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Full time18 February 1984
Wales
16–21
France
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Five Nations 1984Head-to-head

France won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. –CWales conversion · Howell Davies2–0
  2. –PWales penalty · Howell Davies5–0
  3. –PWales penalty · Howell Davies8–0
  4. –TWales try · Howell Davies12–0
  5. –TWales try · Eddie Butler16–0
  6. –CFrance conversion · Jean-Patrick Lescarboura16–2
  7. –PFrance penalty · Jean-Patrick Lescarboura16–5
  8. –PFrance penalty · Jean-Patrick Lescarboura16–8
  9. –PFrance penalty · Jean-Patrick Lescarboura16–11
  10. –PFrance penalty · Jean-Patrick Lescarboura16–14
  11. –TFrance try · Philippe Sella16–18
  12. –DFrance drop goal · Jean-Patrick Lescarboura16–21

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Ian StephensProp
  2. 2Mike WatkinsHooker
  3. 3Ian EidmanProp
  4. 4John PerkinsSecond row
  5. 5Bob NorsterSecond row
  6. 6Dick MoriartyFlanker
  7. 7David PickeringFlanker
  8. 8Eddie ButlerNumber 8
  9. 9Mark DouglasScrum-half
  10. 10Malcolm DaceyFly-half
  11. 11Adrian HadleyWing
  12. 12Bleddyn BowenCentre
  13. 13Rob AckermanCentre
  14. 14Mark TitleyWing
  15. 15Howell DaviesFull-back
  16. 16Gwyn EvansBench
  17. 17Elgan ReesBench
  18. 18Ray GilesBench
  19. 19Jeff WhitefootBench
  20. 20Billy JamesBench
  21. 21Gareth RobertsBench

France

  1. 1Michel CremaschiProp
  2. 2Philippe DintransHooker
  3. 3Daniel DubrocaProp
  4. 4Alain LorieuxSecond row
  5. 5Jean CondomSecond row
  6. 6Jean-Pierre RivesFlanker
  7. 7Dominique ErbaniFlanker
  8. 8Jean-Luc JoinelNumber 8
  9. 9Jerome GallionScrum-half
  10. 10Jean-Patrick LescarbouraFly-half
  11. 11Patrick EsteveWing
  12. 12Didier CodorniouCentre
  13. 13Philippe SellaCentre
  14. 14Patrice LagisquetWing
  15. 15Serge BlancoFull-back
  16. 16Bernard HerreroBench
  17. 17Pierre-Edouard DetrezBench
  18. 18Jean-Charles OrsoBench
  19. 19Pierre BerbizierBench
  20. 20Laurent PardoBench
  21. 21Guy LaporteBench

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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.