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Full time27 January 1968
France
16–6
Ireland
Stade Colombes, Paris, France · Five Nations 1968Head-to-head

France won by 10 points.

Scoring

  1. –CFrance conversion · Pierre Villepreux2–0
  2. –CFrance conversion · Pierre Villepreux4–0
  3. –PFrance penalty · Pierre Villepreux7–0
  4. –TFrance try · Andre Campaes10–0
  5. –TFrance try · Benoit Dauga13–0
  6. –DFrance drop goal · Jean Gachassin16–0
  7. –PIreland penalty · William McCombe16–3
  8. –PIreland penalty · William McCombe16–6

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Alain AbadieProp
  2. 2Jean-Michel CabanierHooker
  3. 3Arnaldo GruarinProp
  4. 4Elie CesterSecond row
  5. 5Benoit DaugaSecond row
  6. 6Jean-Pierre SalutFlanker
  7. 7Christian CarrereFlanker
  8. 8Walter SpangheroNumber 8
  9. 9Jean-Henri MirScrum-half
  10. 10Jean GachassinFly-half
  11. 11Andre CampaesWing
  12. 12Jean-Pierre LuxCentre
  13. 13Jean TrilloCentre
  14. 14Bernard DupratWing
  15. 15Pierre VillepreuxFull-back

Ireland

  1. 1Syd MillarProp
  2. 2Ken KennedyHooker
  3. 3Philip O'CallaghanProp
  4. 4Willie John McBrideSecond row
  5. 5Mick MolloySecond row
  6. 6Mick DoyleFlanker
  7. 7Ken GoodallFlanker
  8. 8Mike HipwellNumber 8
  9. 9Brendan SherryScrum-half
  10. 10William McCombeFly-half
  11. 11Desmond ScottWing
  12. 12Barry BresnihanCentre
  13. 13Brian O'BrienCentre
  14. 14Alan DugganWing
  15. 15Tom KiernanFull-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

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.