IRE
No.Name
5Paul O'Connell, L
4Donncha O'Callaghan, L
2Rory Best, H
8Jamie Heaslip, -
7Shane Jennings, FL
9Tomas O'Leary, SH
1Cian Healy, P
T
3Mike Ross, P
6Sean O'Brien, FL
T
15Felix Jones, FB
14Andrew Trimble, W
13Brian O'Driscoll, C
12Gordon D'Arcy, C
11Keith Earls, W
10Johnny Sexton, FH
T
Replacements
16Jerry Flannery, -
17Tom Court, -
18Mike McCarthy, -
19Stephen Ferris, -
20Eoin Reddan, -
21Ronan O'Gara, -
2
22Luke Fitzgerald, -

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: Aviva Stadium
10:00 PM, August 19, 2011
Attendance: 45,165
All CommentaryKey Events

Match Commentary

83'22-26 End of half
83'22-26 End of half
81'Back-row O'Brien takes advantage of Reddan's quick penalty and crashes over
81'+222-26 End of second half
81'+222-26 Conversion - Ronan O'Gara , Ireland
81'+120-26 Try - Sean O'Brien , Ireland
78'Substitute on - Dimitri Yachvili , France
78'Player substituted - Morgan Parra , France
76'Player substituted - Donncha O'Callaghan , Ireland
76'Substitute on - Mike McCarthy , Ireland
75'15-26 Conversion - Ronan O'Gara , Ireland
73'13-26 Try - Johnny Sexton , Ireland
73'Player substituted - Aurelien Rougerie , France
73'Substitute on - Vincent Clerc , France
72'Fitzgerald makes the break and despite being hauled down with the try line beckoning, Sexton profits and crosses the line
72'Fitzgerald makes the break and despite being hauled down with the try line beckoning, Sexton profits and crosses the line
69'Substitute on - Luke Fitzgerald , Ireland
69'Player substituted - Felix Jones , Ireland
68'Player substituted - Gordon D'Arcy , Ireland
68'Substitute on - Ronan O'Gara , Ireland
61'Substitute on - Stephen Ferris , Ireland
61'Substitute on - Julien Pierre , France
61'Player substituted - Shane Jennings , Ireland
61'Player substituted - Pascal Pape , France
61'Substitute on - Jerry Flannery , Ireland
61'Player substituted - Rory Best , Ireland
54'Player substituted - Dimitri Szarzewski , France
54'Substitute on - Guilhem Guirado , France
54'Player substituted - Tomas O'Leary , Ireland
54'Substitute on - Eoin Reddan , Ireland
51'Substitute on - Tom Court , Ireland
51'Player substituted - Cian Healy , Ireland
50'8-26 Conversion - Morgan Parra , France
49'8-24 Try - Francois Trinh-Duc , France
48'Opportunist from Trinh-Duc but France are simply too good for Ireland. O'leary tries an outragous pass under pressure but throws it straight to the French ten
45'8-19 Penalty goal - Morgan Parra , France
44'Parra really is an impressive striker of the ball - no worries for the French scrum-half
41'Substitute on - Fabien Barcella , France
41'Player substituted - Jean-Baptiste Poux , France
41'8-16 End of first half
40'8-16 Start of second half
39'8-16 Penalty goal - Morgan Parra , France
38'Parra has no difficulties from near the touch line with a lazy strike
31'8-13 Conversion - Morgan Parra , France
31'8-11 Try - Cedric Heymans , France
30'Beautiful try from the French - good set piece and Rougerie's inroads allows Cedric Heymans to crash over under the posts - BOD will be disappointed with the ease he allowed Rougerie through
28'8-6 Drop goal - Francois Trinh-Duc , France
27'Massive effort from the French replacement who nails the drop-goal from the halfway line
26'8-3 Penalty goal - Morgan Parra , France
14'Player substituted - David Skrela , France
14'Substitute on - Francois Trinh-Duc , France
9'8-0 Try - Cian Healy , Ireland
8'Cian Healy scores his first try for his country crashing over into the corner. Good recycling from Ireland spreads the ball wide and Healy is the expectant winger and he outmuscles Morgan Parra to crash over
3'3-0 Penalty goal - Johnny Sexton , Ireland
2'Sexton knocks over the penalty with ease
1'0-0 Start of first half