Ireland 22 /France  25 (Final Score)

Ireland and France locked horns at the Aviva Stadium on Sunday with each looking to maintain their 100 percent record in this year’s Six Nations competition. France in the end did not have to play that much rugby. They were accurate with the boot from Parra and Yachvili and the Meddart try.

Scorers:

Ireland: Tries- Fergus McFadden, Tomas O’Leary, Jamie Heaslip

Conversion – Jonathan Sexton, Ronan O’Gara,  Penalty Jonathan Sexton

France: Penalties – Morgan Parra 5, Dimitri Yachvili

Conversion – Morgan Parra 1

Try – Maxime Meddart

Teams:

Ireland: 15 Luke Fitzgerald, 14 Fergus McFadden, 13 Brian O’Driscoll (captain), 12 Gordon D’Arcy, 11 Keith Earls, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Tomas O’Leary, 8 Jamie Heaslip, 7 David Wallace, 6 Sean O’Brien, 5 Paul O’Connell, 4 Donncha O’Callaghan, 3 Mike Ross, 2 Rory Best, 1 Cian Healy.
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Tom Court, 18 Leo Cullen, 19 Denis Leamy, 20 Eoin Reddan, 21 Ronan O’Gara, 22 Paddy Wallace.

France: 15 Clement Poitrenaud, 14 Yoann Huget, 13 Aurelien Rougerie, 12 Damien Traille, 11 Maxime Medard, 10 François Trinh-Duc, 9 Morgan Parra, 8 Imanol Harinordoquy, 7 Julien Bonnaire, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (captain), 5 Lionel Nallet,  4 Julien Pierre, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 William Servat, 1 Thomas Domingo.
Replacements: 16 Guilhem Guirado, 17 Sylvain Marconnet, 18 Jerome Thion, 19 Sebastien Chabal, 20 Dimitri Yachvili, 21 Yannick Jauzion, 22 Vincent Clerc.

Referee: Dave Pearson (England)

There is no doubt that both teams have room for improvement and I expect the Irish to make it very difficult for their visitors on Sunday. If France can keep Brian O’Driscoll quiet, they can take a giant stride towards back-to-back titles with a solid performance on Sunday.

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