Full-Time: France Women 19 Ireland Women 9
Ireland have lost out to France in tonight’s RBS Women’s 6 Nations encounter played in bitterly cold conditions in Blois. Full-back Niamh Briggs kicked three penalties for the girls in green as they went down 19-9.
RBS WOMEN’S 6 NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP: Friday, February 12
FRANCE WOMEN 19 IRELAND WOMEN 9, Stade des Allees, Blois (HT: 12-6)
Scorers: France: Tries: Fanny Horta 2, Stéphanie Loyer; Cons: Aurélie Bailon 2
Ireland: Pens: Niamh Briggs 3
FRANCE WOMEN: Elodie Poublan (Montpellier); Caroline Ladagnous (Lons), Sandrine Agricole (Rennes), Lucille Godiveau (Rennes), Fanny Horta (Perpignan); Aurélie Bailon (Perpignan), Stéphanie Provost (Caen); Stéphanie Loyer (Bobigny 93), Cyndia Mansard (Saint-Orens), Céline Barthelemy (Bordeaux/Bruges Blanquefort), Hasna Rhamouni (Gennevilliers), Cyrielle Bouisset (Perpignan), Amandine Vaupre (Caen), Marie-Charlotte Hebel (Gerone), Sandra Rabier (Caen) (capt).
Replacements: Laetitia Salles (Perpignan), Nadège Labbey (Caen), Manon Andre (Saint Orens), Lucie Canal (Rennes), Marie-Alice Yahe (Perpignan), Christelle Leduff (Perpignan), Anaïs Lagougine (Montpellier).
IRELAND WOMEN: Niamh Briggs (Clonmel/Munster); Amy Davis (Blackrock/Leinster), Grace Davitt (Blackrock/Leinster), Shannon Houston (Blackrock/Leinster), Alison Miller (Portlaoise/Connacht); Joanne O’Sullivan (Richmond/Exile), Tania Rosser (Blackrock/Leinster); Fiona Coghlan (UL Bohemians/Leinster) (capt), Gillian Bourke (UL Bohemians/Munster), Emer McManamly (Blackrock/Leinster), Caroline Mahon (UL Bohemians/Leinster), Marie Louise Reilly (Navan/Leinster), Orla Brennan (Blackrock/Leinster), Sinead Ryan (Navan/Leinster), Joy Neville (UL Bohemians/Munster).
Replacements: Chris Fanning (Highfield/Munster), Lauren Day (Cooke/Ulster), Kate O’Loughlin (Clonmel/Munster), Claire Molloy (Bristol/Connacht), Louise Beamish (UL Bohemians/Munster), Helen Brosnan (Highfield/Munster), Nora Stapleton (Old Belvedere/Leinster).
Referee: Clare Daniels (England)