France v Ireland, 11 October

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FRANCE v IRELAND
11 October 2015
KO: 16:45
The Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Live on [tbc]

Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Touch judges:Wayne Barnes (England) & Leighton Hodges (Wales)
Television match official: Graham Hughes (England)

A. Head to Head

93 Played 93
55 Won 31
7 Drawn 7
31 Lost 55
1508 Points 1084

B. Recent Form

14 February 2015
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
18 – 11 to Ireland

15 March 2014
Stade de France, Saint Denis
20 – 22 to Ireland

9 March 2013
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
13 – 13 Draw

4 March 2012
Stade de France, Saint Denis
17 – 17 Draw

20 August 2011
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
22 – 26 to France

13 August 2011
Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux
19 – 12 to France

C. Teams

FRANCE

15 Scott Spedding, 14 Noa Nakaitaci, 13 Mathieu Bastareaud, 12 Wesley Fofana, 11 Brice Dulin, 10 Frederic Michalak, 9 Sebastien Tillous-Borde; 1 Eddy Ben Arous, 2 Guilhem Guirado, 3 Rabah Slimani, 4 Pascal Pape, 5 Yoann Maestri, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c), 7 Damien Chouly, 8 Louis Picamoles.

Replacements: 16 Benjamin Kayser, 17 Vincent Debaty, 18 Nicolas Mas, 19 Alexandre Flanquart, 20 Bernard Le Roux, 21 Morgan Parra, 22 Remi Tales, 23 Alexandre Dumoulin.

IRELAND

15 Rob Kearney, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Keith Earls, 12 Robbie Henshaw , 11 Dave Kearney,  10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Conor Murray; 1 Cian Healy, 2 Rory Best, 3 Mike Ross, 4 Devin Toner, 5 Paul O'Connell (c), 6 Peter O'Mahony, 7 Sean O'Brien, 8 Jamie Heaslip.

Replacements: 16 Richardt Strauss, 17 Jack McGrath, 18 Nathan White, 19 Iain Henderson, 20 Chris Henry, 21 Eoin Reddan, 22 Ian Madigan, 23 Luke Fitzgerald.

Let's face it, if a player tried to have a bit of craic with.... well, with your bum to be blunt about it.... which one of us wouldn't wind the basterde with a solar plexus shot?

I say O'Brien should now be given MOTM in advance for his Argentina game...... Reverse the penalty. Reverse the Penalty. Cite Papé le Pew!

Marshes wrote:

SecretFly wrote:Thanks Earls for being one of the boys that helped us win a bloody tough game against the French, when it looked like we were cooked by the double exit of Sexton and POC... (our supposed undroppables)

..oh no.............. sorry............. I'm wrong.  It should have been f**k you Earls for being on the team that won and therefore denying a place (and the plaudits) to an injured player that should have been on the team instead of you had the Gods been good to us!

...what a miserable shower we have in here at times when a simple 'Thanks for the effort' isn't in their hearts after a game like that.

Not diminishing Earls performance, like I said very solid in defence, just saying I think he is better on the wing and the comparative complaints about Payne at 13 have been a bit unjustified and now somewhat hypocritical!

Earls 2nd top Irish ball carrier over the gainline with 20 (Sean O'Brien is 29 and 2nd overall in the group stages) for 242 metres. Earls is 8th overall.
Robbie Henshaw and Iain Henderson made 18 (and are the only Ireland players to feature in the Top 20).

As for defence:
Robbie Henshaw - 100% (20 tackles)
Jared Payne - 96% (24 tackles)
Tommy Bowe - 93% (13 tackles)
Keith Earls - 84% (27 tackles made)
Luke Fitz - 80% (8 tackles)
Dave Kearney - 78% (14 tackles)
Zebo - 100% (3 tackles)
Rob Kearney - 90% (9 tackles)


https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/ireland/player/28999

Sin é wrote:

Marshes wrote:

SecretFly wrote:Thanks Earls for being one of the boys that helped us win a bloody tough game against the French, when it looked like we were cooked by the double exit of Sexton and POC... (our supposed undroppables)

..oh no.............. sorry............. I'm wrong.  It should have been f**k you Earls for being on the team that won and therefore denying a place (and the plaudits) to an injured player that should have been on the team instead of you had the Gods been good to us!

...what a miserable shower we have in here at times when a simple 'Thanks for the effort' isn't in their hearts after a game like that.

Not diminishing Earls performance, like I said very solid in defence, just saying I think he is better on the wing and the comparative complaints about Payne at 13 have been a bit unjustified and now somewhat hypocritical!

Earls 2nd top Irish ball carrier over the gainline with 20 (Sean O'Brien is 29 and 2nd overall in the group stages) for 242 metres.  Earls is 8th overall.
Robbie Henshaw and Iain Henderson made 18 (and are the only Ireland players to feature in the Top 20).

As for defence:
Robbie Henshaw - 100% (20 tackles)
Jared Payne - 96% (24 tackles)
Tommy Bowe - 93% (13 tackles)
Keith Earls - 84% (27 tackles made)
Luke Fitz - 80% (8 tackles)
Dave Kearney - 78% (14 tackles)
Zebo - 100% (3 tackles)
Rob Kearney - 90% (9 tackles)


https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/ireland/player/28999

Earls also topped the charts for the most slapstick ball drops during the match with 1......  

Sorry Sin é, it slipped out, honestly.

Pete330v2 wrote:

Earls also topped the charts for the most slapstick ball drops during the match with 1......  

Sorry Sin é, it slipped out, honestly.

Pape tried one too but his skillset let him down.