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Full time3 February 2018
France
13–15
Ireland
Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France · Six Nations 2018Head-to-head

Ireland won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. 3’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton0–3
  2. 22’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton0–6
  3. 36’PFrance penalty · Maxime Machenaud3–6
  4. 39’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton3–9
  5. 47’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton3–12
  6. 54’PFrance penalty · Maxime Machenaud6–12
  7. 72’TFrance try · Teddy Thomas11–12
  8. 74’CFrance conversion · Anthony Belleau13–12
  9. 83’DIreland drop goal · Johnny Sexton13–15

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Jefferson PoirotProp
  2. 2Guilhem GuiradoHooker
  3. 3Rabah SlimaniProp
  4. 4Arthur IturriaSecond row
  5. 5Sebastien VahaamahinaSecond row
  6. 6Wenceslas LauretFlanker
  7. 7Yacouba CamaraFlanker
  8. 8Kevin GourdonNumber 8
  9. 9Maxime MachenaudScrum-half
  10. 10Matthieu JalibertFly-half
  11. 11Virimi VakatawaWing
  12. 12Henry ChavancyCentre
  13. 13Remi LameratCentre
  14. 14Teddy ThomasWing
  15. 15Geoffrey PalisFull-back
  16. 16Adrien PelissieBench
  17. 17Dany PrisoBench
  18. 18Cedate Gomes SaBench
  19. 19Paul GabrillaguesBench
  20. 20Marco TauleigneBench
  21. 21Antoine DupontBench
  22. 22Anthony BelleauBench
  23. 23Benjamin FallBench

Ireland

  1. 1Cian HealyProp
  2. 2Rory BestHooker
  3. 3Tadhg FurlongProp
  4. 4Iain HendersonSecond row
  5. 5James RyanSecond row
  6. 6Peter O'MahonyFlanker
  7. 7Josh van der FlierFlanker
  8. 8CJ StanderNumber 8
  9. 9Conor MurrayScrum-half
  10. 10Johnny SextonFly-half
  11. 11Jacob StockdaleWing
  12. 12Bundee AkiCentre
  13. 13Robbie HenshawCentre
  14. 14Keith EarlsWing
  15. 15Rob KearneyFull-back
  16. 16Sean CroninBench
  17. 17Jack McGrathBench
  18. 18John RyanBench
  19. 19Devin TonerBench
  20. 20Dan LeavyBench
  21. 21Luke McGrathBench
  22. 22Joey CarberyBench
  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.