Full time27 February 1954
Stade Colombes, Paris, France · Tour 1953Head-to-head
France won by 3 points.
Scoring
- –TFrance try · Jean Prat3–0
Line-ups
France
- 1Rene BrejassouProp
- 2Paul LabadieHooker
- 3Rene BienesProp
- 4Lucien MiasSecond row
- 5Bernard ChevalierSecond row
- 6Jean PratFlanker
- 7Henri DomecFlanker
- 8Robert BaulonNumber 8
- 9Gerard DufauScrum-half
- 10Andre HagetFly-half
- 11Andre BonifaceWing
- 12Maurice PratCentre
- 13Roger MartineCentre
- 14Fernand CazenaveWing
- 15Henri ClaverieFull-back
New Zealand
- 1Hallard WhiteProp
- 2Ron HemiHooker
- 3Kevin SkinnerProp
- 4Nelson DalzellSecond row
- 5Richard WhiteSecond row
- 6Des OliverFlanker
- 7Bob StuartFlanker
- 8William McCawNumber 8
- 9Keith DavisScrum-half
- 10Guy BowersFly-half
- 11Ron JardenWing
- 12Brian FitzpatrickCentre
- 13Colin LoaderCentre
- 14Maurice DixonWing
- 15Bob ScottFull-back
Match officials
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Context
All-time, France 15–53 New Zealand, 1 drawn in 69 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
France going in
New Zealand going in
- Previous meeting: 10 March 1946, France 9–14 New Zealand
- Next meeting on record: 22 July 1961
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.