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Full time4 November 1989
France
15–32
Australia
Stade Meinau, Strasbourg, France · Tour 1989Head-to-head

Australia won by 17 points.

Scoring

  1. –PFrance penalty · Didier Camberabero3–0
  2. –PFrance penalty · Didier Camberabero6–0
  3. –PFrance penalty · Didier Camberabero9–0
  4. –PFrance penalty · Didier Camberabero12–0
  5. –DFrance drop goal · Didier Camberabero15–0
  6. –CAustralia conversion · Michael Lynagh15–2
  7. –CAustralia conversion · Michael Lynagh15–4
  8. –PAustralia penalty · Michael Lynagh15–7
  9. –PAustralia penalty · Michael Lynagh15–10
  10. –PAustralia penalty · Michael Lynagh15–13
  11. –PAustralia penalty · Michael Lynagh15–16
  12. –TAustralia try · Ian Williams15–20
  13. –TAustralia try · Tim Horan15–24
  14. –TAustralia try · Tim Horan15–28
  15. –TAustralia try · David Campese15–32

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Marc PujolleProp
  2. 2Louis ArmaryHooker
  3. 3Laurent SeigneProp
  4. 4Gilles BourguignonSecond row
  5. 5Jean CondomSecond row
  6. 6Eric ChampFlanker
  7. 7Marc CecillonFlanker
  8. 8Laurent RodriguezNumber 8
  9. 9Pierre BerbizierScrum-half
  10. 10Didier CamberaberoFly-half
  11. 11Patrice LagisquetWing
  12. 12Franck MesnelCentre
  13. 13Philippe SellaCentre
  14. 14Stephane WellerWing
  15. 15Serge BlancoFull-back
  16. 16Dominique BouetBench
  17. 17Alain LorieuxBench
  18. 18Alain CarminatiBench
  19. 19Henri SanzBench
  20. 20David BertyBench
  21. 21Thierry LacroixBench

Australia

  1. 1Tony DalyProp
  2. 2Phil KearnsHooker
  3. 3Mark HartillProp
  4. 4Rod McCallSecond row
  5. 5Peter FitzSimonsSecond row
  6. 6David CarterFlanker
  7. 7Brendan NasserFlanker
  8. 8Tim GavinNumber 8
  9. 9Nick Farr-JonesScrum-half
  10. 10Michael LynaghFly-half
  11. 11David CampeseWing
  12. 12Tim HoranCentre
  13. 13Jason LittleCentre
  14. 14Ian WilliamsWing
  15. 15Greg MartinFull-back
  16. 16Peter SlatteryBench
  17. 17Darren JuneeBench
  18. 18Anthony HerbertBench
  19. 19Tommy LawtonBench
  20. 20Dan CrowleyBench
  21. 21David WilsonBench

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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.