Full time26 January 1952
Stade Colombes, Paris, France · Five Nations 1952Head-to-head
Ireland won by 3 points.
Scoring
- –CFrance conversion · Jean Prat2–0
- –PFrance penalty · Jean Prat5–0
- –TFrance try · Jean Prat8–0
- –CIreland conversion · John Notley8–2
- –PIreland penalty · Noel Henderson8–5
- –TIreland try · Noel Henderson8–8
- –TIreland try · Jim McCarthy8–11
Line-ups
France
- 1Rene BrejassouProp
- 2Paul LabadieHooker
- 3Rene BienesProp
- 4Bernard ChevalierSecond row
- 5Lucien MiasSecond row
- 6Jean PratFlanker
- 7Jean BourdeuFlanker
- 8Guy BasquetNumber 8
- 9Paul LasaosaScrum-half
- 10Antoine LabazuyFly-half
- 11Dacien OliveWing
- 12Roger MartineCentre
- 13Maurice PratCentre
- 14Alain PorthaultWing
- 15Georges BrunFull-back
Ireland
- 1Tommy CliffordProp
- 2Karl MullenHooker
- 3John SmithProp
- 4Robin ThompsonSecond row
- 5Patrick LawlerSecond row
- 6Bill McKayFlanker
- 7Jim McCarthyFlanker
- 8Des O'BrienNumber 8
- 9John O'MearaScrum-half
- 10Jack KyleFly-half
- 11George PhippsWing
- 12Richard ChambersCentre
- 13Noel HendersonCentre
- 14Mick LaneWing
- 15John NotleyFull-back
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Context
All-time, France 62–37 Ireland, 7 drawn in 106 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
France going in
Ireland going in
- Previous meeting: 27 January 1951, France 8–9 Ireland
- Next meeting on record: 24 January 1953
Also on this day
Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.