History of rugby union matches between France and Wales

France and Wales have played each other at rugby union since 1908. A total of 94 matches have been played, with Wales winning 48 times, France winning 43 times and 3 matches drawn.

The early years of the fixture were dominated by Wales, who won 18 of the first 19 matches up to the point when France were expelled from the Five Nations Championship after the 1931 tournament. Since the competition resumed in 1947 results have slightly favoured France who have won 43 of the 75 matches played, including 27 of the last 39 matches up to February 2016. The teams have met once in the Rugby World Cup with France winning the 2011 semi-final match.

Summary

Note: Summary below reflects test results by both teams.

Overview

Details	Played	Won by  France	Won by  Wales	Drawn	France points	Wales points
In France	44	24	19	1	636	557
In Wales	48	17	29	2	652	838
Neutral venue	2	2	0	0	60	8
Overall	94	43	48	3	1348	1403

Records

Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was or last set.

Record	France	Wales
Longest winning streak	12 (19 Mar 1983–19 Feb 1994)	15 (2 Mar 1908–9 Apr 1928)
Largest points for
Home	36 (2 March 1991)	49 (1 January 1910)
Away	51 (5 April 1998)	47 (23 February 1909)
Largest winning margin
Home	33 (2 March 1991)	35 (1 January 1910)
Away	51 (5 April 1998)	42 (23 February 1909)

Results

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition	Match reports
94	26 February 2016	Principality Stadium, Cardiff	19 – 10	Wales	2016 Six Nations
93	28 February 2015	Stade de France, Paris	13 – 20	Wales	2015 Six Nations
92	21 February 2014	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	27 – 6	Wales	2014 Six Nations
91	9 February 2013	Stade de France, Paris	6 – 16	Wales	2013 Six Nations	BBC
90	17 March 2012	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	16 – 9	Wales	2012 Six Nations	BBC
89	15 October 2011	Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand	8 – 9	France	2011 Rugby World Cup - Semi Final	BBC
88	19 March 2011	Stade de France, Paris	28 – 9	France	2011 Six Nations	BBC
87	26 February 2010	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	20 – 26	France	2010 Six Nations	BBC
86	27 February 2009	Stade de France, Paris	21 – 16	France	2009 Six Nations	BBC
85	15 March 2008	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	29 – 12	Wales	2008 Six Nations	BBC
84	26 August 2007	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	7 – 34	France	2007 Rugby World Cup – warm up game
83	24 February 2007	Stade de France, Paris	32 – 21	France	2007 Six Nations
82	18 March 2006	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	16 – 21	France	2006 Six Nations
81	26 February 2005	Stade de France, Paris	18 – 24	Wales	2005 Six Nations
80	7 March 2004	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	22 – 29	France	2004 Six Nations
79	29 March 2003	Stade de France, Paris	33 – 5	France	2003 Six Nations
78	16 February 2002	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	33 – 37	France	2002 Six Nations
77	17 March 2001	Stade de France, Paris	35 – 43	Wales	2001 Six Nations
76	5 February 2000	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	3 – 36	France	2000 Six Nations
75	28 August 1999	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	34 – 23	Wales	1999 Rugby World Cup warm-up
74	6 March 1999	Stade de France, Paris	33 – 34	Wales	1999 Five Nations Championship
73	5 April 1998	Wembley Stadium, London, England	0 – 51	France	1998 Five Nations Championship
72	15 February 1997	Parc des Princes, Paris	27 – 22	France	1997 Five Nations Championship
71	25 September 1996	National Stadium, Cardiff	33 – 40	France
70	16 March 1996	National Stadium, Cardiff	16 – 15	Wales	1996 Five Nations Championship
69	21 January 1995	Parc des Princes, Paris	21 – 9	France	1995 Five Nations Championship
68	19 February 1994	National Stadium, Cardiff	24 – 15	Wales	1994 Five Nations Championship
67	20 March 1993	Parc des Princes, Paris	26 – 10	France	1993 Five Nations Championship
66	1 February 1992	National Stadium, Cardiff	9 – 12	France	1992 Five Nations Championship
65	4 September 1991	National Stadium, Cardiff	9 – 22	France	1991 Rugby World Cup Warm Up
64	2 March 1991	Parc des Princes, Paris	36 – 3	France	1991 Five Nations Championship
63	20 January 1990	National Stadium, Cardiff	19 – 29	France	1990 Five Nations Championship
62	18 February 1989	Parc des Princes, Paris	31 – 12	France	1989 Five Nations Championship
61	19 March 1988	National Stadium, Cardiff	9 – 10	France	1988 Five Nations Championship
60	7 February 1987	Parc des Princes, Paris	16 – 9	France	1987 Five Nations Championship
59	1 March 1986	National Stadium, Cardiff	15 – 23	France	1986 Five Nations Championship
58	30 March 1985	Parc des Princes, Paris	14 – 3	France	1985 Five Nations Championship
57	18 February 1984	National Stadium, Cardiff	16 – 21	France	1984 Five Nations Championship
56	19 March 1983	Parc des Princes, Paris	16 – 9	France	1983 Five Nations Championship
55	6 February 1982	National Stadium, Cardiff	22 – 12	Wales	1982 Five Nations Championship
54	7 March 1981	Parc des Princes, Paris	19 – 15	France	1981 Five Nations Championship
53	19 January 1980	National Stadium, Cardiff	18 – 9	Wales	1980 Five Nations Championship
52	17 February 1979	Parc des Princes, Paris	14 – 13	France	1979 Five Nations Championship
51	18 March 1978	National Stadium, Cardiff	16 – 7	Wales	1978 Five Nations Championship
50	5 February 1977	Parc des Princes, Paris	16 – 9	France	1977 Five Nations Championship
49	6 March 1976	National Stadium, Cardiff	19 – 13	Wales	1976 Five Nations Championship
48	18 January 1975	Parc des Princes, Paris	10 – 25	Wales	1975 Five Nations Championship
47	16 February 1974	National Stadium, Cardiff	16 – 16	draw	1974 Five Nations Championship
46	24 March 1973	Parc des Princes, Paris	12 – 3	France	1973 Five Nations Championship
45	25 March 1972	National Stadium, Cardiff	20 – 6	Wales	1972 Five Nations Championship
44	27 March 1971	Stade Colombes, Paris	5 – 9	Wales	1971 Five Nations Championship
43	4 April 1970	National Stadium, Cardiff	11 – 6	Wales	1970 Five Nations Championship
42	22 March 1969	Stade Colombes, Paris	8 – 8	draw	1969 Five Nations Championship
41	23 March 1968	National Stadium, Cardiff	9 – 14	France	1968 Five Nations Championship
40	1 April 1967	Stade Colombes, Paris	20 – 14	France	1967 Five Nations Championship
39	26 March 1966	National Stadium, Cardiff	9 – 8	Wales	1966 Five Nations Championship
38	27 March 1965	Stade Colombes, Paris	22 – 13	France	1965 Five Nations Championship
37	21 March 1964	National Stadium, Cardiff	11 – 11	draw	1964 Five Nations Championship
36	23 March 1963	Stade Colombes, Paris	5 – 3	France	1963 Five Nations Championship
35	24 March 1962	National Stadium, Cardiff	3 – 0	Wales	1962 Five Nations Championship
34	25 March 1961	Stade Colombes, Paris	8 – 6	France	1961 Five Nations Championship
33	26 March 1960	National Stadium, Cardiff	8 – 16	France	1960 Five Nations Championship
32	4 April 1959	Stade Colombes, Paris	11 – 3	France	1959 Five Nations Championship
31	29 March 1958	National Stadium, Cardiff	6 – 16	France	1958 Five Nations Championship
30	23 March 1957	Stade Colombes, Paris	13 – 19	Wales	1957 Five Nations Championship
29	24 March 1956	National Stadium, Cardiff	5 – 3	Wales	1956 Five Nations Championship
28	26 March 1955	Stade Colombes, Paris	11 – 16	Wales	1955 Five Nations Championship
27	27 March 1954	National Stadium, Cardiff	19 – 13	Wales	1954 Five Nations Championship
26	28 March 1953	Stade Colombes, Paris	3 – 6	Wales	1953 Five Nations Championship
25	22 March 1952	St Helen’s, Swansea	9 – 5	Wales	1952 Five Nations Championship
24	7 April 1951	Stade Colombes, Paris	8 – 3	France	1951 Five Nations Championship
23	25 March 1950	National Stadium, Cardiff	21 – 0	Wales	1950 Five Nations Championship
22	26 March 1949	Stade Colombes, Paris	5 – 3	France	1949 Five Nations Championship
21	21 February 1948	St Helen’s, Swansea	3 – 11	France	1948 Five Nations Championship
20	22 March 1947	Stade Colombes, Paris	0 – 3	Wales	1947 Five Nations Championship
19	28 February 1931	St Helen’s, Swansea	35 – 3	Wales	1931 Five Nations Championship
18	21 April 1930	Stade Colombes, Paris	0 – 11	Wales	1930 Five Nations Championship
17	23 February 1929	National Stadium, Cardiff	8 – 3	Wales	1929 Five Nations Championship
16	9 April 1928	Stade Colombes, Paris	8 – 3	France	1928 Five Nations Championship
15	26 February 1927	St Helen’s, Swansea	25 – 7	Wales	1927 Five Nations Championship
14	5 April 1926	Stade Colombes, Paris	5 – 7	Wales	1926 Five Nations Championship
13	28 February 1925	National Stadium, Cardiff	11 – 5	Wales	1925 Five Nations Championship
12	27 March 1924	Stade Colombes, Paris	6 – 10	Wales	1924 Five Nations Championship
11	24 February 1923	St Helen’s, Swansea	16 – 8	Wales	1923 Five Nations Championship
10	23 March 1922	Stade Colombes, Paris	3 – 11	Wales	1922 Five Nations Championship
9	26 February 1921	National Stadium, Cardiff	12 – 4	Wales	1921 Five Nations Championship
8	17 February 1920	Stade Colombes, Paris	5 – 6	Wales	1920 Five Nations Championship
7	2 March 1914	St Helen’s, Swansea	31 – 0	Wales	1914 Five Nations Championship
6	27 February 1913	Parc des Princes, Paris	8 – 11	Wales	1913 Five Nations Championship
5	25 March 1912	Rodney Parade, Newport	14 – 8	Wales	1912 Five Nations Championship
4	28 February 1911	Parc des Princes, Paris	0 – 15	Wales	1911 Five Nations Championship
3	1 January 1910	St Helen’s, Swansea	49 – 14	Wales	1910 Five Nations Championship
2	23 February 1909	Stade Colombes, Paris	5 – 47	Wales
1	2 March 1908	National Stadium, Cardiff	36 – 4	Wales

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 April 1946	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris	12 – 0	France	Victory International
22 December 1945	St. Helen's, Swansea	8 – 0	Wales	Victory International

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