Full time13 July 1968
Lancaster Park, Christchurch, New Zealand · Tour 1968Head-to-head
New Zealand won by 3 points.
Scoring
- –PNew Zealand penalty · Bill McCormick3–0
- –PNew Zealand penalty · Bill McCormick6–0
- –PNew Zealand penalty · Bill McCormick9–0
- –TNew Zealand try · Earle Kirton12–0
- –PFrance penalty · Pierre Villepreux12–3
- –PFrance penalty · Pierre Villepreux12–6
- –DFrance drop goal · Claude Lacaze12–9
Line-ups
New Zealand
- 1Alister HopkinsonProp
- 2Bruce McLeodHooker
- 3Jas MullerProp
- 4Colin MeadsSecond row
- 5Sam StrahanSecond row
- 6Kel TremainFlanker
- 7Thomas ListerFlanker
- 8Ian KirkpatrickNumber 8
- 9Chris LaidlawScrum-half
- 10Earle KirtonFly-half
- 11Michael O'CallaghanWing
- 12Ian MacRaeCentre
- 13Bill DavisCentre
- 14Grahame ThorneWing
- 15Bill McCormickFull-back
- 16Sid GoingBench
- 17Wayne CottrellBench
- 18Alan SutherlandBench
- 19Terry McCashinBench
France
- 1Jean IracabalProp
- 2Jean-Paul BauxHooker
- 3Jean EspondaProp
- 4Elie CesterSecond row
- 5Benoit DaugaSecond row
- 6Michel GreffeFlanker
- 7Jean-Pierre SalutFlanker
- 8Walter SpangheroNumber 8
- 9Marcel PugetScrum-half
- 10Claude LacazeFly-half
- 11Andre PiazzaWing
- 12Jo MasoCentre
- 13Jean TrilloCentre
- 14Andre CampaesWing
- 15Pierre VillepreuxFull-back
- 16Jean-Louis BerotBench
- 17Jean-Marie BonalBench
- 18Michel LasserreBench
- 19Alain PlantefolBench
Match officials
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Context
All-time, New Zealand 53–15 France, 1 drawn in 69 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
New Zealand going in
France going in
- Previous meeting: 25 November 1967, New Zealand 21–15 France
- Next meeting on record: 27 July 1968
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.