Full time7 December 1996
Parc des Princes, Paris, France · Tour 1996Head-to-head
South Africa won by 1 point.
Scoring
- 7’PFrance penalty · Richard Dourthe3–0
- 12’PSouth Africa penalty · Henry Honiball3–3
- 28’CSouth Africa conversion · Henry Honiball3–5
- 28’TSouth Africa try · James Dalton3–10
- 49’PSouth Africa penalty · Henry Honiball3–13
- 53’PFrance penalty · Richard Dourthe6–13
- 57’PFrance penalty · Richard Dourthe9–13
- 67’PFrance penalty · Richard Dourthe12–13
Line-ups
France
- 1Christian CalifanoProp
- 2Marc Dal MasoHooker
- 3Franck TournaireProp
- 4Olivier MerleSecond row
- 5Fabien PelousSecond row
- 6Philippe BenettonFlanker
- 7Richard CastelFlanker
- 8Abdelatif BenazziNumber 8
- 9Guy AccoceberryScrum-half
- 10Christophe LamaisonFly-half
- 11David VendittiWing
- 12Stephane GlasCentre
- 13Richard DourtheCentre
- 14Laurent LeflamandWing
- 15Jean-Luc SadournyFull-back
- 16Guillaume BouicBench
- 17Philippe CarbonneauBench
- 18Marc LievremontBench
- 19Hugues MiorinBench
- 20Jean-Jacques CrencaBench
- 21Marc de RougemontBench
South Africa
- 1Dawie TheronProp
- 2James DaltonHooker
- 3Adrian GarveyProp
- 4Kobus WieseSecond row
- 5Mark AndrewsSecond row
- 6Ruben KrugerFlanker
- 7Andre VenterFlanker
- 8Gary TeichmannNumber 8
- 9Joost van der WesthuizenScrum-half
- 10Henry HoniballFly-half
- 11Jacques OlivierWing
- 12Hennie le RouxCentre
- 13Japie MulderCentre
- 14James SmallWing
- 15Andre JoubertFull-back
- 16Kevin PuttBench
- 17Andre SnymanBench
- 18Wayne FyvieBench
- 19Fritz Van HeerdenBench
- 20Toks van der LindeBench
- 21Henry TrompBench
Match officials
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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
- Previous meeting: 30 November 1996, France 12–22 South Africa
- Next meeting on record: 15 November 1997
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.