TheBreakdown
Full time19 March 1983
France
16–9
Wales
Parc des Princes, Paris, France · Five Nations 1983Head-to-head

France won by 7 points.

Scoring

  1. –PFrance penalty · Serge Blanco3–0
  2. –PFrance penalty · Serge Blanco6–0
  3. –PFrance penalty · Serge Blanco9–0
  4. –TFrance try · Patrick Esteve13–0
  5. –DFrance drop goal · Didier Camberabero16–0
  6. –CWales conversion · Mark Wyatt16–2
  7. –PWales penalty · Gwyn Evans16–5
  8. –TWales try · Jeff Squire16–9

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Pierre DospitalProp
  2. 2Philippe DintransHooker
  3. 3Robert PaparembordeProp
  4. 4Jean CondomSecond row
  5. 5Jean-Francois ImbernonSecond row
  6. 6Jean-Pierre RivesFlanker
  7. 7Jean-Luc JoinelFlanker
  8. 8Dominique ErbaniNumber 8
  9. 9Gerald MartinezScrum-half
  10. 10Didier CamberaberoFly-half
  11. 11Patrick EsteveWing
  12. 12Christian BelascainCentre
  13. 13Didier CodorniouCentre
  14. 14Philippe SellaWing
  15. 15Serge BlancoFull-back
  16. 16Bernard HerreroBench
  17. 17Daniel DubrocaBench
  18. 18Eric BuchetBench
  19. 19Pierre BerbizierBench
  20. 20Patrick MesnyBench
  21. 21Bernard ViviesBench

Wales

  1. 1Staff JonesProp
  2. 2Billy JamesHooker
  3. 3Graham PriceProp
  4. 4John PerkinsSecond row
  5. 5Bob NorsterSecond row
  6. 6Jeff SquireFlanker
  7. 7David PickeringFlanker
  8. 8Eddie ButlerNumber 8
  9. 9Terry HolmesScrum-half
  10. 10Malcolm DaceyFly-half
  11. 11Clive ReesWing
  12. 12Gwyn EvansCentre
  13. 13Rob AckermanCentre
  14. 14Elgan ReesWing
  15. 15Mark WyattFull-back
  16. 16Richie DonovanBench
  17. 17Gareth DaviesBench
  18. 18Mark DouglasBench
  19. 19Ian StephensBench
  20. 20K TownleyBench
  21. 21Gareth RobertsBench

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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.