TheBreakdown
Full time17 June 1989
New Zealand
25–17
France
Lancaster Park, Christchurch, New Zealand · Tour 1989Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 8 points.

Scoring

  1. 18’PNew Zealand penalty · Grant Fox3–0
  2. 25’CNew Zealand conversion · Grant Fox5–0
  3. 25’TNew Zealand try · Terry Wright9–0
  4. 35’PNew Zealand penalty · Grant Fox12–0
  5. 38’CNew Zealand conversion · Grant Fox14–0
  6. 38’TNew Zealand try · Terry Wright18–0
  7. 42’TFrance try · Serge Blanco18–4
  8. 45’CFrance conversion · Philippe Berot18–6
  9. 47’PFrance penalty · Philippe Berot18–9
  10. 47’TFrance try · Marc Cecillon18–13
  11. 54’TFrance try · Serge Blanco18–17
  12. 68’PNew Zealand penalty · Grant Fox21–17
  13. 78’TNew Zealand try · Alan Whetton25–17

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Steve McDowallProp
  2. 2Sean FitzpatrickHooker
  3. 3Richard LoeProp
  4. 4Murray PierceSecond row
  5. 5Gary WhettonSecond row
  6. 6Alan WhettonFlanker
  7. 7Michael JonesFlanker
  8. 8Wayne ShelfordNumber 8
  9. 9Bruce DeansScrum-half
  10. 10Grant FoxFly-half
  11. 11Terry WrightWing
  12. 12John SchusterCentre
  13. 13Joe StanleyCentre
  14. 14John KirwanWing
  15. 15John GallagherFull-back
  16. 16Bernie McCahillBench
  17. 17Frano BoticaBench
  18. 18Graeme BachopBench
  19. 19Zinzan BrookeBench
  20. 20Ron WilliamsBench
  21. 21Warren GatlandBench

France

  1. 1Pascal OndartsProp
  2. 2Dominique BouetHooker
  3. 3Jean-Pierre GaruetProp
  4. 4Thierry DevergieSecond row
  5. 5Jean CondomSecond row
  6. 6Marc CecillonFlanker
  7. 7Dominique ErbaniFlanker
  8. 8Laurent RodriguezNumber 8
  9. 9Pierre BerbizierScrum-half
  10. 10Philippe Rouge-ThomasFly-half
  11. 11Patrice LagisquetWing
  12. 12Franck MesnelCentre
  13. 13Philippe SellaCentre
  14. 14Philippe BerotWing
  15. 15Serge BlancoFull-back
  16. 16Marc PujolleBench
  17. 17Olivier RoumatBench
  18. 18Alain CarminatiBench
  19. 19Henri SanzBench
  20. 20Marc AndrieuBench
  21. 21Denis CharvetBench

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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.