France v Wales

Date:

Venue: Stade de France, Paris

Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

Attendance: 60,000

France v Wales Match Reports

In a remarkable opening match of the 2019 Six Nations, Wales came back from 16-0 down at half-time to beat France 24-19 at the final whistle. France dominated the first half, scoring tries through Louis Picamoles and Yoann Huget to build a 16-point lead. However, a try from Tomos Williams and two from George North saw the home team pegged back and beaten in the second half. A selection of match reports is listed below:

France v Wales - Match Highlights

France v Wales - Match Stats

France: (16) 19
Try: Picamoles (6'), Huget (23')
Penalty: Lopez (34', 71')
Drop-goal: Lopez (41')

Wales: (0) 24
Try: T Williams (47'), North (52', 72')
Conversion: Anscombe (48', 53'), Biggar (73')
Penalty: Biggar (63')

Man of the Match: George North (Wales)


France v Wales - Team Line-ups

France Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Jefferson Poirot
  • 2 Guilhem Guirado (Captain)
  • 3 Uini Atonio
  • 4 Sebastien Vahaamahina
  • 5 Paul Willemse
  • 6 Wenceslas Lauret
  • 7 Arthur Iturria
  • 8 Louis Picamoles

Backs

  • 9 Morgan Parra
  • 10 Camille Lopez
  • 11 Yoann Huget
  • 12 Wesley Fofana
  • 13 Romain Ntamack
  • 14 Damian Penaud
  • 15 Maxime Medard

Replacements

  • 16 Julien Marchand
  • 17 Dany Priso
  • 18 Demba Bamba
  • 19 Felix Lambey
  • 20 Gregory Alldritt
  • 21 Baptiste Serin
  • 22 Gael Fickou
  • 23 Geoffrey Doumayrou

Wales Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Rob Evans
  • 2 Ken Owens
  • 3 Tomas Francis
  • 4 Adam Beard
  • 5 Alun Wyn Jones (Captain)
  • 6 Josh Navidi
  • 7 Justin Tipuric
  • 8 Ross Moriarty

Backs

  • 9 Tomos Williams
  • 10 Gareth Anscombe
  • 11 Josh Adams
  • 12 Hadleigh Parkes
  • 13 Jonathan Davies
  • 14 George North
  • 15 Liam Williams

Replacements

  • 16 Elliot Dee
  • 17 Wyn Jones
  • 18 Samson Lee
  • 19 Cory Hill
  • 20 Aaron Wainwright
  • 21 Gareth Davies
  • 22 Dan Biggar
  • 23 Owen Watkin
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