Ireland V France In The Heineken Cup

• The individual record of the three Irish provinces against French opposition is:
• Munster: P 20 W 13 L 7
• Ulster: P 15 W 6 L 8
• Leinster Lions: P 14 W 7 L 7

The full record of matches between the two countries is as follows:

1995-96 (P2, Fr2): Ulster 16, Begles-Bordeaux 29; Castres 19, Munster 12.

1996-97 (P2, Ir1, Fr1): Leinster 25, Pau 23; Ulster 6, Brive 17

1997-98 (P4, Ir1, Fr3): Leinster 25, Toulouse 34; Toulouse 38, Leinster 19; Munster 17, Bourgoin 15; Bourgoin 21, Munster 6.

1998-99 (P10, Ir5, Fr5): Leinster 17, Stade Francais 28; Stade Francais 56, Leinster 31; Perpignan 41, Munster 24; Munster 13, Perpignan 5; Toulouse 39, Ulster 3; Ulster 29, Toulouse 24; q-f Colomiers 23, Munster 9; Ulster 15, Toulouse 13; s-f: Ulster 33, Stade Francais 27; Final: Ulster 21, Colomiers 6.

1999-00 (P8, Ir5, Fr3): Stade Francais 39, Leinster 6; Leinster 24, Stade Francais 23; Bourgoin 26, Ulster 12; Ulster 27, Bourgoin 36; Colomiers 15, Munster 31; Munster 23, Colomiers 5; q-f: Munster 27, Stade Francais 10; s-f: Toulouse 25, Munster 31.

2000-01 (P8, Ir5, Fr2, D1): Leinster 35, Biarritz 9; Biarritz 30, Leinster 10; Toulouse 35, Ulster 35; Ulster 25, Toulouse 29; Castres 29, Munster 32; Munster 21, Castres 11; q-f: Munster 38, Biarritz 29; s-f: Stade Francais 16, Munster 15.

2001-02 (P8, Ir5, Fr3): Stade Francais 40, Ulster 11; Ulster 19, Stade Francais 16; Munster 28, Castres 23; Castres 21, Munster 13; Leinster 40, Toulouse 10; Toulouse 43, Leinster 7; q-f: Stade Francais 14, Munster 16; s-f: Castres 17, Munster 25.

2002-03 (P7, Ir5, Fr2): Ulster 13, Biarritz 9; Biarritz 25, Ulster 20; Montferrand 20, Leinster 23; Leinster 12, Montferrand 9; Munster 30, Perpignan 21; Perpignan 23, Munster 8; q-f: Leinster 18, Biarritz 13.

• No French side has won a knock-out game on Irish soil to date in six attempts. Ulster accounted for Toulouse and Stade Francais at Ravenhill in 1999 and then beat Colomiers at Lansdowne Road in the final. Munster have beaten Stade Francais and Biarritz at Thomond Park and Leinster Lions beat Biarritz at Lansdowne Road.
• French sides have only two successes in 11 starts against Irish opposition in knock-out matches to date in the Heineken Cup. Their only successes have been Colomiers' 23-9 victory over Musnter in the 1999 quarter-final and Stade Francais' 16-15 semi-final triumph over Munster in Lille in 2001.