France 13-20 Wales
Date:
Venue: Stade de France, Paris
Referee: Jaco Peyper (SARU)
Attendance: 78,814
France v Wales Match Reports
Wales recorded a fourth straight win over France, with a hard fought 20-13 victory in Paris, to keep their Six Nations title hopes alive. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- BBC: Wales too strong for France
- Guardian: Wales’s Dan Biggar and Leigh Halfpenny combine to down listless France
- Independent: Dan Biggar and Leigh Halfpenny give Welsh a much-needed victory in Paris cauldron
- Telegraph: Clinical Leigh Halfpenny punishes abject hosts
- Daily Mail: Leigh Halfpenny scores 15 points to add to Dan Biggar's first Wales try for victory in the Stade de France
- Sky Sports: Wales beat France 20-13 at Stade de France to keep Six Nations campaign alive
- ESPN: Resilient Wales triumph in Paris
- Wales Online: Six Nations hopes alive as impressive Welsh prove too good for French
- RBS 6 Nations: Halfpenny kicks Wales to victory over wasteful France
- Sydney Morning Herald: Wales rise against terrible France to rekindle Six Nations title hopes
France v Wales Match Highlights
France v Wales Match Statistics
France 13 (3)
Tries: Dulin
Conversions: Lopez
Penalties: Lopez (2)
Wales 20 (6)
Tries: Biggar
Penalties: Halfpenny (5)
Man of the Match: Morgan Parra (France)
France Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Eddy Ben Arous
- 2 Guilhem Guirado
- 3 Rabah Slimani
- 4 Romain Taofifenua
- 5 Yoann Maestri
- 6 Thierry Dusautoir (Captain)
- 7 Bernard Le Roux
- 8 Damien Chouly
Backs
- 9 Morgan Parra
- 10 Camille Lopez
- 11 Sofiane Guitoune
- 12 Wesley Fofana
- 13 Remi Lamerat
- 14 Yoann Huget
- 15 Brice Dulin
Replacements
- 16 Benjamin Kayser
- 17 Vincent Debaty
- 18 Uini Atonio
- 19 Jocelino Suta
- 20 Loann Goujon
- 21 Sebastian Tillous-Borde
- 22 Remi Tales
- 23 Mathieu Bastareaud
Wales Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Gethin Jenkins
- 2 Scott Baldwin
- 3 Samson Lee
- 4 Luke Charteris
- 5 Alun Wyn Jones
- 6 Dan Lydiate
- 7 Sam Warburton (Captain)
- 8 Taulupe Faletau
Backs
- 9 Rhys Webb
- 10 Dan Biggar
- 11 Liam Williams
- 12 Jamie Roberts
- 13 Jonathan Davies
- 14 George North
- 15 Leigh Halfpenny
Replacements
- 16 Richard Hibbard
- 17 Paul James
- 18 Aaron Jarvis
- 19 Bradley Davies
- 20 Justin Tipuric
- 21 Mike Phillips
- 22 Rhys Priestland
- 23 Scott Williams