History of rugby union matches between France and Ireland

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Since 1909, France and Ireland have played each other in a total of 103 test matches, with France winning 59 times, Ireland winning 37 times and seven matches drawn. [1]

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Apart from fixtures played in the Five Nations / Six Nations Championship competitions, four games have been played at the Rugby World Cup in 1995, 2003, 2007 and 2015, in which France were victorious in the first three and Ireland in the last one in 2015. The sides have also met on four other occasions outside the Five Nations / Six Nations Championship: in 1909 (the first match between the two teams), a one-off match in 1972 and two Rugby World Cup warm-up matches in 2011.

Ireland have a notoriously poor record in France since the end of the Second World War, only winning there thrice between 1945 and 2000 (in 1948, 1952 and 1972), and only four times since 2000. In recent years, France have found wins in Dublin almost as difficult; it is one of the Six Nations fixtures with the most distinctive record of home advantage winning out.

Breakdown

In the World Cup, the teams have played each other on four occasions, 1995, 2003, 2007 and 2015, with France winning on 3 occasions and Ireland winning once; there have been no draws. In these games, France have scored 113 points, and Ireland 60.

In the Five Nations (1910–1931 and 1947–1999), Ireland played France on 70 occasions, Ireland winning 23, France 42 and five matches have been drawn.

In the Six Nations (2000–present), Ireland have played France on 25 occasions, Ireland winning 11, France 12 and two matches have been drawn.

In other test matches, Ireland have played France on four other occasions, in 1909, 1972 and twice in 2011, with two wins apiece.

Summary

Note: Summary below reflects test results by both teams. [1]

Overview

DetailsPlayedWon by
France		Won by
Ireland		DrawnFrance pointsIreland points
In France5035132943562
In Ireland5022235648692
Neutral venue32108857
Overall103593771,6791,311

Results

No.DateVenueScoreWinnerCompetitionAttendanceRef.
120 March 1909 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 19–8Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland 1909 France tour of Ireland7,000 [2]
228 March 1910 Parc des Princes, Paris 3–8Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland 1910 Five Nations Championship 10,000 [3]
325 March 1911 Mardyke, Cork 25–5Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland 1911 Five Nations Championship 25,000 [4]
41 January 1912Parc des Princes, Paris6–11Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland 1912 Five Nations Championship 18,000 [5]
524 March 1913Mardyke, Cork24–0Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland 1913 Five Nations Championship 6,000 [6]
61 January 1914Parc des Princes, Paris6–8Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland 1914 Five Nations Championship 25,000 [7]
73 April 1920 Lansdowne Road, Dublin7–15Flag of France.svg  France 1920 Five Nations Championship 40,000 [8]
89 April 1921 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 20–10Flag of France.svg  France 1921 Five Nations Championship 35,000 [9]
98 April 1922Lansdowne Road, Dublin8–3Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland 1922 Five Nations Championship 40,000 [10]
1014 April 1923Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes14–8Flag of France.svg  France 1923 Five Nations Championship 20,000 [11]
1126 January 1924Lansdowne Road, Dublin6–0Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland 1924 Five Nations Championship 20,000 [12]
121 January 1925Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes3–9Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland 1925 Five Nations Championship 35,000 [13]
131 January 1926 Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast 11–0IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1926 Five Nations Championship 20,000 [14]
141 January 1927Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes3–8IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1927 Five Nations Championship 30,000 [15]
1528 January 1928Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast12–8IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1928 Five Nations Championship 20,000 [16]
1631 December 1928Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes0–6IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1929 Five Nations Championship 42,000 [17]
1725 January 1930Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast0–5Flag of France.svg  France 1930 Five Nations Championship 25,000 [18]
181 January 1931Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes3–0Flag of France.svg  France 1931 Five Nations Championship 28,000 [19]
1925 January 1947Lansdowne Road, Dublin8–12Flag of France.svg  France 1947 Five Nations Championship — [20]
201 January 1948Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes6–13IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1948 Five Nations Championship 25,000 [21]
2129 January 1949Lansdowne Road, Dublin9–16Flag of France.svg  France 1949 Five Nations Championship 35,000 [22]
2228 January 1950Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes3–3draw 1950 Five Nations Championship 35,000 [23]
2327 January 1951Lansdowne Road, Dublin9–8IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1951 Five Nations Championship 45,000 [24]
2426 January 1952Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes8–11IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1952 Five Nations Championship 38,830 [25]
2524 January 1953Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast16–3IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1953 Five Nations Championship 38,000 [26]
2623 January 1954Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes8–0Flag of France.svg  France 1954 Five Nations Championship 29,391 [27]
2722 January 1955Lansdowne Road, Dublin3–5Flag of France.svg  France 1955 Five Nations Championship 45,000 [28]
2828 January 1956Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes14–8Flag of France.svg  France 1956 Five Nations Championship 26,054 [29]
2926 January 1957Lansdowne Road, Dublin11–6IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1957 Five Nations Championship 45,000 [30]
3019 April 1958Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes11–6Flag of France.svg  France 1958 Five Nations Championship 25,043 [31]
3118 April 1959Lansdowne Road, Dublin9–5IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1959 Five Nations Championship 40,000 [32]
329 April 1960Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes23–6Flag of France.svg  France 1960 Five Nations Championship 30,700 [33]
3315 April 1961Lansdowne Road, Dublin3–15Flag of France.svg  France 1961 Five Nations Championship 50,000 [34]
3414 April 1962Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes11–0Flag of France.svg  France 1962 Five Nations Championship 28,318 [35]
3526 January 1963Lansdowne Road, Dublin5–24Flag of France.svg  France 1963 Five Nations Championship 30,000 [36]
3611 April 1964Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes27–6Flag of France.svg  France 1964 Five Nations Championship 21,640 [37]
3723 January 1965Lansdowne Road, Dublin3–3draw 1965 Five Nations Championship 55,000 [38]
3829 January 1966Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes11–6Flag of France.svg  France 1966 Five Nations Championship 30,947 [39]
3915 April 1967Lansdowne Road, Dublin6–11Flag of France.svg  France 1967 Five Nations Championship 50,000 [40]
4027 January 1968Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes16–6Flag of France.svg  France 1968 Five Nations Championship 28,148 [41]
4125 January 1969Lansdowne Road, Dublin17–9IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1969 Five Nations Championship 50,000 [42]
4224 January 1970Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes8–0Flag of France.svg  France 1970 Five Nations Championship 35,915 [43]
4330 January 1971Lansdowne Road, Dublin9–9draw 1971 Five Nations Championship 55,000 [44]
4429 January 1972Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes9–14IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1972 Five Nations Championship 26,939 [45]
4529 April 1972Lansdowne Road, Dublin24–14IRFU flag.svg  Ireland Spring International [a] 35,000 [47]
4614 April 1973Lansdowne Road, Dublin6–4IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1973 Five Nations Championship 50,000 [48]
4719 January 1974Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes9–6Flag of France.svg  France 1974 Five Nations Championship 43,694 [49]
481 March 1975Lansdowne Road, Dublin25–6IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1975 Five Nations Championship 50,000 [50]
497 February 1976Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes26–3Flag of France.svg  France 1976 Five Nations Championship 42,585 [51]
5019 March 1977Lansdowne Road, Dublin6–15Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 1977 Five Nations Championship 50,000 [52]
5118 February 1978Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes10–9Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 1978 Five Nations Championship 43,639 [53]
5220 January 1979Lansdowne Road, Dublin9–9draw 1979 Five Nations Championship 51,000 [54]
531 March 1980Parc des Princes, Paris19–18Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 1980 Five Nations Championship 45,239 [55]
547 February 1981Lansdowne Road, Dublin13–19Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 1981 Five Nations Championship 51,000 [56]
5520 March 1982Parc des Princes, Paris22–9Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 1982 Five Nations Championship 45,238 [57]
5619 February 1983Lansdowne Road, Dublin22–16IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1983 Five Nations Championship 50,000 [58]
5721 January 1984Parc des Princes, Paris25–12Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 1984 Five Nations Championship 45,023 [59]
582 March 1985Lansdowne Road, Dublin15–15draw 1985 Five Nations Championship 56,000 [60]
591 February 1986Parc des Princes, Paris29–9Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 1986 Five Nations Championship 49,238 [61]
6021 March 1987Lansdowne Road, Dublin13–19Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 1987 Five Nations Championship 53,000 [62]
6120 February 1988Parc des Princes, Paris25–6Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 1988 Five Nations Championship 49,130 [63]
6221 January 1989Lansdowne Road, Dublin21–26Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 1989 Five Nations Championship 52,000 [64]
633 March 1990Parc des Princes, Paris31–12Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 1990 Five Nations Championship 45,077 [65]
642 February 1991Lansdowne Road, Dublin13–21Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 1991 Five Nations Championship 50,000 [66]
6521 March 1992Parc des Princes, Paris44–12Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 1992 Five Nations Championship 49,317 [67]
6620 February 1993Lansdowne Road, Dublin6–21Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 1993 Five Nations Championship 60,000 [68]
6715 January 1994Parc des Princes, Paris35–15Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 1994 Five Nations Championship — [69]
684 March 1995Lansdowne Road, Dublin7–25Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 1995 Five Nations Championship — [70] [71]
6910 June 1995 Kings Park Stadium, Durban (South Africa)36–12Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 1995 Rugby World Cup 20,000 [72]
7017 February 1996Parc des Princes, Paris45–10Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 1996 Five Nations Championship 45,122 [73]
7118 January 1997Lansdowne Road, Dublin15–32Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 1997 Five Nations Championship 53,000 [74]
727 March 1998 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 18–16Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 1998 Five Nations Championship 78,000 [75] [76]
736 February 1999Lansdowne Road, Dublin9–10Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 1999 Five Nations Championship 49,000 [77] [78]
7419 March 2000Stade de France, Saint-Denis25–27IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 2000 Six Nations Championship 78,500 [79] [80] [81]
7517 February 2001Lansdowne Road, Dublin22–15IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 2001 Six Nations Championship 47,500 [82] [83]
766 April 2002Stade de France, Saint-Denis44–5Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 2002 Six Nations Championship 79,978 [84] [85]
778 March 2003Lansdowne Road, Dublin15–12IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 2003 Six Nations Championship 47,500 [86] [87] [88]
789 November 2003 Docklands Stadium, Melbourne (Australia)43–21Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 2003 Rugby World Cup 33,134 [89] [90]
7914 February 2004Stade de France, Saint-Denis35–17Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 2004 Six Nations Championship 79,547 [91] [92]
8012 March 2005Lansdowne Road, Dublin19–26Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 2005 Six Nations Championship 49,250 [93] [94]
8111 February 2006Stade de France, Saint-Denis43–31Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 2006 Six Nations Championship 79,939 [95] [96]
8211 February 2007Croke Park, Dublin17–20Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 2007 Six Nations Championship 81,572 [97] [98]
8321 September 2007Stade de France, Saint-Denis25–3Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 2007 Rugby World Cup 80,267 [99] [100]
849 February 2008Stade de France, Saint-Denis26–21Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 2008 Six Nations Championship 79,270 [101] [102]
857 February 2009 Croke Park, Dublin30–21IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 2009 Six Nations Championship 82,000 [103] [104] [105]
8613 February 2010Stade de France, Saint-Denis33–10Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 2010 Six Nations Championship 80,000 [106] [107]
8713 February 2011 Aviva Stadium, Dublin22–25Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 2011 Six Nations Championship 51,700 [108] [109]
8813 August 2011 Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux 19–12Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 2011 Rugby World Cup warm-up match 32,653 [110] [111]
8920 August 2011Aviva Stadium, Dublin22–26Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 45,165 [112] [113]
904 March 2012Stade de France, Saint-Denis17–17draw 2012 Six Nations Championship 79,600 [114] [115]
919 March 2013Aviva Stadium, Dublin13–13draw 2013 Six Nations Championship 51,000 [116] [117]
9215 March 2014Stade de France, Saint-Denis20–22IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 2014 Six Nations Championship 80,000 [118] [119]
9314 February 2015Aviva Stadium, Dublin18–11IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 2015 Six Nations Championship 51,200 [120] [121] [122] [123]
9411 October 2015 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff (Wales)9–24IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 2015 Rugby World Cup 72,163 [124] [125]
9513 February 2016Stade de France, Saint-Denis10–9Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 2016 Six Nations Championship 77,775 [126] [127] [128]
9625 February 2017Aviva Stadium, Dublin19–9IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 2017 Six Nations Championship 51,700 [129] [130]
973 February 2018Stade de France, Saint-Denis13–15IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 2018 Six Nations Championship 74,878 [131] [132]
9810 March 2019Aviva Stadium, Dublin26–14IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 2019 Six Nations Championship 51,000 [133] [134] [135]
9931 October 2020Stade de France, Saint-Denis35–27Flag of France.svg  France 2020 Six Nations Championship 0* [136] [137]
10014 February 2021Aviva Stadium, Dublin13–15Flag of France.svg  France 2021 Six Nations Championship 0* [138] [139] [140]
10112 February 2022Stade de France, Saint-Denis30–24Flag of France.svg  France 2022 Six Nations Championship 80,000 [141] [142] [143]
10211 February 2023Aviva Stadium, Dublin32–19IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 2023 Six Nations Championship 51,700 [144]
1032 February 2024 Stade Vélodrome, Marseille 17–38IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 2024 Six Nations Championship 65,000 [145]
1048 March 2025Aviva Stadium, Dublin 2025 Six Nations Championship

Results by Decade

DecadeFranceIrelandDrawnSeries winner
1900s010IRFU flag.svg  Ireland
1910s050IRFU flag.svg  Ireland
1920s370IRFU flag.svg  Ireland
1930s200Flag of France.svg  France
1940s210Flag of France.svg  France
1950s451IRFU flag.svg  Ireland
1960s811Flag of France.svg  France
1970s542Flag of France.svg  France
1980s811Flag of France.svg  France
1990s1100Flag of France.svg  France
2000s840Flag of France.svg  France
2010s562IRFU flag.svg  Ireland
2020s320Flag of France.svg  France


XV Results

Below is a list of matches that France has awarded matches test match status by virtue of awarding caps, but Ireland did not award caps.

DateVenueScoreWinnerCompetitionAttendanceRef.
26 January 1946Lansdowne Road, Dublin3–4Flag of France.svg  France Victory International40,000 [146]
14 May 1988 Stade Jaques-Fouroux, Auch 18–19IRFU flag.svg  Ireland XV 1988 Ireland XV tour of France ——
18 May 1988 Stade du Moustoir, Lorient 12–7Flag of France.svg  France ——
The Ireland team which played France for the first time, beating them 19-8, Ireland's biggest victory in international rugby at that time. Ireland Rugby 1909.JPG
The Ireland team which played France for the first time, beating them 19–8, Ireland's biggest victory in international rugby at that time.
The French team which faced Ireland in the 1914 Five Nations Championship. L'equipe de France de rugby en janvier 1914 (face a l'Irlande).jpg
The French team which faced Ireland in the 1914 Five Nations Championship.
Ireland and France during the 2006 Six Nations. France Irlande 02-11-2006-4.jpg
Ireland and France during the 2006 Six Nations.
France claim a lineout during their 2014 Six Nations matchup with Ireland. Six nations 2014 France vs Ireland 17.JPG
France claim a lineout during their 2014 Six Nations matchup with Ireland.

Notes

  1. ↑ The 1972 match between Ireland and France was a one-off test match organised to assist the IRFU financially as there 1972 Five Nations Championship fixtures against Scotland and Wales were cancelled. [46] Following this match France toured Australia.

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