TheBreakdown
Full time28 June 1986
New Zealand
18–9
France
Lancaster Park, Christchurch, New Zealand · Tour 1986Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 9 points.

Scoring

  1. 11’DNew Zealand drop goal · Greg Cooper3–0
  2. 19’CNew Zealand conversion · Greg Cooper5–0
  3. 19’TNew Zealand try · Mike Brewer9–0
  4. 33’DNew Zealand drop goal · Frano Botica12–0
  5. 38’DFrance drop goal · Jean-Patrick Lescarboura12–3
  6. 46’PNew Zealand penalty · Greg Cooper15–3
  7. 69’DFrance drop goal · Jean-Patrick Lescarboura15–6
  8. 71’DNew Zealand drop goal · Frano Botica18–6
  9. 85’DFrance drop goal · Jean-Patrick Lescarboura18–9

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Brian McGrattanProp
  2. 2Sean FitzpatrickHooker
  3. 3Kevin BoroevichProp
  4. 4Andy EarlSecond row
  5. 5Gordon MacphersonSecond row
  6. 6Brett HarveyFlanker
  7. 7Mark Brooke-CowdenFlanker
  8. 8Mike BrewerNumber 8
  9. 9David KirkScrum-half
  10. 10Frano BoticaFly-half
  11. 11Terry WrightWing
  12. 12Arthur StoneCentre
  13. 13Joe StanleyCentre
  14. 14John KirwanWing
  15. 15Greg CooperFull-back
  16. 17Murray DavieBench
  17. 18Brent AndersonBench
  18. 19Dean KennyBench
  19. 20Joe LeotaBench
  20. 21Marty BerryBench

France

  1. 1Pierre-Edouard DetrezProp
  2. 2Daniel DubrocaHooker
  3. 3Jean-Pierre GaruetProp
  4. 4Francis HagetSecond row
  5. 5Jean CondomSecond row
  6. 6Jacques GrattonFlanker
  7. 7Eric ChampFlanker
  8. 8Dominique ErbaniNumber 8
  9. 9Pierre BerbizierScrum-half
  10. 10Jean-Patrick LescarbouraFly-half
  11. 11Marc AndrieuWing
  12. 12Denis CharvetCentre
  13. 13Philippe SellaCentre
  14. 14Patrice LagisquetWing
  15. 15Serge BlancoFull-back
  16. 16Bernard HerreroBench
  17. 17Claude PortolanBench
  18. 18Laurent RodriguezBench
  19. 19Rodolphe ModinBench
  20. 20Eric BonnevalBench
  21. 21Jerome BianchiBench

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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.