Full time30 October 1976
Parc des Princes, Paris, France · Tour 1976Head-to-head
France won by 28 points.
Scoring
- –CFrance conversion · Jean-Michel Aguirre2–0
- –CFrance conversion · Jean-Michel Aguirre4–0
- –PFrance penalty · Jean-Michel Aguirre7–0
- –TFrance try · Jean-Michel Aguirre11–0
- –TFrance try · Dominique Harize15–0
- –TFrance try · Roland Bertranne19–0
- –TFrance try · Jean-Luc Averous23–0
- –TFrance try · Jean-Pierre Rives27–0
- –TFrance try · Gerard Cholley31–0
- –DFrance drop goal · Richard Astre34–0
- –PAustralia penalty · Paul McLean34–3
- –PAustralia penalty · Paul McLean34–6
Line-ups
France
- 1Armand VaquerinProp
- 2Alain PacoHooker
- 3Robert PaparembordeProp
- 4Gerard CholleySecond row
- 5Guy GasparottoSecond row
- 6Jean-Pierre RivesFlanker
- 7Jean Claude SkrelaFlanker
- 8Jean-Pierre BastiatNumber 8
- 9Richard AstreScrum-half
- 10Jean-Pierre PesteilFly-half
- 11Jean-Luc AverousWing
- 12Francois SangalliCentre
- 13Roland BertranneCentre
- 14Dominique HarizeWing
- 15Jean-Michel AguirreFull-back
Australia
- 1John MeadowsProp
- 2Peter HortonHooker
- 3Ronald GrahamProp
- 4Reg SmithSecond row
- 5David HillhouseSecond row
- 6Tony ShawFlanker
- 7Greg CornelsenFlanker
- 8Mark LoaneNumber 8
- 9Rod HauserScrum-half
- 10Paul McLeanFly-half
- 11Phillip CroweWing
- 12Geoff ShawCentre
- 13Ken WrightCentre
- 14Patrick BatchWing
- 15James HindmarshFull-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: 24 October 1976, France 18–15 Australia
- Next meeting on record: 5 July 1981
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.