Ireland v France

Date:

Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin

Referee: Steve Walsh (ARU)

Attendance: 51,000

Ireland v France Match Reports

For the second year in a row, Ireland and France played out a draw in their Six Nations Championship match. Coming from 13-3 down at half-time, France put in a battling display in the second half and, with the help of a Louis Picamoles try, recovered to end the match on even terms with Ireland at 13-13. A selection of match reports is listed below:

Ireland v France Match Highlights

Ireland v France Match Statistics

Ireland (13) 13
Tries: Heaslip
Conversions: Jackson
Penalties: Jackson 2

France (3) 13
Tries: Picamoles
Conversions: Michalak
Penalties: Michalak, Parra

Man of the Match: Conor Murray (Ireland)

Ireland Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1. Cian Healy
  • 2. Rory Best
  • 3. Mike Ross
  • 4. Mike McCarthy
  • 5. Donnacha Ryan
  • 6. Peter O'Mahony
  • 7. Sean O'Brien
  • 8. Jamie Heaslip (Captain)

Backs

  • 9. Conor Murray
  • 10. Paddy Jackson
  • 11. Keith Earls
  • 12. Luke Marshall
  • 13. Brian O'Driscoll
  • 14. Fergus McFadden
  • 15. Rob Kearney

Replacements

  • 16. Sean Cronin
  • 17. David Kilcoyne
  • 18. Stephen Archer
  • 19. Donncha O'Callaghan
  • 20. Iain Henderson
  • 21. Eoin Reddan
  • 22. Ian Madigan
  • 23. Luke Fitzgerald

France Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1. Thomas Domingo
  • 2. Benjamin Kayser
  • 3. Nicolas Mas
  • 4. Christophe Samson
  • 5. Yoann Maestri
  • 6. Yannick Nyanga
  • 7. Thierry Dusautoir (Captain)
  • 8. Louis Picamoles

Backs

  • 9. Morgan Parra
  • 10. Frederic Michalak
  • 11. Maxime Medard
  • 12. Wesley Fofana
  • 13. Florian Fritz
  • 14. Vincent Clerc
  • 15. Yoann Huget

Replacements

  • 16. Guilhem Guirado
  • 17. Vincent Debaty
  • 18. Luc Ducalcon
  • 19. Sebastien Vahaamahina
  • 20. Antonie Claassen
  • 21. Maxime Machenaud
  • 22. Francois Trinh-Duc
  • 23. Mathieu Bastareaud
 
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