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Full time2 March 1985
Ireland
15–15
France
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Five Nations 1985Head-to-head

A draw.

Scoring

  1. –PIreland penalty · Michael Kiernan3–0
  2. –PIreland penalty · Michael Kiernan6–0
  3. –PIreland penalty · Michael Kiernan9–0
  4. –PIreland penalty · Michael Kiernan12–0
  5. –PIreland penalty · Michael Kiernan15–0
  6. –CFrance conversion · Jean-Patrick Lescarboura15–2
  7. –CFrance conversion · Jean-Patrick Lescarboura15–4
  8. –PFrance penalty · Jean-Patrick Lescarboura15–7
  9. –TFrance try · Didier Codorniou15–11
  10. –TFrance try · Patrick Esteve15–15

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Phil OrrProp
  2. 2Ciaran FitzgeraldHooker
  3. 3Jim McCoyProp
  4. 4Donal LenihanSecond row
  5. 5Willie AndersonSecond row
  6. 6Phil MatthewsFlanker
  7. 7Nigel CarrFlanker
  8. 8Brian SpillaneNumber 8
  9. 9Michael BradleyScrum-half
  10. 10Paul DeanFly-half
  11. 11Keith CrossanWing
  12. 12Michael KiernanCentre
  13. 13Rory MoroneyCentre
  14. 14Trevor RinglandWing
  15. 15Hugo MacNeillFull-back
  16. 16Michael FitzpatrickBench
  17. 17Harry HarbisonBench
  18. 18Bran McCallBench
  19. 19Rab BradyBench
  20. 20Ralph KeyesBench
  21. 21Philip RaineyBench

France

  1. 1Pierre DospitalProp
  2. 2Philippe DintransHooker
  3. 3Jean-Pierre GaruetProp
  4. 4Francis HagetSecond row
  5. 5Jean CondomSecond row
  6. 6Jacques GrattonFlanker
  7. 7Laurent RodriguezFlanker
  8. 8Jean-Luc JoinelNumber 8
  9. 9Jerome GallionScrum-half
  10. 10Jean-Patrick LescarbouraFly-half
  11. 11Patrick EsteveWing
  12. 12Didier CodorniouCentre
  13. 13Philippe SellaCentre
  14. 14Laurent PardoWing
  15. 15Serge BlancoFull-back
  16. 16Christian RizonBench
  17. 17Pierre-Edouard DetrezBench
  18. 18Jean-Charles OrsoBench
  19. 19Pierre BerbizierBench
  20. 20Eric BonnevalBench
  21. 21Guy LaporteBench

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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.