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Full time19 June 1971
South Africa
8–8
France
ABSA Stadium, Durban, South Africa · Tour 1971Head-to-head

A draw.

Scoring

  1. –CSouth Africa conversion · Ian McCallum2–0
  2. –TSouth Africa try · Peter Cronje5–0
  3. –DSouth Africa drop goal · Piet Visagie8–0
  4. –CFrance conversion · Jean-Louis Berot8–2
  5. –TFrance try · Roland Bertranne8–5
  6. –DFrance drop goal · Jack Cantoni8–8

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Theo SauermannProp
  2. 2Piston van WykHooker
  3. 3Hannes MaraisProp
  4. 4Piet GreylingSecond row
  5. 5Frik Du PreezSecond row
  6. 6John WilliamsFlanker
  7. 7Jan EllisFlanker
  8. 8Tommy BedfordNumber 8
  9. 9Joggie ViljoenScrum-half
  10. 10Piet VisagieFly-half
  11. 11Syd NomisWing
  12. 12Peter CronjeCentre
  13. 13Joggie JansenCentre
  14. 14Gert MullerWing
  15. 15Ian McCallumFull-back

France

  1. 1Jean IracabalProp
  2. 2Michel YachviliHooker
  3. 3Jean-Louis AzareteProp
  4. 4Jean-Pierre BastiatSecond row
  5. 5Claude SpangheroSecond row
  6. 6Jean-Paul BiemouretFlanker
  7. 7Jean Claude SkrelaFlanker
  8. 8Benoit DaugaNumber 8
  9. 9Michel PebeyreScrum-half
  10. 10Jean-Louis BerotFly-half
  11. 11Roger BourgarelWing
  12. 12Jo MasoCentre
  13. 13Jean TrilloCentre
  14. 14Roland BertranneWing
  15. 15Jack CantoniFull-back
  16. 16Claude DourtheBench

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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

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.