TheBreakdown
Full time20 February 1988
France
25–6
Ireland
Parc des Princes, Paris, France · Five Nations 1988Head-to-head

France won by 19 points.

Scoring

  1. 12’PFrance penalty · Didier Camberabero3–0
  2. 31’TFrance try · Serge Blanco7–0
  3. 45’TFrance try · Patrice Lagisquet11–0
  4. 53’CFrance conversion · Philippe Berot13–0
  5. 53’TFrance try · Didier Camberabero17–0
  6. 57’PIreland penalty · Michael Kiernan17–3
  7. 65’TFrance try · Alain Carminati21–3
  8. 67’PIreland penalty · Michael Kiernan21–6
  9. 69’TFrance try · Philippe Sella25–6

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Louis ArmaryProp
  2. 2Daniel DubrocaHooker
  3. 3Pascal OndartsProp
  4. 4Alain LorieuxSecond row
  5. 5Jean-Charles OrsoSecond row
  6. 6Marc CecillonFlanker
  7. 7Alain CarminatiFlanker
  8. 8Laurent RodriguezNumber 8
  9. 9Pierre BerbizierScrum-half
  10. 10Didier CamberaberoFly-half
  11. 11Patrice LagisquetWing
  12. 12Marc AndrieuCentre
  13. 13Philippe SellaCentre
  14. 14Philippe BerotWing
  15. 15Serge BlancoFull-back
  16. 16Philippe DintransBench
  17. 17Jean-Pierre GaruetBench
  18. 18Dominique ErbaniBench
  19. 19Henri SanzBench
  20. 20Denis CharvetBench
  21. 21Jean-Patrick LescarbouraBench

Ireland

  1. 1John FitzgeraldProp
  2. 2Terry KingstonHooker
  3. 3Des FitzgeraldProp
  4. 4Donal LenihanSecond row
  5. 5Willie AndersonSecond row
  6. 6Don WhittleFlanker
  7. 7Phil MatthewsFlanker
  8. 8Michael GibsonNumber 8
  9. 9Michael BradleyScrum-half
  10. 10Paul DeanFly-half
  11. 11Keith CrossanWing
  12. 12Michael KiernanCentre
  13. 13Brendan MullinCentre
  14. 14Trevor RinglandWing
  15. 15Phil DanaherFull-back
  16. 16Jim McCoyBench
  17. 17John McDonaldBench
  18. 18William SextonBench
  19. 19Fergus AherneBench
  20. 20Ralph KeyesBench
  21. 21Hugo MacNeillBench

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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.