TheBreakdown
Full time19 February 1983
Ireland
22–16
France
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Five Nations 1983Head-to-head

Ireland won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. –CIreland conversion · Ollie Campbell2–0
  2. –PIreland penalty · Ollie Campbell5–0
  3. –PIreland penalty · Ollie Campbell8–0
  4. –PIreland penalty · Ollie Campbell11–0
  5. –PIreland penalty · Ollie Campbell14–0
  6. –TIreland try · Moss Finn18–0
  7. –TIreland try · Moss Finn22–0
  8. –CFrance conversion · Serge Blanco22–2
  9. –PFrance penalty · Serge Blanco22–5
  10. –PFrance penalty · Serge Blanco22–8
  11. –TFrance try · Serge Blanco22–12
  12. –TFrance try · Patrick Esteve22–16

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Phil OrrProp
  2. 2Ciaran FitzgeraldHooker
  3. 3Ginger McLoughlinProp
  4. 4Donal LenihanSecond row
  5. 5Moss KeaneSecond row
  6. 6Fergus SlatteryFlanker
  7. 7John O'DriscollFlanker
  8. 8Willie DugganNumber 8
  9. 9Robbie McGrathScrum-half
  10. 10Ollie CampbellFly-half
  11. 11Moss FinnWing
  12. 12Michael KiernanCentre
  13. 13David IrwinCentre
  14. 14Trevor RinglandWing
  15. 15Hugo MacNeillFull-back
  16. 16John CantrellBench
  17. 17Michael FitzpatrickBench
  18. 18Colm TuckerBench
  19. 19Michael BradleyBench
  20. 20Tony WardBench
  21. 21John MurphyBench

France

  1. 1Pierre DospitalProp
  2. 2Bernard HerreroHooker
  3. 3Robert PaparembordeProp
  4. 4Jean CondomSecond row
  5. 5Jean-Francois ImbernonSecond row
  6. 6Jean-Pierre RivesFlanker
  7. 7Dominique ErbaniFlanker
  8. 8Jean-Luc JoinelNumber 8
  9. 9Pierre BerbizierScrum-half
  10. 10Christian DelageFly-half
  11. 11Patrick EsteveWing
  12. 12Didier CodorniouCentre
  13. 13Christian BelascainCentre
  14. 14Philippe SellaWing
  15. 15Serge BlancoFull-back
  16. 16Jean-Louis DupontBench
  17. 17Daniel DubrocaBench
  18. 18Eric BuchetBench
  19. 19Gerald MartinezBench
  20. 20Patrick MesnyBench
  21. 21Bernard ViviesBench

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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.