TheBreakdown
Full time29 June 2002
Australia
31–25
France
Telstra Stadium, Sydney | Wangal, Australia · Tour 2002Head-to-head

Australia won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. –CAustralia conversion · Stirling Mortlock2–0
  2. –PAustralia penalty · Stirling Mortlock5–0
  3. –PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke8–0
  4. –TAustralia try · Stirling Mortlock13–0
  5. –TAustralia try · Stirling Mortlock18–0
  6. –TAustralia try · Daniel Herbert23–0
  7. –TAustralia try · Matt Burke28–0
  8. –DAustralia drop goal · George Gregan31–0
  9. –CFrance conversion · Gérald Merceron31–2
  10. –CFrance conversion · Gérald Merceron31–4
  11. –PFrance penalty · Gérald Merceron31–7
  12. –PFrance penalty · Gérald Merceron31–10
  13. –TFrance try · Sylvain Marconnet31–15
  14. –TFrance try · Aurélien Rougerie31–20
  15. –TFrance try · Aurélien Rougerie31–25

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Bill YoungProp
  2. 2Brendan CannonHooker
  3. 3Patricio NoriegaProp
  4. 4Nathan SharpeSecond row
  5. 5Justin HarrisonSecond row
  6. 6Owen FineganFlanker
  7. 7George SmithFlanker
  8. 8David LyonsNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen LarkhamFly-half
  11. 11Stirling MortlockWing
  12. 12Daniel HerbertCentre
  13. 13Matt BurkeCentre
  14. 14Wendell SailorWing
  15. 15Chris LathamFull-back
  16. 16Sean HardmanBench
  17. 17Rod MooreBench
  18. 18Dan VickermanBench
  19. 19Matt CockbainBench
  20. 20Chris WhitakerBench
  21. 21Elton FlatleyBench
  22. 22Mat RogersBench

France

  1. 1Jean-Jacques CrencaProp
  2. 2Raphaël IbanezHooker
  3. 3Sylvain MarconnetProp
  4. 4Fabien PelousSecond row
  5. 5Olivier BrouzetSecond row
  6. 6Serge BetsenFlanker
  7. 7Sébastien ChabalFlanker
  8. 8Imanol HarinordoquyNumber 8
  9. 9Frederic MichalakScrum-half
  10. 10Gérald MerceronFly-half
  11. 11Aurélien RougerieWing
  12. 12Damien TrailleCentre
  13. 13Tony MarshCentre
  14. 14Pepito ElhorgaWing
  15. 15Nicolas BrusqueFull-back
  16. 16Olivier AzamBench
  17. 17Jean-Baptiste PouxBench
  18. 18Christophe PorcuBench
  19. 19Olivier MagneBench
  20. 20Pierre MignoniBench
  21. 21Yannick JauzionBench
  22. 22Cédric HeymansBench

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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

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.