TheBreakdown
Full time27 November 1971
France
18–9
Australia
Stade Colombes, Paris, France · Tour 1971Head-to-head

France won by 9 points.

Scoring

  1. –CFrance conversion · Pierre Villepreux
  2. –PFrance penalty · Pierre Villepreux
  3. –PFrance penalty · Pierre Villepreux
  4. –PFrance penalty · Pierre Villepreux
  5. –PFrance penalty · Pierre Villepreux
  6. –TFrance try · Victor Boffelli
  7. –PAustralia penalty · Arthur McGill
  8. –PAustralia penalty · Jeffrey McLean
  9. –PAustralia penalty · Jeffrey McLean

The scoring record for this Test does not add up to the final score, so running scores are hidden.

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Jean HortolandProp
  2. 2Renee BenesisHooker
  3. 3Jean MartinProp
  4. 4Claude SpangheroSecond row
  5. 5Benoit DaugaSecond row
  6. 6Victor BoffelliFlanker
  7. 7Jean Claude SkrelaFlanker
  8. 8Yvan BuonomoNumber 8
  9. 9Jean-Michel AguirreScrum-half
  10. 10Jean-Louis BerotFly-half
  11. 11Andre DubertrandWing
  12. 12Jean-Pierre LuxCentre
  13. 13Jean TrilloCentre
  14. 14Roland BertranneWing
  15. 15Pierre VillepreuxFull-back
  16. 16BurgelBench
  17. 17Jean-Claude RossignolBench
  18. 18Michel PebeyreBench
  19. 19Alain MarotBench

Australia

  1. 1David DunworthProp
  2. 2Peter JohnsonHooker
  3. 3Roy ProsserProp
  4. 4Stuart GregorySecond row
  5. 5Owen ButlerSecond row
  6. 6Peter SullivanFlanker
  7. 7Greg DavisFlanker
  8. 8Robert McLeanNumber 8
  9. 9John HipwellScrum-half
  10. 10Russell FairfaxFly-half
  11. 11Jeffrey McLeanWing
  12. 12Geoff ShawCentre
  13. 13David L'EstrangeCentre
  14. 14John ColeWing
  15. 15Arthur McGillFull-back
  16. 16Gareth GreyBench
  17. 17Geoffrey RichardsonBench
  18. 18Robert ThompsonBench
  19. 19Reg SmithBench
  20. 20Bruce BrownBench

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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

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.