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Full time27 March 1971
France
5–9
Wales
Stade Colombes, Paris, France · Five Nations 1971Head-to-head

Wales won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. –CFrance conversion · Pierre Villepreux2–0
  2. –TFrance try · Benoit Dauga5–0
  3. –PWales penalty · Barry John5–3
  4. –TWales try · Barry John5–6
  5. –TWales try · Gareth Edwards5–9

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Michel LasserreProp
  2. 2Renee BenesisHooker
  3. 3Jean IracabalProp
  4. 4Walter SpangheroSecond row
  5. 5Claude SpangheroSecond row
  6. 6Jean-Paul BiemouretFlanker
  7. 7Christian CarrereFlanker
  8. 8Benoit DaugaNumber 8
  9. 9Max BarrauScrum-half
  10. 10Jean-Louis BerotFly-half
  11. 11Jack CantoniWing
  12. 12Jean-Pierre LuxCentre
  13. 13Roland BertranneCentre
  14. 14Roger BourgarelWing
  15. 15Pierre VillepreuxFull-back
  16. 16Jo MasoBench
  17. 17Michel PebeyreBench
  18. 18Jean Claude SkrelaBench
  19. 19Jean-Louis AzareteBench
  20. 20Christian SwierczinskiBench

Wales

  1. 1Barry LlewelynProp
  2. 2Jeff YoungHooker
  3. 3Denzil WilliamsProp
  4. 4Delme ThomasSecond row
  5. 5Mike RobertsSecond row
  6. 6Dai MorrisFlanker
  7. 7John TaylorFlanker
  8. 8Mervyn DaviesNumber 8
  9. 9Gareth EdwardsScrum-half
  10. 10Barry JohnFly-half
  11. 11John BevanWing
  12. 12Arthur LewisCentre
  13. 13John DawesCentre
  14. 14Gerald DaviesWing
  15. 15JPR WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Ian HallBench
  17. 17Bob PhillipsBench
  18. 18Ray HopkinsBench
  19. 19John LloydBench
  20. 20N ReesBench
  21. 21Derek QuinnellBench

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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.