TheBreakdown
Full time23 June 1984
New Zealand
31–18
France
Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand · Tour 1984Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 13 points.

Scoring

  1. 3’PNew Zealand penalty · Alan Hewson3–0
  2. 10’PNew Zealand penalty · Alan Hewson6–0
  3. 16’CNew Zealand conversion · Alan Hewson8–0
  4. 16’TNew Zealand try · Bruce Smith12–0
  5. 20’PFrance penalty · Jean-Patrick Lescarboura12–3
  6. 30’PFrance penalty · Jean-Patrick Lescarboura12–6
  7. 36’TNew Zealand try · Andy Dalton16–6
  8. 46’PNew Zealand penalty · Alan Hewson19–6
  9. 53’PNew Zealand penalty · Alan Hewson22–6
  10. 55’TFrance try · Jean-Patrick Lescarboura22–10
  11. 57’PNew Zealand penalty · Alan Hewson25–10
  12. 60’TFrance try · Jean-Patrick Lescarboura25–14
  13. 70’CNew Zealand conversion · Alan Hewson27–14
  14. 70’TNew Zealand try · Warwick Taylor31–14
  15. 80’TFrance try · Eric Bonneval31–18

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1John AshworthProp
  2. 2Andy DaltonHooker
  3. 3Gary KnightProp
  4. 4Gary WhettonSecond row
  5. 5Andy HadenSecond 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. 1Jean-Pierre GaruetProp
  2. 2Philippe DintransHooker
  3. 3Pierre DospitalProp
  4. 4Jean CondomSecond row
  5. 5Francis HagetSecond row
  6. 6Laurent RodriguezFlanker
  7. 7Jacques GrattonFlanker
  8. 8Jean-Luc JoinelNumber 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. 18Jean-Charles OrsoBench
  19. 19Henri SanzBench
  20. 20Guy LaporteBench
  21. 21Eric BonnevalBench

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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.