Full time11 January 1948
Stade Colombes, Paris, France · Tour 1947Head-to-head
France won by 7 points.
Scoring
- –CFrance conversion · Andre Alvarez2–0
- –CFrance conversion · Andre Alvarez4–0
- –TFrance try · Michel Pomathios7–0
- –TFrance try · Guy Basquet10–0
- –TFrance try · Guy Basquet13–0
- –PAustralia penalty · Arthur Tonkin13–3
- –PAustralia penalty · Arthur Tonkin13–6
Line-ups
France
- 1Lucien MartinProp
- 2Lucien CaronHooker
- 3Euqene BuzyProp
- 4Robert SoroSecond row
- 5Alban MogaSecond row
- 6Jean PratFlanker
- 7Guy BasquetFlanker
- 8Jean Matheu-CambasNumber 8
- 9Gerard DufauScrum-half
- 10Leon BordenaveFly-half
- 11Roger LacaussadeWing
- 12Maurice TerreauCentre
- 13Pierre DizaboCentre
- 14Michel PomathiosWing
- 15Andre AlvarezFull-back
Australia
- 1Eric TweedaleProp
- 2Kenny KearneyHooker
- 3Nicholas ShehadieProp
- 4Graham CookeSecond row
- 5Donald KraefftSecond row
- 6Douglas KellerFlanker
- 7Colin WindonFlanker
- 8Arthur BuchanNumber 8
- 9Cyril BurkeScrum-half
- 10Neville EmeryFly-half
- 11Terence MacBrideWing
- 12Alan WalkerCentre
- 13Trevor AllanCentre
- 14Arthur TonkinWing
- 15Brian PiperFull-back
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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
- Previous meeting: 22 January 1928, France 8–11 Australia
- Next meeting on record: 9 March 1958
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.