TheBreakdown
Full time10 August 1968
New Zealand
19–12
France
Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand · Tour 1968Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 7 points.

Scoring

  1. –CNew Zealand conversion · Bill McCormick2–0
  2. –CNew Zealand conversion · Bill McCormick4–0
  3. –PNew Zealand penalty · Bill McCormick7–0
  4. –PNew Zealand penalty · Bill McCormick10–0
  5. –TNew Zealand try · Sid Going13–0
  6. –TNew Zealand try · Sid Going16–0
  7. –DNew Zealand drop goal · Wayne Cottrell19–0
  8. –TFrance try · Jean-Pierre Lux19–3
  9. –TFrance try · Jean Trillo19–6
  10. –TFrance try · Christian Carrere19–9
  11. –DFrance drop goal · Claude Dourthe19–12

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. 9Sid GoingScrum-half
  10. 10Earle KirtonFly-half
  11. 11Michael O'CallaghanWing
  12. 12Wayne CottrellCentre
  13. 13Grahame ThorneCentre
  14. 14Owen StephensWing
  15. 15Bill McCormickFull-back
  16. 16Denis PantherBench
  17. 17Lyn DavisBench
  18. 18Terry McCashinBench
  19. 19Thomas ListerBench

France

  1. 1Michel LasserreProp
  2. 2Michel YachviliHooker
  3. 3Jean-Claude NobleProp
  4. 4Elie CesterSecond row
  5. 5Benoit DaugaSecond row
  6. 6Michel BilliereFlanker
  7. 7Christian CarrereFlanker
  8. 8Walter SpangheroNumber 8
  9. 9Jean-Louis BerotScrum-half
  10. 10Jo MasoFly-half
  11. 11Jean-Pierre LuxWing
  12. 12Claude DourtheCentre
  13. 13Jean TrilloCentre
  14. 14Jean-Marie BonalWing
  15. 15Pierre VillepreuxFull-back
  16. 16Jean-Paul BauxBench
  17. 17Claude ChenevayBench
  18. 18Jean AndrieuBench
  19. 19Andre PiazzaBench

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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.