Full time10 February 1973
Parc des Princes, Paris, France · Tour 1972Head-to-head
France won by 7 points.
Scoring
- –CFrance conversion · Jean-Pierre Romeu2–0
- –PFrance penalty · Jean-Pierre Romeu5–0
- –TFrance try · Claude Dourthe9–0
- –TFrance try · Roland Bertranne13–0
- –PNew Zealand penalty · Joe Karam13–3
- –PNew Zealand penalty · Joe Karam13–6
Line-ups
France
- 1Jean-Louis AzareteProp
- 2Renee BenesisHooker
- 3Jean IracabalProp
- 4Elie CesterSecond row
- 5Alain EsteveSecond row
- 6Jean-Paul BiemouretFlanker
- 7Olivier SaissetFlanker
- 8Walter SpangheroNumber 8
- 9Max BarrauScrum-half
- 10Jean-Pierre RomeuFly-half
- 11Roland BertranneWing
- 12Claude DourtheCentre
- 13Jean-Pierre LuxCentre
- 14Andre CampaesWing
- 15Jack CantoniFull-back
- Michel DroitecourtBench
New Zealand
- 1Graham WhitingProp
- 2Tane NortonHooker
- 3Kent LambertProp
- 4Pole WhitingSecond row
- 5Hamish MacDonaldSecond row
- 6Alex WyllieFlanker
- 7Ian KirkpatrickFlanker
- 8Alan SutherlandNumber 8
- 9Sid GoingScrum-half
- 10Bob BurgessFly-half
- 11Grant BattyWing
- 12Ian HurstCentre
- 13Bruce RobertsonCentre
- 14Bryan WilliamsWing
- 15Joe KaramFull-back
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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 August 1968, France 12–19 New Zealand
- Next meeting on record: 11 November 1977
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.