History of rugby union matches between France and Wales
Introduction Scene of the first Wales v France match ever, played in Cardiff on March 2, 1908France and Wales have played each other at rugby union since 1908.A total of 103 matches have been played, with Wales winning 51 times, France 49 times and the remaining three finishing as draws.The early years of the fixture were dominated by Wales, who won 18 of the first 19 matches before France were expelled from the Five Nations Championship after the 1931 tournament. Since France rejoined the competition in 1947, they have won 48 of the 84 matches played, including a 12-match winning streak between 1983 and 1993.The teams have met twice in the Rugby World Cup, firstly in the semi-finals of the 2011 tournament, which France won 9–8, then in the quarter-finals of the 2019 Rugby World Cup, which Wales won 20–19.
Summary '''Note:''' Summary below reflects test results by both teams.===Overview=== Details Played Won byFrance Won byWales Drawn France points Wales points In France 49 28 20 1 743 657 In Wales 51 19 30 2 692 875 Neutral venue 3 2 1 0 79 28 Overall 103 49 51 3 1,514 1,560===Records===Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was or last set.RecordFranceWalesLongest winning streak12 (19 March 1983 – 19 February 1994)15 (2 March 1908 – 9 April 1928)Largest points forHome41 (18 March 2023)49 (1 January 1910)Away51 (5 April 1998)47 (23 February 1909)Largest winning marginHome33 (2 March 1991)35 (1 January 1910)Away51 (5 April 1998)42 (23 February 1909)
Results  No. Date Venue Score Winner Competition  1 2 March 1908 National Stadium, Cardiff 36–4  1908 Home Nations Championship 2 23 February 1909 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 5–47  1909 Home Nations Championship 3 1 January 1910 St Helen's, Swansea 49–14   1910 Five Nations Championship 4 28 February 1911 Parc des Princes, Paris 0–15  1911 Five Nations Championship 5 25 March 1912 Rodney Parade, Newport 14–8  1912 Five Nations Championship 6 27 February 1913 Parc des Princes, Paris 8–11  1913 Five Nations Championship 7 2 March 1914 St Helen's, Swansea 31–0  1914 Five Nations Championship 8 17 February 1920 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 5–6  1920 Five Nations Championship 9 26 February 1921 National Stadium, Cardiff 12–4  1921 Five Nations Championship 10 23 March 1922 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 3–11  1922 Five Nations Championship 11 24 February 1923 St Helen's, Swansea 16–8  1923 Five Nations Championship 12 27 March 1924 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 6–10  1924 Five Nations Championship 13 28 February 1925 National Stadium, Cardiff 11–5  1925 Five Nations Championship 14 5 April 1926 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 5–7   1926 Five Nations Championship 15 26 February 1927 St Helen's, Swansea 25–7   1927 Five Nations Championship 16 9 April 1928 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 8–3   1928 Five Nations Championship 17 23 February 1929 National Stadium, Cardiff 8–3   1929 Five Nations Championship 18 21 April 1930 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 0–11  1930 Five Nations Championship  19 28 February 1931 St Helen's, Swansea 35–3  1931 Five Nations Championship 20 22 March 1947 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 0–3   1947 Five Nations Championship 21 21 February 1948 St Helen's, Swansea 3–11   1948 Five Nations Championship 22 26 March 1949 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 5–3  1949 Five Nations Championship  23 25 March 1950 National Stadium, Cardiff 21–0   1950 Five Nations Championship 24 7 April 1951 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 8–3   1951 Five Nations Championship 25 22 March 1952 St Helen's, Swansea 9–5     1952 Five Nations Championship 26 28 March 1953 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 3–6   1953 Five Nations Championship 27 27 March 1954 National Stadium, Cardiff 19–13   1954 Five Nations Championship 28 26 March 1955 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 11–16   1955 Five Nations Championship 29 24 March 1956 National Stadium, Cardiff 5–3   1956 Five Nations Championship 30 23 March 1957 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 13–19   1957 Five Nations Championship 31 29 March 1958 National Stadium, Cardiff 6–16   1958 Five Nations Championship 32 4 April 1959 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 11–3   1959 Five Nations Championship 33 26 March 1960 National Stadium, Cardiff 8–16   1960 Five Nations Championship 34 25 March 1961 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 8–6   1961 Five Nations Championship 35 24 March 1962 National Stadium, Cardiff 3–0   1962 Five Nations Championship 36 23 March 1963 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 5–3   1963 Five Nations Championship 37 21 March 1964 National Stadium, Cardiff 11–11 ''draw'' 1964 Five Nations Championship 38 27 March 1965 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 22–13   1965 Five Nations Championship 39 26 March 1966 National Stadium, Cardiff 9–8   1966 Five Nations Championship 40 1 April 1967 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 20–14   1967 Five Nations Championship 41 23 March 1968 National Stadium, Cardiff 9–14   1968 Five Nations Championship 42 22 March 1969 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 8–8 ''draw'' 1969 Five Nations Championship 43 4 April 1970 National Stadium, Cardiff 11–6  1970 Five Nations Championship 44 27 March 1971 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 5–9   1971 Five Nations Championship 45 25 March 1972 National Stadium, Cardiff 20–6   1972 Five Nations Championship 46 24 March 1973 Parc des Princes, Paris 12–3   1973 Five Nations Championship 47 16 February 1974 National Stadium, Cardiff 16–16 ''draw'' 1974 Five Nations Championship 48 18 January 1975 Parc des Princes, Paris 10–25   1975 Five Nations Championship 49 6 March 1976 National Stadium, Cardiff 19–13   1976 Five Nations Championship 50 5 February 1977 Parc des Princes, Paris 16–9   1977 Five Nations Championship 51 18 March 1978 National Stadium, Cardiff 16–7   1978 Five Nations Championship 52 17 February 1979 Parc des Princes, Paris 14–13   1979 Five Nations Championship 53 19 January 1980 National Stadium, Cardiff 18–9  1980 Five Nations Championship 54 7 March 1981 Parc des Princes, Paris 19–15  1981 Five Nations Championship 55 6 February 1982 National Stadium, Cardiff 22–12  1982 Five Nations Championship 56 19 March 1983 Parc des Princes, Paris 16–9  1983 Five Nations Championship 57 18 February 1984 National Stadium, Cardiff 16–21  1984 Five Nations Championship 58 30 March 1985 Parc des Princes, Paris 14–3  1985 Five Nations Championship 59 1 March 1986 National Stadium, Cardiff 15–23  1986 Five Nations Championship 60 7 February 1987 Parc des Princes, Paris 16–9  1987 Five Nations Championship 61 19 March 1988 National Stadium, Cardiff 9–10  1988 Five Nations Championship 62 18 February 1989 Parc des Princes, Paris 31–12  1989 Five Nations Championship 63 20 January 1990 National Stadium, Cardiff 19–29  1990 Five Nations Championship 64 2 March 1991 Parc des Princes, Paris 36–3  1991 Five Nations Championship 65 4 September 1991 National Stadium, Cardiff 9–22  1991 Rugby World Cup warm-up match 66 1 February 1992 National Stadium, Cardiff 9–12  1992 Five Nations Championship 67 20 March 1993 Parc des Princes, Paris 26–10  1993 Five Nations Championship 68 19 February 1994 National Stadium, Cardiff 24–15   1994 Five Nations Championship 69 21 January 1995 Parc des Princes, Paris 21–9   1995 Five Nations Championship 70 16 March 1996 National Stadium, Cardiff 16–15   1996 Five Nations Championship 71 25 September 1996 National Stadium, Cardiff 33–40   1996 France tour of Wales 72 15 February 1997 Parc des Princes, Paris 27–22   1997 Five Nations Championship 73 5 April 1998  Wembley Stadium, London (England) 0–51   1998 Five Nations Championship 74 6 March 1999  Stade de France, Saint-Denis 33–34   1999 Five Nations Championship 75 28 August 1999  Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 34–23   1999 Rugby World Cup warm-up match 76 5 February 2000  Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 3–36   2000 Six Nations Championship 77 17 March 2001 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 35–43  2001 Six Nations Championship 78 16 February 2002 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 33–37  2002 Six Nations Championship 79 29 March 2003 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 33–5  2003 Six Nations Championship 80 7 March 2004 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 22–29  2004 Six Nations Championship 81 26 February 2005 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 18–24  2005 Six Nations Championship 82 18 March 2006 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 16–21  2006 Six Nations Championship 83 24 February 2007 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 32–21  2007 Six Nations Championship 84 26 August 2007 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 7–34  2007 Rugby World Cup warm-up match 85 15 March 2008 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 29–12  2008 Six Nations Championship 86 27 February 2009 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 21–16   2009 Six Nations Championship 87 26 February 2010 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 20–26   2010 Six Nations Championship 88 19 March 2011 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 28–9  2011 Six Nations Championship 89 15 October 2011 Eden Park, Auckland (New Zealand) 8–9  2011 Rugby World Cup 90 17 March 2012 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 16–9  2012 Six Nations Championship 91 9 February 2013 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 6–16  2013 Six Nations Championship 92 21 February 2014 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 27–6  2014 Six Nations Championship 93 28 February 2015 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 13–20  2015 Six Nations Championship 94 26 February 2016 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 19–10  2016 Six Nations Championship 95 18 March 2017 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 20–18  2017 Six Nations Championship 96 17 March 2018 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 14–13   2018 Six Nations Championship 97 1 February 2019 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 19–24  2019 Six Nations Championship  98 20 October 2019 Ōita Stadium, Ōita (Japan) 20–19  2019 Rugby World Cup 99 22 February 2020 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 23–27  2020 Six Nations Championship 100 24 October 2020 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 38–21  2020 Autumn International 101 20 March 2021 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 32–30  2021 Six Nations Championship 102 11 March 2022 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 9–13  2022 Six Nations Championship 103 18 March 2023 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 41–28  2023 Six Nations Championship 104 10 March 2024 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 2024 Six Nations Championship
XV results Below is a list of matches that France has awarded matches test match status by virtue of awarding caps, but Wales did not award caps. Date Venue Score Winner Competition 22 December 1945 St. Helen's, Swansea  8–0  Victory International 22 April 1946 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 12–0  Victory International
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