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Full time27 July 1968
New Zealand
9–3
France
Athletic Park, Wellington, New Zealand · Tour 1968Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. –PNew Zealand penalty · Bill McCormick3–0
  2. –PNew Zealand penalty · Bill McCormick6–0
  3. –PNew Zealand penalty · Bill McCormick9–0
  4. –PFrance penalty · Pierre Villepreux9–3

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Alister HopkinsonProp
  2. 2Bruce McLeodHooker
  3. 3Ken GrayProp
  4. 4Colin MeadsSecond row
  5. 5Sam StrahanSecond row
  6. 6Kel TremainFlanker
  7. 7Ian KirkpatrickFlanker
  8. 8Brian LochoreNumber 8
  9. 9Chris LaidlawScrum-half
  10. 10Earle KirtonFly-half
  11. 11Michael O'CallaghanWing
  12. 12Wayne CottrellCentre
  13. 13Ian MacRaeCentre
  14. 14Grahame ThorneWing
  15. 15Bill McCormickFull-back
  16. 16Sid GoingBench
  17. 17Owen StephensBench
  18. 18Terry McCashinBench
  19. 19Thomas ListerBench

France

  1. 1Jean IracabalProp
  2. 2Jean-Paul BauxHooker
  3. 3Jean EspondaProp
  4. 4Alain PlantefolSecond row
  5. 5Benoit DaugaSecond row
  6. 6Bernard DutinFlanker
  7. 7Michel GreffeFlanker
  8. 8Walter SpangheroNumber 8
  9. 9Marcel PugetScrum-half
  10. 10Christian BoujetFly-half
  11. 11Andre CampaesWing
  12. 12Jean TrilloCentre
  13. 13Jo MasoCentre
  14. 14Jean-Marie BonalWing
  15. 15Pierre VillepreuxFull-back
  16. 16Michel LasserreBench
  17. 17Claude ChenevayBench
  18. 18Jean-Louis BerotBench
  19. 19Jean-Pierre LuxBench

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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

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.