Full time20 November 1971
Stade des Ponts Jumeaux, Toulouse, France · Tour 1971Head-to-head
Australia won by 2 points.
Scoring
- –PFrance penalty · Pierre Villepreux
- –TFrance try · Roland Bertranne
- –TFrance try · Jean Claude Skrela
- –CAustralia conversion · Arthur McGill
- –PAustralia penalty · Jeffrey McLean
- –TAustralia try · David L'Estrange
- –TAustralia try · David L'Estrange
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Line-ups
France
- 1Jean-Louis AzareteProp
- 2Michel YachviliHooker
- 3Jean IracabalProp
- 4Elie CesterSecond row
- 5Claude SpangheroSecond row
- 6Jean-Paul BiemouretFlanker
- 7Jean Claude SkrelaFlanker
- 8Benoit DaugaNumber 8
- 9Michel PebeyreScrum-half
- 10Jean-Louis BerotFly-half
- 11Jack CantoniWing
- 12Jean-Pierre LuxCentre
- 13Jean TrilloCentre
- 14Roland BertranneWing
- 15Pierre VillepreuxFull-back
Australia
- 1David DunworthProp
- 2Peter JohnsonHooker
- 3Roy ProsserProp
- 4Stuart GregorySecond row
- 5Owen ButlerSecond row
- 6Peter SullivanFlanker
- 7Greg DavisFlanker
- 8Robert McLeanNumber 8
- 9John HipwellScrum-half
- 10Russell FairfaxFly-half
- 11Jeffrey McLeanWing
- 12Geoff ShawCentre
- 13David L'EstrangeCentre
- 14John ColeWing
- 15Arthur McGillFull-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: 17 August 1968, France 10–11 Australia
- Next meeting on record: 27 November 1971
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.