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Men's Rugby World Cup 2019 · Oita Stadium, Oita Prefecture · 20 October 2019Head-to-head
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Wales won by 1 point.Half-time 10–19 · Tries 2–3 · WAL 1 yellow card

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20′38′54′5812317468114Attacks1739Ball won731441638158954922473218937%Own 2234%Own half62%Opp half59%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
WAL15226
FRA10717
← 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.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
5′FranceTry, Sebastien Vahaamahina, conversion missed0–5
8′FranceTry, Charles Ollivon, converted0–10
12′WalesTry, Aaron Wainwright, converted5–12
31′FranceTry, Virimi Vakatawa, converted10–17
74′WalesTry, Ross Moriarty, converted18–19
20′WalesPenalty goal scored
38′FrancePenalty goal missed
54′WalesPenalty goal scored
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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05101520HT0′20′40′60′80′1 WAL card · 1 FRA card
5′Sebastien Vahaamahina8′Charles Ollivon12′Aaron Wainwright31′Virimi Vakatawa74′Ross Moriarty
WAL

Team stats

FRA
48%Possession52%
44%Territory56%
103Carries134
333Metres gained498
6Clean breaks16
17Defenders beaten26
113Passes119
3Offloads11
152Tackles made107
26Tackles missed17
75/79Rucks won90/92
11/11Lineouts won13/13
4/4Scrums won4/4
7/8Mauls won7/9
6Turnovers won5
6Penalties conceded8
32Kicks from hand36
1,182Kick metres1,163
Goal kicking
WAL conversions 2/2, penalties 2/2 · FRA conversions 2/3, penalties 0/1. 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.

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Wyn JonesProp
  2. 2Ken OwensHooker
  3. 3Tomas FrancisProp
  4. 4Jake BallSecond row
  5. 5Alun Wyn JonesSecond row
  6. 6Aaron WainwrightFlanker
  7. 7Justin TipuricFlanker
  8. 8Josh NavidiNumber 8
  9. 9Gareth DaviesScrum-half
  10. 10Dan BiggarFly-half
  11. 11Josh AdamsWing
  12. 12Hadleigh ParkesCentre
  13. 13Owen WatkinCentre
  14. 14George NorthWing
  15. 15Liam WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Elliot DeeBench
  17. 17Rhys CarreBench
  18. 18Dillon LewisBench
  19. 19Adam BeardBench
  20. 20Ross MoriartyBench
  21. 21Tomos WilliamsBench
  22. 22Rhys PatchellBench
  23. 23Leigh HalfpennyBench

France

  1. 1Jefferson PoirotProp
  2. 2Guilhem GuiradoHooker
  3. 3Rabah SlimaniProp
  4. 4Bernard Le RouxSecond row
  5. 5Sebastien VahaamahinaSecond row
  6. 6Wenceslas LauretFlanker
  7. 7Charles OllivonFlanker
  8. 8Gregory AlldrittNumber 8
  9. 9Antoine DupontScrum-half
  10. 10Romain NtamackFly-half
  11. 11Yoann HugetWing
  12. 12Gael FickouCentre
  13. 13Virimi VakatawaCentre
  14. 14Damian PenaudWing
  15. 15Maxime MedardFull-back
  16. 16Camille ChatBench
  17. 17Cyril BailleBench
  18. 18Emerick SetianoBench
  19. 19Paul GabrillaguesBench
  20. 20Louis PicamolesBench
  21. 21Baptiste SerinBench
  22. 22Camille LopezBench
  23. 23Vincent RattezBench

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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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