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Full time3 July 1993
South Africa
17–18
France
Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa · Tour 1993Head-to-head

France won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. –PSouth Africa penalty · Theo Van Rensburg3–0
  2. –PSouth Africa penalty · Theo Van Rensburg6–0
  3. –PSouth Africa penalty · Theo Van Rensburg9–0
  4. –PSouth Africa penalty · Theo Van Rensburg12–0
  5. –TSouth Africa try · James Small17–0
  6. –PFrance penalty · Thierry Lacroix17–3
  7. –PFrance penalty · Thierry Lacroix17–6
  8. –PFrance penalty · Thierry Lacroix17–9
  9. –PFrance penalty · Thierry Lacroix17–12
  10. –DFrance drop goal · Thierry Lacroix17–15
  11. –DFrance drop goal · Alain Penaud17–18

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Willie HillsProp
  2. 2Uli SchmidtHooker
  3. 3Keith AndrewsProp
  4. 4Hannes StrydomSecond row
  5. 5Nico WegnerSecond row
  6. 6Francois PienaarFlanker
  7. 7Deon LotterFlanker
  8. 8Tiaan StraussNumber 8
  9. 9Robert du PreezScrum-half
  10. 10Hennie le RouxFly-half
  11. 11Jacques OlivierWing
  12. 12Heinrich FulsCentre
  13. 13Pieter MullerCentre
  14. 14James SmallWing
  15. 15Theo Van RensburgFull-back
  16. 16Hugh Reece-EdwardsBench
  17. 17Henry HoniballBench
  18. 18Joost van der WesthuizenBench
  19. 19Ian MacDonaldBench
  20. 20Johan StygerBench
  21. 21John AllanBench

France

  1. 1Louis ArmaryProp
  2. 2Jean-Michel GonzalesHooker
  3. 3Stephane GraouProp
  4. 4Olivier MerleSecond 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. 12Philippe SellaCentre
  13. 13Thierry LacroixCentre
  14. 14Philippe Bernat-SallesWing
  15. 15Jean-Luc SadournyFull-back
  16. 16Olivier CampanBench
  17. 17Pierre MontlaurBench
  18. 18Jerome CazalbouBench
  19. 19Xavier BlondBench
  20. 20Laurent VergeBench
  21. 21Emmanuel MenieuBench

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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.