TheBreakdown
Full time14 April 1973
Ireland
6–4
France
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Five Nations 1973Head-to-head

Ireland won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. –PIreland penalty · Tony Ensor3–0
  2. –PIreland penalty · Mike Gibson6–0
  3. –TFrance try · Jean Phliponneau6–4

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Ray McLoughlinProp
  2. 2Ken KennedyHooker
  3. 3Roger CleggProp
  4. 4Mick MolloySecond row
  5. 5Willie John McBrideSecond row
  6. 6Fergus SlatteryFlanker
  7. 7Stewart McKinneyFlanker
  8. 8Terence MooreNumber 8
  9. 9John MoloneyScrum-half
  10. 10Michael QuinnFly-half
  11. 11Wallace McMasterWing
  12. 12Mike GibsonCentre
  13. 13Dick MillikenCentre
  14. 14Seamus DennisonWing
  15. 15Tony EnsorFull-back
  16. 16Sean LynchBench
  17. 17Patrick WhelanBench
  18. 18Seamus DeeringBench
  19. 19Donal CanniffeBench
  20. 20Barry McGannBench
  21. 21Barry BresnihanBench

France

  1. 1Jean IracabalProp
  2. 2Renee BenesisHooker
  3. 3Jean-Louis AzareteProp
  4. 4Elie CesterSecond row
  5. 5Alain EsteveSecond row
  6. 6Olivier SaissetFlanker
  7. 7Jean-Paul BiemouretFlanker
  8. 8Walter SpangheroNumber 8
  9. 9Max BarrauScrum-half
  10. 10Jean-Pierre RomeuFly-half
  11. 11Jean PhliponneauWing
  12. 12Jo MasoCentre
  13. 13Christian BadinCentre
  14. 14Jack CantoniWing
  15. 15Jean-Michel AguirreFull-back
  16. 16Jean UgartemendiaBench
  17. 17Jean-Claude RossignolBench
  18. 18Jean Claude SkrelaBench
  19. 19JC UrutiagaBench
  20. 20J-C RoquesBench
  21. 21J-P PuydeboisBench

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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

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.