TheBreakdown
Full time15 February 1997
France
27–22
Wales
Parc des Princes, Paris, France · Five Nations 1997Head-to-head

France won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. –CFrance conversion · Richard Dourthe2–0
  2. –CFrance conversion · David Aucagne4–0
  3. –PFrance penalty · David Aucagne7–0
  4. –TFrance try · Laurent Leflamand12–0
  5. –TFrance try · Laurent Leflamand17–0
  6. –TFrance try · David Venditti22–0
  7. –TFrance try · Olivier Merle27–0
  8. –CWales conversion · Neil Jenkins27–2
  9. –CWales conversion · Neil Jenkins27–4
  10. –PWales penalty · Neil Jenkins27–7
  11. –TWales try · Allan Bateman27–12
  12. –TWales try · Gareth Thomas27–17
  13. –TWales try · Rob Howley27–22

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Christian CalifanoProp
  2. 2Marc Dal MasoHooker
  3. 3Jean-Louis JordanaProp
  4. 4Hugues MiorinSecond row
  5. 5Olivier MerleSecond row
  6. 6Abdelatif BenazziFlanker
  7. 7Richard CastelFlanker
  8. 8Fabien PelousNumber 8
  9. 9Philippe CarbonneauScrum-half
  10. 10Christophe LamaisonFly-half
  11. 11David VendittiWing
  12. 12Richard DourtheCentre
  13. 13Stephane GlasCentre
  14. 14Laurent LeflamandWing
  15. 15Jean-Luc SadournyFull-back
  16. 16Sebastien ViarsBench
  17. 17David AucagneBench
  18. 18Guy AccoceberryBench
  19. 19Olivier MagneBench
  20. 20Pierre Triep-CapdevilleBench
  21. 21Marc de RougemontBench

Wales

  1. 1Christian LoaderProp
  2. 2Jonathan HumphreysHooker
  3. 3Dai YoungProp
  4. 4Gareth LlewellynSecond row
  5. 5Mark RowleySecond row
  6. 6Steve WilliamsFlanker
  7. 7Colin CharvisFlanker
  8. 8Scott QuinnellNumber 8
  9. 9Rob HowleyScrum-half
  10. 10Arwel ThomasFly-half
  11. 11Gareth ThomasWing
  12. 12Scott GibbsCentre
  13. 13Allan BatemanCentre
  14. 14Ieuan EvansWing
  15. 15Neil JenkinsFull-back
  16. 16Jonathan DaviesBench
  17. 17Paul JohnBench
  18. 18Hemi TaylorBench
  19. 19Paul ArnoldBench
  20. 20Lyndon MustoeBench
  21. 21Garin JenkinsBench

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Context

All-time, France 53–52 Wales, 3 drawn in 108 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

France going in
Wales 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.