Six Nations - Millennium Stadium, 17 March 2012, 14:45 local, 14:45 GMT
Wales (10) 16 - 9 (3) France (FT)

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Summary

Time Score  
10 0 - 3

Yachvili - penalty goal

11

PENALTY Yachvili notches the first points of the game from the kicking tee

20 5 - 3

TRY Wales pounce on turnover ball and winger Alex Cuthbert powers to the line for the opening try of the game

21 7 - 3

Conversion Halfpenny adds the extras to settle a few more nerves

31

PENALTY Halfpenny gives Wales a little bit more breathing room with his second successful kick

32 10 - 3

Halfpenny - penalty goal

44 10 - 6

PENALTY Beauxis slots a penalty to make it a four-point game

52 13 - 6

PENALTY Halfpenny lands a long-range kick from half way to edge his side further ahead

72 13 - 9

Penalty Yachvili slots a simple penalty after Wales were penalised at the scrum

75 16 - 9

Penalty Halfpenny puts his side within touching distance of a famous win with his third penalty

Timeline

Time Wales  Score  France
0 start of first half start of first half
10 0 - 3 Yachvili - penalty goal
20 Cuthbert - try 5 - 3
21 Halfpenny - conversion 7 - 3
32 Halfpenny - penalty goal 10 - 3
35 Poitrenaud - sub off
Buttin - sub on
40+1 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half
RP Jones - sub on
Warburton - sub off		 start of second half
44 10 - 6 Beauxis - penalty goal
Szarzewski - sub on
Servat - sub off
Debaty - sub on
Poux - sub off
52 Halfpenny - penalty goal 13 - 6
53 Davies - sub off
MS Williams - sub on		 Palisson - sub off
Trinh-Duc - sub on
59 Picamoles - sub on
Bonnaire - sub off
60 Davies - sub on
MS Williams - sub off
63 Charteris - sub on
Rees - sub off
Owens - sub on
Phillips - sub off
AW Jones - sub off
LD Williams - sub on
67 Pierre - sub on
Pape - sub off
71 Parra - sub on
Beauxis - sub off
72 13 - 9 Yachvili - penalty goal
75 Halfpenny - penalty goal 16 - 9
80 end of second half
end of half		 end of second half
end of half
0
80

Notes

 
Result Wales won by a margin of 7 points
Six Nations points Wales 2, France 0
 
Ground name Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance 74178
 
Referee CP Joubert (South Africa)
 
Wales Test debuts none
France Test debuts JM Buttin

Teams

Wales France
Tries Cuthbert (20) Tries none
Cons Halfpenny (21) Cons none
Pens Halfpenny (32, 52, 75) Pens Yachvili (10, 72), Beauxis (44)
    Team
15 FB
Leigh Halfpenny
14 W
Alex Cuthbert
13 C
Jonathan Davies
12 C
Jamie Roberts
11 W
George North
10 FH
Rhys Priestland
9 SH
Mike Phillips
1 P
Gethin Jenkins
2 H
Matthew Rees
3 P
Adam Jones
4 L
Alun Wyn Jones
5 L
Ian Evans
6 F
Dan Lydiate
7 F
Sam Warburton (c)
8 N8
Taulupe Faletau
    Replacements
16 H
Ken Owens
17
Paul James
18 L
Luke Charteris
19 F
Ryan Jones
20 SH
Lloyd Williams
21
James Hook
22 C
Scott Williams
    Team
15 FB
Clement Poitrenaud
14 W
Wesley Fofana
13 C
Aurelien Rougerie
12 C
Florian Fritz
11 W
Alexis Palisson
10 FH
Lionel Beauxis
9 SH
Dimitri Yachvili
1 P
Jean-Baptiste Poux
2 H
William Servat
3 P
David Attoub
4 L
Pascal Pape
5 L
Yoann Maestri
6 F
Thierry Dusautoir (c)
7 F
Julien Bonnaire
8 N8
Imanol Harinordoquy
    Replacements
16 H
Dimitri Szarzewski
17 P
Vincent Debaty
18 L
Julien Pierre
19 F
Louis Picamoles
20 FH
Morgan Parra
21 W
Francois Trinh-Duc
22 FB
Jean-Marcelin Buttin

Match stats

Wales   France
1 Tries 0
1 from 1 Conversion goals 0 from 0
3 from 5 Penalty goals 3 from 3
66.7% Kick at goal success 100.0%
0 (2 missed) Dropped goals 0 (2 missed)
Kick/pass/run
38 Kicks from hand 35
135 Passes 78
122 Runs 72
343 Metres run with ball 295
Attacking
63% Possession 37%
65% Territory 35%
4 Clean breaks 4
12 Defenders beaten 6
1 Offloads 4
105 from 112 (93.8%) Rucks won 56 from 63 (88.9%)
3 from 4 (75.0%) Mauls won 4 from 5 (80.0%)
11 Turnovers conceded 17
Defensive
75/7 Tackles made/missed 143/12
91.5% Tackling success rate 92.3%
Set pieces
5 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 3 won, 2 lost (60.0%)
16 won, 2 lost (88.9%) Lineouts on own throw 9 won, 1 lost (90.0%)
Discipline
10 Penalties conceded 16
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Wales stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Halfpenny 0/0 11 7/2/12 106 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Cuthbert 1/0 5 0/2/6 62 2 5 1 0 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
C Davies 0/0 0 3/1/5 16 0 1 0 1 5/2 0/0 0 0/0
C Roberts 0/0 0 2/1/7 14 0 1 0 0 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
W North 0/0 0 2/1/7 35 0 0 0 1 3/1 0/0 2 0/0
FH Priestland 0/0 0 21/30/2 16 0 0 0 1 6/2 0/0 0 0/0
SH Phillips 0/0 0 2/65/14 15 0 1 0 4 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
P Jenkins 0/0 0 1/7/4 0 0 0 0 1 6/0 0/0 3 0/0
H Rees 0/0 0 0/0/8 0 0 1 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
P AR Jones 0/0 0 0/2/1 0 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
L AW Jones 0/0 0 0/0/7 6 0 0 0 1 2/0 2/1 0 0/0
L Evans 0/0 0 0/3/9 15 0 0 0 0 8/1 7/0 0 0/0
F Lydiate 0/0 0 0/5/7 4 0 0 0 1 11/0 1/0 0 0/0
F Warburton 0/0 0 0/0/5 10 0 0 0 0 3/0 1/0 1 0/0
N8 Faletau 0/0 0 0/1/15 37 1 1 0 1 3/0 3/0 1 0/0
(H) Owens 0/0 0 0/0/3 2 0 1 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Charteris 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) RP Jones 0/0 0 0/2/8 5 0 0 0 0 8/0 1/0 0 0/0
(SH) LD Williams 0/0 0 0/12/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) MS Williams 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

Fra stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Poitrenaud 0/0 0 1/2/2 21 0 0 0 1 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Fofana 0/0 0 0/0/5 36 1 1 0 0 6/0 0/0 1 0/0
C Rougerie 0/0 0 1/3/5 9 0 0 1 0 8/2 0/0 0 0/0
C Fritz 0/0 0 0/3/6 11 0 1 1 1 18/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Palisson 0/0 0 2/2/5 22 0 1 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Beauxis 0/0 3 14/12/4 46 0 0 0 5 6/2 0/0 0 0/0
SH Yachvili 0/0 6 12/37/3 3 0 0 0 1 5/1 0/0 2 0/0
P Poux 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
H Servat 0/0 0 0/2/2 18 1 0 1 0 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Attoub 0/0 0 0/1/6 13 0 0 0 0 3/1 0/0 1 0/0
L Pape 0/0 0 0/0/2 7 0 0 0 0 17/0 1/0 2 0/0
L Maestri 0/0 0 0/1/1 1 0 0 0 1 14/1 3/1 0 0/0
F Dusautoir 0/0 0 0/4/6 4 0 0 0 3 19/0 2/0 1 0/0
F Bonnaire 0/0 0 1/1/2 6 0 0 0 0 8/1 1/1 1 0/0
N8 Harinordoquy 0/0 0 0/6/8 15 0 0 0 3 9/1 1/0 1 0/0
(H) Szarzewski 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Debaty 0/0 0 0/1/3 6 0 1 0 0 4/1 0/0 1 0/0
(L) Pierre 0/0 0 0/0/1 1 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Picamoles 0/0 0 0/1/3 6 0 0 1 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Parra 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) Trinh-Duc 0/0 0 3/2/3 25 0 0 0 1 0/0 1/0 1 0/0
(FB) Buttin 0/0 0 1/0/4 45 2 2 0 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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