TheBreakdown
Full time24 March 1973
France
12–3
Wales
Parc des Princes, Paris, France · Five Nations 1973Head-to-head

France won by 9 points.

Scoring

  1. –PFrance penalty · Jean-Pierre Romeu3–0
  2. –PFrance penalty · Jean-Pierre Romeu6–0
  3. –PFrance penalty · Jean-Pierre Romeu9–0
  4. –DFrance drop goal · Jean-Pierre Romeu12–0
  5. –DWales drop goal · Phil Bennett12–3

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Jean-Louis AzareteProp
  2. 2Renee BenesisHooker
  3. 3Jean IracabalProp
  4. 4Elie CesterSecond row
  5. 5Walter SpangheroSecond row
  6. 6Jean-Paul BiemouretFlanker
  7. 7Jean Claude SkrelaFlanker
  8. 8Olivier SaissetNumber 8
  9. 9Michel PebeyreScrum-half
  10. 10Jean-Pierre RomeuFly-half
  11. 11Jack CantoniWing
  12. 12Jo MasoCentre
  13. 13Christian BadinCentre
  14. 14Jean PhliponneauWing
  15. 15Jean-Michel AguirreFull-back

Wales

  1. 1Glyn ShawProp
  2. 2Jeff YoungHooker
  3. 3Phil LlewellynProp
  4. 4Mike RobertsSecond row
  5. 5Delme ThomasSecond row
  6. 6Tommy DavidFlanker
  7. 7John TaylorFlanker
  8. 8Mervyn DaviesNumber 8
  9. 9Gareth EdwardsScrum-half
  10. 10Phil BennettFly-half
  11. 11Jim ShanklinWing
  12. 12Roy BergiersCentre
  13. 13Arthur LewisCentre
  14. 14Gerald DaviesWing
  15. 15JPR WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16JJ WilliamsBench

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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.