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Full time24 June 2017
South Africa
35–12
France
Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa · Tour 2017Head-to-head

South Africa won by 23 points.

Scoring

  1. 7’PSouth Africa penalty · Elton Jantjies3–0
  2. 8’TSouth Africa try · Jesse Kriel8–0
  3. 10’CSouth Africa conversion · Elton Jantjies10–0
  4. 13’PFrance penalty · Jules Plisson10–3
  5. 17’PFrance penalty · Jules Plisson10–6
  6. 24’PSouth Africa penalty · Elton Jantjies13–6
  7. 39’PSouth Africa penalty · Elton Jantjies16–6
  8. 43’TSouth Africa try · Eben Etzebeth21–6
  9. 43’PFrance penalty · Jules Plisson21–9
  10. 59’PFrance penalty · Jules Plisson21–12
  11. 63’TSouth Africa try · Malcolm Marx26–12
  12. 64’CSouth Africa conversion · Elton Jantjies28–12
  13. 76’TSouth Africa try · Rudy Paige33–12
  14. 77’CSouth Africa conversion · Elton Jantjies35–12

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Malcolm MarxHooker
  3. 3Ruan DreyerProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Franco MostertSecond row
  6. 6Siya KolisiFlanker
  7. 7Jaco KrielFlanker
  8. 8Jean-Luc Du PreezNumber 8
  9. 9Francois HougaardScrum-half
  10. 10Elton JantjiesFly-half
  11. 11Courtnall SkosanWing
  12. 12Jan SerfonteinCentre
  13. 13Jesse KrielCentre
  14. 14Raymond RhuleWing
  15. 15Andries CoetzeeFull-back
  16. 16Mbongeni MbonambiBench
  17. 17Steven KitshoffBench
  18. 18Coenie OosthuizenBench
  19. 19Pieter-Steph Du ToitBench
  20. 20Lodewyk De JagerBench
  21. 21Rudy PaigeBench
  22. 22Frans SteynBench
  23. 23Dillyn LeydsBench

France

  1. 1Jefferson PoirotProp
  2. 2Guilhem GuiradoHooker
  3. 3Rabah SlimaniProp
  4. 4Yoann MaestriSecond row
  5. 5Romain TaofifenuaSecond row
  6. 6Yacouba CamaraFlanker
  7. 7Kevin GourdonFlanker
  8. 8Louis PicamolesNumber 8
  9. 9Baptiste SerinScrum-half
  10. 10Jules PlissonFly-half
  11. 11Virimi VakatawaWing
  12. 12Gael FickouCentre
  13. 13Damian PenaudCentre
  14. 14Nans DucuingWing
  15. 15Brice DulinFull-back
  16. 16Clement MaynadierBench
  17. 17Xavier ChiocciBench
  18. 18Uini AtonioBench
  19. 19Paul JedrasiakBench
  20. 20Loann GoujonBench
  21. 21Maxime MachenaudBench
  22. 22Francois Trinh-DucBench
  23. 23Vincent RattezBench

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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
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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.