TheBreakdown
Full time7 March 1981
France
19–15
Wales
Parc des Princes, Paris, France · Five Nations 1981Head-to-head

France won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. –PFrance penalty · Serge Gabernet3–0
  2. –PFrance penalty · Serge Gabernet6–0
  3. –PFrance penalty · Guy Laporte9–0
  4. –PFrance penalty · Guy Laporte12–0
  5. –PFrance penalty · Guy Laporte15–0
  6. –TFrance try · Serge Gabernet19–0
  7. –CWales conversion · Gwyn Evans19–2
  8. –PWales penalty · Gwyn Evans19–5
  9. –PWales penalty · Gwyn Evans19–8
  10. –PWales penalty · Gwyn Evans19–11
  11. –TWales try · David Richards19–15

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Pierre DospitalProp
  2. 2Philippe DintransHooker
  3. 3Robert PaparembordeProp
  4. 4Daniel RevallierSecond row
  5. 5Jean-Francois ImbernonSecond row
  6. 6Jean-Pierre RivesFlanker
  7. 7Pierre LacansFlanker
  8. 8Jean-Luc JoinelNumber 8
  9. 9Pierre BerbizierScrum-half
  10. 10Guy LaporteFly-half
  11. 11Laurent PardoWing
  12. 12Didier CodorniouCentre
  13. 13Roland BertranneCentre
  14. 14Serge BlancoWing
  15. 15Serge GabernetFull-back
  16. 16Dominique SagarzazuBench
  17. 17Jean-Paul WolfBench
  18. 18Roland PetrissansBench
  19. 19Jerome GallionBench
  20. 20Patrick MesnyBench
  21. 21Alain CaussadeBench

Wales

  1. 1Ian StephensProp
  2. 2Alan PhillipsHooker
  3. 3Graham PriceProp
  4. 4Allan MartinSecond row
  5. 5Geoff WheelSecond row
  6. 6Rhodri LewisFlanker
  7. 7Clive BurgessFlanker
  8. 8Jeff SquireNumber 8
  9. 9Gerald WilliamsScrum-half
  10. 10Gary PearceFly-half
  11. 11David NicholasWing
  12. 12David RichardsCentre
  13. 13Ray GravellCentre
  14. 14Clive ReesWing
  15. 15Gwyn EvansFull-back
  16. 16Alun DonovanBench
  17. 17Gareth DaviesBench
  18. 18Mark DouglasBench
  19. 19Clive WilliamsBench
  20. 20Steve JonesBench
  21. 21C DaviesBench

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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.