France v Ireland
Saturday, 9th February 2008 - 4:00 pmStade de France
France (19) 26
Tries: Clerc 3, Heymans
Cons: Elissalde 3
Ireland (6) 21
Tries: Penalty try, Wallace
Con: O'Gara
Pens: O'Gara 3
France were very impressive in the first half of this Six Nations game and it was thanks to a hat trick of tries from Vincent Clerc that they had enough to see off an Ireland fight back in the second half.
When France went 26-6 up early in the second half, it looked like this could soon turn in to a landslide French victory. However, the Irish team battled and thanks to a a David Wallace try and three penalties, they closed the gap to just five points and late pressure saw France on the back foot and a surprise on the cards, however, Ireland could not capitalise on the late pressure and France left the field victorious and on course for another third consecutive Six Nations Championship.
Ireland Team
Dempsey; Murphy, B O'Driscoll (capt), Trimble, Kearney; O'Gara, Reddan; Horan, Jackman, Hayes, O'Callaghan, O'Kelly, Leamy, D Wallace, Heaslip.
France Team
C Heymans (Toulouse); A Rougerie (Clermont-Auvergne), D Marty (Perpignan), D Traille (Biarritz), J Malzieu (Clermont-Auvergne); D Skrela (Stade Francais), J-B Elissalde (Toulouse); N Mas (Perpignan), D Szarzewski (Stade Francais), L Faure (Sale), A Mela (Albi), L Nallet (Castres), F Ouedraogo (Montpellier), T Dusautoir (Toulouse), J Bonnaire (Clermont-Auvergne).
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Six Nations Rugby Fixtures
Saturday, 2nd February 2008
Ireland v Italy (2:00pm)
England v Wales (4:30pm)
Sunday, 3rd February 2008
Scotland v France (3:00pm)
Saturday, 9th February 2008
Wales v Scotland (2:00pm)
France v Ireland (4:00pm)
Sunday, 10th February 2008
Italy v England (2:30pm)
Saturday, 23rd February 2008
Wales v Italy (3:00pm)
Ireland v Scotland (5:00pm)
France v England (8:00pm)
Saturday, 8th March 2008
Ireland v Wales (1:15pm)
Scotland v England (3:15pm)
Sunday, 9th March 2008
France v Italy (3:00pm)
Saturday, 15th March 2008
Italy v Scotland (1:00pm)
England v Ireland (3:00pm)
Wales v France (5:00pm)
Six Nations Rugby Union Championship 2008
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