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Full time28 June 1975
South Africa
33–18
France
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria, South Africa · Tour 1975Head-to-head

South Africa won by 15 points.

Scoring

  1. –CSouth Africa conversion · Gerald Bosch2–0
  2. –CSouth Africa conversion · Gerald Bosch4–0
  3. –PSouth Africa penalty · Gerald Bosch7–0
  4. –PSouth Africa penalty · Gerald Bosch10–0
  5. –PSouth Africa penalty · Gerald Bosch13–0
  6. –PSouth Africa penalty · Gerald Bosch16–0
  7. –PSouth Africa penalty · Carel Fourie19–0
  8. –PSouth Africa penalty · Gerald Bosch22–0
  9. –PSouth Africa penalty · Gerald Bosch25–0
  10. –TSouth Africa try · Carel Fourie29–0
  11. –TSouth Africa try · Morne Du Plessis33–0
  12. –CFrance conversion · Jean-Pierre Romeu33–2
  13. –PFrance penalty · Jean-Pierre Romeu33–5
  14. –PFrance penalty · Jean-Pierre Romeu33–8
  15. –PFrance penalty · Jean-Pierre Romeu33–11
  16. –TFrance try · Robert Paparemborde33–15
  17. –DFrance drop goal · Jean-Pierre Romeu33–18

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Nick BezuidenhoudtProp
  2. 2Robert CockrellHooker
  3. 3Derek Van den BergProp
  4. 4Kevin De KlerkSecond row
  5. 5Moaner Van HeerdenSecond row
  6. 6Kleintjie GroblerFlanker
  7. 7Klippies KritzingerFlanker
  8. 8Morne Du PlessisNumber 8
  9. 9Paul BayvelScrum-half
  10. 10Gerald BoschFly-half
  11. 11Jan SchlebuschWing
  12. 12Johan OosthuizenCentre
  13. 13Carel FourieCentre
  14. 14Chris PopeWing
  15. 15Dawie SnymanFull-back
  16. 16Gerrie GermishuysBench
  17. 18Barry WolmaransBench
  18. 19Rampie StanderBench
  19. 20Andre BestbierBench
  20. 21Boland CoetzeeBench

France

  1. 1Gerard CholleyProp
  2. 2Michel YachviliHooker
  3. 3Robert PaparembordeProp
  4. 4Michel PalmiéSecond row
  5. 5Francis HagetSecond row
  6. 6Jean Claude SkrelaFlanker
  7. 7Patrice PeronFlanker
  8. 8Alain GuilbertNumber 8
  9. 9Richard AstreScrum-half
  10. 10Jean-Pierre RomeuFly-half
  11. 11Dominique HarizeWing
  12. 12Roland BertranneCentre
  13. 13Francois SangalliCentre
  14. 14Jean-Luc AverousWing
  15. 15Michel DroitecourtFull-back
  16. 16Yres BrunetBench
  17. 17Andre RoussetBench
  18. 18Bernard ForestierBench
  19. 19Jacques FourouxBench
  20. 20Jean-Pierre PesteilBench
  21. 21Christian BadinBench

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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.