TheBreakdown
Full time1 February 1986
France
29–9
Ireland
Parc des Princes, Paris, France · Five Nations 1986Head-to-head

France won by 20 points.

Scoring

  1. –CFrance conversion · Guy Laporte2–0
  2. –PFrance penalty · Serge Blanco5–0
  3. –PFrance penalty · Guy Laporte8–0
  4. –PFrance penalty · Guy Laporte11–0
  5. –PFrance penalty · Guy Laporte14–0
  6. –TFrance try · Philippe Sella18–0
  7. –TFrance try · Pierre Berbizier22–0
  8. –TFrance try · Philippe Marocco26–0
  9. –DFrance drop goal · Jean-Baptiste Lafond29–0
  10. –PIreland penalty · Michael Kiernan29–3
  11. –PIreland penalty · Michael Kiernan29–6
  12. –PIreland penalty · Michael Kiernan29–9

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Philippe MaroccoProp
  2. 2Daniel DubrocaHooker
  3. 3Jean-Pierre GaruetProp
  4. 4Francis HagetSecond row
  5. 5Jean CondomSecond row
  6. 6Eric ChampFlanker
  7. 7Dominique ErbaniFlanker
  8. 8Jean-Luc JoinelNumber 8
  9. 9Pierre BerbizierScrum-half
  10. 10Guy LaporteFly-half
  11. 11Patrick EsteveWing
  12. 12Pierre ChadebechCentre
  13. 13Philippe SellaCentre
  14. 14Jean-Baptiste LafondWing
  15. 15Serge BlancoFull-back
  16. 16Bernard HerreroBench
  17. 17Pascal OndartsBench
  18. 18Jean-Charles OrsoBench
  19. 19Guy RamonBench
  20. 20Eric BonnevalBench
  21. 21Marc SallefranqueBench

Ireland

  1. 1Phil OrrProp
  2. 2Ciaran FitzgeraldHooker
  3. 3Jim McCoyProp
  4. 4Donal LenihanSecond row
  5. 5Willie AndersonSecond row
  6. 6Robert MorrowFlanker
  7. 7Ronan KearneyFlanker
  8. 8Brian SpillaneNumber 8
  9. 9Michael BradleyScrum-half
  10. 10Paul DeanFly-half
  11. 11Moss FinnWing
  12. 12Michael KiernanCentre
  13. 13Brendan MullinCentre
  14. 14Trevor RinglandWing
  15. 15Hugo MacNeillFull-back
  16. 16Anthony KennedyBench
  17. 17Harry HarbisonBench
  18. 18Bran McCallBench
  19. 19Rab BradyBench
  20. 20Ralph KeyesBench
  21. 21Philip RaineyBench

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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.