Wales 14-13 France
Date:
Venue: Principality Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)
Attendance: 74,169
Wales v France Match Reports
Wales won the final match of the 2018 Six Nations Championship, beating France 14-13 at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. A Liam Williams try and three Leigh Halfpenny penalties swayed a forgettable contest Wales' way as they completed a clean sweep of home wins in this season's tournament. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- Six Nations Guide: Wales hold nerve to edge out France and seal second spot in Six Nations
- BBC: Wales finish second in Six Nations with narrow win over France
- Guardian: Wales scramble into second spot after Liam Williams try subdues France
- Telegraph: Hosts hold on to finish as Six Nations runners-up
- Daily Mail: Warren Gatland's side snatch second place in the Six Nations with a gruelling win over France as the game was ridden with mistakes
- Sky Sports: Wales claim second place in 2018 Six Nations
- ESPN: France again blow their chance as Wales sneak up to second in table with win
- NatWest 6 Nations: Wales finish second with narrow win over France
- WRU: Wales hang on to beat France and finish as runners-up
Wales v France - Match Highlights
Wales v France - Match Stats
Wales (14) 14
Try: L Williams (4')
Penalty: Halfpenny (10', 16', 32')
France (10) 13
Try: Fickou (21')
Conversion: Machenaud (22')
Penalty: Machenaud (49')
Drop-goal: Trinh-Duc (4')
Man of The Match: Alun Wyn Jones (Wales)
Wales v France - Team Line-ups
Wales Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Rob Evans
- 2 Ken Owens
- 3 Tomas Francis
- 4 Cory Hill
- 5 Alun Wyn Jones (CAPTAIN)
- 6 Justin Tipuric
- 7 Josh Navidi
- 8 Taulupe Faletau
Backs
- 9 Gareth Davies
- 10 Dan Biggar
- 11 Liam Williams
- 12 Hadleigh Parkes
- 13 Scott Williams
- 14 George North
- 15 Leigh Halfpenny
Replacements
- 16 Elliot Dee
- 17 Nicky Smith
- 18 Samson Lee
- 19 Bradley Davies
- 20 Aaron Shingler
- 21 Aled Davies
- 22 Gareth Anscombe
- 23 Steff Evans
France Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Jefferson Poirot
- 2 Adrien Pelissie
- 3 Cedate Gomes Sa
- 4 Paul Gabrillagues
- 5 Sebastien Vahaamahina
- 6 Wenceslas Lauret
- 7 Yacouba Camara
- 8 Marco Tauleigne
Backs
- 9 Maxime Machenaud
- 10 Francois Trinh-Duc
- 11 Remy Grosso
- 12 Geoffrey Doumayrou
- 13 Mathieu Bastareaud (CAPTAIN)
- 14 Gael Fickou
- 15 Benjamin Fall
Replacements
- 16 Camille Chat
- 17 Dany Priso
- 18 Rabah Slimani
- 19 Bernard Le Roux
- 20 Mathieu Babillot
- 21 Baptiste Couilloud
- 22 Lionel Beauxis
- 23 Geoffrey Palis