TheBreakdown
Full time17 June 1972
Australia
14–14
France
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Gadigal, AustraliaHead-to-head

A draw.

Scoring

  1. –PAustralia penalty · Russell Fairfax3–0
  2. –PAustralia penalty · Russell Fairfax6–0
  3. –TAustralia try · John Taylor10–0
  4. –TAustralia try · Bruce Taafe14–0
  5. –CFrance conversion · Pierre Villepreux14–2
  6. –TFrance try · Jean-Pierre Lux14–6
  7. –TFrance try · Jean-Pierre Lux14–10
  8. –TFrance try · Olivier Saisset14–14

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1David DunworthProp
  2. 2Bruce TaafeHooker
  3. 3Roy ProsserProp
  4. 4Stuart GregorySecond row
  5. 5Reg SmithSecond row
  6. 6Peter SullivanFlanker
  7. 7Greg DavisFlanker
  8. 8Richard CocksNumber 8
  9. 9John HipwellScrum-half
  10. 10Russell FairfaxFly-half
  11. 11Jeffrey McLeanWing
  12. 12David RathieCentre
  13. 13David BurnetCentre
  14. 14John TaylorWing
  15. 15Arthur McGillFull-back
  16. 16Gareth GreyBench
  17. 17Geoffrey RichardsonBench
  18. 18Laurence MonaghanBench
  19. 19Peter HortonBench
  20. 20Keith BellBench
  21. 21Jake HowardBench

France

  1. 1Armand VaquerinProp
  2. 2Renee BenesisHooker
  3. 3Jean-Louis AzareteProp
  4. 4Claude SpangheroSecond row
  5. 5Jean-Pierre BastiatSecond row
  6. 6Olivier SaissetFlanker
  7. 7Walter SpangheroFlanker
  8. 8Jean Claude SkrelaNumber 8
  9. 9Max BarrauScrum-half
  10. 10Jean-Louis BerotFly-half
  11. 11Jean-Pierre LuxWing
  12. 12Claude DourtheCentre
  13. 13Jean TrilloCentre
  14. 14Bernard DupratWing
  15. 15Pierre VillepreuxFull-back
  16. 16Andre LubranoBench
  17. 17Jean-Claude RossignolBench
  18. 18Jean-Paul BiemouretBench
  19. 19Jacques FourouxBench
  20. 20Jo MasoBench
  21. 21Henri CabrolBench

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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.