Ireland
30 - 21
France

Kick Off

Sat 7th Feb 2009, 5:00pm

Referee

Nigel Owens

Venue

Croke Park

Crowd

79,000

Ireland Coach

Declan Kidney

France Coach

Marc Lievremont

Ireland Penalty Tries

0

France Penalty Tries

0

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Player T C P DG Pts # Pts DG P C T Player
Rob Kearney - - - - - Fullback - - - - - Clement Poitrenaud
Tommy Bowe - - - - - Right Wing - - - - - Julien Malzieu
Brian O'Driscoll 1 - - - 5 Centre - - - - - Florian Fritz
Paddy Wallace - - - - - Second Five Eighth - - - - - Yannick Jauzion
Luke Fitzgerald - - - - - Left Wing 5 - - - 1 Maxime Medard
Ronan O'Gara - 3 3 - 15 First Five Eighth 11 2 1 1 - Lionel Beauxis
Tomas O'Leary - - - - - Halfback - - - - - Sebastien Tillous-Borde
Jamie Heaslip 1 - - - 5 Number Eight 5 - - - 1 Imanol Harinordoquy
David Wallace - - - - - Openside Flanker - - - - - Fulgence Ouedraogo
Stephen Ferris - - - - - Blindside Flanker - - - - - Thierry Dusautoir
Paul O'Connell - - - - - Lock - - - - - Sebastien Chabal
Donncha O'Callaghan - - - - - Lock - - - - - Lionel Nallet
John Hayes - - - - - Tighthead Prop - - - - - Benoit Lecouls
Jerry Flannery - - - - - Hooker - - - - - Dimitri Szarzewski
Marcus Horan - - - - - Loosehead Prop - - - - - Lionel Faure
Rory Best - - - - - Reserve - - - - - Benjamin Kayser
Tom Court - - - - - Reserve - - - - - Nicolas Mas
Malcolm O'Kelly - - - - - Reserve - - - - - Romain Millo-Chluski
Denis Leamy - - - - - Reserve - - - - - Louis Picamoles
Peter Stringer - - - - - Reserve - - - - - Morgan Parra
Gordon D'Arcy 1 - - - 5 Reserve - - - - - Benoit Baby
Geordan Murphy - - - - - Reserve - - - - - Cedric Heymans
To Be ANNOUNCED - - - - - Reserve - - - - - To Be ANNOUNCED

Ireland

Player T C P DG Pts #
Rob Kearney - - - - - Fullback
Tommy Bowe - - - - - Right Wing
Brian O'Driscoll 1 - - - 5 Centre
Paddy Wallace - - - - - Second Five Eighth
Luke Fitzgerald - - - - - Left Wing
Ronan O'Gara - 3 3 - 15 First Five Eighth
Tomas O'Leary - - - - - Halfback
Jamie Heaslip 1 - - - 5 Number Eight
David Wallace - - - - - Openside Flanker
Stephen Ferris - - - - - Blindside Flanker
Paul O'Connell - - - - - Lock
Donncha O'Callaghan - - - - - Lock
John Hayes - - - - - Tighthead Prop
Jerry Flannery - - - - - Hooker
Marcus Horan - - - - - Loosehead Prop
Rory Best - - - - - Reserve
Tom Court - - - - - Reserve
Malcolm O'Kelly - - - - - Reserve
Denis Leamy - - - - - Reserve
Peter Stringer - - - - - Reserve
Gordon D'Arcy 1 - - - 5 Reserve
Geordan Murphy - - - - - Reserve
To Be ANNOUNCED - - - - - Reserve
To Be ANNOUNCED - - - - - Unknown
To Be ANNOUNCED - - - - - Unknown

France

Player T C P DG Pts #
Clement Poitrenaud - - - - - Fullback
Julien Malzieu - - - - - Right Wing
Florian Fritz - - - - - Centre
Yannick Jauzion - - - - - Second Five Eighth
Maxime Medard 1 - - - 5 Left Wing
Lionel Beauxis - 1 1 2 11 First Five Eighth
Sebastien Tillous-Borde - - - - - Halfback
Imanol Harinordoquy 1 - - - 5 Number Eight
Fulgence Ouedraogo - - - - - Openside Flanker
Thierry Dusautoir - - - - - Blindside Flanker
Sebastien Chabal - - - - - Lock
Lionel Nallet - - - - - Lock
Benoit Lecouls - - - - - Tighthead Prop
Dimitri Szarzewski - - - - - Hooker
Lionel Faure - - - - - Loosehead Prop
Benjamin Kayser - - - - - Reserve
Nicolas Mas - - - - - Reserve
Romain Millo-Chluski - - - - - Reserve
Louis Picamoles - - - - - Reserve
Morgan Parra - - - - - Reserve
Benoit Baby - - - - - Reserve
Cedric Heymans - - - - - Reserve
To Be ANNOUNCED - - - - - Reserve
To Be ANNOUNCED - - - - - Unknown
To Be ANNOUNCED - - - - - Unknown