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Full time18 January 1997
Ireland
15–32
France
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Five Nations 1997Head-to-head

France won by 17 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’PIreland penalty · Eric Elwood3–0
  2. 1’PIreland penalty · Eric Elwood6–0
  3. 1’PIreland penalty · Eric Elwood9–0
  4. 1’PIreland penalty · Eric Elwood12–0
  5. 1’PIreland penalty · Eric Elwood15–0
  6. 1’CFrance conversion · Thomas Castaignede15–2
  7. 1’CFrance conversion · Thomas Castaignede15–4
  8. 1’CFrance conversion · Thomas Castaignede15–6
  9. 1’PFrance penalty · Thomas Castaignede15–9
  10. 1’PFrance penalty · Thomas Castaignede15–12
  11. 1’TFrance try · David Venditti15–17
  12. 7’TFrance try · Fabien Galthié15–22
  13. 33’TFrance try · David Venditti15–27
  14. 62’TFrance try · David Venditti15–32

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Nick PopplewellProp
  2. 2Keith WoodHooker
  3. 3Paul WallaceProp
  4. 4Paddy JohnsSecond row
  5. 5Jeremy DavidsonSecond row
  6. 6David CorkeryFlanker
  7. 7Denis McBrideFlanker
  8. 8Eric MillerNumber 8
  9. 9Niall HoganScrum-half
  10. 10Eric ElwoodFly-half
  11. 11Dominic CrottyWing
  12. 12Maurice FieldCentre
  13. 13Jonathan BellCentre
  14. 14Jimmy ToppingWing
  15. 15Conor O'SheaFull-back
  16. 16Kurt McQuilkinBench
  17. 17David HumphreysBench
  18. 18Steve McIvorBench
  19. 19Gabriel FulcherBench
  20. 20Paul FlavinBench
  21. 21Allen ClarkeBench

France

  1. 1Christian CalifanoProp
  2. 2Marc Dal MasoHooker
  3. 3Franck TournaireProp
  4. 4Olivier MerleSecond row
  5. 5Hugues MiorinSecond row
  6. 6Abdelatif BenazziFlanker
  7. 7Philippe BenettonFlanker
  8. 8Fabien PelousNumber 8
  9. 9Fabien GalthiéScrum-half
  10. 10Alain PenaudFly-half
  11. 11David VendittiWing
  12. 12Thomas CastaignedeCentre
  13. 13Stephane GlasCentre
  14. 14Emile NtamackWing
  15. 15Jean-Luc SadournyFull-back
  16. 16Christophe LamaisonBench
  17. 18Philippe CarbonneauBench
  18. 19Richard CastelBench
  19. 20Raphaël IbanezBench
  20. 21Jean-Louis JordanaBench

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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.