France (6) 17 / Ireland (17) 17 (Final Score)
France and Ireland did battle in the Six Nations at Stade de France, Paris at 17:00 SA Time (15:00 GMT, 16:00 Local French Time).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & CSN on TV in SA.
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Scorers:
France:
- Penalties – Morgan Parra (4)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Wesley Fofana (1)
- Conversions – 0
Ireland:
- Penalties – Jonathan Sexton (1)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Tommy Bowe (2)
- Conversions – Jonathan Sexton (2)
Teams:
France: 15 Clement Poitrenaud, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 Aurelien Rougerie, 12 Wesley Fofana, 11 Julien Malzieu, 10 Francois Trinh-Duc, 9 Morgan Parra, 8 Imanol Harinordoquy, 7 Julien Bonnaire, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (captain), 5 Yoann Maestri, 4 Pascal Papé, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 Dimitry Szarzewski, 1 Jean-Baptiste Poux.
Replacements: 16 William Servat, 17 Vincent Debaty, 18 Lionel Nallet, 19 Louis Picamoles, 20 Julien Dupuy, 21 Lionel Beauxis, 22 Maxime Mermoz.
Ireland: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Keith Earls, 12 Gordon D’Arcy, 11 Andrew Trimble, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Conor Murray, 8 Jamie Heaslip, 7 Sean O’Brien, 6 Stephen Ferris, 5 Paul O’Connell (captain), 4 Donncha O’Callaghan, 3 Mike Ross, 2 Rory Best, 1 Cian Healy.
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Tom Court, 18 Donnacha Ryan, 19 Peter O’Mahony, 20 Eoin Reddan, 21 Ronan O’Gara, 22 Fergus McFadden.
Date: Sunday 4 March 2012
Venue: Stade de France, Paris
Kick-off: 17:00 SA Time (15:00 GMT, 16:00 Local French Time)
Expected weather: Plenty of cloud and rain around. High of 10°C and a low of 4°C
Referee: Dave Pearson (England)
Assistant referees: Wayne Barnes (England), Andrew Small (England)
TMO: Geoff Warren (England)
85 @ Just For Kicks:
The scrums have been a lottery to me…. far too many scrum penalties
Here come the Frogs!!!
Try Fofana for France
@ Just For Kicks:
Beautiful to look at but horrible to travel through in cities!
Ireland 17 / 14 France
90 @ Just For Kicks:
Think I’ve seen and experienced snow 3 times in my life…. had to drive in the car to the Swartberg though to experience it…
Ireland are really not in the same class this year. They are only in this match because of sloppy French play, luck and some brilliant individual play.
25 Minutes to go in the match
Apparently Dave Pearson uses a white stick to get home, hence the use of the TMO in that last decision. Please don’t take it out on him
Hard-on-donkey coming nicely into play for France now…
Penalty France again
English Snow is rubbish – I’m talking real snow
Para penalty evens score, French on a role now 17-17
Ireland 17 / 17 France
That sounds painful
France should really put Ireland away now, but with these bloody frogs one never knows…
France must turn the screws now
Ireland player off on a stretcher
France must just get an unconverted try… then I’m happy
20 minutes to go… that is still a full quarter of the match
@ Just For Kicks:
Real snow is terrible if you are a commuter in the city. Great if you on a skiing holiday!
France look so lethargic…
Ireland back on attack as France seems happy to defend a draw…. WTF
@ grootblousmile:
I need your unconverted try … + a converted one!
Ireland lineout, about 8m out
Phew, I’m knackered just watching that!
113 @ The_Young_Turk:
Eishhhh… unlikely, the way the French are playing
110@ The_Young_Turk:I’m a farmer, the only commuting I do is to the little boys room with the daily newspaper!
France just want the game to end so they can get out of the rain. Ireland don’t even notice it’s raining!
…and D’Arcy tackles himself
13 Minutes to go.
France scrum, in their own 22
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