TheBreakdown
Full time14 November 1981
France
9–13
New Zealand
Stadium, Toulouse, France · Tour 1981Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. –PFrance penalty · Guy Laporte3–0
  2. –PFrance penalty · Guy Laporte6–0
  3. –DFrance drop goal · Serge Gabernet9–0
  4. –PNew Zealand penalty · Alan Hewson9–3
  5. –PNew Zealand penalty · Alan Hewson9–6
  6. –TNew Zealand try · Stu Wilson9–10
  7. –DNew Zealand drop goal · Alan Hewson9–13

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Michel CremaschiProp
  2. 2Philippe DintransHooker
  3. 3Robert PaparembordeProp
  4. 4Alain LorieuxSecond row
  5. 5Daniel RevallierSecond row
  6. 6Jean-Luc JoinelFlanker
  7. 7Laurent RodriguezFlanker
  8. 8Dominique ErbaniNumber 8
  9. 9Pierre BerbizierScrum-half
  10. 10Guy LaporteFly-half
  11. 11Serge BlancoWing
  12. 12Roland BertranneCentre
  13. 13Patrick MesnyCentre
  14. 14Michel FabreWing
  15. 15Serge GabernetFull-back

New Zealand

  1. 1Rod KetelsProp
  2. 2Andy DaltonHooker
  3. 3John SpiersProp
  4. 4Gary WhettonSecond row
  5. 5Andy HadenSecond row
  6. 6Graham MourieFlanker
  7. 7Mark ShawFlanker
  8. 8Murray MextedNumber 8
  9. 9Dave LoveridgeScrum-half
  10. 10Brian McKechnieFly-half
  11. 11Bernie FraserWing
  12. 12Arthur StoneCentre
  13. 13Jamie SalmonCentre
  14. 14Stu WilsonWing
  15. 15Alan HewsonFull-back
  16. Doug RollersonBench

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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

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.