Full time7 April 1951
Stade Colombes, Paris, France · Five Nations 1951Head-to-head
France won by 5 points.
Scoring
- –CFrance conversion · Jean Prat2–0
- –PFrance penalty · Andre Alvarez5–0
- –TFrance try · Andre Alvarez8–0
- –TWales try · Ken Jones8–3
Line-ups
France
- 1Rene BernardProp
- 2Pierre PascalinHooker
- 3Pierre BertrandProp
- 4Lucien MiasSecond row
- 5Henri FouresSecond row
- 6Rene BienesFlanker
- 7Jean PratFlanker
- 8Guy BasquetNumber 8
- 9Gerard DufauScrum-half
- 10Andre AlvarezFly-half
- 11Michel PomathiosWing
- 12Guy BelletanteCentre
- 13Georges BrunCentre
- 14Alain PorthaultWing
- 15Roger ArcalisFull-back
Wales
- 1Billy WilliamsProp
- 2Dai DaviesHooker
- 3John RobinsProp
- 4Don HaywardSecond row
- 5Roy JohnSecond row
- 6Bob EvansFlanker
- 7Peter EvansFlanker
- 8Rees StephensNumber 8
- 9Rex WillisScrum-half
- 10Cliff MorganFly-half
- 11Haydn MorrisWing
- 12Jack MatthewsCentre
- 13Malcolm ThomasCentre
- 14Ken JonesWing
- 15Gerwyn WilliamsFull-back
Match officials
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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: 25 March 1950, France 0–21 Wales
- Next meeting on record: 22 March 1952
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.