Wales v France

Date:

Venue: Principality Stadium, Cardiff

Referee: Wayne Barnes (RFU)

Attendance: 74,160

Wales v France Match Reports

Wales recorded their fifth consecutive win over France as they ran out 19-10 winners at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. Despite dominating territory and possession in the first half, Wales led by only 3 points at the break. A Dan Biggar penalty and George North try early in the second half saw Wales extend that lead. France then enjoyed their best spell of the match, but failed to make it count on the scoreboard. A fourth penalty by Dan Biggar just after the hour all but secured the match for Wales. With less than 2 minutes remaining, French captain Guilhem Guirado squeezed over for a late consolation try, but it couldn't affect the result. A selection of match reports is listed below:

Wales v France - Match Highlights

Wales v France - Match Stats

Wales: (6) 19
Try: North
Conversion: Biggar
Penalty: Biggar (4)

France: (3) 10
Try: Guirado
Conversion: Trinh-Duc
Penalty: Plisson

Man of the match: Gareth Davies (Wales)

Wales Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Rob Evans
  • 2 Scott Baldwin
  • 3 Samson Lee
  • 4 Bradley Davies
  • 5 Alun Wyn Jones
  • 6 Dan Lydiate
  • 7 Sam Warburton (Captain)
  • 8 Taulupe Faletau

Backs

  • 9 Gareth Davies
  • 10 Dan Biggar
  • 11 George North
  • 12 Jamie Roberts
  • 13 Jonathan Davies
  • 14 Alex Cuthbert
  • 15 Liam Williams

Replacements

  • 16 Ken Owens
  • 17 Gethin Jenkins
  • 18 Tomas Francis
  • 19 Jake Ball
  • 20 Justin Tipuric
  • 21 Lloyd Williams
  • 22 Rhys Priestland
  • 23 Gareth Anscombe

France Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Jefferson Poirot
  • 2 Guilhem Guirado (Captain)
  • 3 Rabah Slimani
  • 4 Paul Jedrasiak
  • 5 Alexandre Flanquart
  • 6 Wenceslas Lauret
  • 7 Antoine Burban
  • 8 Damien Chouly

Backs

  • 9 Maxime Machenaud
  • 10 Jules Plisson
  • 11 Djibril Camara
  • 12 Jonathan Danty
  • 13 Maxime Mermoz
  • 14 Virimi Vakatawa
  • 15 Maxime Médard

Replacements

  • 16 Camille Chat
  • 17 Uini Atonio
  • 18 Vincent Pelo
  • 19 Yoann Maestri
  • 20 Loann Goujon
  • 21 Sébastien Bézy
  • 22 François Trinh-Duc
  • 23 Gaël Fickou
 
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