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Full time26 January 1957
Ireland
11–6
France
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Five Nations 1957Head-to-head

Ireland won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. –CIreland conversion · Alex Pedlow2–0
  2. –PIreland penalty · Alex Pedlow5–0
  3. –TIreland try · Niall Brophy8–0
  4. –TIreland try · Jack Kyle11–0
  5. –PFrance penalty · Michel Vannier11–3
  6. –PFrance penalty · Michel Vannier11–6

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Patrick O'DonoghueProp
  2. 2Robin RoeHooker
  3. 3Gordon WoodProp
  4. 4Thomas ReidSecond row
  5. 5James BradySecond row
  6. 6Hubert O'ConnorFlanker
  7. 7Patrick O'SullivanFlanker
  8. 8James KavanaghNumber 8
  9. 9Andy MulliganScrum-half
  10. 10Jack KyleFly-half
  11. 11Niall BrophyWing
  12. 12Alex PedlowCentre
  13. 13Noel HendersonCentre
  14. 14Tony O'ReillyWing
  15. 15Patrick BerkeryFull-back

France

  1. 1Andre SanacProp
  2. 2Paul LabadieHooker
  3. 3Amedee DomenechProp
  4. 4Michel HocheSecond row
  5. 5Michel CelayaSecond row
  6. 6Robert BaulonFlanker
  7. 7Francois MonclaFlanker
  8. 8Jean BartheNumber 8
  9. 9Gerard DufauScrum-half
  10. 10Andre HagetFly-half
  11. 11Jean DupuyWing
  12. 12Maurice PratCentre
  13. 13Andre BonifaceCentre
  14. 14Christian DarrouyWing
  15. 15Michel VannierFull-back

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Context

All-time, Ireland 37–62 France, 7 drawn in 106 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Ireland going in
France going in

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.