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Full time14 February 2004
France
35–17
Ireland
Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France · Six Nations 2004Head-to-head

France won by 18 points.

Scoring

  1. 7’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara0–3
  2. 22’PFrance penalty · Frederic Michalak3–3
  3. 29’TFrance try · Vincent Clerc8–3
  4. 34’PFrance penalty · Frederic Michalak11–3
  5. 45’TIreland try · Anthony Foley11–8
  6. 47’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara11–10
  7. 52’TFrance try · Pascal Pape16–10
  8. 53’CFrance conversion · Frederic Michalak18–10
  9. 56’TFrance try · Yannick Jauzion23–10
  10. 57’CFrance conversion · Frederic Michalak25–10
  11. 61’PFrance penalty · Frederic Michalak28–10
  12. 71’TIreland try · Tyrone Howe28–15
  13. 72’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara28–17
  14. 78’TFrance try · Jean-Baptiste Elissalde33–17
  15. 79’CFrance conversion · Frederic Michalak35–17

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Sylvain MarconnetProp
  2. 2William ServatHooker
  3. 3Pieter de VilliersProp
  4. 4Fabien PelousSecond row
  5. 5Pascal PapeSecond row
  6. 6Serge BetsenFlanker
  7. 7Olivier MagneFlanker
  8. 8Imanol HarinordoquyNumber 8
  9. 9Jean-Baptiste ElissaldeScrum-half
  10. 10Frederic MichalakFly-half
  11. 11Christophe DominiciWing
  12. 12Damien TrailleCentre
  13. 13Yannick JauzionCentre
  14. 14Vincent ClercWing
  15. 15Nicolas BrusqueFull-back
  16. 16Yannick BruBench
  17. 17Jean-Jacques CrencaBench
  18. 18David AuradouBench
  19. 19Thomas LievremontBench
  20. 20Dimitri YachviliBench
  21. 21Brian LiebenbergBench
  22. 22Pepito ElhorgaBench

Ireland

  1. 1Reggie CorriganProp
  2. 2Shane ByrneHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Malcolm O'KellySecond row
  5. 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
  6. 6Simon EasterbyFlanker
  7. 7Keith GleesonFlanker
  8. 8Anthony FoleyNumber 8
  9. 9Peter StringerScrum-half
  10. 10Ronan O'GaraFly-half
  11. 11Tyrone HoweWing
  12. 12Gordon D'ArcyCentre
  13. 13Kevin MaggsCentre
  14. 14Shane HorganWing
  15. 15Girvan DempseyFull-back
  16. 16Frankie SheahanBench
  17. 17Simon BestBench
  18. 18Donncha O'CallaghanBench
  19. 19Victor CostelloBench
  20. 20Guy EasterbyBench
  21. 21David HumphreysBench
  22. 22Anthony HorganBench

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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.