TheBreakdown
Full time18 March 1978
Wales
16–7
France
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Five Nations 1978Head-to-head

Wales won by 9 points.

Scoring

  1. –CWales conversion · Phil Bennett2–0
  2. –TWales try · Phil Bennett6–0
  3. –TWales try · Phil Bennett10–0
  4. –DWales drop goal · Steve Fenwick13–0
  5. –DWales drop goal · Gareth Edwards16–0
  6. –TFrance try · Jean Claude Skrela16–4
  7. –DFrance drop goal · Bernard Vivies16–7

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Charlie FaulknerProp
  2. 2Bobby WindsorHooker
  3. 3Graham PriceProp
  4. 4Allan MartinSecond row
  5. 5Geoff WheelSecond row
  6. 6Jeff SquireFlanker
  7. 7Terry CobnerFlanker
  8. 8Derek QuinnellNumber 8
  9. 9Gareth EdwardsScrum-half
  10. 10Phil BennettFly-half
  11. 11JJ WilliamsWing
  12. 12Steve FenwickCentre
  13. 13Ray GravellCentre
  14. 14Gareth EvansWing
  15. 15JPR WilliamsFull-back
  16. 17John BevanBench
  17. 18Brynmor WilliamsBench
  18. 19John RichardsonBench
  19. 20Mike WatkinsBench
  20. 21Trevor EvansBench

France

  1. 1Gerard CholleyProp
  2. 2Alain PacoHooker
  3. 3Robert PaparembordeProp
  4. 4Francis HagetSecond row
  5. 5Michel PalmiéSecond row
  6. 6Jean-Pierre RivesFlanker
  7. 7Jean Claude SkrelaFlanker
  8. 8Jean-Pierre BastiatNumber 8
  9. 9Jerome GallionScrum-half
  10. 10Bernard ViviesFly-half
  11. 11Guy NovèsWing
  12. 12Christian BelascainCentre
  13. 13Roland BertranneCentre
  14. 14Daniel BustaffaWing
  15. 15Jean-Michel AguirreFull-back
  16. 16Jean PercheBench
  17. 17Armand VaquerinBench
  18. 18Alain GuilbertBench
  19. 19Jean-Pierre LafforgueBench
  20. 20Francois SangalliBench
  21. 21Alain CaussadeBench

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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.