnovers won14
13Penalties conceded11
24Kicks from hand36
862Kick metres1,104
Goal kicking
FRA conversions 4/4, penalties 5/5 · IRE conversions 3/3, penalties 0/0. 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. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Jean-Jacques CrencaProp
  2. 2Raphaël IbanezHooker
  3. 3Sylvain MarconnetProp
  4. 4Fabien PelousSecond row
  5. 5Jérôme ThionSecond row
  6. 6Serge BetsenFlanker
  7. 7Olivier MagneFlanker
  8. 8Imanol HarinordoquyNumber 8
  9. 9Fabien GalthiéScrum-half
  10. 10Frederic MichalakFly-half
  11. 11Christophe DominiciWing
  12. 12Yannick JauzionCentre
  13. 13Tony MarshCentre
  14. 14Aurélien RougerieWing
  15. 15Nicolas BrusqueFull-back
  16. 16Yannick BruBench
  17. 17Olivier MilloudBench
  18. 18Olivier BrouzetBench
  19. 19Patrick TabaccoBench
  20. 20Gérald MerceronBench
  21. 21Brian LiebenbergBench
  22. 22Pepito ElhorgaBench

Ireland

  1. 1Reggie CorriganProp
  2. 2Keith WoodHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Malcolm O'KellySecond row
  5. 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
  6. 6Simon EasterbyFlanker
  7. 7Keith GleesonFlanker
  8. 8Victor CostelloNumber 8
  9. 9Peter StringerScrum-half
  10. 10Ronan O'GaraFly-half
  11. 11John KellyWing
  12. 12Kevin MaggsCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Shane HorganWing
  15. 15Girvan DempseyFull-back
  16. 16Shane ByrneBench
  17. 17Marcus HoranBench
  18. 18Donncha O'CallaghanBench
  19. 19Eric MillerBench
  20. 20Guy EasterbyBench
  21. 21David HumphreysBench
  22. 22Anthony HorganBench

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.