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Full time26 February 2016
Wales
19–10
France
Principality Stadium, Cardiff, Wales · Six Nations 2016Head-to-head

Wales won by 9 points.

Scoring

  1. 22’PWales penalty · Dan Biggar3–0
  2. 31’PWales penalty · Dan Biggar6–0
  3. 34’PFrance penalty · Jules Plisson6–3
  4. 43’PWales penalty · Dan Biggar9–3
  5. 46’TWales try · George North14–3
  6. 48’CWales conversion · Dan Biggar16–3
  7. 66’PWales penalty · Dan Biggar19–3
  8. 80’TFrance try · Guilhem Guirado19–8
  9. 80’CFrance conversion · Francois Trinh-Duc19–10

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Rob EvansProp
  2. 2Scott BaldwinHooker
  3. 3Samson LeeProp
  4. 4Bradley DaviesSecond row
  5. 5Alun Wyn JonesSecond row
  6. 6Dan LydiateFlanker
  7. 7Sam WarburtonFlanker
  8. 8Taulupe FaletauNumber 8
  9. 9Gareth DaviesScrum-half
  10. 10Dan BiggarFly-half
  11. 11George NorthWing
  12. 12Jamie RobertsCentre
  13. 13Jonathan DaviesCentre
  14. 14Alex CuthbertWing
  15. 15Liam WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Ken OwensBench
  17. 17Gethin JenkinsBench
  18. 18Tomas FrancisBench
  19. 19Jake BallBench
  20. 20Justin TipuricBench
  21. 21Lloyd WilliamsBench
  22. 22Rhys PriestlandBench
  23. 23Gareth AnscombeBench

France

  1. 1Jefferson PoirotProp
  2. 2Guilhem GuiradoHooker
  3. 3Rabah SlimaniProp
  4. 4Paul JedrasiakSecond row
  5. 5Alexandre FlanquartSecond row
  6. 6Wenceslas LauretFlanker
  7. 7Antoine BurbanFlanker
  8. 8Damien ChoulyNumber 8
  9. 9Maxime MachenaudScrum-half
  10. 10Jules PlissonFly-half
  11. 11Djibril CamaraWing
  12. 12Jonathan DantyCentre
  13. 13Maxime MermozCentre
  14. 14Virimi VakatawaWing
  15. 15Maxime MedardFull-back
  16. 16Camille ChatBench
  17. 17Uini AtonioBench
  18. 18Vincent PeloBench
  19. 19Yoann MaestriBench
  20. 20Loann GoujonBench
  21. 21Sebastien BezyBench
  22. 22Francois Trinh-DucBench
  23. 23Gael FickouBench

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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

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Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.