Australia 24–30 France, 13 June 1987

Men's Rugby World Cup 1987 · Concord Oval, Sydney | Gadigal · 13 June 1987Head-to-head

Full-time report

AUSAustralia24

FRAFrance30

France won by 6 points.Half-time 9–6 · Tries 2–4

Pitch map

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Tacklesmademissed

AUS3623

FRA4310

Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops

AUS2/23/31

FRA4/42/20

← France attack · Australia 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

Territory is not in the feed for this match.
Zone counts are not in the feed for this match.
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Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
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

Min	Team	What	Score
41′	France	Try, Alain Lorieux, converted	9–4
45′	France	Try, Philippe Sella, converted	9–10
47′	Australia	Try, David Campese, converted	13–12
55′	France	Try, Patrice Lagisquet, converted	15–16
65′	Australia	Try, David Codey, converted	19–21
86′	France	Try, Serge Blanco, converted	24–28

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.

Score progression

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41′Alain Lorieux45′Philippe Sella47′David Campese55′Patrice Lagisquet65′David Codey86′Serge Blanco

AUS

Team stats

FRA

33%Possession67%

74Carries95

261Metres gained533

4Clean breaks15

10Defenders beaten23

86Passes106

16Offloads11

36Tackles made43

23Tackles missed10

13/18Rucks won22/27

25/34Lineouts won11/18

11/12Scrums won9/9

13/16Mauls won12/14

11Penalties conceded11

44Kicks from hand69

Goal kicking
AUS conversions 2/2, penalties 3/3 · FRA conversions 4/4, penalties 2/2. Pale segment = set piece lost.

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Line-ups

Australia

1Cameron LillicrapProp
2Tommy LawtonHooker
3Andy McIntyreProp
4Steve CutlerSecond row
5Bill CampbellSecond row
6Simon PoidevinFlanker
7Jeff MillerFlanker
8Troy CokerNumber 8
9Nick Farr-JonesScrum-half
10Michael LynaghFly-half
11Matt BurkeWing
12Brett PapworthCentre
13Andy SlackCentre
14Peter GriggWing
15David CampeseFull-back
16Andrew LeedsBench
17Anthony HerbertBench
18Brian SmithBench
19David CodeyBench
20Enrique RodriguezBench
21Mark McBainBench

France

Match officials

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Context

All-time, Australia 29–23 France, 2 drawn in 54 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Australia going in

France going in

Previous meeting: 21 June 1986, Australia 27–14 France
Next meeting on record: 4 November 1989

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.