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Full time17 March 2018
Wales
14–13
France
Principality Stadium, Cardiff, Wales · Six Nations 2018Head-to-head

Wales won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. 4’DFrance drop goal · Francois Trinh-Duc0–3
  2. 4’TWales try · Liam Williams5–3
  3. 10’PWales penalty · Leigh Halfpenny8–3
  4. 16’PWales penalty · Leigh Halfpenny11–3
  5. 21’TFrance try · Gael Fickou11–8
  6. 22’CFrance conversion · Maxime Machenaud11–10
  7. 32’PWales penalty · Leigh Halfpenny14–10
  8. 49’PFrance penalty · Maxime Machenaud14–13

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Rob EvansProp
  2. 2Ken OwensHooker
  3. 3Tomas FrancisProp
  4. 4Cory HillSecond row
  5. 5Alun Wyn JonesSecond row
  6. 6Justin TipuricFlanker
  7. 7Josh NavidiFlanker
  8. 8Taulupe FaletauNumber 8
  9. 9Gareth DaviesScrum-half
  10. 10Dan BiggarFly-half
  11. 11Liam WilliamsWing
  12. 12Hadleigh ParkesCentre
  13. 13Scott WilliamsCentre
  14. 14George NorthWing
  15. 15Leigh HalfpennyFull-back
  16. 16Elliot DeeBench
  17. 17Nicky SmithBench
  18. 18Samson LeeBench
  19. 19Bradley DaviesBench
  20. 20Aaron ShinglerBench
  21. 21Aled DaviesBench
  22. 22Gareth AnscombeBench
  23. 23Steffan EvansBench

France

  1. 1Jefferson PoirotProp
  2. 2Adrien PelissieHooker
  3. 3Cedate Gomes SaProp
  4. 4Sebastien VahaamahinaSecond row
  5. 5Paul GabrillaguesSecond row
  6. 6Yacouba CamaraFlanker
  7. 7Wenceslas LauretFlanker
  8. 8Marco TauleigneNumber 8
  9. 9Maxime MachenaudScrum-half
  10. 10Francois Trinh-DucFly-half
  11. 11Remy GrossoWing
  12. 12Geoffrey DoumayrouCentre
  13. 13Mathieu BastareaudCentre
  14. 14Gael FickouWing
  15. 15Benjamin FallFull-back
  16. 16Camille ChatBench
  17. 17Dany PrisoBench
  18. 18Rabah SlimaniBench
  19. 19Bernard Le RouxBench
  20. 20Mathieu BabillotBench
  21. 21Baptiste CouilloudBench
  22. 22Lionel BeauxisBench
  23. 23Geoffrey PalisBench

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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.