TheBreakdown
Full time1 March 1986
Wales
15–23
France
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Five Nations 1986Head-to-head

France won by 8 points.

Scoring

  1. –PWales penalty · Paul Thorburn3–0
  2. –PWales penalty · Paul Thorburn6–0
  3. –PWales penalty · Paul Thorburn9–0
  4. –PWales penalty · Paul Thorburn12–0
  5. –PWales penalty · Paul Thorburn15–0
  6. –CFrance conversion · Guy Laporte15–2
  7. –CFrance conversion · Guy Laporte15–4
  8. –TFrance try · Serge Blanco15–8
  9. –TFrance try · Jean-Baptiste Lafond15–12
  10. –TFrance try · Jean-Baptiste Lafond15–16
  11. –TFrance try · Philippe Sella15–20
  12. –DFrance drop goal · Guy Laporte15–23

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Jeff WhitefootProp
  2. 2Billy JamesHooker
  3. 3Ian EidmanProp
  4. 4John PerkinsSecond row
  5. 5David WatersSecond row
  6. 6Paul MoriartyFlanker
  7. 7David PickeringFlanker
  8. 8Phil DaviesNumber 8
  9. 9Robert JonesScrum-half
  10. 10Jonathan DaviesFly-half
  11. 11Adrian HadleyWing
  12. 12Bleddyn BowenCentre
  13. 13John DevereuxCentre
  14. 14Mark TitleyWing
  15. 15Paul ThorburnFull-back
  16. Laurence DelaneyBench
  17. Malcolm DaceyBench
  18. M RichardsBench
  19. Mark DouglasBench
  20. Mark JonesBench

France

  1. 1Philippe MaroccoProp
  2. 2Daniel DubrocaHooker
  3. 3Jean-Pierre GaruetProp
  4. 4Francis HagetSecond row
  5. 5Jean CondomSecond row
  6. 6Dominique ErbaniFlanker
  7. 7Eric ChampFlanker
  8. 8Jean-Luc JoinelNumber 8
  9. 9Pierre BerbizierScrum-half
  10. 10Guy LaporteFly-half
  11. 11Eric BonnevalWing
  12. 12Denis CharvetCentre
  13. 13Philippe SellaCentre
  14. 14Jean-Baptiste LafondWing
  15. 15Serge BlancoFull-back
  16. 16Bernard HerreroBench
  17. 17Pierre-Edouard DetrezBench
  18. 18Laurent RodriguezBench
  19. 19Rodolphe ModinBench
  20. 20Patrice LagisquetBench
  21. 21Marc SallefranqueBench

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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.