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Full time27 February 2009
France
21–16
Wales
Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France · Six Nations 2008Head-to-head

France won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’PWales penalty · Stephen Jones0–3
  2. 7’PFrance penalty · Morgan Parra3–3
  3. 10’PWales penalty · Stephen Jones3–6
  4. 25’TWales try · Lee Byrne3–11
  5. 26’CWales conversion · Stephen Jones3–13
  6. 36’PFrance penalty · Morgan Parra6–13
  7. 41’TFrance try · Thierry Dusautoir11–13
  8. 42’CFrance conversion · Morgan Parra13–13
  9. 54’TFrance try · Cédric Heymans18–13
  10. 71’PFrance penalty · Morgan Parra21–13
  11. 74’PWales penalty · James Hook21–16

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Fabien BarcellaProp
  2. 2Dimitri SzarzewskiHooker
  3. 3Sylvain MarconnetProp
  4. 4Lionel NalletSecond row
  5. 5Sébastien ChabalSecond row
  6. 6Thierry DusautoirFlanker
  7. 7Fulgence OuedraogoFlanker
  8. 8Imanol HarinordoquyNumber 8
  9. 9Morgan ParraScrum-half
  10. 10Benoit BabyFly-half
  11. 11Cédric HeymansWing
  12. 12Yannick JauzionCentre
  13. 13Mathieu BastareaudCentre
  14. 14Julien MalzieuWing
  15. 15Maxime MedardFull-back
  16. 16Benjamin KayserBench
  17. 17Thomas DomingoBench
  18. 18Romain Millo-ChluskiBench
  19. 19Louis PicamolesBench
  20. 20Sebastien Tillous-BordeBench
  21. 21Francois Trinh-DucBench
  22. 22Clément PoitrenaudBench

Wales

  1. 1Gethin JenkinsProp
  2. 2Matthew ReesHooker
  3. 3Adam JonesProp
  4. 4Ian GoughSecond row
  5. 5Alun Wyn JonesSecond row
  6. 6Ryan JonesFlanker
  7. 7Martyn WilliamsFlanker
  8. 8Andy PowellNumber 8
  9. 9Mike PhillipsScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen JonesFly-half
  11. 11Shane WilliamsWing
  12. 12Jamie RobertsCentre
  13. 13Tom ShanklinCentre
  14. 14Leigh HalfpennyWing
  15. 15Lee ByrneFull-back
  16. 16Huw BennettBench
  17. 17John YappBench
  18. 18Luke CharterisBench
  19. 19Dafydd JonesBench
  20. 20Dwayne PeelBench
  21. 21James HookBench
  22. 22Gavin HensonBench

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Context

All-time, France 53–52 Wales, 3 drawn in 108 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

France going in
Wales going in

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.