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Full time19 March 1988
Wales
9–10
France
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Five Nations 1988Head-to-head

France won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. –CWales conversion · Paul Thorburn2–0
  2. –PWales penalty · Paul Thorburn5–0
  3. –TWales try · Ieuan Evans9–0
  4. –PFrance penalty · Jean-Baptiste Lafond9–3
  5. –PFrance penalty · Jean-Baptiste Lafond9–6
  6. –TFrance try · Jean-Patrick Lescarboura9–10

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Staff JonesProp
  2. 2Ian WatkinsHooker
  3. 3Dai YoungProp
  4. 4Phil MaySecond row
  5. 5Bob NorsterSecond row
  6. 6Rowland PhillipsFlanker
  7. 7Richie CollinsFlanker
  8. 8Paul MoriartyNumber 8
  9. 9Robert JonesScrum-half
  10. 10Jonathan DaviesFly-half
  11. 11Adrian HadleyWing
  12. 12Bleddyn BowenCentre
  13. 13Mark RingCentre
  14. 14Ieuan EvansWing
  15. 15Paul ThorburnFull-back
  16. 16Glen WebbeBench
  17. 17Mike HallBench
  18. 18Jonathan GriffithsBench
  19. 19Jeremy PughBench
  20. 20Kevin PhillipsBench
  21. 21Mark JonesBench

France

  1. 1Louis ArmaryProp
  2. 2Daniel DubrocaHooker
  3. 3Pascal OndartsProp
  4. 4Alain LorieuxSecond row
  5. 5Jean CondomSecond row
  6. 6Marc CecillonFlanker
  7. 7Alain CarminatiFlanker
  8. 8Laurent RodriguezNumber 8
  9. 9Pierre BerbizierScrum-half
  10. 10Jean-Patrick LescarbouraFly-half
  11. 11Patrice LagisquetWing
  12. 12Marc AndrieuCentre
  13. 13Philippe SellaCentre
  14. 14Jean-Baptiste LafondWing
  15. 15Serge BlancoFull-back
  16. 16Philippe DintransBench
  17. 17Jean-Pierre GaruetBench
  18. 18P FerriereBench
  19. 19Henri SanzBench
  20. 20Denis CharvetBench
  21. 21Jean-Paul TrilleBench

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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.