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Full time16 February 1974
Wales
16–16
France
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Five Nations 1974Head-to-head

A draw.

Scoring

  1. –PWales penalty · Phil Bennett3–0
  2. –PWales penalty · Phil Bennett6–0
  3. –PWales penalty · Phil Bennett9–0
  4. –TWales try · JJ Williams13–0
  5. –DWales drop goal · Gareth Edwards16–0
  6. –PFrance penalty · Jean-Pierre Romeu16–3
  7. –PFrance penalty · Jean-Pierre Romeu16–6
  8. –PFrance penalty · Jean-Pierre Romeu16–9
  9. –TFrance try · Jean-Pierre Lux16–13
  10. –DFrance drop goal · Jean-Pierre Romeu16–16

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Glyn ShawProp
  2. 2Bobby WindsorHooker
  3. 3Walter WilliamsProp
  4. 4Ian RobinsonSecond row
  5. 5Derek QuinnellSecond row
  6. 6Dai MorrisFlanker
  7. 7Terry CobnerFlanker
  8. 8Mervyn DaviesNumber 8
  9. 9Gareth EdwardsScrum-half
  10. 10Phil BennettFly-half
  11. 11JJ WilliamsWing
  12. 12Alex FinlaysonCentre
  13. 13Ian HallCentre
  14. 14Gerald DaviesWing
  15. 15JPR WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Roger BlythBench
  17. 17John BevanBench
  18. 18Clive ShellBench
  19. 20Roy ThomasBench
  20. 21Geoff WheelBench

France

  1. 1Jean IracabalProp
  2. 2Renee BenesisHooker
  3. 3Armand VaquerinProp
  4. 4Elie CesterSecond row
  5. 5Alain EsteveSecond row
  6. 6Jean Claude SkrelaFlanker
  7. 7Victor BoffelliFlanker
  8. 8Claude SpangheroNumber 8
  9. 9Jacques FourouxScrum-half
  10. 10Jean-Pierre RomeuFly-half
  11. 11Andre DubertrandWing
  12. 12Jean-Pierre LuxCentre
  13. 13Joel PécuneCentre
  14. 14Roland BertranneWing
  15. 15Jean-Michel AguirreFull-back
  16. 16Jean UgartemendiaBench
  17. 17Pierre DospitalBench
  18. 18Daniel KaczorowskiBench
  19. 19Richard AstreBench
  20. 20Jean-Martin EtcheniqueBench
  21. 21Michel DroitecourtBench

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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.