Full time28 January 1956
Stade Colombes, Paris, France · Five Nations 1956Head-to-head
France won by 6 points.
Scoring
- –CFrance conversion · Michel Vannier2–0
- –TFrance try · Andre Boniface5–0
- –TFrance try · Robert Baulon8–0
- –DFrance drop goal · Michel Vannier11–0
- –DFrance drop goal · Jacques Bouquet14–0
- –CIreland conversion · Alex Pedlow14–2
- –PIreland penalty · Alex Pedlow14–5
- –TIreland try · Tony O'Reilly14–8
Line-ups
France
- 1Amedee DomenechProp
- 2Paul LabadieHooker
- 3Rene BienesProp
- 4Michel CelayaSecond row
- 5Bernard ChevalierSecond row
- 6Robert BaulonFlanker
- 7Henri DomecFlanker
- 8Jean BartheNumber 8
- 9Gerard DufauScrum-half
- 10Jacques BouquetFly-half
- 11Jean DupuyWing
- 12Maurice PratCentre
- 13Guy StenerCentre
- 14Andre BonifaceWing
- 15Michel VannierFull-back
Ireland
- 1William FaganProp
- 2Robin RoeHooker
- 3Gordon WoodProp
- 4Thomas ReidSecond row
- 5Patrick LawlerSecond row
- 6Martin CunninghamFlanker
- 7James RitchieFlanker
- 8Adrian KennedyNumber 8
- 9Andy MulliganScrum-half
- 10Jack KyleFly-half
- 11Joseph GastonWing
- 12Alex PedlowCentre
- 13Tony O'ReillyCentre
- 14Sean QuinlanWing
- 15James McKelveyFull-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: 22 January 1955, France 5–3 Ireland
- Next meeting on record: 26 January 1957
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.