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Full time22 November 2008
France
13–18
Australia
Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France · Tour 2008Head-to-head

Australia won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. 30’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau0–3
  2. 32’TAustralia try · Stephen Moore0–8
  3. 33’CAustralia conversion · Matt Giteau0–10
  4. 41’TFrance try5–10
  5. 42’CFrance conversion · David Skrela7–10
  6. 50’PFrance penalty · David Skrela10–10
  7. 52’DFrance drop goal · Maxime Medard13–10
  8. 56’TAustralia try · Peter Hynes13–15
  9. 76’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau13–18

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Lionel FaureProp
  2. 2Dimitri SzarzewskiHooker
  3. 3Nicolas MasProp
  4. 4Sébastien ChabalSecond row
  5. 5Lionel NalletSecond row
  6. 6Thierry DusautoirFlanker
  7. 7Fulgence OuedraogoFlanker
  8. 8Imanol HarinordoquyNumber 8
  9. 9Sebastien Tillous-BordeScrum-half
  10. 10David SkrelaFly-half
  11. 11Cédric HeymansWing
  12. 12Benoit BabyCentre
  13. 13Yannick JauzionCentre
  14. 14Julien MalzieuWing
  15. 15Maxime MedardFull-back
  16. 16Benjamin KayserBench
  17. 17Benoit LecoulsBench
  18. 18Romain Millo-ChluskiBench
  19. 19Louis PicamolesBench
  20. 20Julien TomasBench
  21. 21Damien TrailleBench
  22. 22Alexis PalissonBench

Australia

  1. 1Ben AlexanderProp
  2. 2Stephen MooreHooker
  3. 3Al BaxterProp
  4. 4Hugh McMenimanSecond row
  5. 5Nathan SharpeSecond row
  6. 6Dean MummFlanker
  7. 7George SmithFlanker
  8. 8Wycliff PaluNumber 8
  9. 9Luke BurgessScrum-half
  10. 10Matt GiteauFly-half
  11. 11Digby IoaneWing
  12. 12Stirling MortlockCentre
  13. 13Adam Ashley-CooperCentre
  14. 14Peter HynesWing
  15. 15Drew MitchellFull-back
  16. 16Tatafu Polota-NauBench
  17. 17Sekope KepuBench
  18. 18Mark ChisholmBench
  19. 19David PocockBench
  20. 20Sam CordingleyBench
  21. 21Quade CooperBench
  22. 22Lote TuqiriBench

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Context

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

France going in
Australia going in

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