TheBreakdown
Full time25 September 1996
Wales
33–40
France
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, WalesHead-to-head

France won by 7 points.

Scoring

  1. –CWales conversion · Neil Jenkins2–0
  2. –CWales conversion · Neil Jenkins4–0
  3. –CWales conversion · Neil Jenkins6–0
  4. –PWales penalty · Neil Jenkins9–0
  5. –PWales penalty · Neil Jenkins12–0
  6. –PWales penalty · Neil Jenkins15–0
  7. –PWales penalty · Neil Jenkins18–0
  8. –TWales try · Ieuan Evans23–0
  9. –TWales try · Gareth Thomas28–0
  10. –TWales try · Barry Williams33–0
  11. –CFrance conversion · Richard Dourthe33–2
  12. –CFrance conversion · Richard Dourthe33–4
  13. –CFrance conversion · Richard Dourthe33–6
  14. –CFrance conversion · Richard Dourthe33–8
  15. –PFrance penalty · Richard Dourthe33–11
  16. –PFrance penalty · Richard Dourthe33–14
  17. –PFrance penalty · Richard Dourthe33–17
  18. –PFrance penalty · Richard Dourthe33–20
  19. –TFrance try · Jean-Luc Sadourny33–25
  20. –TFrance try · Stephane Glas33–30
  21. –TFrance try · Stephane Glas33–35
  22. –TFrance try · Abdelatif Benazzi33–40

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Christian LoaderProp
  2. 2Barry WilliamsHooker
  3. 3John DaviesProp
  4. 4Mike VoyleSecond row
  5. 5Gareth LlewellynSecond row
  6. 6Kingsley JonesFlanker
  7. 7Martyn WilliamsFlanker
  8. 8Steve WilliamsNumber 8
  9. 9Rob HowleyScrum-half
  10. 10Neil JenkinsFly-half
  11. 11Gareth ThomasWing
  12. 12Nigel DaviesCentre
  13. 13Leigh DaviesCentre
  14. 14Ieuan EvansWing
  15. 15Wayne ProctorFull-back
  16. 16Simon HillBench
  17. 17Arwel ThomasBench
  18. 18Paul JohnBench
  19. 19Colin CharvisBench
  20. 20Spencer JohnBench

France

  1. 1Franck TournaireProp
  2. 2Marc de RougemontHooker
  3. 3Jean-Louis JordanaProp
  4. 4Olivier MerleSecond row
  5. 5Fabien PelousSecond row
  6. 6Philippe BenettonFlanker
  7. 7Richard CastelFlanker
  8. 8Abdelatif BenazziNumber 8
  9. 9Philippe CarbonneauScrum-half
  10. 10Alain PenaudFly-half
  11. 11Philippe Saint-AndreWing
  12. 12Stephane GlasCentre
  13. 13Richard DourtheCentre
  14. 14Emile NtamackWing
  15. 15Jean-Luc SadournyFull-back
  16. 16David BertyBench
  17. 18Guy AccoceberryBench
  18. 19Thomas LievremontBench

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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.