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Full time23 November 1974
France
4–13
South Africa
Stadium, Toulouse, France · Tour 1974Head-to-head

South Africa won by 9 points.

Scoring

  1. –TFrance try · Roland Bertranne4–0
  2. –PSouth Africa penalty · Gerald Bosch4–3
  3. –PSouth Africa penalty · Carel Fourie4–6
  4. –PSouth Africa penalty · Gerald Bosch4–9
  5. –TSouth Africa try · Willem Stapelberg4–13

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Armand VaquerinProp
  2. 2Alain PacoHooker
  3. 3Jean-Louis AzareteProp
  4. 4Victor BoffelliSecond row
  5. 5Georges SenalSecond row
  6. 6Alain EsteveFlanker
  7. 7Olivier SaissetFlanker
  8. 8Claude SpangheroNumber 8
  9. 9Jacques FourouxScrum-half
  10. 10Jean-Pierre RomeuFly-half
  11. 11Jean-Francois GourdonWing
  12. 12Claude DourtheCentre
  13. 13Jean-Martin EtcheniqueCentre
  14. 14Roland BertranneWing
  15. 15Jean-Michel AguirreFull-back

South Africa

  1. 1Nick BezuidenhoudtProp
  2. 2Robert CockrellHooker
  3. 3Hannes MaraisProp
  4. 4Klippies KritzingerSecond row
  5. 5Moaner Van HeerdenSecond row
  6. 6John WilliamsFlanker
  7. 7Jan EllisFlanker
  8. 8Morne Du PlessisNumber 8
  9. 9Paul BayvelScrum-half
  10. 10Gerald BoschFly-half
  11. 11Willem StapelbergWing
  12. 12Johan OosthuizenCentre
  13. 13Ian RobertsonCentre
  14. 14Carel FourieWing
  15. 15Dawie SnymanFull-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

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.