Full time30 January 1971
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Five Nations 1971Head-to-head
A draw.
Scoring
- –PIreland penalty · Barry O'Driscoll3–0
- –PIreland penalty · Barry O'Driscoll6–0
- –TIreland try · Edwin Grant9–0
- –PFrance penalty · Pierre Villepreux9–3
- –PFrance penalty · Pierre Villepreux9–6
- –DFrance drop goal · Jean-Louis Berot9–9
Line-ups
Ireland
- 1Ray McLoughlinProp
- 2Ken KennedyHooker
- 3Sean LynchProp
- 4Willie John McBrideSecond row
- 5Mick MolloySecond row
- 6Mike HipwellFlanker
- 7Fergus SlatteryFlanker
- 8Denis HickieNumber 8
- 9Roger YoungScrum-half
- 10Barry McGannFly-half
- 11Edwin GrantWing
- 12Mike GibsonCentre
- 13Barry BresnihanCentre
- 14Alan DugganWing
- 15Tom KiernanFull-back
- Barry O'DriscollBench
France
- 1Marc EtcheverryProp
- 2Renee BenesisHooker
- 3Jean-Louis AzareteProp
- 4Jean-Pierre BastiatSecond row
- 5Jean Le DroffSecond row
- 6Gerard ViardFlanker
- 7Andre QuilisFlanker
- 8Benoit DaugaNumber 8
- 9Michel PebeyreScrum-half
- 10Jean-Louis BerotFly-half
- 11Jack CantoniWing
- 12Jean-Pierre LuxCentre
- 13Jean TrilloCentre
- 14Jean SillieresWing
- 15Pierre VillepreuxFull-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: 24 January 1970, Ireland 0–8 France
- Next meeting on record: 29 January 1972
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.