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Full time15 November 1986
France
16–3
New Zealand
Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes, France · Tour 1986Head-to-head

France won by 13 points.

Scoring

  1. –CFrance conversion · Philippe Berot2–0
  2. –PFrance penalty · Philippe Berot5–0
  3. –PFrance penalty · Philippe Berot8–0
  4. –TFrance try · Denis Charvet12–0
  5. –TFrance try · Alain Lorieux16–0
  6. –PNew Zealand penalty · Kieran Crowley16–3

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Jean-Pierre GaruetProp
  2. 2Daniel DubrocaHooker
  3. 3Pascal OndartsProp
  4. 4Jean CondomSecond row
  5. 5Alain LorieuxSecond row
  6. 6Dominique ErbaniFlanker
  7. 7Eric ChampFlanker
  8. 8Laurent RodriguezNumber 8
  9. 9Pierre BerbizierScrum-half
  10. 10Franck MesnelFly-half
  11. 11Philippe BerotWing
  12. 12Philippe SellaCentre
  13. 13Denis CharvetCentre
  14. 14Eric BonnevalWing
  15. 15Serge BlancoFull-back

New Zealand

  1. 1Steve McDowallProp
  2. 2Sean FitzpatrickHooker
  3. 3John DrakeProp
  4. 4Murray PierceSecond row
  5. 5Gary WhettonSecond row
  6. 6Mike BrewerFlanker
  7. 7Jock HobbsFlanker
  8. 8Wayne ShelfordNumber 8
  9. 9David KirkScrum-half
  10. 10Frano BoticaFly-half
  11. 11Craig GreenWing
  12. 12Arthur StoneCentre
  13. 13Joe StanleyCentre
  14. 14John KirwanWing
  15. 15Kieran CrowleyFull-back
  16. Kevin BoroevichBench
  17. Andy EarlBench

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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.