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Full time6 February 1999
Ireland
9–10
France
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Five Nations 1999Head-to-head

France won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. 1’PIreland penalty · David Humphreys3–0
  2. 1’PIreland penalty · David Humphreys6–0
  3. 1’PIreland penalty · David Humphreys9–0
  4. 62’CFrance conversion · Thomas Castaignede9–2
  5. 62’TFrance try · Emile Ntamack9–7
  6. 80’PFrance penalty · Thomas Castaignede9–10

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Peter ClohessyProp
  2. 2Keith WoodHooker
  3. 3Paul WallaceProp
  4. 4Paddy JohnsSecond row
  5. 5Jeremy DavidsonSecond row
  6. 6Eric MillerFlanker
  7. 7Dion O'CuinneagainFlanker
  8. 8Victor CostelloNumber 8
  9. 9Conor McGuinnessScrum-half
  10. 10David HumphreysFly-half
  11. 11Girvan DempseyWing
  12. 12Jonathan BellCentre
  13. 13Kevin MaggsCentre
  14. 14Justin BishopWing
  15. 15Conor O'SheaFull-back
  16. 16Rob HendersonBench
  17. 17Eric ElwoodBench
  18. 18Ciaran ScallyBench
  19. 19Trevor BrennanBench
  20. 20Mick GalweyBench
  21. 21Justin FitzpatrickBench
  22. 22Ross NesdaleBench

France

  1. 1Christian CalifanoProp
  2. 2Raphaël IbanezHooker
  3. 3Franck TournaireProp
  4. 4Olivier BrouzetSecond row
  5. 5Fabien PelousSecond row
  6. 6Philippe BenettonFlanker
  7. 7Olivier MagneFlanker
  8. 8Thomas LievremontNumber 8
  9. 9Philippe CarbonneauScrum-half
  10. 10Thomas CastaignedeFly-half
  11. 11Thomas LombardWing
  12. 12Franck CombaCentre
  13. 13Richard DourtheCentre
  14. 14Philippe Bernat-SallesWing
  15. 15Emile NtamackFull-back
  16. 16Christophe LaussucqBench
  17. 17Arthur GomesBench
  18. 18David AucagneBench
  19. 20Thierry CledaBench
  20. 21Sylvain MarconnetBench
  21. 22Marc Dal MasoBench

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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.