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Full time30 November 1974
France
8–10
South Africa
Parc des Princes, Paris, France · Tour 1974Head-to-head

South Africa won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. –TFrance try · Jean-Francois Gourdon4–0
  2. –TFrance try · Claude Dourthe8–0
  3. –PSouth Africa penalty · Gerald Bosch8–3
  4. –PSouth Africa penalty · Gerald Bosch8–6
  5. –TSouth Africa try · Willem Stapelberg8–10

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. 8Jean-Pierre BastiatNumber 8
  9. 9Jacques FourouxScrum-half
  10. 10Henri CabrolFly-half
  11. 11Jean-Francois GourdonWing
  12. 12Claude DourtheCentre
  13. 13Roland BertranneCentre
  14. 14Andre DubertrandWing
  15. 15Michel DroitecourtFull-back
  16. Jean-Pierre RomeuBench
  17. Jean IracabalBench

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
  16. Andre BestbierBench

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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.