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Full time22 November 1997
France
10–52
South Africa
Parc des Princes, Paris, France · Tour 1997Head-to-head

South Africa won by 42 points.

Scoring

  1. 2’TSouth Africa try · Andre Snyman0–5
  2. 3’CSouth Africa conversion · Henry Honiball0–7
  3. 10’PFrance penalty · Christophe Lamaison3–7
  4. 17’CSouth Africa conversion · Henry Honiball3–9
  5. 17’TSouth Africa try · Pieter Rossouw3–14
  6. 33’TSouth Africa try · Gary Teichmann3–19
  7. 34’CSouth Africa conversion · Henry Honiball3–21
  8. 36’TSouth Africa try · Pieter Rossouw3–26
  9. 37’CSouth Africa conversion · Henry Honiball3–28
  10. 44’TSouth Africa try · Pieter Rossouw3–33
  11. 45’CSouth Africa conversion · Henry Honiball3–35
  12. 56’TSouth Africa try · Pieter Rossouw3–40
  13. 57’CSouth Africa conversion · Henry Honiball3–42
  14. 71’PSouth Africa penalty · Henry Honiball3–45
  15. 73’TFrance try · Raphaël Ibanez8–45
  16. 74’CFrance conversion · Christophe Lamaison10–45
  17. 92’TSouth Africa try · Henry Honiball10–50
  18. 93’CSouth Africa conversion · Henry Honiball10–52

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Christian CalifanoProp
  2. 2Marc Dal MasoHooker
  3. 3Franck TournaireProp
  4. 4Olivier BrouzetSecond row
  5. 5Olivier MerleSecond row
  6. 6Philippe BenettonFlanker
  7. 7Laurent CabannesFlanker
  8. 8Abdelatif BenazziNumber 8
  9. 9Fabien GalthiéScrum-half
  10. 10Thierry LacroixFly-half
  11. 11Philippe Saint-AndreWing
  12. 12Stephane GlasCentre
  13. 13Christophe LamaisonCentre
  14. 14David VendittiWing
  15. 15Jean-Luc SadournyFull-back
  16. 16Jerome CazalbouBench
  17. 17David AucagneBench
  18. 18Laurent LeflamandBench
  19. 19Fabien PelousBench
  20. 21Didier CasadeiBench
  21. 22Raphaël IbanezBench

South Africa

  1. 1Os du RandtProp
  2. 2James DaltonHooker
  3. 3Adrian GarveyProp
  4. 4Krynauw OttoSecond row
  5. 5Mark AndrewsSecond row
  6. 6Rassie ErasmusFlanker
  7. 7Andre VenterFlanker
  8. 8Gary TeichmannNumber 8
  9. 9Werner SwanepoelScrum-half
  10. 10Henry HoniballFly-half
  11. 11Pieter RossouwWing
  12. 12Dick MuirCentre
  13. 13Andre SnymanCentre
  14. 14James SmallWing
  15. 15Percy MontgomeryFull-back
  16. 16Dan van ZylBench
  17. 17Jannie de BeerBench
  18. 18Andy AitkenBench
  19. 19Braam ElsBench
  20. 20Dawie TheronBench
  21. 21Naka DrotskeBench

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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

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Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.