Full time22 March 1952
St Helen's, Swansea, Wales · Five Nations 1952Head-to-head
Wales won by 4 points.
Scoring
- –PWales penalty · Lewis Jones3–0
- –PWales penalty · Lewis Jones6–0
- –DWales drop goal · Alun Thomas9–0
- –CFrance conversion · Jean Prat9–2
- –TFrance try · Michel Pomathios9–5
Line-ups
Wales
- 1Billy WilliamsProp
- 2Dai DaviesHooker
- 3Don HaywardProp
- 4Roy JohnSecond row
- 5Rees StephensSecond row
- 6Clem ThomasFlanker
- 7Allen ForwardFlanker
- 8John GwilliamNumber 8
- 9Billy WilliamsScrum-half
- 10Alun ThomasFly-half
- 11Horace PhillipsWing
- 12Lewis JonesCentre
- 13Malcolm ThomasCentre
- 14Ken JonesWing
- 15Gerwyn WilliamsFull-back
France
- 1Rene BienesProp
- 2Rene BrejassouHooker
- 3Paul LabadieProp
- 4Bernard ChevalierSecond row
- 5Lucien MiasSecond row
- 6Jean BourdeuFlanker
- 7Jean PratFlanker
- 8Guy BasquetNumber 8
- 9Gerard DufauScrum-half
- 10Georges CarabignacFly-half
- 11Jean ColombierWing
- 12Maurice PratCentre
- 13Jacques MauranCentre
- 14Michel PomathiosWing
- 15Georges BrunFull-back
Match officials
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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: 7 April 1951, Wales 3–8 France
- Next meeting on record: 28 March 1953
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.