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Full time28 June 2008
Australia
34–13
France
ANZ Stadium, Sydney | Wangal, Australia · Tour 2008Head-to-head

Australia won by 21 points.

Scoring

  1. 20’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau3–0
  2. 23’PFrance penalty · Dimitri Yachvili3–3
  3. 37’TAustralia try · Matt Giteau8–3
  4. 38’CAustralia conversion · Matt Giteau10–3
  5. 44’TAustralia try · Nathan Sharpe15–3
  6. 44’PFrance penalty · Dimitri Yachvili15–6
  7. 45’CAustralia conversion · Matt Giteau17–6
  8. 48’TAustralia try · Rocky Elsom22–6
  9. 49’CAustralia conversion · Matt Giteau24–6
  10. 52’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau27–6
  11. 62’TAustralia try · Stirling Mortlock32–6
  12. 63’CAustralia conversion · Matt Giteau34–6
  13. 67’TFrance try · Alexis Palisson34–11
  14. 68’CFrance conversion · Francois Trinh-Duc34–13

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Benn RobinsonProp
  2. 2Stephen MooreHooker
  3. 3Al BaxterProp
  4. 4James HorwillSecond row
  5. 5Nathan SharpeSecond row
  6. 6Rocky ElsomFlanker
  7. 7George SmithFlanker
  8. 8Wycliff PaluNumber 8
  9. 9Luke BurgessScrum-half
  10. 10Matt GiteauFly-half
  11. 11Lote TuqiriWing
  12. 12Berrick BarnesCentre
  13. 13Stirling MortlockCentre
  14. 14Peter HynesWing
  15. 15Cameron ShepherdFull-back
  16. 16Adam FreierBench
  17. 17Ben AlexanderBench
  18. 18Dean MummBench
  19. 19Phil WaughBench
  20. 20Sam CordingleyBench
  21. 21Ryan CrossBench
  22. 22Adam Ashley-CooperBench

France

  1. 1Lionel FaureProp
  2. 2Sébastien BrunoHooker
  3. 3Benoit LecoulsProp
  4. 4Lionel NalletSecond row
  5. 5Sébastien ChabalSecond row
  6. 6Fulgence OuedraogoFlanker
  7. 7Louis PicamolesFlanker
  8. 8Imanol HarinordoquyNumber 8
  9. 9Dimitri YachviliScrum-half
  10. 10Benjamin BoyetFly-half
  11. 11Benjamin ThieryWing
  12. 12Francois Trinh-DucCentre
  13. 13Damien TrailleCentre
  14. 14Alexis PalissonWing
  15. 15Pepito ElhorgaFull-back
  16. 16Benjamin KayserBench
  17. 17Renaud BoyoudBench
  18. 18David CouzinetBench
  19. 19Matthieu LievremontBench
  20. 20Sebastien Tillous-BordeBench
  21. 21Thibault LacroixBench
  22. 22David JaninBench

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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.