Full time12 June 1971
Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa · Tour 1971Head-to-head
South Africa won by 13 points.
Scoring
- –CSouth Africa conversion · Ian McCallum2–0
- –CSouth Africa conversion · Ian McCallum4–0
- –PSouth Africa penalty · Ian McCallum7–0
- –PSouth Africa penalty · Ian McCallum10–0
- –PSouth Africa penalty · Ian McCallum13–0
- –TSouth Africa try · Gert Muller16–0
- –TSouth Africa try · Joggie Viljoen19–0
- –DSouth Africa drop goal · Piet Visagie22–0
- –PFrance penalty · Jean-Louis Berot22–3
- –PFrance penalty · Jean-Louis Berot22–6
- –TFrance try · Jean Trillo22–9
Line-ups
South Africa
- 1Theo SauermannProp
- 2Piston van WykHooker
- 3Hannes MaraisProp
- 4Piet GreylingSecond row
- 5Frik Du PreezSecond row
- 6John WilliamsFlanker
- 7Jan EllisFlanker
- 8Tommy BedfordNumber 8
- 9Joggie ViljoenScrum-half
- 10Piet VisagieFly-half
- 11Syd NomisWing
- 12Peter CronjeCentre
- 13Joggie JansenCentre
- 14Gert MullerWing
- 15Ian McCallumFull-back
France
- 1Jean IracabalProp
- 2Michel YachviliHooker
- 3Jean-Louis AzareteProp
- 4Walter SpangheroSecond row
- 5Claude SpangheroSecond row
- 6Alain EsteveFlanker
- 7Jean-Paul BiemouretFlanker
- 8Benoit DaugaNumber 8
- 9Michel PebeyreScrum-half
- 10Jean-Louis BerotFly-half
- 11Roger BourgarelWing
- 12Jo MasoCentre
- 13Jean TrilloCentre
- 14Jack CantoniWing
- 15Alain MarotFull-back
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Context
All-time, South Africa 29–12 France, 6 drawn in 47 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
South Africa going in
France going in
- Previous meeting: 16 November 1968, South Africa 16–11 France
- Next meeting on record: 19 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.