FRANCE v IRELAND, Stade de France, 8pm Irish time/9pm local time (live TV3/UTV/Setanta Sports)

France: Clement Poitrenaud; Vincent Clerc, David Marty, Damien Traille, Cedric Heymans; Frederic Michalak, Jean-Baptiste Elissalde; Olivier Milloud, Raphael Ibanez (capt), Pieter de Villiers, Sebastien Chabal, Jerome Thion, Serge Betsen, Thierry Dusautoir, Julien Bonnaire.

Replacements: Dimitri Szarzewski, Jean-Baptiste Poux, Lionel Nallet, Yannick Nyanga, Lionel Beauxis, Yannick Jauzion, Aurelien Rougerie.

Ireland: Girvan Dempsey; Shane Horgan, Brian O'Driscoll (capt), Gordon D'Arcy, Andrew Trimble; Ronan O'Gara, Eoin Reddan; Marcus Horan, Jerry Flannery, John Hayes, Donncha O'Callaghan, Paul O'Connell, Simon Easterby, David Wallace, Denis Leamy.

Replacements: Frankie Sheahan, Simon Best, Malcolm O'Kelly, Neil Best, Isaac Boss, Paddy Wallace, Gavin Duffy.

Referee: Chris White (England)
Touch Judges: Dave Pearson (England), Hugh Watkins (Wales)
Television Match Official: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)

Head-To-Head:

Played - 82
France Won - 49
Ireland Won - 28
Drawn - 5

France v Ireland In The World Cup:

Played - 2
France Won - 2 (1995 and 2003 quarter-finals)
Ireland Won - 0

Biggest Win In The Series:

France - Points: 45-10 (1996); Margin: 44-5 (2002)
Ireland - Points: 27-25 (2000); Margin: 24-0 (1913)

Composite Six Nations Record (2000-2007):

France - Played 40, Won 30, Drawn 0, Lost 10
Ireland - Played 40, Won 29, Drawn 0, Lost 11

France v Ireland Since 2000:

Played - 9
France Won - 6 (2002, 2003 RWC, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007)
Ireland Won - 3 (2000, 2001 and 2003)

Form Guide From 2006 Six Nations:

France:

Scotland (6N) away - lost 16-20
Ireland (6N) home - won 43-31
Italy (6N) home - won 37-12
England (6N) home - 31-6
Wales (6N) away - won 21-16
Romania away - won 62-14
South Africa away - won 36-26
New Zealand home - lost 3-47
New Zealand home - lost 11-23
Argentina home - won 27-26
Italy (6N) away - won 39-3
Ireland (6N) away - won 20-17
Wales (6N) home - won 32-21
England (6N) away - lost 18-26
Scotland (6N) home - won 46-19
New Zealand away - lost 11-42
New Zealand away - lost 10-61
England away - won 21-15
England home - won 22-9
Argentina (RWC) home - lost 12-17
Namibia (RWC) home - won 87-10

Ireland:

Italy (6N) home - won 26-16
France (6N) away - lost 31-43
Wales (6N) home - won 31-5
Scotland (6N) home - won 15-9
England (6N) away - won 28-24
New Zealand away - lost 23-34
New Zealand away - lost 17-27
Australia away - lost 15-37
South Africa home - won 32-15
Australia home - won 21-6
Pacific Islanders home - won 61-17
Wales (6N) away - won 19-9
France (6N) home - lost 17-20
England (6N) home - won 43-13
Scotland (6N) away - won 19-18
Italy (6N) home - won 51-24
Argentina away - lost 20-22
Argentina away - lost 0-16
Scotland away - lost 21-31
Italy home - won 23-20
Namibia (RWC) neutral - won 32-17
Georgia (RWC) neutral - won 14-10

Most Capped Players:

France:

115 - Fabien Pelous
111 - Philippe Sella
94 - Raphael Ibanez
93 - Serge Blanco
90 - Olivier Magne

Ireland:

87 - Malcolm O'Kelly
79 - Peter Stringer
77 - Girvan Dempsey, John Hayes, Brian O'Driscoll
75 - Ronan O'Gara
72 - David Humphreys

World's Most-Capped Players:

136 - George Gregan
119 - Jason Leonard*
115 - Fabien Pelous
111 - Philippe Sella
102 - Stephen Larkham, Gareth Thomas**
101 - David Campese

(*Leonard has 114 caps for England and 5 for the Lions, **Thomas has 99 caps for Wales and 3 for the Lions)

All-Time Top Points Scorers:

France:

380 - Christophe Lamaison
367 - Thierry Lacroix
354 - Didier Camberabero
267 - Gerald Merceron
265 - Jean Pierre Romeu

Ireland:

771 - Ronan O'Gara
560 - David Humphreys
308 - Michael Kiernan
296 - Eric Elwood
217 - Ollie Campbell

All-Time Top Try Scorers:

France:

38 - Serge Blanco
32 - Philippe Saint Andre
31 - Philippe Sella
26 - Philippe Bernat Salles
24 - Emile Ntamack
23 - Christian Darrouy, Christophe Dominici

Ireland:

30 - Brian O'Driscoll
29 - Denis Hickie
20 - Shane Horgan
18 - Girvan Dempsey
17 - Brendan Mullin, Geordan Murphy

World's All-Time Top Points Scorers:

1090 - Neil Jenkins (1049 for Wales, 41 for the Lions)
1010 - Diego Dominguez (27 for Argentina, 983 for Italy)
967 - Andrew Mehrtens (New Zealand)
962 - Jonny Wilkinson (915 for England, 47 for the Lions)
911 - Michael Lynagh (Australia)
878 - Matt Burke (Australia)
808 - Percy Montgomery (South Africa)
771 - Ronan O'Gara (Ireland)
733 - Gavin Hastings (667 for Scotland, 66 for the Lions)