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Full time11 February 2007
Ireland
17–20
France
Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland · Six Nations 2007Head-to-head

France won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. 5’PFrance penalty · David Skrela0–3
  2. 10’PFrance penalty · David Skrela0–6
  3. 13’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara3–6
  4. 15’TFrance try · Raphaël Ibanez3–11
  5. 16’CFrance conversion · David Skrela3–13
  6. 25’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara6–13
  7. 33’TIreland try · Ronan O'Gara11–13
  8. 57’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara14–13
  9. 79’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara17–13
  10. 80’CFrance conversion · Lionel Beauxis17–15
  11. 80’TFrance try · Vincent Clerc17–20

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Marcus HoranProp
  2. 2Rory BestHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Donncha O'CallaghanSecond row
  5. 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
  6. 6Simon EasterbyFlanker
  7. 7David WallaceFlanker
  8. 8Denis LeamyNumber 8
  9. 9Isaac BossScrum-half
  10. 10Ronan O'GaraFly-half
  11. 11Denis HickieWing
  12. 12Shane HorganCentre
  13. 13Gordon D'ArcyCentre
  14. 14Geordan MurphyWing
  15. 15Girvan DempseyFull-back
  16. 16Jerry FlanneryBench
  17. 17Simon BestBench
  18. 18Mick O'DriscollBench
  19. 19Neil BestBench
  20. 20Eoin ReddanBench
  21. 21Paddy WallaceBench
  22. 22Andrew TrimbleBench

France

  1. 1Sylvain MarconnetProp
  2. 2Raphaël IbanezHooker
  3. 3Pieter de VilliersProp
  4. 4Pascal PapeSecond row
  5. 5Lionel NalletSecond row
  6. 6Serge BetsenFlanker
  7. 7Imanol HarinordoquyFlanker
  8. 8Sébastien ChabalNumber 8
  9. 9Pierre MignoniScrum-half
  10. 10David SkrelaFly-half
  11. 11Christophe DominiciWing
  12. 12Yannick JauzionCentre
  13. 13David MartyCentre
  14. 14Vincent ClercWing
  15. 15Clément PoitrenaudFull-back
  16. 16Sébastien BrunoBench
  17. 17Olivier MilloudBench
  18. 18Jérôme ThionBench
  19. 19Julien BonnaireBench
  20. 20Dimitri YachviliBench
  21. 21Lionel BeauxisBench
  22. 22Cédric HeymansBench

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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.