Teams

Ireland	France
Tries Ensor, Grace, McBride	Tries none
Cons McCombe 2	Cons none
Pens McCombe	Pens Paries
Drops McCombe 2	Drops Paries
Team 15 FB Anthony Ensor 14 W Tom Grace 13 C Dick Milliken 12 C Mike Gibson 11 W Arthur McMaster 10 FH Billy McCombe 9 SH John Moloney 1 P Ray McLoughlin 2 H Ken Kennedy 3 P Roger Clegg 4 L Willie-John McBride (c) 5 L Moss Keane 6 F Michael Sherry 7 F Fergus Slattery 8 N8 Willie Duggan     Replacements 16 Christopher McKibbin 17 Michael Quinn 18 Donal Canniffe 19 Harold Steele 20 Paddy Agnew 21 Pa Whelan	Team 15 FB Michel Taffary 14 W Jean-Francois Gourdon 13 C Francois Sangalli 12 C Roland Bertranne 11 W Jean-Luc Averous 10 FH Lucien Paries 9 SH Richard Astre (c) 1 P Armand Vaquerin 2 H Jean-Louis Ugartemendia 3 P Gerard Cholley 4 L Alain Guilbert 5 L Claude Spanghero 6 F Jean-Pierre Rives 7 F Jean-Claude Skrela 8 N8 Victor Boffelli     Replacements 16 Jean-Michel Aguirre 17 Christian Badin 18 Michel Pebeyre 19 J-P. Brunet 20 Robert Paparemborde 21 Jean-Pierre Bastiat

Notes

Result Ireland won by a margin of 19 points

Five Nations points Ireland 2, France 0

Ground name Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance 50000

Referee DMM Lloyd (Wales)

Ireland Test debuts MJA Sherry

France Test debuts F Sangalli

Points scoring rules try 4, conversion 2, penalty goal 3, drop goal 3, goal from a mark 3

Other scores

Five Nations
Scotland	12 - 10	Wales	Murrayfield