France 9 England 15

England produced a courageous performance on Saturday to beat France 15-9 in their Six Nations Championship match at the Stade de France.

England now look on course to finally reward coach Clive Woodward with a major title.

In a hard and gritty match, with England at one stage down to 13 men, both sides failed to score a try with England fly-half Jonny Wilkinson scoring all his team's points, taking his total to 206 in internationals, while French fullback Richard Dourthe kicked three penalties.

France pressured the England line late in the game without finding a way through.  "We knew coming here to the Stade de France that it was going to be very tough -- and that we'd have to give 110 percent," said elated but exhausted England captain Matt Dawson.

The French, who were given no room to play with their traditional flair, were shattered at the end.

Backline ace Christophe Dominici said:  "We're very disappointed as we worked hard to try and overcome them, but the tournament's not lost.  We've still got matches coming up against Scotland and Ireland and Italy.  We're going to have to go away now and come up with something different to what we did here today against this English team." Dourthe, who was given the kicking responsibility after the withdrawal of Christophe Lamaison on Monday, got France to within three points of the English within six minutes of the start of the second-half, kicking two penalties.

The English, who looked to be tiring after a sterling first-half when they had given as good as they got against a much-larger pack, started to make standard errors with Mike Catt ruining a try scoring opportunity when England had an overlap by serving a hospital pass out to winger Ben Cohen.

However, another French infringement, this time by the increasingly rattled scrum-half Fabien Galthie, gave England more breathing space as Wilkinson slotted the penalty between the posts from right in front of goal.

The French then came under a period of sustained pressure during which coach Bernard Laporte's demand for discipline and fair play was sorely tested.  Flanker Olivier Magne was extremely fortunate not to become the second French player to be sinbinned when he punched lock Garath Archer.

Laporte must have been steaming, however, when replacement Serge Bettsen was yellow-carded only a minute after coming on for foul play and Wilkinson converted the penalty to restore England's nine-point lead with a quarter-of-an-hour remaining.

With Laporte throwing on former captain Raphael Ibanez and Pieter de Villiers to bolster his tiring pack, England started to lose their edge and Dourthe landed another penalty to make it 15-9 with eight minutes to go.

Dourthe, making his 24th test appearance, was left red-faced and on his backside when he slipped taking a much easier chance a minute later after England lock Simon Shaw was given a yellow card.

Wilkinson, who tackled like a lion, had opened the scoring with a penalty in the 13th minute after persistent pressure forced the French into an infringement.

English winger Austin Healey almost forged a try out of nothing coming in off his wing to burst through the French centres but delayed his pass to hooker Phil Greening too long and was tackled five metres short of the line.

Wilkinson then added another penalty from 35 metres out halfway through, although the French sparked into life pouring on the pressure close to the England line but scrum-half Fabien Galthie was denied a try when the ball was ripped out of his arms as he crossed the line.

The French did finally look to have got on the scoreboard when Thomas Lombard touched down after a magical weaving run by Christophe Dominici, but Australian referee Stuart Dickinson ruled it out for what appeared to be a marginal forward pass.

Dickinson fell further out of favour with the French when he sin-binned massive French lock Olivier Brouzet for tripping flanker Richard Hill -- Wilkinson coolly converting the penalty to rack up 200 points in just 16 internationals.

The 20-year-old missed a far easier opportunity on the stroke of halftime but his chances in the second half were more limited as the French dominated territorially without being able to break through.

In the end, it was a victory that England merited.  "The English were stronger than us today," admitted French forward Olivier Magne.  "We were lacking strength.  We've got work to do."

The Teams:

France:  1 Christian Califano, 2 Marc Dal Maso, 3 Franck Tournaire, 4 Olivier Brouzet, 5 Legi Matiu, 6 Abdelatif Benazzi, 7 Olivier Magne, 8 Fabien Pelous (c), 9 Fabien Galthie, 10 Thomas Castaignede, 11 Emile Ntamack, 12 Thomas Lombard, 13 David Venditti, 14 Christophe Dominici, 15 Richard Dourthe
Reserves:  Serge Betsen Tchoua, Pieter De Villiers, Raphael Ibanez, Thomas Lievremont
Unused:  Cedric Desbrosses, Stephane Glas, Christophe Laussucq

England:  1 Jason Leonard, 2 Phil Greening, 3 Phil Vickery, 4 Garath Archer, 5 Simon Shaw, 6 Neil Back, 7 Richard Hill, 8 Lawrence Dallaglio, 9 Matt Dawson (c), 10 Jonny Wilkinson, 11 Austin Healey, 12 Mike Catt, 13 Mike Tindall, 14 Ben Cohen, 15 Matt Perry
Reserves:  Martin Corry, Iain Balshaw
Unused:  Neil McCarthy, Andy Gomarsall, Alex King, Joe Worsley, Trevor Woodman

Attendance:  78000
Referee:  Dickinson s.

Points Scorers:

France
Pen K.:  Dourthe R. 3

England
Pen K.:  Wilkinson J.P. 4

Ireland 44 Scotland 22

Ireland recorded their first win over Scotland in 12 years after producing a remarkable second-half display to overwhelm the defending champions 44-22 in the Six Nations match at Lansdowne Road.

Ireland, fielding five new caps among eight changes to the side humiliated 50-18 by England two weeks ago, launched a ferocious fightback after going 10-0 down early on to seal their first championship win in Dublin since 1996.

It was also the first time they had beaten a team other than Wales in the championship for five years and the remarkable rediscovery of their form will have done much to relieve the mounting pressure on New Zealand-born coach Warren Gatland.

The defeat was another blow to Scotland, whose defence of the championship had begun so disastrously with a shock 34-20 reverse at the hands of tournmaent newcomers Italy in Rome.

Ireland's points came through tries by lock Malcolm O'Kelly, wing Shane Horgan -- on his debut -- centre Brian O'Driscoll, substitute David Humphreys and captain Keith Wood.

Fly-half Ronan O'Gara, another new face in the Irish line-up, overcame a nervous start to register two penalties and two conversions.  Humphreys, who replaced him early in the second half, struck one penalty and three conversions.

Scotland's points came through a try, two conversion and a penalty by wing Kenny Logan and late consolation tries by fullback Glenn Metcalfe and prop George Graham.

The Teams:

Ireland:  1 Peter Clohessy, 2 Keith Wood (c), 3 John Hayes, 4 Mick Galwey, 5 Malcolm O'Kelly, 6 Kieron Dawson, 7 Simon Easterby, 8 Anthony Foley, 9 Peter Stringer, 10 Ronan O'Gara, 11 Denis Hickie, 12 Mike Mullins, 13 Brian O'Driscoll, 14 Shane Horgan, 15 Girvan Dempsey
Reserves:  Jeremy Davidson, Rob Henderson, David Humphreys, Justin Fitzpatrick
Unused:  Guy Easterby, Trevor Brennan, Frankie Sheahan

Scotland:  1 Tom Smith, 2 Gordon Bulloch, 3 Mattie Stewart, 4 Stuart Grimes, 5 Scott Murray, 6 Budge Pountney, 7 Martin Leslie, 8 Gordon Simpson, 9 Bryan Redpath (c), 10 Gregor Townsend, 11 Shaun Longstaff, 12 Jamie Mayer, 13 Graham Shiel, 14 Kenny Logan, 15 Glenn Metcalfe
Reserves:  George Graham, Andy Nicol, Robbie Russell, Doddie Weir
Unused:  Duncan Hodge, James McLaren, Stuart Reid

Attendance:  40000
Referee:  Dume j.

Points Scorers:

Ireland
Tries:  Horgan S. 1, Humphreys D.G. 1, O'Kelly M.E. 1, O'Driscoll B. 1, Wood K.G.M. 1
Conv:  Humphreys D.G. 3, O'Gara R. 2
Pen K.:  Humphreys D.G. 1, O'Gara R. 2

Scotland
Tries:  Metcalfe G.H. 1, Graham G. 1, Logan K.McK. 1
Conv:  Logan K.McK. 2
Pen K.:  Logan K.McK. 1

Wales 47 Italy 16

Fly-half Neil Jenkins wrote himself into the record books as Wales romped to a 47-16 victory over newcomers Italy in the Six Nations championship match at the Millennium Stadium.

Jenkins slotted over seven penalties and three conversions as the Welsh, who ran in four tries, bounced back from their crushing 36-3 defeat by France here two weeks ago.  The Cardiff points-machine kicked a penalty after four minutes to become the highest points scorer in the history of the tournament, overtaking former Scottish full-back Gavin Hastings' record of 288.

The veteran British Lion was already the highest points-scorer in the history of international rugby.

The Welsh ran in four tries through number eight Scott Quinnell, centre Allan Bateman and teenage wing Shane Williams -- making his full debut -- and New Zealand-born full-back Shane Howarth, his fourth in 18 tests for his adoptive country.  Back row forward Wilhelmus Visser scored Italy's only try while Jenkins opposite number Diego Dominguez scored 11 points including two penalties, one conversion and one drop goal.

Italy, who stunned Scotland 34-20 in their championship debut in Rome two weeks ago, were no match for Graham Henry's rampant Welsh side who now tackle England at Twickenham in two weeks time.  Italy face Ireland in Dublin.

With Jenkins winning the kicking competition against Dominguez to give Wales an early 15-6 lead, Henry's side eventually got the try their growing domination deserved.

Lock Chris Wyatt collected from the line-out and found Craig Quinnell who flipped up a pass to his brother Scott who charged over from eight metres for his sixth try for Wales.

Jenkins missed the conversion and after Dominguez quickly reduced the deficit with a penalty, the Welshman responded with his sixth successful kick.

Wales killed off any realistic hopes of an Italian upset when they grabbed their second try just after the break.

Centre Mark Taylor took a quick free-kick and made the break before finding Williams, whose raw pace saw him surge clear for his maiden try for Wales.

Craig Quinnell, Peter Rogers and Gareth Thomas then combined to create a gap for veteran centre Bateman to claim his eighth try for his country.  Jenkins converted from the touchline as Wales began to run riot.

Shane Howarth completed Wales's record home victory over their opponents with a late try under the posts.  Jenkins converted again to take his match tally to 27 points.

The Teams:

Wales:  1 Peter Rogers, 2 Garin Jenkins, 3 Dai Young (c), 4 Craig Quinnell, 5 Chris Wyatt, 6 Geraint Lewis, 7 Brett Sinkinson, 8 Scott Quinnell, 9 Rob Howley, 10 Neil Jenkins, 11 Shane Williams, 12 Allan Bateman, 13 Mark Taylor, 14 Gareth Thomas, 15 Shane Howarth
Reserves:  Ian Gough, Colin Charvis, Dafydd James, Spencer John, Stephen Jones, Barry Williams
Unused:  Richard Smith

Italy:  1 Massimo Cuttitta, 2 Alessandro Moscardi, 3 Tino Paoletti, 4 Andrea Gritti, 5 Giuseppe Lanzi, 6 Mauro Bergamasco, 7 Carlo Checchinato, 8 Wim Visser, 9 Alessandro Troncon (c), 10 Diego Dominguez, 11 Denis Dallan, 12 Luca Martin, 13 Marco Rivaro, 14 Cristian Stoica, 15 Matt Pini
Reserves:  Juan Francescio, Carlo Orlandi, Aaron Persico
Unused:  Laurent Travers, Matteo Mazzantini, Alejandro Moreno, Andrea Scanavacca

Attendance:  72500
Referee:  Ramage i

Points Scorers:

Wales
Tries:  Williams S.M. 1, Bateman A.G. 1, Howarth S.P. 1, Quinnell L.S. 1
Conv:  Jenkins N.R. 3
Pen K.:  Jenkins N.R. 7

Italy
Tries:  Visser W. 1
Conv:  Dominguez D. 1
Pen K.:  Dominguez D. 2
Drop G.:  Dominguez D. 1

Scotland 20 Italy 34

Diego Dominguez kicked Italy to a historic 34-20 victory over Scotland in the opening match of the new Six Nations Championship.

Italy, coming off three numbing defeats at the World Cup, banished a year of misery to beat the winners of the final Five Nations tournament with Dominguez scoring all but five of his country's points and achieving something that all the other countries had failed to do on their respective debuts in the competition -- beat Scotland.

Italy, watched by Princess Anne at the Flaminio Stadium in Rome, were 12-10 up at the break and ran out deserved winners for a solid, error-free performance that kept the Scots in check.

Dominguez' success contrasted sharply with the miserable afternoon spent by Scottish kicker Kenny Logan, for whom little or nothing went right in front of a crowd of 20,000.

Italy defended well in a tough, balanced match which gave neither side much room to build up wide overlapping moves or solo runs into space.

Dominguez' early drop-kick fell short but Scotland should have taken a sixth minute lead when Logan skewed a 25-metre penalty kick well wide of the left-hand post.

He steered another wide from 35 metres just minutes later as Scotland kept up the pressure but Italy held their ground and kept possession.

Dominguez tried his luck again with a penalty from the 40-metre line but again came up just short, while Scotland lost injured skipper John Leslie with a suspected thigh problem after 14 minutes -- replaced by James McLaren.

Scottish stand-off Gregor Townsend finally broke the deadlock with an 18th minute drop goal from 25 metres, but Dominguez levelled five minutes later -- swinging in a superb penalty from the left, some 30 metres out.

Logan's erratic kicking continued when he sent in a penalty which cracked the left-hand post, flew down and hit the crossbar before bouncing out and being cleared by the Italian defence.

Dominguez showed him how it was done in the 32nd minute with a well-taken penalty from the right as Italy took a 6-3 lead.  But it all changed within the space of four minutes.

Glenn Metcalfe made the first penetrating run of the match, picking up possession 30 metres out and running for the line.

The New Zealand-born Scottish full-back was blocked by a desperate tackle but the loose ball was kicked forward between the posts and hooker Gordon Bulloch sprinted after it for an easy try.

Logan converted for 10-6 and Scotland looked ready to make the decisive break.

But Dominguez came to Italy's rescue with two consecutive penalties -- the second with the last kick of the half -- to put the Squadra Azzurra 12-10 up at the break.

The Argentinian-born stand-off, who toured for the Pumas in the late 1980s, followed up with a ballistic drop goal from 35 metres out in the very first minute of the second half -- and five minutes later hit another from a similar distance as Italy took an 18-10 lead.

Logan had a chance to narrow the gap just a couple of minutes later but the left winger sent his penalty from the 22-metre line just wide of the right-hand post.

Dominguez punished him for the miss almost immediately, booting the Italians into a 21-10 lead with a majestic penalty from the 40-metre line which sailed over the bar in the 52nd minute.

Townsend took over the kicking in the 57th minute for Scotland, calmly knocking home a penalty for 21-13, as the visitors put up a fight.

But Dominguez was in unstoppable form, saving his best of the afternoon when he drove home an angled penalty from 27 metres out -- but just four metres inside the right-hand touchline for 24-13.

He followed up with another 40-metre drop in the 68th minute to put Italy on their way -- 27-13 up against the Five Nations champions, whose handling went to pieces in the closing 15 minutes.

Dominguez nearly rounded off his magical afternoon with a try, but the Scottish defence managed to stop the 33-year-old -- something they failed to do when replacement Giampiero De Carli went over from close range.

Dominguez obliged with a tricky conversion from the right for 34-13.

Scotland stormed straight back up the field to score a try through flanker Martin Leslie in stoppage time, converted by Townsend for 34-20.  But it was too little and too late to save Scotland.

The Teams:

Scotland:  1 Tom Smith, 2 Gordon Bulloch, 3 Mattie Stewart, 4 Stuart Grimes, 5 Scott Murray, 6 Budge Pountney, 7 Martin Leslie, 8 Gordon Simpson, 9 Bryan Redpath, 10 Gregor Townsend, 11 Shaun Longstaff, 12 John Leslie (c), 13 Jamie Mayer, 14 Kenny Logan, 15 Glenn Metcalfe
Reserves:  Dave Hilton, James McLaren, Stuart Reid, Doddie Weir
Unused:  Duncan Hodge, Andy Nicol, Robbie Russell

Italy:  1 Massimo Cuttitta, 2 Alessandro Moscardi, 3 Tino Paoletti, 4 Carlo Checchinato, 5 Andrea Gritti, 6 Mauro Bergamasco, 7 Massimo Giovanelli, 8 Wim Visser, 9 Alessandro Troncon (c), 10 Diego Dominguez, 11 Denis Dallan, 12 Manuel Dallan, 13 Luca Martin, 14 Cristian Stoica, 15 Matt Pini
Reserves:  Matteo Mazzantini, Marco Rivaro, Giampiero De Carli, Giuseppe Lanzi, Aaron Persico
Unused:  Carlo Orlandi, Andrea Scanavacca

Attendance:  24000
Referee:  Kaplan j

Points Scorers:

Scotland
Tries:  Bulloch G.C. 1, Leslie M.D. 1
Conv:  Logan K.McK. 1, Townsend G.P.J. 1
Pen K.:  Townsend G.P.J. 1
Drop G.:  Townsend G.P.J. 1

Italy
Tries:  De Carli G.P. 1
Conv:  Dominguez D. 1
Pen K.:  Dominguez D. 6
Drop G.:  Dominguez D. 3

Ireland 18 England 50

Winger Ben Cohen scored two tries on his debut as England got off to a flying start in their opening Six Nations Championship match, swamping Ireland 50-18 at Twickenham.

Clive Woodward's side ran in six tries in a superb display of running rugby which left the Irish chasing shadows for much of the afternoon in front of a capacity 75,000 crowd.

The Irish rallied in the second half but never threatened to overhaul the 11/10 pre-championship favourites, who have not lost to another home nation at Twickenham since the Irish beat them 13-12 in 1994.

Centre Mike Tindall also scored on his international debut while England's other try scorers were left wing Austin Healey (two) and flanker Neil Back.

Fly-half Johnny Wilknson struck four conversions and four penalties to seal the rout.  Ireland's points came from a try by wing Kevin Maggs and substitute Mick Galwey, two penalties and a conversion by fly-half David Humphreys.

It was a highly impressive all-round display by England as they overwhlemed Warren Gatland's side in the first period -- but a handful of individuals stood out.

Cohen looked an exciting prospect while scrum-half Matt Dawson, captaining England for the first time on home soil, former skipper Lawrence Dallaglio at number eight and centre Mike Catt were all inspirational.  "You dream of something like this," said Cohen, whose uncle George won a football World Cup winners' medal with England in 1966.  "To score two tries on your debut in front of a full house at Twickenham is wonderful."

Dawson praised Cohen and his fellow debutant Tindall, saying:  "The young guns played like seasoned pros.  Their power and confidence was awesome."  After riding a brief, early onslaught from the Irish, England's forwards took control of the game and provided a stream of possession for their backs to run at the visitors.

Fly-half Jonny Wilkinson missed a long penalty in the ninth minute but made no mistake with two other attempts shortly afterwards to put England 6-0 up after 15 minutes.

England's mounting pressure soon brought a try when Northampton wing Cohen cut in from the right, broke two tackles and scored under the posts.  Wilkinson converted to make it 13-0.

It was England's first match since last year's crushing World Cup quarter-final defeat by South Africa in Paris and they were clearly determined to stamp their authority on the inaugural Six Nations Championship.

Ireland had no answer to England's power in the pack and pace in the backs and only tigerish defence stopped Clive Woodward's from running away with the match inside the first 25 minutes.

England scored their second try after a superb flowing move that began deep in their own half.  When Cohen was held up just short of the line, Healey popped up from the left wing to touch down.

Healey added a second a minute before the interval after a superb break by Mike Catt ripped open the Irish defence.

England's total domination continued after the break as Neil Back made the most of some poor Irish tackling to go over in the corner in the 43rd minute.  Wilkinson converted to put England out of sight at 32-3.

Ireland fought back in the third quarter of the match and reduced the deficit when Maggs scored in the corner after an excellent break by 20-year-old centre Brian O'Driscoll, making his championship debut.  Humphreys, having missed the conversion, then slotted a penalty.

England stepped up the pressure though,and Tindall burst through for his first try for his country.  Substitute Mick Galwey grabbed a second try for Ireland, before Cohen rounded off a highly satisfactory debut with his second in the dying moments.  Wilkinson converted to take England to a half century of points.

The Teams:

Ireland:  1 Peter Clohessy, 2 Keith Wood (c), 3 Paul Wallace, 4 Bob Casey, 5 Malcolm O'Kelly, 6 Kieron Dawson, 7 Dion O'Cuinneagain, 8 Anthony Foley, 9 Tom Tierney, 10 David Humphreys, 11 Justin Bishop, 12 Mike Mullins, 13 Brian O'Driscoll, 14 Kevin Maggs, 15 Conor O'Shea
Reserves:  Girvan Dempsey, Mick Galwey, Trevor Brennan
Unused:  Eric Elwood, Justin Fitzpatrick, Frankie Sheahan, Peter Stringer

England:  1 Jason Leonard, 2 Phil Greening, 3 Phil Vickery, 4 Garath Archer, 5 Simon Shaw, 6 Neil Back, 7 Richard Hill, 8 Lawrence Dallaglio, 9 Matt Dawson (c), 10 alf Jonny Wilkinson, 11 Austin Healey, 12 Mike Catt, 13 Mike Tindall, 14 Ben Cohen, 15 Matt Perry
Reserves:  Martin Corry, Trevor Woodman, Iain Balshaw
Unused:  Neil McCarthy, Andy Gomarsall, Alex King, Joe Worsley

Attendance:  75000
Referee:  Walsh s

Points Scorers:

Ireland
Tries:  Galwey M.J. 1, Maggs K.M. 1
Conv:  Humphreys D.G. 1
Pen K.:  Humphreys D.G. 2

England
Tries:  Back N.A. 1, Healey A.S. 2, Tindall M.J. 1, Cohen B.C. 2
Conv:  Wilkinson J.P. 4
Pen K.:  Wilkinson J.P. 4

Wales 3 France 36

Bernard Laporte's first game in charge of France ended in a comfortable victory as the World Cup runners-up brushed aside a lacklustre Wales side 36-3 at the Millennium Stadium.

Laporte, who succeeded Jean-Claude Skrela after the World Cup in November, saw his side produce a solid, professional performance with occasional flashes of inspiration in front of a sell-out 72,500 crowd.

France dominated most of the match but led just 9-3 at half-time and had to wait for nearly an hour before they managed to cross the Welsh line.

But two tries in quick succession by flanker Olivier Magne and full-back Thomas Castaignede -- both converted by fly-half Christope Lamaison -- effectively killed off the challenge from Graham Henry's side.

Right-wing Emile Ntamack scored a third try for France late on while Lamaison kicked a total of 15 points including four penalties, three conversions and a drop goal.  Wales' only points -- the first of the match -- came from a Neil Jenkins penalty.

The Welsh, with new caps in Australian-born centre Jason Jones-Hughes,lock Ian Gough and a new skipper in prop David Young, were looking for a hat-trick of wins over France for the first time since their golden days of the 1970s.

But they showed little invention against a France side fielding eight of the team which lost the Rugby World Cup final to Australia on their previous visit to the Millennium Stadium last November.

Castaignede, who destroyed Wales from fly-half two years ago, started at full back for the first time in his international career.

Wales took the lead after 13 minutes when fly-half Jenkins, the highest points scorer in international rugby, kicked a 35m penalty after the French had been caught offside.

France were forced to make a change at centre midway through the half as Richard Dourthe, who had been up all night with a stomach virus, was replaced by Brive's David Venditti.

But within a couple of minutes the visitors -- determined to atone for last season when they finished bottom of the Five Nations -- were level thanks to a drop goal from Lamaison.

The Brive fly-half booted his side into the lead for the first time just a couple of minutes later from a simple penalty opportunity and stretched it to six points with another in the 36th minute.

Lamaison missed a third penalty five minutes after the turnaround but made no mistake moments later to put the French 12-3 in front.

The pressure finally told on the home side as the French scored two tries following lightning breaks from deep in their own territory.

Firstly, Castaignede set off on a searching run and was hauled down a few yards short of the line but Magne was on hand to gather and touch down.

Two minutes after Lamaison's conversion Castaignede made sure of a French triumph when he went over in the ledft corner.

Lamaison converted and then added his fourth penalty before wing Emile Ntamack latched onto a loose Welsh pass, to go over for France's third try and seal the rout.

The Teams:

Wales:  1 Peter Rogers, 2 Garin Jenkins, 3 Dai Young (c), 4 Ian Gough, 5 Chris Wyatt, 6 Colin Charvis, 7 Brett Sinkinson, 8 Scott Quinnell, 9 Rob Howley, 10 Neil Jenkins, 11 Dafydd James, 12 Jason Jones-Hughes, 13 Mark Taylor, 14 Gareth Thomas, 15 Shane Howarth
Reserves:  Geraint Lewis, Richard Smith, Shane Williams, Spencer John, Mike Voyle, Barry Williams
Unused:  Stephen Jones

France:  1 Christian Califano, 2 Marc Dal Maso, 3 Franck Tournaire, 4 Olivier Brouzet, 5 Legi Matiu, 6 Abdelatif Benazzi, 7 Olivier Magne, 8 Fabien Pelous (c), 9 Fabien Galthie, 10 Christophe Lamaison, 11 Emile Ntamack, 12 Richard Dourthe, 13 Thomas Lombard, 14 Christophe Dominici, 15 Thomas Castaignede
Reserves:  Serge Betsen Tchoua, Pieter De Villiers, Raphael Ibanez, Thomas Lievremont, Alain Penaud, David Venditti
Unused:  Christophe Laussucq

Attendance:  72500
Referee:  White c.

Points Scorers:

Wales
Pen K.:  Jenkins N.R. 1

France
Tries:  Castaignede T. 1, Magne O. 1, Ntamack E. 1
Conv:  Lamaison C. 3
Pen K.:  Lamaison C. 4
Drop G.:  Lamaison C. 1