TheBreakdown
Full time29 March 2003
France
33–5
Wales
Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France · Six Nations 2003Head-to-head

France won by 28 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’TWales try · Gareth Thomas0–5
  2. 28’TFrance try · Thomas Castaignede5–5
  3. 29’CFrance conversion · Dimitri Yachvili7–5
  4. 36’PFrance penalty · Dimitri Yachvili10–5
  5. 46’PFrance penalty · Dimitri Yachvili13–5
  6. 52’TFrance try · Vincent Clerc18–5
  7. 53’CFrance conversion · Dimitri Yachvili20–5
  8. 63’PFrance penalty · Dimitri Yachvili23–5
  9. 67’CFrance conversion · Dimitri Yachvili25–5
  10. 67’TFrance try · Frederic Michalak30–5
  11. 72’PFrance penalty · Dimitri Yachvili33–5

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Jean-Jacques CrencaProp
  2. 2Raphaël IbanezHooker
  3. 3Sylvain MarconnetProp
  4. 4Fabien PelousSecond row
  5. 5Olivier BrouzetSecond row
  6. 6Serge BetsenFlanker
  7. 7Olivier MagneFlanker
  8. 8Imanol HarinordoquyNumber 8
  9. 9Dimitri YachviliScrum-half
  10. 10Frederic MichalakFly-half
  11. 11Xavier GarbajosaWing
  12. 12Damien TrailleCentre
  13. 13Thomas CastaignedeCentre
  14. 14Aurélien RougerieWing
  15. 15Clément PoitrenaudFull-back
  16. 16Jean-Baptiste RueBench
  17. 17Olivier MilloudBench
  18. 18David AuradouBench
  19. 19Patrick TabaccoBench
  20. 20Jean-Baptiste ElissaldeBench
  21. 21Gérald MerceronBench
  22. 22Vincent ClercBench

Wales

  1. 1Iestyn ThomasProp
  2. 2Mefin DaviesHooker
  3. 3Gethin JenkinsProp
  4. 4Rob SidoliSecond row
  5. 5Gareth LlewellynSecond row
  6. 6Colin CharvisFlanker
  7. 7Martyn WilliamsFlanker
  8. 8Dafydd JonesNumber 8
  9. 9Dwayne PeelScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen JonesFly-half
  11. 11Gareth ThomasWing
  12. 12Iestyn HarrisCentre
  13. 13Mark TaylorCentre
  14. 14Craig MorganWing
  15. 15Rhys WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Martyn MaddenBench
  17. 17Steve WilliamsBench
  18. 18Gavin ThomasBench
  19. 19Gareth CooperBench
  20. 20Matthew WatkinsBench
  21. 21Gareth WilliamsBench
  22. 22Tom ShanklinBench

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Context

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

France going in
Wales 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.