TheBreakdown
Full time16 March 1996
Wales
16–15
France
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Five Nations 1996Head-to-head

Wales won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. –CWales conversion · Neil Jenkins2–0
  2. –PWales penalty · Neil Jenkins5–0
  3. –PWales penalty · Neil Jenkins8–0
  4. –PWales penalty · Neil Jenkins11–0
  5. –TWales try · Rob Howley16–0
  6. –CFrance conversion · Thomas Castaignede16–2
  7. –PFrance penalty · Thomas Castaignede16–5
  8. –TFrance try · Emile Ntamack16–10
  9. –TFrance try · Thomas Castaignede16–15

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Christian LoaderProp
  2. 2Jonathan HumphreysHooker
  3. 3John DaviesProp
  4. 4Gareth LlewellynSecond row
  5. 5Derwyn JonesSecond row
  6. 6Emyr LewisFlanker
  7. 7Gwyn JonesFlanker
  8. 8Hemi TaylorNumber 8
  9. 9Rob HowleyScrum-half
  10. 10Neil JenkinsFly-half
  11. 11Gareth ThomasWing
  12. 12Nigel DaviesCentre
  13. 13Leigh DaviesCentre
  14. 14Ieuan EvansWing
  15. 15Justin ThomasFull-back
  16. 16Wayne ProctorBench
  17. 17Arwel ThomasBench
  18. 18Andy Moore (S/H)Bench
  19. 19Steve WilliamsBench
  20. 20Lyndon MustoeBench
  21. 21Garin JenkinsBench

France

  1. 1Christian CalifanoProp
  2. 2Jean-Michel GonzalesHooker
  3. 3Franck TournaireProp
  4. 4Abdelatif BenazziSecond row
  5. 5Olivier RoumatSecond row
  6. 6Richard CastelFlanker
  7. 7Laurent CabannesFlanker
  8. 8Sylvain DispagneNumber 8
  9. 9Guy AccoceberryScrum-half
  10. 10Thomas CastaignedeFly-half
  11. 11Philippe Saint-AndreWing
  12. 12Olivier CampanCentre
  13. 13Stephane GlasCentre
  14. 14Emile NtamackWing
  15. 15Jean-Luc SadournyFull-back
  16. 16Alain PenaudBench
  17. 17Richard DourtheBench
  18. 18Fabien GalthiéBench
  19. 19Olivier BrouzetBench
  20. 20Raphaël IbanezBench
  21. 21Michel PerieBench

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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.