Full time23 January 1954
Stade Colombes, Paris, France · Five Nations 1954Head-to-head
France won by 8 points.
Scoring
- –CFrance conversion · Jean Prat2–0
- –TFrance try · Maurice Prat5–0
- –TFrance try · Maurice Prat8–0
Line-ups
France
- 1Rene BrejassouProp
- 2Paul LabadieHooker
- 3Rene BienesProp
- 4Lucien MiasSecond row
- 5Bernard ChevalierSecond row
- 6Jean PratFlanker
- 7Henri DomecFlanker
- 8Michel CelayaNumber 8
- 9Gerard DufauScrum-half
- 10Andre HagetFly-half
- 11Fernand CazenaveWing
- 12Roger MartineCentre
- 13Maurice PratCentre
- 14Andre BonifaceWing
- 15Michel VannierFull-back
Ireland
- 1Frederick AndersonProp
- 2Robin RoeHooker
- 3John SmithProp
- 4Robin ThompsonSecond row
- 5Jimmy NelsonSecond row
- 6Gerald ReidyFlanker
- 7Jim McCarthyFlanker
- 8Thomas ReidNumber 8
- 9John O'MearaScrum-half
- 10Jack KyleFly-half
- 11Joseph GastonWing
- 12Alex PedlowCentre
- 13Noel HendersonCentre
- 14Maurice MortellWing
- 15Robin GreggFull-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: 24 January 1953, France 3–16 Ireland
- Next meeting on record: 22 January 1955
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.