TheBreakdown
Full time24 October 1992
France
29–16
South Africa
Parc des Princes, Paris, France · Tour 1992Head-to-head

France won by 13 points.

Scoring

  1. –CFrance conversion · Thierry Lacroix2–0
  2. –CFrance conversion · Thierry Lacroix4–0
  3. –PFrance penalty · Thierry Lacroix7–0
  4. –PFrance penalty · Thierry Lacroix10–0
  5. –PFrance penalty · Thierry Lacroix13–0
  6. –PFrance penalty · Thierry Lacroix16–0
  7. –PFrance penalty · Thierry Lacroix19–0
  8. –TFrance try · Alain Penaud24–0
  9. –TFrance try · Olivier Roumat29–0
  10. –CSouth Africa conversion · Naas Botha29–2
  11. –PSouth Africa penalty · Naas Botha29–5
  12. –PSouth Africa penalty · Naas Botha29–8
  13. –TSouth Africa try · Danie Gerber29–13
  14. –DSouth Africa drop goal · Naas Botha29–16

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Louis ArmaryProp
  2. 2Jean-Michel GonzalesHooker
  3. 3Philippe GallartProp
  4. 4Abdelatif BenazziSecond row
  5. 5Olivier RoumatSecond row
  6. 6Philippe BenettonFlanker
  7. 7Laurent CabannesFlanker
  8. 8Marc CecillonNumber 8
  9. 9Aubin HueberScrum-half
  10. 10Alain PenaudFly-half
  11. 11Philippe Saint-AndreWing
  12. 12Thierry LacroixCentre
  13. 13Franck MesnelCentre
  14. 14Jean-Baptiste LafondWing
  15. 15Jean-Luc SadournyFull-back
  16. 16Sebastien ViarsBench
  17. 17Christophe DeylaudBench
  18. 18Fabien GalthiéBench
  19. 19Jean-Francois TordoBench
  20. 20Jean-Marie CadieuBench
  21. 21Stephane GraouBench

South Africa

  1. 1Johan StygerProp
  2. 2Willie HillsHooker
  3. 3Heinrich RodgersProp
  4. 4Adolf MalanSecond row
  5. 5Adri GeldenhuysSecond 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
  16. 16Theo Van RensburgBench
  17. 17Hennie le RouxBench
  18. 18Robert du PreezBench
  19. 19Ian MacDonaldBench
  20. 20Drikus HattinghBench
  21. 21Harry RobertsBench

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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.