We take a look at some of the key facts and figures from Ireland’s 24-9 win over France in Pool D of Rugby World Cup 2015.
– Ireland’s 15-point winning margin was their biggest against France for 40 years since a 25-6 win in March 1975
– It is also Ireland’s biggest win over France outside Ireland
– Ireland are now unbeaten in their last five matches against France, their longest unbeaten sequence against France since winning six in-a-row from 1924 to 1928
– Rob Kearney has scored a try in each of his RWC 2015 matches
– Kearney has now scored in four different RWC matches. Only Brian O’Driscoll (6) and Keith Earls (5) have scored for Ireland in more different RWC fixtures
– Jonathan Sexton has now scored penalties in six different RWC matches. Only Ronan O’Gara scored penalties in more for Ireland (8)
– Scott Spedding successfully kicked two penalties in a Test match for the first time
– Spedding has now scored points against four of France’s five Six Nations opponents. Wales is the exception but he is yet to play against them
– This is the second RWC pool match in which France have failed to score a try. The first was the opening match of RWC 2007 in which they lost 17-12 to Argentina
– Nicolas Mas came on as a replacement and equalled Sylvain Marconnet’s France record of 84 caps as a prop
– Morgan Parra moved on to 51 RWC points and is the seventh France player to score a half-century of points at Rugby World Cups
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