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Full time17 February 1979
France
14–13
Wales
Parc des Princes, Paris, France · Five Nations 1979Head-to-head

France won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. –PFrance penalty · Jean-Michel Aguirre3–0
  2. –PFrance penalty · Jean-Michel Aguirre6–0
  3. –TFrance try · Jean-Francois Gourdon10–0
  4. –TFrance try · Jean-Francois Gourdon14–0
  5. –PWales penalty · Steve Fenwick14–3
  6. –PWales penalty · Steve Fenwick14–6
  7. –PWales penalty · Steve Fenwick14–9
  8. –TWales try · Terry Holmes14–13

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Armand VaquerinProp
  2. 2Alain PacoHooker
  3. 3Robert PaparembordeProp
  4. 4Alain MaleigSecond row
  5. 5Francis HagetSecond row
  6. 6Jean-Pierre RivesFlanker
  7. 7Jean-Luc JoinelFlanker
  8. 8Alain GuilbertNumber 8
  9. 9Jerome GallionScrum-half
  10. 10Alain CaussadeFly-half
  11. 11Guy NovèsWing
  12. 12Christian BelascainCentre
  13. 13Roland BertranneCentre
  14. 14Jean-Francois GourdonWing
  15. 15Jean-Michel AguirreFull-back
  16. 16Jean PercheBench
  17. 17Gerard CholleyBench
  18. 18Roland PetrissansBench
  19. 19Yves LaffargeBench
  20. 20Francois SangalliBench
  21. 21Roger AguerreBench

Wales

  1. 1Charlie FaulknerProp
  2. 2Bobby WindsorHooker
  3. 3Graham PriceProp
  4. 4Allan MartinSecond row
  5. 5Barry CleggSecond row
  6. 6Paul RingerFlanker
  7. 7Jeff SquireFlanker
  8. 8Derek QuinnellNumber 8
  9. 9Terry HolmesScrum-half
  10. 10Gareth DaviesFly-half
  11. 11JJ WilliamsWing
  12. 12Steve FenwickCentre
  13. 13David RichardsCentre
  14. 14Elgan ReesWing
  15. 15JPR WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Clive GriffithsBench
  17. 17Peter MorganBench
  18. 18Brynmor WilliamsBench
  19. 19J RichardsBench
  20. 20Alan PhillipsBench
  21. 21Stuart LaneBench

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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.