TheBreakdown
Full time27 June 2009
Australia
22–6
France
ANZ Stadium, Sydney | Wangal, Australia · Tour 2009Head-to-head

Australia won by 16 points.

Scoring

  1. 18’TAustralia try · Matt Giteau5–0
  2. 19’CAustralia conversion · Matt Giteau7–0
  3. 23’PFrance penalty · Lionel Beauxis7–3
  4. 28’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau10–3
  5. 45’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau13–3
  6. 47’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau16–3
  7. 53’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau19–3
  8. 58’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau22–3
  9. 62’PFrance penalty · Dimitri Yachvili22–6

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Benn RobinsonProp
  2. 2Stephen MooreHooker
  3. 3Al BaxterProp
  4. 4James HorwillSecond row
  5. 5Nathan SharpeSecond row
  6. 6Dean MummFlanker
  7. 7George SmithFlanker
  8. 8Richard BrownNumber 8
  9. 9Luke BurgessScrum-half
  10. 10Matt GiteauFly-half
  11. 11Drew MitchellWing
  12. 12Berrick BarnesCentre
  13. 13Stirling MortlockCentre
  14. 14Lachie TurnerWing
  15. 15Adam Ashley-CooperFull-back
  16. 16Tatafu Polota-NauBench
  17. 17Ben AlexanderBench
  18. 18Phil WaughBench
  19. 19David PocockBench
  20. 20Josh ValentineBench
  21. 21Ryan CrossBench
  22. 22James O'ConnorBench

France

  1. 1Fabien BarcellaProp
  2. 2Dimitri SzarzewskiHooker
  3. 3Sylvain MarconnetProp
  4. 4Pascal PapeSecond row
  5. 5Romain Millo-ChluskiSecond row
  6. 6Thierry DusautoirFlanker
  7. 7Fulgence OuedraogoFlanker
  8. 8Julian PuricelliNumber 8
  9. 9Dimitri YachviliScrum-half
  10. 10Lionel BeauxisFly-half
  11. 11Cédric HeymansWing
  12. 12Maxime MermozCentre
  13. 13Florian FritzCentre
  14. 14Maxime MedardWing
  15. 15Damien TrailleFull-back
  16. 16Guilhem GuiradoBench
  17. 17Nicolas MasBench
  18. 18Rémy MartinBench
  19. 19Damien ChoulyBench
  20. 20Julien DupuyBench
  21. 21Vincent ClercBench
  22. 22Julien AriasBench

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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.