Full time22 March 1947
Stade Colombes, Paris, France · Five Nations 1947Head-to-head
Wales won by 3 points.
Scoring
- –PWales penalty · Bill Tamplin0–3
Line-ups
France
- 1Jean Prin ClaryProp
- 2Marcel JolHooker
- 3Euqene BuzyProp
- 4Alban MogaSecond row
- 5Robert SoroSecond row
- 6Jean Matheu-CambasFlanker
- 7Jean PratFlanker
- 8Guy BasquetNumber 8
- 9Yves BergougnanScrum-half
- 10Maurice TerreauFly-half
- 11Jean LassegueWing
- 12Michel SorondoCentre
- 13Louis JunqasCentre
- 14Elie PebeyreWing
- 15Andre AlvarezFull-back
Wales
- 1Dai JonesProp
- 2Billy GoreHooker
- 3Cliff DaviesProp
- 4Bill TamplinSecond row
- 5Stan WilliamsSecond row
- 6Bob EvansFlanker
- 7Gwyn EvansFlanker
- 8Rees StephensNumber 8
- 9Haydn TannerScrum-half
- 10Billy CleaverFly-half
- 11Peter ReesWing
- 12Les WilliamsCentre
- 13Bleddyn WilliamsCentre
- 14Ken JonesWing
- 15Howard DaviesFull-back
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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
- Previous meeting: 22 April 1946, France 12–0 Wales
- Next meeting on record: 21 February 1948
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.