TheBreakdown
Full time11 February 2006
France
43–31
Ireland
Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France · Six Nations 2006Head-to-head

France won by 12 points.

Scoring

  1. 3’TFrance try · Aurélien Rougerie5–0
  2. 8’TFrance try · Olivier Magne10–0
  3. 9’CFrance conversion · Jean-Baptiste Elissalde12–0
  4. 18’TFrance try · David Marty17–0
  5. 19’CFrance conversion · Jean-Baptiste Elissalde19–0
  6. 28’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara19–3
  7. 30’PFrance penalty · Jean-Baptiste Elissalde22–3
  8. 35’TFrance try · Cédric Heymans27–3
  9. 36’CFrance conversion · Jean-Baptiste Elissalde29–3
  10. 45’TFrance try · Cédric Heymans34–3
  11. 46’CFrance conversion · Jean-Baptiste Elissalde36–3
  12. 49’TFrance try · David Marty41–3
  13. 50’CFrance conversion · Jean-Baptiste Elissalde43–3
  14. 57’TIreland try · Ronan O'Gara43–8
  15. 58’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara43–10
  16. 61’TIreland try · Gordon D'Arcy43–15
  17. 62’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara43–17
  18. 67’TIreland try · Donncha O'Callaghan43–22
  19. 68’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara43–24
  20. 70’TIreland try · Andrew Trimble43–29
  21. 71’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara43–31

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Olivier MilloudProp
  2. 2Raphaël IbanezHooker
  3. 3Pieter de VilliersProp
  4. 4Fabien PelousSecond row
  5. 5Jérôme ThionSecond row
  6. 6Yannick NyangaFlanker
  7. 7Olivier MagneFlanker
  8. 8Julien BonnaireNumber 8
  9. 9Jean-Baptiste ElissaldeScrum-half
  10. 10Frederic MichalakFly-half
  11. 11Cédric HeymansWing
  12. 12David MartyCentre
  13. 13Florian FritzCentre
  14. 14Aurélien RougerieWing
  15. 15Christophe DominiciFull-back
  16. 16Sébastien BrunoBench
  17. 17Sylvain MarconnetBench
  18. 18Lionel NalletBench
  19. 19Rémy MartinBench
  20. 20Dimitri YachviliBench
  21. 21Benjamin BoyetBench
  22. 22Ludovic ValbonBench

Ireland

  1. 1Reggie CorriganProp
  2. 2Jerry FlanneryHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Malcolm O'KellySecond row
  5. 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
  6. 6Simon EasterbyFlanker
  7. 7David WallaceFlanker
  8. 8Denis LeamyNumber 8
  9. 9Peter StringerScrum-half
  10. 10Ronan O'GaraFly-half
  11. 11Tommy BoweWing
  12. 12Gordon D'ArcyCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Shane HorganWing
  15. 15Geordan MurphyFull-back
  16. 16Rory BestBench
  17. 17Simon BestBench
  18. 18Donncha O'CallaghanBench
  19. 19Jonny O'ConnorBench
  20. 20Eoin ReddanBench
  21. 21David HumphreysBench
  22. 22Andrew TrimbleBench

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Context

All-time, France 62–37 Ireland, 7 drawn in 106 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

France going in
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Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.