TheBreakdown
Full time2 February 1991
Ireland
13–21
France
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Five Nations 1991Head-to-head

France won by 8 points.

Scoring

  1. –PIreland penalty · Michael Kiernan3–0
  2. –PIreland penalty · Michael Kiernan6–0
  3. –PIreland penalty · Michael Kiernan9–0
  4. –TIreland try · Steve Smith13–0
  5. –CFrance conversion · Didier Camberabero13–2
  6. –CFrance conversion · Didier Camberabero13–4
  7. –PFrance penalty · Didier Camberabero13–7
  8. –PFrance penalty · Didier Camberabero13–10
  9. –PFrance penalty · Didier Camberabero13–13
  10. –TFrance try · Patrice Lagisquet13–17
  11. –TFrance try · Laurent Cabannes13–21

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1John FitzgeraldProp
  2. 2Steve SmithHooker
  3. 3Des FitzgeraldProp
  4. 4Mick GalweySecond row
  5. 5Brian RigneySecond row
  6. 6Phil MatthewsFlanker
  7. 7Gordon HamiltonFlanker
  8. 8Brian RobinsonNumber 8
  9. 9Rob SaundersScrum-half
  10. 10Brian SmithFly-half
  11. 11Kenny HooksWing
  12. 12Michael KiernanCentre
  13. 13Brendan MullinCentre
  14. 14Simon GeogheganWing
  15. 15Kenny MurphyFull-back
  16. 16Jim StaplesBench
  17. 17Vince CunninghamBench
  18. 18Alain RollandBench
  19. 19Noel MannionBench
  20. 20Gary HalpinBench
  21. 21Terry KingstonBench

France

  1. 1Gregoire LascubeProp
  2. 2Philippe MaroccoHooker
  3. 3Pascal OndartsProp
  4. 4Michel TachdjianSecond row
  5. 5Olivier RoumatSecond row
  6. 6Xavier BlondFlanker
  7. 7Laurent CabannesFlanker
  8. 8Marc CecillonNumber 8
  9. 9Pierre BerbizierScrum-half
  10. 10Didier CamberaberoFly-half
  11. 11Patrice LagisquetWing
  12. 12Denis CharvetCentre
  13. 13Franck MesnelCentre
  14. 14Jean-Baptiste LafondWing
  15. 15Serge BlancoFull-back
  16. 16Philippe Saint-AndreBench
  17. 17Thierry LacroixBench
  18. 18Henri SanzBench
  19. 19Christophe DeslandesBench
  20. 20Philippe GimbertBench
  21. 21Vincent MoscatoBench

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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.