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Full time12 June 2010
South Africa
42–17
France
Newlands Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa · Tour 2010Head-to-head

South Africa won by 25 points.

Scoring

  1. 3’TSouth Africa try · Pierre Spies5–0
  2. 4’CSouth Africa conversion · Morne Steyn7–0
  3. 9’TSouth Africa try · Gio Aplon12–0
  4. 10’CSouth Africa conversion · Morne Steyn14–0
  5. 12’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn17–0
  6. 25’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn20–0
  7. 30’TFrance try · Aurélien Rougerie20–5
  8. 31’CFrance conversion · Morgan Parra20–7
  9. 33’TSouth Africa try · Gurthro Steenkamp25–7
  10. 41’PFrance penalty · Morgan Parra25–10
  11. 48’PSouth Africa penalty · Morne Steyn28–10
  12. 50’TSouth Africa try · Gio Aplon33–10
  13. 51’CSouth Africa conversion · Morne Steyn35–10
  14. 76’TSouth Africa try · Francois Louw40–10
  15. 77’CSouth Africa conversion · Ruan Pienaar42–10
  16. 80’CFrance conversion · David Skrela42–12
  17. 80’TFrance try · Marc Andreu42–17

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Gurthro SteenkampProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3BJ BothaProp
  4. 4Danie RossouwSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Schalk BurgerFlanker
  7. 7Francois LouwFlanker
  8. 8Pierre SpiesNumber 8
  9. 9Ricky JanuarieScrum-half
  10. 10Morne SteynFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Wynand OlivierCentre
  13. 13Jaque FourieCentre
  14. 14Gio AplonWing
  15. 15Zane KirchnerFull-back
  16. 16Chiliboy RalepelleBench
  17. 17Jannie Du PlessisBench
  18. 18Flip Van Der MerweBench
  19. 19Dewald PotgieterBench
  20. 20Ruan PienaarBench
  21. 21Juan de JonghBench
  22. 22Jean De VilliersBench

France

  1. 1Thomas DomingoProp
  2. 2Dimitri SzarzewskiHooker
  3. 3Nicolas MasProp
  4. 4Lionel NalletSecond row
  5. 5Romain Millo-ChluskiSecond row
  6. 6Thierry DusautoirFlanker
  7. 7Wenceslas LauretFlanker
  8. 8Julien BonnaireNumber 8
  9. 9Morgan ParraScrum-half
  10. 10Francois Trinh-DucFly-half
  11. 11Aurélien RougerieWing
  12. 12Maxime MermozCentre
  13. 13David MartyCentre
  14. 14Vincent ClercWing
  15. 15Clément PoitrenaudFull-back
  16. 16Guilhem GuiradoBench
  17. 17Jean-Baptiste PouxBench
  18. 18Julien PierreBench
  19. 19Louis PicamolesBench
  20. 20Dimitri YachviliBench
  21. 21David SkrelaBench
  22. 22Marc AndreuBench

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Context

All-time, South Africa 29–12 France, 6 drawn in 47 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

South Africa 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.