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Full time1 March 1975
Ireland
25–6
France
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Five Nations 1975Head-to-head

Ireland won by 19 points.

Scoring

  1. –CIreland conversion · William McCombe2–0
  2. –CIreland conversion · William McCombe4–0
  3. –PIreland penalty · William McCombe7–0
  4. –TIreland try · Tony Ensor11–0
  5. –TIreland try · Tom Grace15–0
  6. –TIreland try · Willie John McBride19–0
  7. –DIreland drop goal · William McCombe22–0
  8. –DIreland drop goal · William McCombe25–0
  9. –PFrance penalty · Lucien Paries25–3
  10. –DFrance drop goal · Lucien Paries25–6

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Ray McLoughlinProp
  2. 2Ken KennedyHooker
  3. 3Roger CleggProp
  4. 4Willie John McBrideSecond row
  5. 5Moss KeaneSecond row
  6. 6Fergus SlatteryFlanker
  7. 7Mike SherryFlanker
  8. 8Willie DugganNumber 8
  9. 9John MoloneyScrum-half
  10. 10William McCombeFly-half
  11. 11Wallace McMasterWing
  12. 12Mike GibsonCentre
  13. 13Dick MillikenCentre
  14. 14Tom GraceWing
  15. 15Tony EnsorFull-back
  16. 16Paddy AgnewBench
  17. 17Harry SteeleBench
  18. 18Michael QuinnBench
  19. 19Donal CanniffeBench
  20. 20Patrick WhelanBench
  21. 21Christopher McKibbinBench

France

  1. 1Armand VaquerinProp
  2. 2Jean UgartemendiaHooker
  3. 3Gerard CholleyProp
  4. 4Claude SpangheroSecond row
  5. 5Alain GuilbertSecond row
  6. 6Jean-Pierre RivesFlanker
  7. 7Jean Claude SkrelaFlanker
  8. 8Victor BoffelliNumber 8
  9. 9Richard AstreScrum-half
  10. 10Lucien PariesFly-half
  11. 11Jean-Francois GourdonWing
  12. 12Francois SangalliCentre
  13. 13Roland BertranneCentre
  14. 14Jean-Luc AverousWing
  15. 15Michel TaffaryFull-back
  16. 16Yres BrunetBench
  17. 17Robert PaparembordeBench
  18. 18Jean-Pierre BastiatBench
  19. 19Michel PebeyreBench
  20. 20Christian BadinBench
  21. 21Jean-Michel AguirreBench

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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.