Full time24 March 1956
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Five Nations 1956Head-to-head
Wales won by 2 points.
Scoring
- –CWales conversion · Garfield Owen2–0
- –TWales try · Derek Williams5–0
- –TFrance try · Jacques Bouquet5–3
Line-ups
Wales
- 1Rex RichardsProp
- 2Bryn MeredithHooker
- 3Ray ProsserProp
- 4Leighton JenkinsSecond row
- 5Rees StephensSecond row
- 6Derek WilliamsFlanker
- 7Geoff WhitsonFlanker
- 8Russell RobinsNumber 8
- 9Onllwyn BraceScrum-half
- 10Cliff MorganFly-half
- 11Gwyn RowlandsWing
- 12Malcolm ThomasCentre
- 13Harry MorganCentre
- 14Ken JonesWing
- 15Garfield OwenFull-back
France
- 1Amedee DomenechProp
- 2Robert VigierHooker
- 3Rene BienesProp
- 4Bernard ChevalierSecond row
- 5Michel CelayaSecond row
- 6Robert BaulonFlanker
- 7Henri DomecFlanker
- 8Jean BartheNumber 8
- 9Gerard DufauScrum-half
- 10Jacques BouquetFly-half
- 11Lucien RogeWing
- 12Andre BonifaceCentre
- 13Maurice PratCentre
- 14Jean DupuyWing
- 15Michel VannierFull-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: 26 March 1955, Wales 16–11 France
- Next meeting on record: 23 March 1957
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.