TheBreakdown
Full time21 June 1997
Australia
29–15
France
Aussie Stadium, Sydney | Gadigal, Australia · Tour 1997Head-to-head

Australia won by 14 points.

Scoring

  1. –CAustralia conversion · John Eales2–0
  2. –CAustralia conversion · John Eales4–0
  3. –PAustralia penalty · John Eales7–0
  4. –PAustralia penalty · John Eales10–0
  5. –PAustralia penalty · John Eales13–0
  6. –PAustralia penalty · John Eales16–0
  7. –PAustralia penalty · John Eales19–0
  8. –TAustralia try · Mitch Hardy24–0
  9. –TAustralia try · Mitch Hardy29–0
  10. –CFrance conversion · Richard Dourthe29–2
  11. –PFrance penalty · Richard Dourthe29–5
  12. –TFrance try · Philippe Bernat-Salles29–10
  13. –TFrance try · Thomas Castaignede29–15

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Richard HarryProp
  2. 2Marco CaputoHooker
  3. 3Ewen McKenzieProp
  4. 4David GiffinSecond row
  5. 5John EalesSecond row
  6. 6Brett RobinsonFlanker
  7. 7David WilsonFlanker
  8. 8Daniel ManuNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Tim HoranFly-half
  11. 11Joe RoffWing
  12. 12Pat HowardCentre
  13. 13Jason LittleCentre
  14. 14Ben TuneWing
  15. 15Stephen LarkhamFull-back
  16. 16Mitch HardyBench
  17. 17Sam PayneBench
  18. 18Troy CokerBench
  19. 19Matt CockbainBench
  20. 20Dan CrowleyBench
  21. 21Michael FoleyBench

France

  1. 1Christian CalifanoProp
  2. 2Marc Dal MasoHooker
  3. 3Franck TournaireProp
  4. 4Olivier MerleSecond row
  5. 5Olivier BrouzetSecond row
  6. 6Abdelatif BenazziFlanker
  7. 7Olivier MagneFlanker
  8. 8Fabien PelousNumber 8
  9. 9Philippe CarbonneauScrum-half
  10. 10David AucagneFly-half
  11. 11David VendittiWing
  12. 12Thomas CastaignedeCentre
  13. 13Richard DourtheCentre
  14. 14Philippe Bernat-SallesWing
  15. 15Jean-Luc SadournyFull-back
  16. 16Sebastien ViarsBench
  17. 17Richard CastelBench
  18. 18Guy AccoceberryBench
  19. 19Hugues MiorinBench
  20. 20Pierre Triep-CapdevilleBench
  21. 21Raphaël IbanezBench

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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.