2007 Rugby World Cup Pool D - France Vs Ireland

France Vs Ireland

21 September 2007
21:00		 France 25 – 3 Ireland Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 80,267
Referee: Chris White (England)
Tries: Clerc (2) 59' m, 69' m
Pen: Élissalde (5/6) 7', 18', 22', 40+', 55'		 Report Drop: O'Gara (1/1) 37'
France
FB 15 Clément Poitrenaud 72'
RW 14 Vincent Clerc
OC 13 David Marty 74'
IC 12 Damien Traille 76' to 80+'
LW 11 Cédric Heymans
FH 10 Frédéric Michalak
SH 9 Jean-Baptiste Élissalde 74'
N8 8 Julien Bonnaire
OF 7 Thierry Dusautoir
BF 6 Serge Betsen 62'
RL 5 Jérôme Thion
LL 4 Sébastien Chabal 46'
TP 3 Pieter de Villiers
HK 2 Raphaël Ibañez (c) 57'
LP 1 Olivier Milloud 74'
Replacements:
HK 16 Dimitri Szarzewski 57'
PR 17 Jean-Baptiste Poux 74'
LK 18 Lionel Nallet 46'
FL 19 Yannick Nyanga 62'
FH 20 Lionel Beauxis 74'
CE 21 Yannick Jauzion 74'
WG 22 Aurélien Rougerie 72'
Coach:
Bernard Laporte
Ireland
FB 15 Girvan Dempsey
RW 14 Shane Horgan
OC 13 Brian O'Driscoll (c)
IC 12 Gordon D'Arcy
LW 11 Andrew Trimble
FH 10 Ronan O'Gara
SH 9 Eoin Reddan
N8 8 Denis Leamy
OF 7 David Wallace
BF 6 Simon Easterby 73'
RL 5 Paul O'Connell 64' to 74'
LL 4 Donncha O'Callaghan 72'
TP 3 John Hayes 74'
HK 2 Jerry Flannery 50' to 55' 78'
LP 1 Marcus Horan
Replacements:
HK 16 Frankie Sheahan 50' 55' 78'
PR 17 Simon Best 74'
LK 18 Malcolm O'Kelly 72'
FL 19 Neil Best 73'
SH 20 Isaac Boss
FH 21 Paddy Wallace
CE 22 Gavin Duffy
Coach:
Eddie O'Sullivan

Man of the Match:
Jean-Baptiste Elissalde (France)

Touch judges:
Hugh Watkins (Wales)
Dave Pearson (England)
Television match official:
Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
Fourth official:
Nigel Owens (Wales)
Fifth official:
Eric Gauzins (France)

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