TheBreakdown
Full time29 January 1972
France
9–14
Ireland
Stade Colombes, Paris, France · Five Nations 1972Head-to-head

Ireland won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. –CFrance conversion · Pierre Villepreux2–0
  2. –PFrance penalty · Pierre Villepreux5–0
  3. –TFrance try · Jean-Pierre Lux9–0
  4. –PIreland penalty · Tom Kiernan9–3
  5. –PIreland penalty · Tom Kiernan9–6
  6. –TIreland try · John Moloney9–10
  7. –TIreland try · Ray McLoughlin9–14

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Armand VaquerinProp
  2. 2Renee BenesisHooker
  3. 3Jean MartinProp
  4. 4Alain EsteveSecond row
  5. 5Benoit DaugaSecond row
  6. 6Olivier SaissetFlanker
  7. 7Victor BoffelliFlanker
  8. 8Yvan BuonomoNumber 8
  9. 9Richard AstreScrum-half
  10. 10Jean-Louis BerotFly-half
  11. 11Jack CantoniWing
  12. 12Jean-Pierre LuxCentre
  13. 13Claude DourtheCentre
  14. 14Roland BertranneWing
  15. 15Pierre VillepreuxFull-back
  16. Jean Claude SkrelaBench

Ireland

  1. 1Sean LynchProp
  2. 2Ken KennedyHooker
  3. 3Ray McLoughlinProp
  4. 4Willie John McBrideSecond row
  5. 5Conleth FeigherySecond row
  6. 6Fergus SlatteryFlanker
  7. 7Stewart McKinneyFlanker
  8. 8Denis HickieNumber 8
  9. 9John MoloneyScrum-half
  10. 10Barry McGannFly-half
  11. 11Wallace McMasterWing
  12. 12Michael FlynnCentre
  13. 13Mike GibsonCentre
  14. 14Tom GraceWing
  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.