France 17-17 Ireland
Date:
Venue: Stade de France, Paris
Referee: Dave Pearson (England)
Attendance: 80,000
France v Ireland Match Reports
France trailed Ireland 6-17 at the interval thanks to a brace of tries from Irish winger Tommy Bowe. However, Les Bleus fought their way back into the game in the second half and eventually tied the match 17-17, thereby denying the Irish a rare win in Paris. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- BBC: Six Nations: France 17-17 Ireland
- Guardian: France recover after Tommy Bowe double for Ireland
- Telegraph: France 17 Ireland 17: match report
- Daily Mail: Les Bleus stage second-half fightback to deny Irish in Paris
- RTE: France 17-17 Ireland
- RBS 6 Nations: Bowe double in vain as France fight back to draw
France v Ireland Match Statistics
France (6) 17
Tries: Fofana
Penalties: Parra 4
Ireland (17) 17
Tries: Bowe 2
Penalties: Sexton
Conversions: Sexton 2
France Team Line-up
Backs: 15 Clement Poitrenaud, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 Aurelien Rougerie, 12 Wesley Fofana, 11 Julien Malzieu, 10 Francois Trinh-Duc, 9 Morgan Parra
Forwards: 1 Jean-Baptiste Poux, 2 Dimitri Szarzewski, 3 Nicolas Mas, 4 Pascal Pape, 5 Yoann Maestri, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (captain), 7 Julien Bonnaire, 8 Imanol Harinordoquy
Replacements: 16 William Servat, 17 Vincent Debaty, 18 Lionel Nallet, 19 Louis Picamoles, 20 Julien Dupuy, 21 Lionel Beauxis, 22 Maxime Mermoz
Ireland Team Line-up
Backs: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Keith Earls, 12 Gordon D'Arcy, 11 Andrew Trimble, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Conor Murray
Forwards: 1 Cian Healy, 2 Rory Best, 3 Mike Ross, 4 Donncha O'Callaghan, 5 Paul O'Connell (captain), 6 Stephen Ferris, 7 Sean O'Brien, 8 Jamie Heaslip
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Tom Court, 18 Donnacha Ryan, 19 Peter O'Mahony, 20 Eoin Reddan, 21 Ronan O'Gara, 22 Fergus McFadden