TheBreakdown
Full time19 March 1977
Ireland
6–15
France
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Five Nations 1977Head-to-head

France won by 9 points.

Scoring

  1. –PIreland penalty · Mike Gibson3–0
  2. –PIreland penalty · Michael Quinn6–0
  3. –CFrance conversion · Jean-Michel Aguirre6–2
  4. –PFrance penalty · Jean-Michel Aguirre6–5
  5. –PFrance penalty · Jean-Michel Aguirre6–8
  6. –PFrance penalty · Jean-Pierre Romeu6–11
  7. –TFrance try · Jean-Pierre Bastiat6–15

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Phil OrrProp
  2. 2Patrick WhelanHooker
  3. 3Ned ByrneProp
  4. 4Moss KeaneSecond row
  5. 5Ronnie HakinSecond row
  6. 6Harry SteeleFlanker
  7. 7Fergus SlatteryFlanker
  8. 8Willie DugganNumber 8
  9. 9John RobbieScrum-half
  10. 10Michael QuinnFly-half
  11. 11Freddie McLennanWing
  12. 12Mike GibsonCentre
  13. 13Raymond FinnCentre
  14. 14Tom GraceWing
  15. 15Tony EnsorFull-back
  16. 16Roger CleggBench
  17. 17John CantrellBench
  18. 18Stewart McKinneyBench
  19. 19Robbie McGrathBench
  20. 20Stephen Blake-KnoxBench
  21. 21Larry MoloneyBench

France

  1. 1Gerard CholleyProp
  2. 2Alain PacoHooker
  3. 3Robert PaparembordeProp
  4. 4Jean-Francois ImbernonSecond row
  5. 5Michel PalmiéSecond row
  6. 6Jean-Pierre RivesFlanker
  7. 7Jean Claude SkrelaFlanker
  8. 8Jean-Pierre BastiatNumber 8
  9. 9Jacques FourouxScrum-half
  10. 10Jean-Pierre RomeuFly-half
  11. 11Jean-Luc AverousWing
  12. 12Francois SangalliCentre
  13. 13Roland BertranneCentre
  14. 14Dominique HarizeWing
  15. 15Jean-Michel AguirreFull-back
  16. 16Christian SwierczinskiBench
  17. 17Armand VaquerinBench
  18. 18Alain GuilbertBench
  19. 19Richard AstreBench
  20. 20M BillacBench
  21. 21Christian DelageBench

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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.