TheBreakdown
Full time28 June 1997
Australia
26–19
France
Ballymore, Brisbane | Meeanjin, Australia · Tour 1997Head-to-head

Australia won by 7 points.

Scoring

  1. –CAustralia conversion · John Eales2–0
  2. –PAustralia penalty · John Eales5–0
  3. –PAustralia penalty · John Eales8–0
  4. –PAustralia penalty · John Eales11–0
  5. –TAustralia try · Ben Tune16–0
  6. –TAustralia try · Jason Little21–0
  7. –TAustralia try · Richard Harry26–0
  8. –CFrance conversion · Christophe Lamaison26–2
  9. –PFrance penalty · Christophe Lamaison26–5
  10. –PFrance penalty · Christophe Lamaison26–8
  11. –PFrance penalty · Christophe Lamaison26–11
  12. –PFrance penalty · Christophe Lamaison26–14
  13. –TFrance try · Thomas Castaignede26–19

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. 8Troy CokerNumber 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. 17James HolbeckBench
  18. 18Sam PayneBench
  19. 19Matt CockbainBench
  20. 20Andrew BladesBench
  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. 10Alain PenaudFly-half
  11. 11Sebastien ViarsWing
  12. 12Thomas CastaignedeCentre
  13. 13Christophe LamaisonCentre
  14. 14Philippe Bernat-SallesWing
  15. 15Jean-Luc SadournyFull-back
  16. 16Guy AccoceberryBench
  17. 17Richard DourtheBench
  18. 18Pierre BondouyBench
  19. 19Marc LievremontBench
  20. 20Didier CasadeiBench
  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.