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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.
It is a long while since two of the Six Nations could attest to rule the men’s rugby realm but in Ireland and France the northern hemisphere has two pre-eminent powers entering this World Cup ...
Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the 89th series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 15 January and 19 March. For the 17th time, the championship was shared. France and Ireland finished level on points, and no tie-break procedure existed before 1993.
The tournament was the 64th in its then format as the Five Nations. Including the competition's former incarnation as the Home Nations Championship, the 1993 Five Nations Championship was the 99th Northern Hemisphere rugby union championship. The championship was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
France 28-29 South Africa: Just 24 hours after Ireland endured quarter-final heartbreak in Paris, hosts France followed suit after an epic Rugby World Cup encounter
There's a good chance — two very good chances, actually — that the 2023 Rugby World Cup will be the year of the North. Top-ranked Ireland and host nation France both provide compelling reasons ...
The Ireland national rugby union team toured France in May 1988, playing four matches, including two against a France XV team. None of the matches were considered tests as many of the Irish players were unavailable for the tour.
The 1972 Five Nations Championship was the 43rd Five Nations Championship, an annual rugby union competition contested by the men's national teams of England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and the 78th since it began as the Home Nations Championship. For the first time since the Second World War, the championship was not completed.