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Full time1 March 1980
France
19–18
Ireland
Parc des Princes, Paris, France · Five Nations 1980Head-to-head

France won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. –CFrance conversion · Jean-Michel Aguirre2–0
  2. –PFrance penalty · Jean-Michel Aguirre5–0
  3. –PFrance penalty · Jean-Michel Aguirre8–0
  4. –TFrance try · Jean-Francois Gourdon12–0
  5. –TFrance try · Jean-Francois Gourdon16–0
  6. –DFrance drop goal · Pierre Pedeutour19–0
  7. –CIreland conversion · Ollie Campbell19–2
  8. –PIreland penalty · Ollie Campbell19–5
  9. –PIreland penalty · Ollie Campbell19–8
  10. –PIreland penalty · Ollie Campbell19–11
  11. –TIreland try · Freddie McLennan19–15
  12. –DIreland drop goal · Ollie Campbell19–18

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Armand VaquerinProp
  2. 2Philippe DintransHooker
  3. 3Pierre DospitalProp
  4. 4Jean-Francois MarchalSecond row
  5. 5Francis HagetSecond row
  6. 6Jean-Luc JoinelFlanker
  7. 7Jean-Pierre RivesFlanker
  8. 8Michel ClementeNumber 8
  9. 9Jerome GallionScrum-half
  10. 10Pierre PedeutourFly-half
  11. 11Frederic CostesWing
  12. 12Didier CodorniouCentre
  13. 13Roland BertranneCentre
  14. 14Jean-Francois GourdonWing
  15. 15Jean-Michel AguirreFull-back
  16. 16Yres BrunetBench
  17. 17Daniel RevallierBench
  18. 18Rene TrailleBench
  19. 19Yves LaffargeBench
  20. 20Bernard ViviesBench
  21. 21Serge GabernetBench

Ireland

  1. 1Phil OrrProp
  2. 2Ciaran FitzgeraldHooker
  3. 3Michael FitzpatrickProp
  4. 4Brendan FoleySecond row
  5. 5Moss KeaneSecond row
  6. 6Fergus SlatteryFlanker
  7. 7John O'DriscollFlanker
  8. 8Donal SpringNumber 8
  9. 9Colin PattersonScrum-half
  10. 10Ollie CampbellFly-half
  11. 11Freddie McLennanWing
  12. 12Paul McNaughtonCentre
  13. 13David IrwinCentre
  14. 14Terry KennedyWing
  15. 15Rodney O'DonnellFull-back
  16. 16Patrick WhelanBench
  17. 17Ginger McLoughlinBench
  18. 18Colm TuckerBench
  19. 19John RobbieBench
  20. 20Tony WardBench
  21. 21Kevin O'BrienBench

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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.