TheBreakdown
Full time5 April 1998
Wales
0–51
France
Wembley Stadium, London, England · Five Nations 1998Head-to-head

France won by 51 points.

Scoring

  1. –CFrance conversion · Christophe Lamaison0–2
  2. –CFrance conversion · Christophe Lamaison0–4
  3. –CFrance conversion · Christophe Lamaison0–6
  4. –CFrance conversion · Christophe Lamaison0–8
  5. –CFrance conversion · Christophe Lamaison0–10
  6. –PFrance penalty · Christophe Lamaison0–13
  7. –PFrance penalty · Christophe Lamaison0–16
  8. –TFrance try · Jean-Luc Sadourny0–21
  9. –TFrance try · Jean-Luc Sadourny0–26
  10. –TFrance try · Stephane Glas0–31
  11. –TFrance try · Xavier Garbajosa0–36
  12. –TFrance try · Xavier Garbajosa0–41
  13. –TFrance try · Thomas Lievremont0–46
  14. –TFrance try · Fabien Galthié0–51

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1ALP LewisProp
  2. 2Garin JenkinsHooker
  3. 3Dai YoungProp
  4. 4Mike VoyleSecond row
  5. 5Andy MooreSecond row
  6. 6Rob AppleyardFlanker
  7. 7Colin CharvisFlanker
  8. 8Stuart DaviesNumber 8
  9. 9Rob HowleyScrum-half
  10. 10Neil JenkinsFly-half
  11. 11Gareth ThomasWing
  12. 12Leigh DaviesCentre
  13. 13Neil BoobyerCentre
  14. 14Wayne ProctorWing
  15. 15Kevin MorganFull-back
  16. 16Dafydd JamesBench
  17. 17Byron HaywardBench
  18. 18Paul JohnBench
  19. 19Kingsley JonesBench
  20. 20Stuart RoyBench
  21. 21Lyndon MustoeBench
  22. 22Jonathan HumphreysBench

France

  1. 1Christian CalifanoProp
  2. 2Raphaël IbanezHooker
  3. 3Franck TournaireProp
  4. 4Olivier BrouzetSecond row
  5. 5Fabien PelousSecond row
  6. 6Marc LievremontFlanker
  7. 7Olivier MagneFlanker
  8. 8Thomas LievremontNumber 8
  9. 9Philippe CarbonneauScrum-half
  10. 10Thomas CastaignedeFly-half
  11. 11Xavier GarbajosaWing
  12. 12Stephane GlasCentre
  13. 13Christophe LamaisonCentre
  14. 14Philippe Bernat-SallesWing
  15. 15Jean-Luc SadournyFull-back
  16. 16Fabien GalthiéBench
  17. 17David AucagneBench
  18. 18Jean-Marc AueBench
  19. 19Philippe BenettonBench
  20. 20Thierry CledaBench
  21. 21Cedric SouletteBench
  22. 22Marc Dal MasoBench

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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.