Ireland 13-13 France
Date:
Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Referee: Steve Walsh (ARU)
Attendance: 51,000
Ireland v France Match Reports
For the second year in a row, Ireland and France played out a draw in their Six Nations Championship match. Coming from 13-3 down at half-time, France put in a battling display in the second half and, with the help of a Louis Picamoles try, recovered to end the match on even terms with Ireland at 13-13. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- BBC: France recover to draw with Ireland
- Guardian: Ireland and France stutter to draw as wooden spoon looms
- Independent: Six Nations: Ireland and France draw in Dublin
- Telegraph: Ireland 13 France 13: match report
- Sky Sports: France fight back to claim 13-13 draw against Ireland in Dublin
- ESPN: Ireland and France battle to a draw
- RTE: Ireland held to a draw by France at the Aviva
- RBS 6 Nations: Picamoles rescues France in Dublin
Ireland v France Match Highlights
Ireland v France Match Statistics
Ireland (13) 13
Tries: Heaslip
Conversions: Jackson
Penalties: Jackson 2
France (3) 13
Tries: Picamoles
Conversions: Michalak
Penalties: Michalak, Parra
Man of the Match: Conor Murray (Ireland)
Ireland Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1. Cian Healy
- 2. Rory Best
- 3. Mike Ross
- 4. Mike McCarthy
- 5. Donnacha Ryan
- 6. Peter O'Mahony
- 7. Sean O'Brien
- 8. Jamie Heaslip (Captain)
Backs
- 9. Conor Murray
- 10. Paddy Jackson
- 11. Keith Earls
- 12. Luke Marshall
- 13. Brian O'Driscoll
- 14. Fergus McFadden
- 15. Rob Kearney
Replacements
- 16. Sean Cronin
- 17. David Kilcoyne
- 18. Stephen Archer
- 19. Donncha O'Callaghan
- 20. Iain Henderson
- 21. Eoin Reddan
- 22. Ian Madigan
- 23. Luke Fitzgerald
France Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1. Thomas Domingo
- 2. Benjamin Kayser
- 3. Nicolas Mas
- 4. Christophe Samson
- 5. Yoann Maestri
- 6. Yannick Nyanga
- 7. Thierry Dusautoir (Captain)
- 8. Louis Picamoles
Backs
- 9. Morgan Parra
- 10. Frederic Michalak
- 11. Maxime Medard
- 12. Wesley Fofana
- 13. Florian Fritz
- 14. Vincent Clerc
- 15. Yoann Huget
Replacements
- 16. Guilhem Guirado
- 17. Vincent Debaty
- 18. Luc Ducalcon
- 19. Sebastien Vahaamahina
- 20. Antonie Claassen
- 21. Maxime Machenaud
- 22. Francois Trinh-Duc
- 23. Mathieu Bastareaud