TheBreakdown
Full time17 February 1996
France
45–10
Ireland
Parc des Princes, Paris, France · Five Nations 1996Head-to-head

France won by 35 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’CFrance conversion · Thomas Castaignede2–0
  2. 1’CFrance conversion · Thomas Castaignede4–0
  3. 1’CFrance conversion · Thomas Castaignede6–0
  4. 1’CFrance conversion · Thomas Castaignede8–0
  5. 1’CFrance conversion · Thomas Castaignede10–0
  6. 1’TFrance try · Emile Ntamack15–0
  7. 1’TFrance try · Olivier Campan20–0
  8. 1’TFrance try · Richard Castel25–0
  9. 1’TFrance try · Guy Accoceberry30–0
  10. 1’CIreland conversion · David Humphreys30–2
  11. 1’PIreland penalty · David Humphreys30–5
  12. 1’TIreland try30–10
  13. 12’TFrance try · Philippe Saint-Andre35–10
  14. 20’TFrance try · Emile Ntamack40–10
  15. 30’TFrance try · Richard Castel45–10

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Christian CalifanoProp
  2. 2Jean-Michel GonzalesHooker
  3. 3Franck TournaireProp
  4. 4Abdelatif BenazziSecond row
  5. 5Olivier RoumatSecond row
  6. 6Richard CastelFlanker
  7. 7Laurent CabannesFlanker
  8. 8Fabien PelousNumber 8
  9. 9Guy AccoceberryScrum-half
  10. 10Thomas CastaignedeFly-half
  11. 11Philippe Saint-AndreWing
  12. 12Thierry LacroixCentre
  13. 13Olivier CampanCentre
  14. 14Emile NtamackWing
  15. 15Jean-Luc SadournyFull-back
  16. 16Philippe Bernat-SallesBench
  17. 17Stephane GlasBench
  18. 18Philippe CarbonneauBench
  19. 19Sylvain DispagneBench
  20. 20Marc de RougemontBench
  21. 21Michel PerieBench

Ireland

  1. 1Nick PopplewellProp
  2. 2Terry KingstonHooker
  3. 3Peter ClohessyProp
  4. 4Paddy JohnsSecond row
  5. 5Gabriel FulcherSecond row
  6. 6Jeremy DavidsonFlanker
  7. 7David CorkeryFlanker
  8. 8Victor CostelloNumber 8
  9. 9Niall HoganScrum-half
  10. 10David HumphreysFly-half
  11. 11Niall WoodsWing
  12. 12Kurt McQuilkinCentre
  13. 13Jonathan BellCentre
  14. 14Richard WallaceWing
  15. 15Jim StaplesFull-back
  16. 16Maurice FieldBench
  17. 17Paul BurkeBench
  18. 18Christian SaverimuttoBench
  19. 19Denis McBrideBench
  20. 20Henry HurleyBench
  21. 21Allen ClarkeBench

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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.