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Full time20 January 1979
Ireland
9–9
France
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Five Nations 1979Head-to-head

A draw.

Scoring

  1. –PIreland penalty · Tony Ward3–0
  2. –PIreland penalty · Tony Ward6–0
  3. –PIreland penalty · Tony Ward9–0
  4. –CFrance conversion · Jean-Michel Aguirre9–2
  5. –PFrance penalty · Jean-Michel Aguirre9–5
  6. –TFrance try · Alain Caussade9–9

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Phil OrrProp
  2. 2Patrick WhelanHooker
  3. 3Ginger McLoughlinProp
  4. 4Moss KeaneSecond row
  5. 5Harry SteeleSecond row
  6. 6Colm TuckerFlanker
  7. 7Fergus SlatteryFlanker
  8. 8Michael GibsonNumber 8
  9. 9Colin PattersonScrum-half
  10. 10Tony WardFly-half
  11. 11Freddie McLennanWing
  12. 12Paul McNaughtonCentre
  13. 13Alistair McKibbinCentre
  14. 14Terry KennedyWing
  15. 15Richard SpringFull-back
  16. 16Ned ByrneBench
  17. 17Ciaran FitzgeraldBench
  18. 18Willie DugganBench
  19. 19John MoloneyBench
  20. 20AD GoodrichBench
  21. 21Ron ElliottBench

France

  1. 1Gerard CholleyProp
  2. 2Alain PacoHooker
  3. 3Robert PaparembordeProp
  4. 4Jean-Francois ImbernonSecond row
  5. 5Francis HagetSecond row
  6. 6Jean-Luc JoinelFlanker
  7. 7Jean-Pierre RivesFlanker
  8. 8Alain GuilbertNumber 8
  9. 9Jerome GallionScrum-half
  10. 10Alain CaussadeFly-half
  11. 11Guy NovèsWing
  12. 12Christian BelascainCentre
  13. 13Roland BertranneCentre
  14. 14Louis BilbaoWing
  15. 15Jean-Michel AguirreFull-back
  16. 16Jean PercheBench
  17. 17Guy ColomineBench
  18. 18Roland PetrissansBench
  19. 19Yves LaffargeBench
  20. 20Francois SangalliBench
  21. 21Roger AguerreBench

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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.