TheBreakdown
Full time3 March 1990
France
31–12
Ireland
Parc des Princes, Paris, France · Five Nations 1990Head-to-head

France won by 19 points.

Scoring

  1. –CFrance conversion · Didier Camberabero2–0
  2. –CFrance conversion · Didier Camberabero4–0
  3. –PFrance penalty · Didier Camberabero7–0
  4. –PFrance penalty · Didier Camberabero10–0
  5. –PFrance penalty · Didier Camberabero13–0
  6. –PFrance penalty · Didier Camberabero16–0
  7. –PFrance penalty · Didier Camberabero19–0
  8. –TFrance try · Franck Mesnel23–0
  9. –TFrance try · Franck Mesnel27–0
  10. –TFrance try · Patrice Lagisquet31–0
  11. –PIreland penalty · Michael Kiernan31–3
  12. –PIreland penalty · Michael Kiernan31–6
  13. –PIreland penalty · Michael Kiernan31–9
  14. –PIreland penalty · Michael Kiernan31–12

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Marc PujolleProp
  2. 2Louis ArmaryHooker
  3. 3Pascal OndartsProp
  4. 4Jean CondomSecond row
  5. 5Thierry DevergieSecond row
  6. 6Olivier RoumatFlanker
  7. 7Jean-Marc LhermetFlanker
  8. 8Laurent RodriguezNumber 8
  9. 9Henri SanzScrum-half
  10. 10Didier CamberaberoFly-half
  11. 11Patrice LagisquetWing
  12. 12Franck MesnelCentre
  13. 13Philippe SellaCentre
  14. 14Pierre HontasWing
  15. 15Serge BlancoFull-back
  16. 16Dominique BouetBench
  17. 17Fabrice HeyerBench
  18. 18Eric MelvilleBench
  19. 19Eric SaubouaBench
  20. 20Marc AndrieuBench
  21. 21Frederic VeloBench

Ireland

  1. 1John FitzgeraldProp
  2. 2Terry KingstonHooker
  3. 3Des FitzgeraldProp
  4. 4Neil FrancisSecond row
  5. 5Donal LenihanSecond row
  6. 6Denis McBrideFlanker
  7. 7Patrick O'HaraFlanker
  8. 8Noel MannionNumber 8
  9. 9Fergus AherneScrum-half
  10. 10Brian SmithFly-half
  11. 11Keith CrossanWing
  12. 12Phil DanaherCentre
  13. 13Michael KiernanCentre
  14. 14Kenny HooksWing
  15. 15Kenny MurphyFull-back
  16. 16Nick PopplewellBench
  17. 17Willie AndersonBench
  18. 19Michael BradleyBench
  19. 20David IrwinBench
  20. 21Ralph KeyesBench

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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.