France vs Ireland Women’s Six Nations preview: Recent form

Home teamFrance
Away teamIreland
VenueStade Marcel Michelin
CompetitionSix Nations
Kick off time8:10 pm (UK)
Watch Live in the UKBBC

France currently sit second in the table as they have won both of their games. They will be looking to upset England, who have won the Women’s Six Nations every year since 2019.

Ireland are sitting third with one win and with their bonus point against Italy are above Scotland. 

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France vs Ireland lineups to be confirmed

FranceIreland
Forwards
Mwayembe1Perry
Lazarko2Moloney-MacDonald
Khalfaoui3Djougang
Zago4Wall
Fall Raclot5Tuite
Berthoumieu6Hogan
Feleu7King
Champon8Wafer
Backs
Sansus9Lane
Arbez10O’Brien
Murie11O’Connor
Feleu12McGillivray
Rousset13Dalton
Grando14Parsons
Barrat15Flood
Replacements
Riffonneau16Jones
Brosseau17O’Dowd
Bernadou18Cahill
Correa19Campbell
Soqeta20Monaghan
Escudero21Whelan
Chambon22Higgins
Queyroi23McGann

Recent Form:

France (Home team): 

ResultDateCompetitionOpponentScore
Won18th April 2026Six NationsWales7-38
Won11th April 2026Six NationsItaly40-7
Loss27 September 2025World Cup 3rd place matchNew Zealand42-26
Loss20th September 2025World CupEngland17-35
Won14th September 2025World CupIreland18-13

France have started their tournament with two wins against Wales and Italy. They had reached the World Cup semi-final, where they lost to England. They then lost to the Black Ferns in the third-place playoff. France went down to 13 players early in the game, and Wales took the lead. The score was 7-7 at the break, but France went on to score five in the second half and won 38-7.

Ireland (Away team): 

ResultDateCompetitionOpponentScore
Won18th April 2026Six NationsItaly57-20
Loss11th April 2026Six NationsEngland33-12
Loss14th September 2025World CupFrance18-13
Loss7th September 2025World CupNew Zealand40-0
Won31st August 2025World CupSpain43-27

Ireland picked up a fantastic win against Italy in round two of the tournament, having lost the opener to England and lost their final two World Cup games, one of which was against France. They scored nine tries in the match and kept Italy to four, two of which had come after Ireland had already reached 50 points. 

France vs Ireland head-to-head record (last five matches):

DateCompetitionWinnerScore
14th September 2025World CupFrance18-13
22nd March 2024Six NationsFrance15-27
1st April 2023Six NationsFrance38-17
2nd April 2022Six NationsFrance3-53
17th April 2021Six NationsFrance40-5

Ireland haven’t beaten France since 2017, but the closest they have come to a win was in the 2025 World Cup. Ireland took a 13-0 lead at halftime, but conceded two tries and two penalties in the second half to lose narrowly 18-13.

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