TheBreakdown
Full time13 February 2016
France
10–9
Ireland
Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France · Six Nations 2016Head-to-head

France won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. 15’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton0–3
  2. 29’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton0–6
  3. 32’PFrance penalty · Jules Plisson3–6
  4. 39’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton3–9
  5. 70’TFrance try · Maxime Medard8–9
  6. 71’CFrance conversion · Jules Plisson10–9

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Jefferson PoirotProp
  2. 2Guilhem GuiradoHooker
  3. 3Uini AtonioProp
  4. 4Alexandre FlanquartSecond row
  5. 5Yoann MaestriSecond row
  6. 6Wenceslas LauretFlanker
  7. 7Yacouba CamaraFlanker
  8. 8Damien ChoulyNumber 8
  9. 9Sebastien BezyScrum-half
  10. 10Jules PlissonFly-half
  11. 11Virimi VakatawaWing
  12. 12Jonathan DantyCentre
  13. 13Maxime MermozCentre
  14. 14Teddy ThomasWing
  15. 15Maxime MedardFull-back
  16. 16Camille ChatBench
  17. 17Rabah SlimaniBench
  18. 18Eddy Ben ArousBench
  19. 19Paul JedrasiakBench
  20. 20Loann GoujonBench
  21. 21Maxime MachenaudBench
  22. 22Jean Marc DoussainBench
  23. 23Hugo BonnevalBench

Ireland

  1. 1Jack McGrathProp
  2. 2Rory BestHooker
  3. 3Nathan WhiteProp
  4. 4Devin TonerSecond row
  5. 5Mike McCarthySecond row
  6. 6CJ StanderFlanker
  7. 7Sean O'BrienFlanker
  8. 8Jamie HeaslipNumber 8
  9. 9Conor MurrayScrum-half
  10. 10Johnny SextonFly-half
  11. 11Dave KearneyWing
  12. 12Robbie HenshawCentre
  13. 13Jared PayneCentre
  14. 14Andrew TrimbleWing
  15. 15Rob KearneyFull-back
  16. 16Richardt StraussBench
  17. 17James CroninBench
  18. 18Tadhg FurlongBench
  19. 19Donnacha RyanBench
  20. 20Tommy O'DonnellBench
  21. 21Eoin ReddanBench
  22. 22Ian MadiganBench
  23. 23Fergus McFaddenBench

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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.