Full time16 November 1968
Stade Colombes, Paris, France · Tour 1968Head-to-head
South Africa won by 5 points.
Scoring
- –CFrance conversion · Lucien Paries2–0
- –TFrance try · Elie Cester5–0
- –DFrance drop goal · Lucien Paries8–0
- –DFrance drop goal · Marcel Puget11–0
- –CSouth Africa conversion · Piet Visagie11–2
- –CSouth Africa conversion · Piet Visagie11–4
- –PSouth Africa penalty · Piet Visagie11–7
- –TSouth Africa try · Syd Nomis11–10
- –TSouth Africa try · Jannie Engelbrecht11–13
- –TSouth Africa try · Dawie De Villiers11–16
Line-ups
France
- 1Michel LasserreProp
- 2Jean-Paul BauxHooker
- 3Jean EspondaProp
- 4Bernard DutinSecond row
- 5Elie CesterSecond row
- 6Benoit DaugaFlanker
- 7Dominique BontempsFlanker
- 8Walter SpangheroNumber 8
- 9Marcel PugetScrum-half
- 10Lucien PariesFly-half
- 11Jean-Pierre LuxWing
- 12Claude DourtheCentre
- 13Andre RuizCentre
- 14Jean-Marie BonalWing
- 15Henri MagoisFull-back
South Africa
- 1Mof MyburghProp
- 2Gys PitzerHooker
- 3Hannes MaraisProp
- 4Piet GreylingSecond row
- 5Frik Du PreezSecond row
- 6Gawie CarelseFlanker
- 7Jan EllisFlanker
- 8Tommy BedfordNumber 8
- 9Dawie De VilliersScrum-half
- 10Piet VisagieFly-half
- 11Jannie EngelbrechtWing
- 12Mannetjies RouxCentre
- 13Eben OlivierCentre
- 14Syd NomisWing
- 15HO De VilliersFull-back
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Context
All-time, France 12–29 South Africa, 6 drawn in 47 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
France going in
South Africa going in
- Previous meeting: 9 November 1968, France 9–12 South Africa
- Next meeting on record: 12 June 1971
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.