| FRANCE 29 | V | WALES 22 | |||
| COMPETITION: 6 Nations International Championship | |||||
| VENUE: Millenium Stadium, Cardiff | DATE: 7 March, 2004 | SPECTATORS: | |||
| REFEREE: Stuart Dickinson (Australia) | HALFTIME: | ||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||
| TRIES: Harinordoquy, Elissalde | TRIES: M.Williams | ||||
| CONVERSIONS: Elissalde (2) | CONVERSIONS: S.Jones | ||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Elissalde (5) | PENALTY GOALS: S.Jones (5) | ||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||
| 15 | Nicolas Brusque | Biarritz RFC | 15 | Gareth Thomas | Celtic Warriors |
| 14 | Vincent Clerc | Stade Toulousain RFC | 14 | Rhys Williams | Cardiff Blues |
| 13 | Yannick Jauzion | Stade Toulousain RFC | 13 | Mark Taylor (22) | Llanelli Scarlets |
| 12 | Damien Traille | Pau RFC | 12 | Iestyn Harris (21) | Cardiff Blues |
| 11 | Christophe Dominici | Stade Français RFC | 11 | Shane Williams | Neath-Swansea Ospreys |
| 10 | Frédéric Michalak | Stade Toulousain RFC | 10 | Stephen Jones | Llanelli Scarlets |
| 9 | Jean-Baptiste Elissalde (20) | Stade Toulousain RFC | 9 | Gareth Cooper (20) | Celtic Warriors |
| 8 | Thomas Liévremont (19) | Biarritz RFC | 8 | Dafydd Jones (19) | Llanelli Scarlets |
| 7 | Imanol Harinordoquy | Pau RFC | 7 | Colin Charvis (19t) | Tarbes RFC, France |
| 6 | Serge Betsen | Biarritz RFC | 6 | Jonathan Thomas | Neath-Swansea Ospreys |
| 5 | Pascal Papé | Bourgoin RFC | 5 | Michael Owen | Newport-Gwent Dragons |
| 4 | Fabien Pelous (Cap) | Stade Toulousain RFC | 4 | Brent Cockbain (18) | Celtic Warriors |
| 3 | Pieter De Villiers | Stade Français RFC | 3 | Gethin Jenkins (1) | Celtic Warriors |
| 2 | William Servat (16) | Stade Toulousain RFC | 2 | Mefin Davies (16) | Celtic Warriors |
| 1 | Syvlain Marconnet (17) | Stade Français RFC | 1 | Iestyn Thomas (17) (3) | Llanelli Scarlets |
| 16 | Yannick Bru (2) | Stade Toulousain RFC | 16 | Huw Bennett (2) | Neath-Swansea Ospreys |
| 17 | Jean-Jacques Crenca (1) | Agen RFC | 17 | Ben Evans (1) | Cardiff Blues |
| 18 | David Auradou | Stade Français RFC | 18 | Gareth Llewellyn (4) | Neath-Swansea Ospreys |
| 19 | Olivier Magne (8) | Montferrand RFC | 19 | Martyn Williams (7t) (8) | Cardiff Blues |
| 20 | Dimitri Yachvili (9) | Biarritz RFC | 20 | Dwayne Peel (9) | Llanelli Scarlets |
| 21 | Aurélien Rougerie | Montferrand RFC | 21 | Ceri Sweeney (12) | Celtic Warriors |
| 22 | Cedric Heymans | 22 | Tom Shanklin (13) | Cardiff Blues | |
| COACH: Bernard Laporte | COACH: Steve Hansen | ||||
| MATCH NOTES Source-www.planet-rugby.com For France Michalak returned from injury to replace Peyrelongue, who had made his debut v Italy. Pelous made his 89th test appearance since his debut in 1995, and his 21st as captain. Olivier Magne was surprisingly dropped to the reserves bench. Colin Charvis returned from injury to lead the Welsh side. Captain against Ireland, Martyn Williams, moved to the reserves but later came on to score Wale's only try. Veteran Gareth Llewellyn returned to the bench. Another veteran Mark Taylor took the injured Sonny Parker's place in the backline. Parker is out injured for the remainder of the 6 Nations tournament. |
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