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Full time16 February 2002
Wales
33–37
France
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales · Six Nations 2002Head-to-head

France won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. 2’PWales penalty · Stephen Jones3–0
  2. 6’PFrance penalty · Damien Traille3–3
  3. 11’CWales conversion · Stephen Jones5–3
  4. 11’TWales try · Craig Quinnell10–3
  5. 23’PFrance penalty · Gérald Merceron10–6
  6. 28’TFrance try · Tony Marsh10–11
  7. 30’PWales penalty · Stephen Jones13–11
  8. 31’DFrance drop goal · Gérald Merceron13–14
  9. 34’PWales penalty · Stephen Jones16–14
  10. 36’TFrance try · Tony Marsh16–19
  11. 37’CFrance conversion · Gérald Merceron16–21
  12. 39’PWales penalty · Stephen Jones19–21
  13. 41’PFrance penalty · Gérald Merceron19–24
  14. 44’TFrance try · Aurélien Rougerie19–29
  15. 45’CFrance conversion · Gérald Merceron19–31
  16. 49’PFrance penalty · Gérald Merceron19–34
  17. 60’TWales try · Nathan Budgett24–34
  18. 61’CWales conversion · Stephen Jones26–34
  19. 71’PFrance penalty · Gérald Merceron26–37
  20. 80’TWales try · Kevin Morgan31–37
  21. 81’CWales conversion · Stephen Jones33–37

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Spencer JohnProp
  2. 2Robin McBrydeHooker
  3. 3Chris AnthonyProp
  4. 4Craig QuinnellSecond row
  5. 5Andy MooreSecond row
  6. 6Nathan BudgettFlanker
  7. 7Martyn WilliamsFlanker
  8. 8Scott QuinnellNumber 8
  9. 9Rob HowleyScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen JonesFly-half
  11. 11Craig MorganWing
  12. 12Andy MarinosCentre
  13. 13Tom ShanklinCentre
  14. 14Dafydd JamesWing
  15. 15Kevin MorganFull-back
  16. 16Barry WilliamsBench
  17. 17Duncan JonesBench
  18. 18Ian GoughBench
  19. 19Gavin ThomasBench
  20. 20Dwayne PeelBench
  21. 21Iestyn HarrisBench
  22. 22Rhys WilliamsBench

France

  1. 1Jean-Jacques CrencaProp
  2. 2Raphaël IbanezHooker
  3. 3Pieter de VilliersProp
  4. 4Thibault PrivatSecond row
  5. 5Olivier BrouzetSecond row
  6. 6Serge BetsenFlanker
  7. 7Steven HallFlanker
  8. 8Imanol HarinordoquyNumber 8
  9. 9Pierre MignoniScrum-half
  10. 10Gérald MerceronFly-half
  11. 11Xavier GarbajosaWing
  12. 12Tony MarshCentre
  13. 13Damien TrailleCentre
  14. 14Aurélien RougerieWing
  15. 15Nicolas BrusqueFull-back
  16. 16Olivier MilloudBench
  17. 17Sébastien BrunoBench
  18. 18Alexandre AudebertBench
  19. 19Fabien PelousBench
  20. 20Alexandre AlbouyBench
  21. 21Francois GelezBench
  22. 22Jimmy MarluBench

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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.