78 mins: TRY Ireland fail to retain possession at a ruck and France steal a soft try, scored in the right corner by Dominici. Yachvili misses the difficult conversion.
Ireland 19-26 France

72 mins: TRY Lansdowne Road bursts into life as an explosive run from captain Brian O'Driscoll brings Ireland a try under the posts which O'Gara converts to cut the deficit to two points.
Ireland 19-21 France

70 mins: Yachvili sends a penalty wide as Ireland bring on Marcus Horan and Eric Miller for Reggie Corrigan and Anthony Foley. Pascal Pape replaces French skipper Fabien Pelous

69 mins: Frederic Michalak comes on at fly-half for Delaigue.

65 mins: Ireland shun the chance of another three points and kick a penalty into the corner to put France under pressure.

60 mins: PENALTY Ireland are penalised for coming in from the side, giving Yachvili the chance to restore France's nine-point cushion with a fine kick.
Ireland 12-21 France

55 mins: Gregory Lamboley comes into the French back row, with Yannick Nyanga going off.

48 mins: PENALTY Ireland get much-needed points on the board with a fourth O'Gara penalty, this one from in front of the posts.
Ireland 12-18 France

41 mins: France, with Stade Fran�ais prop Pieter de Villiers on for Nicolas Mas in a tactical switch, put Ireland under more pressure.

Half-time: Ireland 9-18 France

32 mins: TRY Centre Benoit Baby runs from halfway and breaks through the Irish defence for a try on his international debut. Yachvili lands a fine conversion from out on the left.
Ireland 9-18 France

28 mins: TRY A classy France attack ends with winger Christophe Dominici scoring the first touchdown to give the visitors the lead. It is Dominici's 17th try in 46 Tests. Delaigue is well wide with the conversion.
Ireland 9-11 France

24 mins: PENALTY A French offside leads to fly-half O'Gara breaking the Irish points record held by David Humphreys.
Ireland 9-6 France

23 mins: O'Gara misses a decent penalty chance after another French ruck infringement.

20 mins: PENALTY Simon Easterby is caught offside and scrum-half Dimitri Yachvili gets France on terms with the penalty.
Ireland 6-6 France

17 mins: PENALTY A Delaigue high tackle gives Ireland a 33-metre penalty which O'Gara lands to put the home side in front again.
Ireland 6-3 France

11 mins: DROP GOAL A strong French driving maul sets up Yann Delaigue to level the scores with a drop goal.
Ireland 3-3 France

8 mins: PENALTY France are guilty of handling in a ruck, allowing fly-half O'Gara to kick the first points.
Ireland 3-0 France

2 mins: Denis Hickie makes an important interception to thwart a dangerous France attack down the right flank.

1335 GMT: Ireland's Ronan O'Gara gets the game underway five minutes late with France opting to play into the breeze.

Ireland, led out by Denis Hickie on the occasion of his 50th cap, are aiming to stay on course for Grand Slam glory by beating France.

Eddie O'Sullivan's side have beaten Italy, Scotland and England without having hit top gear and are aware the unpredictable French could cause them big problems .

Ulster's Kevin Maggs earns his 68th cap at centre, replacing Shane Horgan who has a thumb injury.

For France, centre Benoit Baby has been called up for his first cap while Cedric Heymans comes in on the wing.

France: J Laharrague (Brive); C Heymans (Stade Toulousain), Y Jauzion (Stade Toulousain), B Baby (Toulouse), C Dominici (Stade Fran�ais), Y Delaigue, (Castres), D Yachvili (Biarritz); S Marconnet (Stade Francais); S Bruno (Sale), N Mas (Perpignan), F Pelous (Stade Toulousain, capt), J Thion (Biarritz), S Betsen (Biarritz), Y Nyanga (Beziers), J Bonnaire (Bourgoin) .
Replacements: W Servat (Stade Toulousain), P De Villiers (Stade Fran�ais), P Pape (Bourgoin), G Lamboley (Stade Toulousain), P Mignoni (Clermont), F Michalak (Stade Toulousain), D Marty.

Referee: T Spreadbury (England)