Full time18 April 1959
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Five Nations 1959Head-to-head
Ireland won by 4 points.
Scoring
- –PIreland penalty · Dave Hewitt3–0
- –TIreland try · Niall Brophy6–0
- –DIreland drop goal · Mick English9–0
- –CFrance conversion · Pierre Lacaze9–2
- –TFrance try · Jean Dupuy9–5
Line-ups
Ireland
- 1Syd MillarProp
- 2Ronnie DawsonHooker
- 3Gordon WoodProp
- 4Bill MulcahySecond row
- 5Michael CullitonSecond row
- 6James KavanaghFlanker
- 7Noel MurphyFlanker
- 8Patrick O'SullivanNumber 8
- 9Andy MulliganScrum-half
- 10Mick EnglishFly-half
- 11Tony O'ReillyWing
- 12Michael FlynnCentre
- 13Dave HewittCentre
- 14Niall BrophyWing
- 15Noel HendersonFull-back
France
- 1Aldo QuaglioProp
- 2Robert VigierHooker
- 3Alfred RoquesProp
- 4Bernard MommejatSecond row
- 5Lucien MiasSecond row
- 6Francois MonclaFlanker
- 7Jean CarrereFlanker
- 8Michel CrausteNumber 8
- 9Pierre DanosScrum-half
- 10Claude MantoulanFly-half
- 11Serge MericqWing
- 12Louis CasauxCentre
- 13Jacques BouquetCentre
- 14Jean DupuyWing
- 15Pierre LacazeFull-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
- Previous meeting: 19 April 1958, Ireland 6–11 France
- Next meeting on record: 9 April 1960
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.