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Full time17 October 1992
France
15–20
South Africa
Stade de Gerland, Lyon, France · Tour 1992Head-to-head

South Africa won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. –CFrance conversion · Sebastien Viars2–0
  2. –PFrance penalty · Sebastien Viars5–0
  3. –TFrance try · Alain Penaud10–0
  4. –TFrance try · Alain Penaud15–0
  5. –CSouth Africa conversion · Naas Botha15–2
  6. –CSouth Africa conversion · Naas Botha15–4
  7. –PSouth Africa penalty · Naas Botha15–7
  8. –TSouth Africa try · James Small15–12
  9. –TSouth Africa try · Danie Gerber15–17
  10. –DSouth Africa drop goal · Naas Botha15–20

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Louis ArmaryProp
  2. 2Jean-Michel GonzalesHooker
  3. 3Philippe GallartProp
  4. 4Jean-Marie CadieuSecond row
  5. 5Olivier RoumatSecond row
  6. 6Jean-Francois TordoFlanker
  7. 7Laurent CabannesFlanker
  8. 8Marc CecillonNumber 8
  9. 9Aubin HueberScrum-half
  10. 10Alain PenaudFly-half
  11. 11Sebastien ViarsWing
  12. 12Christophe DeylaudCentre
  13. 13Franck MesnelCentre
  14. 14Philippe Saint-AndreWing
  15. 15Jean-Luc SadournyFull-back
  16. 16Jean-Baptiste LafondBench
  17. 17Thierry LacroixBench
  18. 18Fabien GalthiéBench
  19. 19Philippe BenettonBench
  20. 20Abdelatif BenazziBench
  21. 21Stephane GraouBench

South Africa

  1. 1Johan StygerProp
  2. 2Willie HillsHooker
  3. 3Heinrich RodgersProp
  4. 4Adri GeldenhuysSecond row
  5. 5Adolf MalanSecond row
  6. 6Wahl BartmannFlanker
  7. 7Adriaan RichterFlanker
  8. 8Tiaan StraussNumber 8
  9. 9Garth WrightScrum-half
  10. 10Naas BothaFly-half
  11. 11Jacques OlivierWing
  12. 12Pieter MullerCentre
  13. 13Danie GerberCentre
  14. 14James SmallWing
  15. 15Hugh Reece-EdwardsFull-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.