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11 Oct 2015

THANKS AND GOOD NIGHT!

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Stay tuned for the final pool match between Japan and the USA at 21:00

11 Oct 2015

QUARTER-FINAL LINE-UP

Ireland will play Argentina at the Millennium Stadium next Sunday at 14:00 SA time

France will play the All Blacks at the Millennium Stadium next Saturday at 21:00 SA time.

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IRELAND TOP THE POOL

Ireland finish as winners of Pool D, France as runners-up

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MAN OF THE MATCH

The award goes to Ireland loose forward Sean O'Brien

Good choice

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FULL-TIME IN CARDIFF

Ireland 24-9 France

Hughly impressive by Ireland. But at what cost did their win come? Injuries to 4 key players - and a possible citing

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80' - The seconds are ticking past

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78' - Penalty to Ireland as Vincent Debaty is penalised for walking around

Ireland finishing with a ruthless display. Very impressive to watch

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77' - Into the final 3 minutes and the match is won

Scrum to the Irish on their own 22m after a knock-on from the restart

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76' - Madigan's kick from 40m is OVER!

Ireland 24-9 France

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76' - Penalty at the scrum for Ireland

France look tired and Ireland are been given a second wind by their incredible supporters who are in full voice

Amazing atmosphere

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75' - Ireland's fans start to celebrate

Too early?

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74' - Rory Best off for SA-born Richardt Strauss

Best was massive today for Ireland

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73' - The conversion is GOOD from Madigan

Ireland 21-9 France

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71' - Scrumhalf CONOR MURRAY scores against the post for Ireland as the crowd goes mad

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72' - TRY!

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71' - France tackling for all their worth as Ireland pile forward in search of a second try

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70' - Madigan puts Ireland onto the attack and into the French 22m as we're into the last 10 minutes of the match

Time has flown by

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70' - Another escape for the Irish as France penalised for crossing/obsruction

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69' - Keith Earls spotted with an ice pack on his elbow

Could be serious...

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68' - Argentina and New Zealand will be interested watchers of this match

Not sure who they'd like to play to be honest

Argentina arguably playing better rugby than the All Blacks at the moment

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68' - Forward pass denies France

Relief for Ireland inside their 22m

Ireland starting to tire. Certainly not helped by injuries to key players

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67' - France march back into Irish territory

Should be a sensational finish to this match

Don't leave your seats!

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66' - High tackle by Ireland

Penalty to France. No card

Jack McGrath the offender

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66' - France certainly not out of this match

Loads to play for!

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65' - Bad control at the lineout by Ireland as they slap the ball down and it goes into touch

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64' - Parra makes no mistake

France to within 5 points

Ireland 14-9 France

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63' - Penalty to France in a kickable position

They elect to take the points through the boot of Morgan Parra

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62' - Luke Fitzgerald on for Keith Earls

Mathieu Bastareaud off for France, replaced by Alexandre Dumoulin

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62' - Penalty to France as Ireland hold on

Huge relief as Ireland prepare to make a tactical substitution rather than an injury-enforced one!

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61' - Ireland continue to attack

Players must be starting to tire. Amazing match

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60' - We're into the final quarter now

Ireland with an 9-point lead. Will they hang on for a famous victory?

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59' - Ireland's turn to defend a French maul now

And they turn it over!

Huge by Sean O'Brien

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58' - Penalty to France

What will they do?

They kick to touch. Lineout on the Irish 22m

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58' - France need to be the next team to score if they wish to stand any chance of winning the match - and avoiding a quarter-final against New Zealand

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56; - France also make changes - new halfback pairing on the field

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55' - Peter O'Mahony down and he's replaced by Chris Henry

Another bad looking injury for the Irish

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55' - Ireland lose possession and Kearney is forced to hurry back to field the French kick

He does well as Ireland have another player down

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53' - Oh dear, skipper Thierry Dusautoir drops it cold in midfield

Scrum to Ireland in the French 22m as their fans grow in voice

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52' - Hats off to Ireland who have lost their two best players in the match already

They are targeting the relatively small Michalak

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51' - The conversion is MISSED by Madigan

Ireland 14-6 France

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50' - FANTASTIC BY IRELAND!

They barge forward through their pack then spread it wide and ROB KEARNEY dives over in the tackle for the first try of the match

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50' - TRY!

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49' - Irish fans on their feet as they await the outcome of the scrum in the far right corner

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49' - Excellent play by Henshaw as he slices through the French backline

Closest Ireland have come to scoring a try

5m scrum after  aknock-on in the tackle

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48' - Blood injury

Vincent Debaty off, replaced by Eddy Ben Arous

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48' - Risky play - and pass - by Madigan. Almost intercepted

Ireland did have the advantge, but it's only a scrum advantage

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46' - Ireland struggling to get into the French 22m

Great 'D' from the French thus far

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