Full time21 February 1948
St Helen's, Swansea, Wales · Five Nations 1948Head-to-head
France won by 8 points.
Scoring
- –PWales penalty · Ossie Williams3–0
- –CFrance conversion · Andre Alvarez3–2
- –TFrance try · Michel Pomathios3–5
- –TFrance try · Maurice Terreau3–8
- –TFrance try · Guy Basquet3–11
Line-ups
Wales
- 1Les AnthonyProp
- 2Maldwyn JamesHooker
- 3Cliff DaviesProp
- 4Bill TamplinSecond row
- 5Stan WilliamsSecond row
- 6Ossie WilliamsFlanker
- 7Gwyn EvansFlanker
- 8Les ManfieldNumber 8
- 9Haydn TannerScrum-half
- 10Glyn DaviesFly-half
- 11Jack MatthewsWing
- 12Billy CleaverCentre
- 13Bleddyn WilliamsCentre
- 14Ken JonesWing
- 15Frank TrottFull-back
France
- 1Euqene BuzyProp
- 2Lucien MartinHooker
- 3Lucien CaronProp
- 4Robert SoroSecond row
- 5Alban MogaSecond row
- 6Jean Matheu-CambasFlanker
- 7Jean PratFlanker
- 8Guy BasquetNumber 8
- 9Yves BergougnanScrum-half
- 10Leon BordenaveFly-half
- 11Jean LassegueWing
- 12Louis JunqasCentre
- 13Maurice TerreauCentre
- 14Michel PomathiosWing
- 15Andre AlvarezFull-back
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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
- Previous meeting: 22 March 1947, Wales 3–0 France
- Next meeting on record: 26 March 1949
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.