TheBreakdown
Full time28 March 1953
France
3–6
Wales
Stade Colombes, Paris, France · Five Nations 1953Head-to-head

Wales won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. –PFrance penalty · Pierre Bertrand3–0
  2. –TWales try · Gareth Griffiths3–3
  3. –TWales try · Gareth Griffiths3–6

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Pierre BertrandProp
  2. 2Julien ArrietaHooker
  3. 3Rene BrejassouProp
  4. 4Lucien MiasSecond row
  5. 5Bernard ChevalierSecond row
  6. 6Jean PratFlanker
  7. 7Michel CelayaFlanker
  8. 8Henri DomecNumber 8
  9. 9Gerard DufauScrum-half
  10. 10Laurent BidartFly-half
  11. 11Lucien RogeWing
  12. 12Georges BrunCentre
  13. 13Joseph GalyCentre
  14. 14Michel PomathiosWing
  15. 15Michel VannierFull-back

Wales

  1. 1Billy WilliamsProp
  2. 2Dai DaviesHooker
  3. 3John RobinsProp
  4. 4Roy JohnSecond row
  5. 5Rees StephensSecond row
  6. 6Sid JuddFlanker
  7. 7Clem ThomasFlanker
  8. 8John GwilliamNumber 8
  9. 9Trevor LloydScrum-half
  10. 10Cliff MorganFly-half
  11. 11Gareth GriffithsWing
  12. 12Bleddyn WilliamsCentre
  13. 13Alun ThomasCentre
  14. 14Ken JonesWing
  15. 15Terry 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

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.