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Full time25 March 1972
Wales
20–6
France
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Five Nations 1972Head-to-head

Wales won by 14 points.

Scoring

  1. –PWales penalty · Barry John3–0
  2. –PWales penalty · Barry John6–0
  3. –PWales penalty · Barry John9–0
  4. –PWales penalty · Barry John12–0
  5. –TWales try · Gerald Davies16–0
  6. –TWales try · John Bevan20–0
  7. –PFrance penalty · Pierre Villepreux20–3
  8. –PFrance penalty · Pierre Villepreux20–6

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1John LloydProp
  2. 2Jeff YoungHooker
  3. 3Barry LlewelynProp
  4. 4Delme ThomasSecond row
  5. 5Geoff EvansSecond 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. 13Roy BergiersCentre
  14. 14Gerald DaviesWing
  15. 15JPR WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Keith HughesBench
  17. 17Phil BennettBench
  18. 18Ray HopkinsBench
  19. 19Roy ThomasBench
  20. 20Walter WilliamsBench
  21. 21Derek QuinnellBench

France

  1. 1Jean IracabalProp
  2. 2Renee BenesisHooker
  3. 3Jean-Louis AzareteProp
  4. 4Alain EsteveSecond row
  5. 5Claude SpangheroSecond row
  6. 6Jean Claude SkrelaFlanker
  7. 7Jean-Paul BiemouretFlanker
  8. 8Benoit DaugaNumber 8
  9. 9Max BarrauScrum-half
  10. 10Jean-Louis BerotFly-half
  11. 11Jean SillieresWing
  12. 12Jean-Pierre LuxCentre
  13. 13Jo MasoCentre
  14. 14Bernard DupratWing
  15. 15Pierre VillepreuxFull-back
  16. 16Andre LubranoBench
  17. 17Jean-Claude RossignolBench
  18. 18Olivier SaissetBench
  19. 19Jacques FourouxBench
  20. 20Alain MarotBench
  21. 21Jean TrilloBench

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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

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.