TheBreakdown
Full time17 March 2001
France
35–43
Wales
Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France · Six Nations 2001Head-to-head

Wales won by 8 points.

Scoring

  1. 8’TFrance try · Sebastien Bonetti5–0
  2. 9’CFrance conversion · Gérald Merceron7–0
  3. 11’PFrance penalty · Gérald Merceron10–0
  4. 15’PWales penalty · Neil Jenkins10–3
  5. 17’PFrance penalty · Gérald Merceron13–3
  6. 26’PFrance penalty · Gérald Merceron16–3
  7. 29’PWales penalty · Neil Jenkins16–6
  8. 31’PFrance penalty · Gérald Merceron19–6
  9. 34’PWales penalty · Neil Jenkins19–9
  10. 37’TWales try · Rob Howley19–14
  11. 38’CWales conversion · Neil Jenkins19–16
  12. 46’TWales try · Scott Quinnell19–21
  13. 47’CWales conversion · Neil Jenkins19–23
  14. 51’PFrance penalty · Christophe Lamaison22–23
  15. 52’DWales drop goal · Neil Jenkins22–26
  16. 54’TWales try · Dafydd James22–31
  17. 55’CWales conversion · Neil Jenkins22–33
  18. 59’TFrance try · Philippe Bernat-Salles27–33
  19. 60’CFrance conversion · Christophe Lamaison29–33
  20. 67’PFrance penalty · Christophe Lamaison32–33
  21. 74’PFrance penalty · Christophe Lamaison35–33
  22. 77’DWales drop goal · Neil Jenkins35–36
  23. 81’CWales conversion · Neil Jenkins35–38
  24. 81’TWales try · Neil Jenkins35–43

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Christian CalifanoProp
  2. 2Raphaël IbanezHooker
  3. 3Pieter de VilliersProp
  4. 4David AuradouSecond row
  5. 5Fabien PelousSecond row
  6. 6Christophe MoniFlanker
  7. 7Olivier MagneFlanker
  8. 8Christophe JuilletNumber 8
  9. 9Fabien GalthiéScrum-half
  10. 10Gérald MerceronFly-half
  11. 11Christophe DominiciWing
  12. 12Thomas LombardCentre
  13. 13Sebastien BonettiCentre
  14. 14Philippe Bernat-SallesWing
  15. 15Jean-Luc SadournyFull-back
  16. 16Fabrice LandreauBench
  17. 17Sylvain MarconnetBench
  18. 18Lionel NalletBench
  19. 19Serge BetsenBench
  20. 20Philippe CarbonneauBench
  21. 21Christophe LamaisonBench
  22. 22Pepito ElhorgaBench

Wales

  1. 1Darren MorrisProp
  2. 2Robin McBrydeHooker
  3. 3Dai YoungProp
  4. 4Ian GoughSecond row
  5. 5Andy MooreSecond row
  6. 6Colin CharvisFlanker
  7. 7Martyn WilliamsFlanker
  8. 8Scott QuinnellNumber 8
  9. 9Rob HowleyScrum-half
  10. 10Neil JenkinsFly-half
  11. 11Dafydd JamesWing
  12. 12Scott GibbsCentre
  13. 13Mark TaylorCentre
  14. 14Gareth ThomasWing
  15. 15Rhys WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16ALP LewisBench
  17. 17Chris AnthonyBench
  18. 18Craig QuinnellBench
  19. 19Geraint LewisBench
  20. 20Gareth CooperBench
  21. 21Stephen JonesBench
  22. 22Allan BatemanBench

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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.