Full time29 April 1972
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, IrelandHead-to-head
Ireland won by 10 points.
Scoring
- –CIreland conversion · Tom Kiernan2–0
- –CIreland conversion · Tom Kiernan4–0
- –CIreland conversion · Tom Kiernan6–0
- –PIreland penalty · Tom Kiernan9–0
- –PIreland penalty · Tom Kiernan12–0
- –TIreland try · Alan Duggan16–0
- –TIreland try · Michael Flynn20–0
- –TIreland try · John Moloney24–0
- –CFrance conversion · Pierre Villepreux24–2
- –TFrance try · Jean-Pierre Lux24–6
- –TFrance try · Bernard Duprat24–10
- –TFrance try · Bernard Duprat24–14
Line-ups
Ireland
- 1Ray McLoughlinProp
- 2Ken KennedyHooker
- 3Sean LynchProp
- 4Willie John McBrideSecond row
- 5Conleth FeigherySecond row
- 6Fergus SlatteryFlanker
- 7Stewart McKinneyFlanker
- 8Mike HipwellNumber 8
- 9John MoloneyScrum-half
- 10Barry McGannFly-half
- 11Wallace McMasterWing
- 12Mike GibsonCentre
- 13Michael FlynnCentre
- 14Alan DugganWing
- 15Tom KiernanFull-back
France
- 1Jean-Louis AzareteProp
- 2Renee BenesisHooker
- 3Jean IracabalProp
- 4Alain EsteveSecond row
- 5Claude SpangheroSecond row
- 6Jean-Paul BiemouretFlanker
- 7Jean Claude SkrelaFlanker
- 8Walter SpangheroNumber 8
- 9Jacques FourouxScrum-half
- 10Alain MarotFly-half
- 11Bernard DupratWing
- 12Jean-Pierre LuxCentre
- 13Claude DourtheCentre
- 14Andre DubertrandWing
- 15Pierre VillepreuxFull-back
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Context
All-time, Ireland 37–62 France, 7 drawn in 106 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
Ireland going in
France going in
- Previous meeting: 29 January 1972, Ireland 14–9 France
- Next meeting on record: 14 April 1973
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.