TheBreakdown
Full time21 November 1981
France
6–18
New Zealand
Parc des Princes, Paris, France · Tour 1981Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 12 points.

Scoring

  1. –PFrance penalty · Serge Blanco3–0
  2. –PFrance penalty · Guy Laporte6–0
  3. –CNew Zealand conversion · Alan Hewson6–2
  4. –CNew Zealand conversion · Alan Hewson6–4
  5. –PNew Zealand penalty · Alan Hewson6–7
  6. –PNew Zealand penalty · Alan Hewson6–10
  7. –TNew Zealand try · Mark Shaw6–14
  8. –TNew Zealand try · Stu Wilson6–18

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. 11Michel FabreWing
  12. 12Roland BertranneCentre
  13. 13Patrick MesnyCentre
  14. 14Serge BlancoWing
  15. 15Serge GabernetFull-back
  16. Daniel DubrocaBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Paul KotekaProp
  2. 2Andy DaltonHooker
  3. 3John SpiersProp
  4. 4Gary WhettonSecond row
  5. 5Andy HadenSecond row
  6. 6Mark ShawFlanker
  7. 7Graham MourieFlanker
  8. 8Murray MextedNumber 8
  9. 9Dave LoveridgeScrum-half
  10. 10Doug RollersonFly-half
  11. 11Bernie FraserWing
  12. 12Arthur StoneCentre
  13. 13Stu WilsonCentre
  14. 14Freddy WoodmanWing
  15. 15Alan HewsonFull-back
  16. Jamie SalmonBench

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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.