TheBreakdown
Full time19 January 1980
Wales
18–9
France
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Five Nations 1980Head-to-head

Wales won by 9 points.

Scoring

  1. –CWales conversion · Gareth Davies2–0
  2. –TWales try · Elgan Rees6–0
  3. –TWales try · David Richards10–0
  4. –TWales try · Terry Holmes14–0
  5. –TWales try · Graham Price18–0
  6. –CFrance conversion · Alain Caussade18–2
  7. –TFrance try · Jean-Francois Marchal18–6
  8. –DFrance drop goal · Alain Caussade18–9

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Clive WilliamsProp
  2. 2Alan PhillipsHooker
  3. 3Graham PriceProp
  4. 4Allan MartinSecond row
  5. 5Geoff WheelSecond row
  6. 6Paul RingerFlanker
  7. 7Jeff SquireFlanker
  8. 8Eddie ButlerNumber 8
  9. 9Terry HolmesScrum-half
  10. 10Gareth DaviesFly-half
  11. 11Les KeenWing
  12. 12Steve FenwickCentre
  13. 13David RichardsCentre
  14. 14Elgan ReesWing
  15. 15Roger BlythFull-back
  16. 16Chris WebberBench
  17. 17Ray GravellBench
  18. 18Gerald WilliamsBench
  19. 19John RichardsonBench
  20. 20Billy JamesBench
  21. 21Stuart LaneBench

France

  1. 1Patrick SalasProp
  2. 2Alain PacoHooker
  3. 3Robert PaparembordeProp
  4. 4Francis HagetSecond row
  5. 5Jean-Francois MarchalSecond row
  6. 6Jean-Pierre RivesFlanker
  7. 7Jean-Luc JoinelFlanker
  8. 8Alain MaleigNumber 8
  9. 9Jerome GallionScrum-half
  10. 10Alain CaussadeFly-half
  11. 11Frederic CostesWing
  12. 12Didier CodorniouCentre
  13. 13Roland BertranneCentre
  14. 14Daniel BustaffaWing
  15. 15Jean-Michel AguirreFull-back
  16. 16Philippe DintransBench
  17. 17Daniel RevallierBench
  18. 18Rene TrailleBench
  19. 19Adrien MournetBench
  20. 20Laurent PardoBench
  21. 21Pierre PedeutourBench

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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.