TheBreakdown
Full time11 November 1989
France
25–19
Australia
Stade du Nord, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France · Tour 1989Head-to-head

France won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. –CFrance conversion · Thierry Lacroix2–0
  2. –PFrance penalty · Thierry Lacroix5–0
  3. –PFrance penalty · Thierry Lacroix8–0
  4. –PFrance penalty · Thierry Lacroix11–0
  5. –PFrance penalty · Thierry Lacroix14–0
  6. –PFrance penalty · Thierry Lacroix17–0
  7. –TFrance try · Marc Andrieu21–0
  8. –TFrance try · Patrice Lagisquet25–0
  9. –CAustralia conversion · Michael Lynagh25–2
  10. –PAustralia penalty · Michael Lynagh25–5
  11. –PAustralia penalty · Michael Lynagh25–8
  12. –PAustralia penalty · Michael Lynagh25–11
  13. –TAustralia try · Nick Farr-Jones25–15
  14. –TAustralia try · Phil Kearns25–19

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Dominique BouetProp
  2. 2Louis ArmaryHooker
  3. 3Pascal OndartsProp
  4. 4Alain LorieuxSecond row
  5. 5Dominique ErbaniSecond row
  6. 6Eric ChampFlanker
  7. 7Alain CarminatiFlanker
  8. 8Thierry DevergieNumber 8
  9. 9Henri SanzScrum-half
  10. 10Thierry LacroixFly-half
  11. 11Patrice LagisquetWing
  12. 12Franck MesnelCentre
  13. 13Marc AndrieuCentre
  14. 14Stephane WellerWing
  15. 15Philippe SellaFull-back
  16. 16Philippe MaroccoBench
  17. 17Marc PujolleBench
  18. 18Thierry MasetBench
  19. 19Gillies CamberaberoBench
  20. 20Bernard LacombeBench
  21. 21Frederic VeloBench

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.