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Men's Rugby World Cup 1995 · ABSA Stadium, Durban · 17 June 1995Head-to-head
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South Africa won by 4 points.Half-time 10–6 · Tries 1–0

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Tacklesmademissed
RSA4014
FRA4515
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
RSA1/14/40
FRA0/05/50
← France attack · South Africa attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
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  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
27′South AfricaTry, Ruben Kruger, converted8–0
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

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27′Ruben Kruger
RSA

Team stats

FRA
100%Possession0%
62Carries51
212Metres gained217
3Clean breaks2
15Defenders beaten14
34Passes60
4Offloads3
40Tackles made45
14Tackles missed15
28/31Rucks won18/26
14/20Lineouts won16/25
15/16Scrums won9/9
6/8Mauls won8/10
13Penalties conceded10
66Kicks from hand48
Goal kicking
RSA conversions 1/1, penalties 4/4 · FRA conversions 0/0, penalties 5/5. Pale segment = set piece lost.

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Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Os du RandtProp
  2. 2Chris RossouwHooker
  3. 3Balie SwartProp
  4. 4Kobus WieseSecond row
  5. 5Hannes StrydomSecond row
  6. 6Francois PienaarFlanker
  7. 7Ruben KrugerFlanker
  8. 8Mark AndrewsNumber 8
  9. 9Joost van der WesthuizenScrum-half
  10. 10Joel StranskyFly-half
  11. 11Chester WilliamsWing
  12. 12Hennie le RouxCentre
  13. 13Japie MulderCentre
  14. 14James SmallWing
  15. 15Andre JoubertFull-back
  16. 16Gavin JohnsonBench
  17. 17Chris ScholtzBench
  18. 18Johan RouxBench
  19. 19Rudolf StraeuliBench
  20. 20Garry PagelBench
  21. 21Naka DrotskeBench

France

  1. 1Louis ArmaryProp
  2. 2Jean-Michel GonzalesHooker
  3. 3Christian CalifanoProp
  4. 4Olivier MerleSecond row
  5. 5Olivier RoumatSecond row
  6. 6Abdelatif BenazziFlanker
  7. 7Laurent CabannesFlanker
  8. 8Marc CecillonNumber 8
  9. 9Fabien GalthiéScrum-half
  10. 10Christophe DeylaudFly-half
  11. 11Philippe Saint-AndreWing
  12. 12Thierry LacroixCentre
  13. 13Philippe SellaCentre
  14. 14Emile NtamackWing
  15. 15Jean-Luc SadournyFull-back
  16. 16Franck MesnelBench
  17. 17Yann DelaigueBench
  18. 18Aubin HueberBench
  19. 19Albert CigagnaBench
  20. 20Philippe GallartBench
  21. 21Laurent BenezechBench

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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.