Ireland
15 - 32
France

Kick Off

Sat 18th Jan 1997, 3:00pm

Referee

Andre Watson

Venue

Lansdowne Road Stadium

Crowd

53,000

Ireland Coach

Brian Ashton

France Coach

Jean-Claude Skrela

Ireland Penalty Tries

0

France Penalty Tries

0

Competitions

Five Nations Championship - 1997

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Player T C P DG Pts # Pts DG P C T Player
Conor O'Shea - - - - - Fullback - - - - - Jean-Luc Sadourny
James Topping - - - - - Right Wing 15 - - - 3 David Venditti
Maurice Field - - - - - Centre 12 - 2 3 - Thomas Castaignede
Jonathan Bell - - - - - Second Five Eighth - - - - - Stephane Glas
Dominic Crotty - - - - - Left Wing - - - - - Emile Ntamack
Eric Elwood - - 5 - 15 First Five Eighth - - - - - Alain Penaud
Niall Hogan - - - - - Halfback 5 - - - 1 Fabien Galthie
Eric Miller - - - - - Number Eight - - - - - Fabien Pelous
Denis McBride - - - - - Openside Flanker - - - - - Philippe Benetton
David Corkery - - - - - Blindside Flanker - - - - - Abdelatif Benazzi
Jeremy Davidson - - - - - Lock - - - - - Hugues Miorin
Paddy Johns - - - - - Lock - - - - - Olivier Merle
Paul Wallace - - - - - Tighthead Prop - - - - - Franck Tournaire
Keith Wood - - - - - Hooker - - - - - Marc Dal Maso
Nick Popplewell - - - - - Loosehead Prop - - - - - Christian Califano
Allen Clarke - - - - - Reserve - - - - - Raphael Ibanez
Paul Flavin - - - - - Reserve - - - - - Jean-Louis Jordana
Gabriel Fulcher - - - - - Reserve - - - - - Richard Castel
Stephen McIvor - - - - - Reserve - - - - - Philippe Carbonneau
David Humphreys - - - - - Reserve - - - - - Christophe Lamaison
Kurt McQuilkin - - - - - Reserve - - - - - Laurent Leflamand
To Be ANNOUNCED - - - - - Reserve - - - - - To Be ANNOUNCED
To Be ANNOUNCED - - - - - Reserve - - - - - To Be ANNOUNCED

Ireland

Player T C P DG Pts #
Conor O'Shea - - - - - Fullback
James Topping - - - - - Right Wing
Maurice Field - - - - - Centre
Jonathan Bell - - - - - Second Five Eighth
Dominic Crotty - - - - - Left Wing
Eric Elwood - - 5 - 15 First Five Eighth
Niall Hogan - - - - - Halfback
Eric Miller - - - - - Number Eight
Denis McBride - - - - - Openside Flanker
David Corkery - - - - - Blindside Flanker
Jeremy Davidson - - - - - Lock
Paddy Johns - - - - - Lock
Paul Wallace - - - - - Tighthead Prop
Keith Wood - - - - - Hooker
Nick Popplewell - - - - - Loosehead Prop
Allen Clarke - - - - - Reserve
Paul Flavin - - - - - Reserve
Gabriel Fulcher - - - - - Reserve
Stephen McIvor - - - - - Reserve
David Humphreys - - - - - Reserve
Kurt McQuilkin - - - - - Reserve
To Be ANNOUNCED - - - - - Reserve
To Be ANNOUNCED - - - - - Reserve
To Be ANNOUNCED - - - - - Unknown
To Be ANNOUNCED - - - - - Unknown

France

Player T C P DG Pts #
Jean-Luc Sadourny - - - - - Fullback
David Venditti 3 - - - 15 Right Wing
Thomas Castaignede - 3 2 - 12 Centre
Stephane Glas - - - - - Second Five Eighth
Emile Ntamack - - - - - Left Wing
Alain Penaud - - - - - First Five Eighth
Fabien Galthie 1 - - - 5 Halfback
Fabien Pelous - - - - - Number Eight
Philippe Benetton - - - - - Openside Flanker
Abdelatif Benazzi - - - - - Blindside Flanker
Hugues Miorin - - - - - Lock
Olivier Merle - - - - - Lock
Franck Tournaire - - - - - Tighthead Prop
Marc Dal Maso - - - - - Hooker
Christian Califano - - - - - Loosehead Prop
Raphael Ibanez - - - - - Reserve
Jean-Louis Jordana - - - - - Reserve
Richard Castel - - - - - Reserve
Philippe Carbonneau - - - - - Reserve
Christophe Lamaison - - - - - Reserve
Laurent Leflamand - - - - - Reserve
To Be ANNOUNCED - - - - - Reserve
To Be ANNOUNCED - - - - - Reserve
To Be ANNOUNCED - - - - - Unknown
To Be ANNOUNCED - - - - - Unknown