TheBreakdown
Full time5 July 2008
Australia
40–10
France
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane | Meeanjin, Australia · Tour 2008Head-to-head

Australia won by 30 points.

Scoring

  1. 5’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau3–0
  2. 8’TAustralia try · Peter Hynes8–0
  3. 9’CAustralia conversion · Matt Giteau10–0
  4. 17’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau13–0
  5. 24’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau16–0
  6. 31’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau19–0
  7. 37’TAustralia try · James Horwill24–0
  8. 38’CAustralia conversion · Matt Giteau26–0
  9. 42’PFrance penalty · Francois Trinh-Duc26–3
  10. 58’TAustralia try · Ryan Cross31–3
  11. 59’CAustralia conversion · Matt Giteau33–3
  12. 68’TAustralia try · Ryan Cross38–3
  13. 69’CAustralia conversion · Matt Giteau40–3
  14. 80’TFrance try · Francois Trinh-Duc40–8
  15. 81’CFrance conversion · Dimitri Yachvili40–10

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Benn RobinsonProp
  2. 2Stephen MooreHooker
  3. 3Al BaxterProp
  4. 4James HorwillSecond row
  5. 5Dean MummSecond row
  6. 6Rocky ElsomFlanker
  7. 7Phil WaughFlanker
  8. 8Stephen HoilesNumber 8
  9. 9Luke BurgessScrum-half
  10. 10Matt GiteauFly-half
  11. 11Lachie TurnerWing
  12. 12Berrick BarnesCentre
  13. 13Stirling MortlockCentre
  14. 14Peter HynesWing
  15. 15Adam Ashley-CooperFull-back
  16. 16Adam FreierBench
  17. 17Ben AlexanderBench
  18. 18Hugh McMenimanBench
  19. 19George SmithBench
  20. 20Sam CordingleyBench
  21. 21Ryan CrossBench
  22. 22Cameron ShepherdBench

France

  1. 1Pierre CorreiraProp
  2. 2Sébastien BrunoHooker
  3. 3Renaud BoyoudProp
  4. 4Sébastien ChabalSecond row
  5. 5Lionel NalletSecond row
  6. 6Matthieu LievremontFlanker
  7. 7Fulgence OuedraogoFlanker
  8. 8Imanol HarinordoquyNumber 8
  9. 9Sebastien Tillous-BordeScrum-half
  10. 10Francois Trinh-DucFly-half
  11. 11David JaninWing
  12. 12Thibault LacroixCentre
  13. 13Maxime MermozCentre
  14. 14Alexis PalissonWing
  15. 15Benjamin ThieryFull-back
  16. 16Benjamin KayserBench
  17. 17Benoit LecoulsBench
  18. 18Benjamin BoyetBench
  19. 19Louis PicamolesBench
  20. 20Yannick CaballeroBench
  21. 21Dimitri YachviliBench
  22. 22Jean-Baptiste PeyrasBench

Match officials

Sample data
Referee
Sample Referee
Assistant referee
Sample Assistant 1
Assistant referee
Sample Assistant 2
TMO
Sample TMO

Sample data Match officials is placeholder content: TheBreakdown has no data source for it yet, so nothing here is real.

Context

All-time, Australia 29–23 France, 2 drawn in 54 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Australia going in
France going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.