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Men's Rugby World Cup 2011 · Eden Park, Auckland · 15 October 2011Head-to-head
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France won by 1 point.Half-time 3–6 · Tries 1–0

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593843Attacks1119Ball won114673326250867923543118647%Own 2263%Own half74%Opp half64%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
WAL587
FRA15411
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
WAL0/11/40
FRA0/03/30
← France attack · Wales attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
59′WalesTry, Mike Phillips, conversion missed8–9
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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59′Mike Phillips
WAL

Team stats

FRA
66%Possession34%
65%Territory35%
126Carries64
321Metres gained255
11Defenders beaten7
161Passes58
58Tackles made154
7Tackles missed11
110/112Rucks won41/44
14/20Lineouts won11/13
2/2Mauls won9/9
7Penalties conceded6
Goal kicking
WAL conversions 0/1, penalties 1/4 · FRA conversions 0/0, penalties 3/3. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Gethin JenkinsProp
  2. 2Huw BennettHooker
  3. 3Adam JonesProp
  4. 4Luke CharterisSecond row
  5. 5Alun Wyn JonesSecond row
  6. 6Dan LydiateFlanker
  7. 7Sam WarburtonFlanker
  8. 8Taulupe FaletauNumber 8
  9. 9Mike PhillipsScrum-half
  10. 10James HookFly-half
  11. 11Shane WilliamsWing
  12. 12Jamie RobertsCentre
  13. 13Jonathan DaviesCentre
  14. 14George NorthWing
  15. 15Leigh HalfpennyFull-back
  16. 16Lloyd BurnsBench
  17. 17Paul JamesBench
  18. 18Bradley DaviesBench
  19. 19Ryan JonesBench
  20. 20Lloyd WilliamsBench
  21. 21Stephen JonesBench
  22. 22Scott WilliamsBench

France

  1. 1Jean-Baptiste PouxProp
  2. 2William ServatHooker
  3. 3Nicolas MasProp
  4. 4Pascal PapeSecond row
  5. 5Lionel NalletSecond row
  6. 6Thierry DusautoirFlanker
  7. 7Julien BonnaireFlanker
  8. 8Imanol HarinordoquyNumber 8
  9. 9Dimitri YachviliScrum-half
  10. 10Morgan ParraFly-half
  11. 11Alexis PalissonWing
  12. 12Maxime MermozCentre
  13. 13Aurélien RougerieCentre
  14. 14Vincent ClercWing
  15. 15Maxime MedardFull-back
  16. 16Dimitri SzarzewskiBench
  17. 17Fabien BarcellaBench
  18. 18Julien PierreBench
  19. 19Fulgence OuedraogoBench
  20. 20Francois Trinh-DucBench
  21. 21Jean Marc DoussainBench
  22. 22Cédric HeymansBench

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Context

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

Wales going in
France 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.