TheBreakdown
Full time24 January 1970
France
8–0
Ireland
Stade Colombes, Paris, France · Five Nations 1970Head-to-head

France won by 8 points.

Scoring

  1. –CFrance conversion · Lucien Paries2–0
  2. –TFrance try · Jean Sillieres5–0
  3. –DFrance drop goal · Lucien Paries8–0

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Jean IracabalProp
  2. 2Renee BenesisHooker
  3. 3Jean-Louis AzareteProp
  4. 4Elie CesterSecond row
  5. 5Jean-Pierre BastiatSecond row
  6. 6Jean-Paul BiemouretFlanker
  7. 7Christian CarrereFlanker
  8. 8Benoit DaugaNumber 8
  9. 9Gerard SutraScrum-half
  10. 10Lucien PariesFly-half
  11. 11Jean SillieresWing
  12. 12Jean-Pierre LuxCentre
  13. 13Alain MarotCentre
  14. 14Roger BourgarelWing
  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. 6Fergus SlatteryFlanker
  7. 7Roger LamontFlanker
  8. 8Ken GoodallNumber 8
  9. 9Roger YoungScrum-half
  10. 10Barry McGannFly-half
  11. 11William BrownWing
  12. 12Mike GibsonCentre
  13. 13Barry BresnihanCentre
  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.