TheBreakdown
Full time16 June 1984
New Zealand
10–9
France
Lancaster Park, Christchurch, New Zealand · Tour 1984Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. 9’PNew Zealand penalty · Alan Hewson3–0
  2. 32’DFrance drop goal · Jean-Patrick Lescarboura3–3
  3. 51’PNew Zealand penalty · Alan Hewson6–3
  4. 58’TNew Zealand try · Warwick Taylor10–3
  5. 69’CFrance conversion · Jean-Patrick Lescarboura10–5
  6. 69’TFrance try · Serge Blanco10–9

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1John AshworthProp
  2. 2Andy DaltonHooker
  3. 3Gary KnightProp
  4. 4Andy HadenSecond row
  5. 5Gary WhettonSecond row
  6. 6Mark ShawFlanker
  7. 7Jock HobbsFlanker
  8. 8Murray MextedNumber 8
  9. 9Andy DonaldScrum-half
  10. 10Wayne SmithFly-half
  11. 11Bruce SmithWing
  12. 12Warwick TaylorCentre
  13. 13Steve PokereCentre
  14. 14John KirwanWing
  15. 15Alan HewsonFull-back
  16. 16Robbie DeansBench
  17. 17Craig GreenBench
  18. 18David KirkBench
  19. 19Alan WhettonBench
  20. 20Brian McGrattanBench
  21. 21Hika ReidBench

France

  1. 1Pierre DospitalProp
  2. 2Philippe DintransHooker
  3. 3Jean-Pierre GaruetProp
  4. 4Francis HagetSecond row
  5. 5Jean CondomSecond row
  6. 6Laurent RodriguezFlanker
  7. 7Jean-Luc JoinelFlanker
  8. 8Jean-Charles OrsoNumber 8
  9. 9Pierre BerbizierScrum-half
  10. 10Jean-Patrick LescarbouraFly-half
  11. 11Patrick EsteveWing
  12. 12Didier CodorniouCentre
  13. 13Philippe SellaCentre
  14. 14Patrice LagisquetWing
  15. 15Serge BlancoFull-back
  16. 16Bernard HerreroBench
  17. 17Pierre-Edouard DetrezBench
  18. 18Pierre LacansBench
  19. 19Henri SanzBench
  20. 20Marc AndrieuBench
  21. 21Bernard ViviesBench

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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.