A statistical preview of Sunday's Guinness Six Nations second round game between Ireland and France at the Aviva Stadium (kick-off 3pm). 2021 GUINNESS SIX NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP: Sunday, February 14 IRELAND (4th) v FRANCE (1st), Aviva Stadium, 3pm (live Virgin Media One/ITV/UTV/FR2/RTÉ Radio 1/BBC Radio Ulster/BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra/IRFU Live Blog) IRELAND: Hugo Keenan (UCD/Leinster); Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster), Garry Ringrose (UCD/Leinster), Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Leinster), James Lowe (Leinster); Billy Burns (Ulster), Jamison Gibson-Park (Leinster); Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster), Rob Herring (Ballynahinch/Ulster), Andrew Porter (UCD/Leinster), Tadhg Beirne (Lansdowne/Munster), Iain Henderson (Academy/Ulster) (capt), Rhys Ruddock (St. Mary's College/Leinster), Josh van der Flier (UCD/Leinster), CJ Stander (Shannon/Munster). Replacements: Ronan Kelleher (Lansdowne/Leinster), Ed Byrne (UCD/Leinster), Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster), Ultan Dillane (Galway Corinthians/Connacht), Will Connors (UCD/Leinster), Craig Casey (Shannon/Munster), Ross Byrne (UCD/Leinster), Jordan Larmour (St. Mary's College/Leinster). FRANCE: Brice Dulin (La Rochelle); Damian Penaud (Clermont Auvergne), Arthur Vincent (Montpellier), Gael Fickou (Stade Francais), Gabin Villiere (Toulon); Matthieu Jalibert (Bordeaux-Begles), Antoine Dupont (Toulouse); Cyril Baille (Toulouse), Julien Marchand (Toulouse), Mohamed Haouas (Montpellier), Bernard le Roux (Racing 92), Paul Willemse (Montpellier), Anthony Jelonch (Castres Olympique), Charles Ollivon (Toulon) (capt), Gregory Alldritt (La Rochelle). Replacements: Pierre Bourgarit (La Rochelle), Hassane Kolingar (Racing 92), Uini Atonio (La Rochelle), Romain Taofifenua (Toulon), Dylan Cretin (Lyon), Baptiste Serin (Toulon), Anthony Bouthier (Montpellier), Teddy Thomas (Racing 92). Referee: Luke Pearce (England) Assistant Referees: Wayne Barnes, Christophe Ridley (both England) Television Match Official: Tom Foley (England) Head-To-Head: Played – 99 Ireland Won – 35 France Won – 57 Drawn – 7 Ireland v France – Results Since 2000: 2000: Ireland won 27-25, Paris 2001: Ireland won 22-15, Dublin 2002: France won 44-5, Paris 2003: Ireland won 15-12, Dublin; France won 43-21, Melbourne 2004: France won 35-17, Paris 2005: France won 26-19, Dublin 2006: France won 43-31, Paris 2007: France won 20-17, Dublin; France won 25-3, Paris 2008: France won 26-21, Paris 2009: Ireland won 30-21, Dublin 2010: France won 33-10, Paris 2011: France won 25-22, Dublin; France won 19-12, Bordeaux; France won 26-22, Dublin 2012: 17-17 draw, Paris 2013: 13-13 draw, Dublin 2014: Ireland won 22-20, Paris 2015: Ireland won 18-11, Dublin; Ireland won 24-9, Cardiff 2016: France won 10-9, Paris 2017: Ireland won 19-9, Dublin 2018: Ireland won 15-13, Paris 2019: Ireland won 26-14, Dublin 2020: France won 35-27, Paris Biggest Wins: Ireland: Points: 30-21, 2009 Six Nations; Margin: 24-0, 1913 Five Nations France: Points: 45-10, 1996 Five Nations; Margin: 44-5, 2002 Six Nations Individual Records In The Series: Most Tries In A Match: Ireland 3 (Joe Quinn 1913, Brian O'Driscoll 2000); France 3 (Christian Darrouy 1963, David Venditti 1967, Vincent Clerc 2007) Most Points In A Match: Ireland 17 (Michael Kiernan 1989, Ronan O'Gara 2001 and 2007, Jonathan Sexton 2014); France 26 (Thierry Lacroix (1995 RWC) Most Appearances – Ireland v France: 16 – Rory Best, Paul O'Connell, Ronan O'Gara 15 – Willie John McBride, Brian O'Driscoll, Fergus Slattery 14 – Mike Gibson 13 – John Hayes, Cian Healy, Jamie Heaslip, Philippe Sella Top Points Scorers – Ireland v France: 127 – Ronan O'Gara 114 – Jonathan Sexton 73 – Michael Kiernan 61 – Morgan Parra 58 – Ollie Campbell 55 – Eric Elwood 50 – Didier Camberabero 46 – Thierry Lacroix, Frederic Michalak 40 – Vincent Clerc, David Humphreys, Brian O'Driscoll 39 – Jean-Baptise Elissalde Top Try Scorers – Ireland v France: 8 – Vincent Clerc, Christian Darrouy, Brian O'Driscoll 6 – George Stephenson 5 – Patrice Lagisquet, Emile Ntamack, Joseph Quinn, Philippe Saint-André 4 – Serge Blanco, Niall Brophy, Cedric Heymans, Adolphe Jaureguy, Jim McCarthy, Eugene Ribere, Philippe Sella, Jonathan Sexton Ireland – Form Guide From Start Of The 2020 Six Nations: Won 18-14 v Scotland home (Six Nations) Won 24-14 v Wales home (Six Nations) Lost 24-12 v England away (Six Nations) Won 50-17 v Italy home (Six Nations) Lost 35-27 v France away (Six Nations) Won 32-9 v Wales home (Autumn Nations Cup) Lost 18-7 v England away (Autumn Nations Cup) Won 23-10 v Georgia home (Autumn Nations Cup) Won 31-16 v Scotland home (Autumn Nations Cup) Lost 21-16 v Wales away (Six Nations) France – Form Guide From Start Of The 2020 Six Nations: Won 24-17 v England home (Six Nations) Won 35-22 v Italy home (Six Nations) Won 27-23 v Wales away (Six Nations) Lost 28-17 v Scotland away (Six Nations) Won 38-21 v Wales home (Autumn Test) Won 35-27 v Ireland home (Six Nations) Won 28-0 v Fiji home (Autumn Nations Cup) Won 22-15 v Scotland away (Autumn Nations Cup) Won 36-5 v Italy home (Autumn Nations Cup) Lost 22-19 v England (after extra-time) away (Autumn Nations Cup Final) Won 50-10 v Italy away (Six Nations) International Championship All-Time Records: Points – 557 Ronan O'Gara (Ireland) 546 Jonny Wilkinson (England) 467 Stephen Jones (Wales) 439 Jonathan Sexton (Ireland) 419 Owen Farrell (England) 414 Leigh Halfpenny (Wales) 406 Neil Jenkins (Wales) 403 Chris Paterson (Scotland) 290 Greig Laidlaw (Scotland) 288 Gavin Hastings (Scotland) 270 David Humphreys (Ireland) 232 Paul Grayson (England) Tries – 26 Brian O'Driscoll (Ireland) 24 Ian Smith (Scotland) 22 Shane Williams (Wales) 21 George North (Wales) 18 Gareth Edwards (Wales) 18 Cyril Lowe (England) 18 Rory Underwood (England) Caps – 69 Sergio Parisse (Italy) 65 Brian O'Driscoll (Ireland) 64 Rory Best (Ireland) 63 Ronan O'Gara (Ireland) 60 Martin Castrogiovanni (Italy) 60 Alun Wyn Jones (Wales) 56 Mike Gibson (Ireland) 56 Gethin Jenkins (Wales) 55 Ross Ford (Scotland) 54 John Hayes (Ireland) 54 Jason Leonard (England) 54 Alessandro Zanni (Italy) 53 Leonardo Ghiraldini (Italy) 53 Willie John McBride (Ireland) 53 Chris Paterson (Scotland) 51 Marco Bortolami (Italy) 51 Paul O'Connell (Ireland) 51 Martyn Williams (Wales) 50 Cian Healy (Ireland) 50 Stephen Jones (Wales) 50 Philippe Sella (France) 50 Rory Underwood (England) Ireland – Most-Capped Players: 133 Brian O'Driscoll 128 Ronan O'Gara 124 Rory Best 108 Paul O'Connell 105 John Hayes 105 Cian Healy 98 Peter Stringer 96 Jonathan Sexton 95 Jamie Heaslip 95 Rob Kearney 94 Donncha O'Callaghan 92 Malcolm O'Kelly Ireland – All-Time Leading Points Scorers: 1083 Ronan O'Gara 868 Jonathan Sexton 560 David Humphreys 308 Michael Kiernan 296 Eric Elwood 245 Brian O'Driscoll 217 Ollie Campbell 195 Paddy Jackson 160 Keith Earls 158 Tom Kiernan 150 Tommy Bowe 145 Denis Hickie Ireland – All-Time Leading Try Scorers: 46 Brian O'Driscoll 32 Keith Earls 30 Tommy Bowe 29 Denis Hickie 21 Shane Horgan 19 Girvan Dempsey 18 Geordan Murphy 18 Jacob Stockdale 17 Brendan Mullin 17 Andrew Trimble 16 Rob Kearney 16 Ronan O'Gara France – Most-Capped Players: 118 Fabien Pelous 111 Philippe Sella 98 Raphael Ibanez 93 Serge Blanco 89 Olivier Magne 86 Damien Traille 85 Nicolas Mas 84 Sylvain Marconnet 83 Dimitri Szarzewski 82 Imanol Harinordoquy 82 Louis Picamoles 80 Thierry Dusautoir France – All-Time Leading Points Scorers: 436 Frederic Michalak 380 Christophe Lamaison 373 Dimitri Yachvili 370 Morgan Parra 367 Thierry Lacroix 354 Didier Camberabero 267 Gerald Merceron 265 Jean-Pierre Romeu 252 Thomas Castaignede 233 Serge Blanco 214 Jean-Baptiste Elissalde 200 Jean-Patrick Lescarboura France – All-Time Leading Try Scorers: 38 Serge Blanco 34 Vincent Clerc 32 Philippe Saint-André 30 Philippe Sella 26 Philippe Bernat-Salles 26 Emile Ntamack 25 Christophe Dominici 23 Christian Darrouy 23 Aurélien Rougerie 20 Yannick Jauzion 20 Patrice Lagisquet World Rugby All-Time Top Points Scorers: 1598 Dan Carter (New Zealand) 1246 Jonny Wilkinson (1179-England, 67-Lions) 1090 Neil Jenkins (1049-Wales, 41-Lions) 1083 Ronan O'Gara (Ireland) 1017 Owen Farrell (986-England, 31-Lions) 1010 Diego Dominguez (27-Argentina, 983-Italy) 992 Florin Vlaicu (Romania) 970 Stephen Jones (917-Wales, 53-Lions) 967 Andrew Mehrtens (New Zealand) 911 Michael Lynagh (Australia) 893 Percy Montgomery (South Africa) 878 Matt Burke (Australia) 873 Jonathan Sexton (868-Ireland, 5-Lions) 840 Merab Kvirikashvili (Georgia) 824 Leigh Halfpenny (775-Wales, 49-Lions) World Rugby All-Time Top Try Scorers: 67 Bryan Habana (South Africa) 64 David Campese (Australia) 60 Shane Williams (58-Wales, 2-Lions) 50 Rory Underwood (49-England, 1-Lions) 49 Doug Howlett (New Zealand) 47 Brian O'Driscoll (46-Ireland, 1-Lions) 46 Christian Cullen (New Zealand) 46 Joe Rokocoko (New Zealand) 46 Julian Savea (New Zealand) 44 George North (42-Wales, 2-Lions) 44 Jeff Wilson (New Zealand) 41 Gareth Thomas (40-Wales, 1-Lions) 40 Chris Latham (Australia) (Note: Daisuke Ohata scored 69 tries for Japan, but not all against major international opposition) The '100 Caps' Club: 153 Alun Wyn Jones (144-Wales, 9-Lions) 148 Richie McCaw (New Zealand) 142 Sergio Parisse (Italy) 141 Brian O'Driscoll (133-Ireland, 8-Lions) 139 George Gregan (Australia) 134 Gethin Jenkins (129-Wales, 5-Lions) 132 Keven Mealamu (New Zealand) 130 Ronan O'Gara (128-Ireland, 2-Lions) 129 Stephen Moore (Australia) 127 Victor Matfield (South Africa) 127 Kieran Read (New Zealand) 124 Rory Best (Ireland) 124 Bryan Habana (South Africa) 124 Florin Vlaicu (Romania) 122 Davit Kacharava (Georgia) 122 Sam Whitelock (New Zealand) 121 Adam Ashley-Cooper (Australia) 119 Martin Castrogiovanni (Italy) 119 Jason Leonard (114-England, 5-Lions) 119 Alessandro Zanni (Italy) 118 Fabien Pelous (France) 118 Tony Woodcock (New Zealand) 117 Tendai Mtawarira (South Africa) 116 Nathan Sharpe (Australia) 115 Yuri Kushnarev (Russia) 115 Merab Kvirikashvili (Georgia) 115 Paul O'Connell (108-Ireland, 7-Lions) 112 Marco Bortolami (Italy) 112 Dan Carter (New Zealand) 111 Ross Ford (110-Scotland, 1-Lions) 111 Philippe Sella (France) 111 John Smit (South Africa) 111 George Smith (Australia) 110 Will Genia (Australia) 110 Stephen Jones (104-Wales, 6-Lions) 110 Sekope Kepu (Australia) 109 Jean de Villiers (South Africa) 109 Catalin Fercu (Romania) 109 Chris Paterson (Scotland) 108 Owen Franks (New Zealand) 108 Ben Youngs (106-England, 2-Lions) 107 Leonardo Ghiraldini (Italy) 107 John Hayes (105-Ireland, 2-Lions) 106 Mauro Bergamasco (Italy) 106 Rob Simmons (Australia) 105 Cian Healy (Ireland) 105 Michael Hooper (Australia) 105 Sean Lamont (Scotland) 104 Victor Gresev (Russia) 104 Martyn Williams (100-Wales, 4-Lions) 103 Matt Giteau (Australia) 103 Andrea Lo Cicero (Italy) 103 Ma'a Nonu (New Zealand) 103 Gareth Thomas (100-Wales, 3-Lions) 102 Stephen Larkham (Australia) 102 Percy Montgomery (South Africa) 102 George North (99-Wales, 3-Lions) 102 Jonathan Sexton (96-Ireland, 6-Lions) 101 David Campese (Australia) 101 Alessandro Troncon (Italy) 101 Goncalo Uva (Portugal) 101 Vasco Uva (Portugal) 100 Valentin Calafeteanu (Romania) 100 Giorgi Chkhaidze (Georgia) 100 Andrei Garbuzov (Russia) 100 Jamie Heaslip (95-Ireland, 5-Lions) 100 Adam Jones (95-Wales, 5-Lions) 100 Mils Muliaina (New Zealand) 100 James Slipper (Australia)