TheBreakdown
Full time7 March 1998
France
18–16
Ireland
Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France · Five Nations 1998Head-to-head

France won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. –CFrance conversion · Christophe Lamaison2–0
  2. –PFrance penalty · Christophe Lamaison5–0
  3. –PFrance penalty · Christophe Lamaison8–0
  4. –TFrance try · Philippe Bernat-Salles13–0
  5. –TFrance try · Raphaël Ibanez18–0
  6. –CIreland conversion · Eric Elwood18–2
  7. –PIreland penalty · Eric Elwood18–5
  8. –PIreland penalty · Eric Elwood18–8
  9. –PIreland penalty · Eric Elwood18–11
  10. –TIreland try · Denis Hickie18–16

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Christian CalifanoProp
  2. 2Raphaël IbanezHooker
  3. 3Franck TournaireProp
  4. 4Olivier BrouzetSecond row
  5. 5Fabien PelousSecond row
  6. 6Marc LievremontFlanker
  7. 7Olivier MagneFlanker
  8. 8Thomas LievremontNumber 8
  9. 9Philippe CarbonneauScrum-half
  10. 10Thomas CastaignedeFly-half
  11. 11Xavier GarbajosaWing
  12. 12Christophe LamaisonCentre
  13. 13Stephane GlasCentre
  14. 14Philippe Bernat-SallesWing
  15. 15Jean-Luc SadournyFull-back
  16. 16Marc Dal MasoBench
  17. 17Cedric SouletteBench
  18. 18Thierry CledaBench
  19. 19Philippe BenettonBench
  20. 20Fabien GalthiéBench
  21. 21Jean-Marc AueBench
  22. 22Richard DourtheBench

Ireland

  1. 1Reggie CorriganProp
  2. 2Keith WoodHooker
  3. 3Paul WallaceProp
  4. 4Paddy JohnsSecond row
  5. 5Malcolm O'KellySecond row
  6. 6David CorkeryFlanker
  7. 7Andy WardFlanker
  8. 8Victor CostelloNumber 8
  9. 9Conor McGuinnessScrum-half
  10. 10Eric ElwoodFly-half
  11. 11Richard WallaceWing
  12. 12Kevin MaggsCentre
  13. 13Rob HendersonCentre
  14. 14Denis HickieWing
  15. 15Conor O'SheaFull-back
  16. 16Ross NesdaleBench
  17. 17Nick PopplewellBench
  18. 18Peter ClohessyBench
  19. 19Mick GalweyBench
  20. 20Brian O'MearaBench
  21. 21David HumphreysBench
  22. 22Mike LynchBench

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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.