TheBreakdown
Full time22 June 2002
Australia
29–17
France
Telstra Dome, Melbourne | Narrm, Australia · Tour 2002Head-to-head

Australia won by 12 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke3–0
  2. 1’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke6–0
  3. 1’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke9–0
  4. 1’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke12–0
  5. 1’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke15–0
  6. 1’PFrance penalty · Francois Gelez15–3
  7. 1’PFrance penalty · Francois Gelez15–6
  8. 1’PFrance penalty · Francois Gelez15–9
  9. 4’PFrance penalty · Damien Traille15–12
  10. 14’TAustralia try · Chris Latham20–12
  11. 15’CAustralia conversion · Matt Burke22–12
  12. 37’TAustralia try · Stephen Larkham27–12
  13. 38’CAustralia conversion · Matt Burke29–12
  14. 74’TFrance try · Jean-Baptiste Poux29–17

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Bill YoungProp
  2. 2Jeremy PaulHooker
  3. 3Patricio NoriegaProp
  4. 4Nathan SharpeSecond row
  5. 5Justin HarrisonSecond row
  6. 6Owen FineganFlanker
  7. 7George SmithFlanker
  8. 8Toutai KefuNumber 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. 16Brendan CannonBench
  17. 17Rod MooreBench
  18. 18Matt CockbainBench
  19. 19David LyonsBench
  20. 20Chris WhitakerBench
  21. 21Elton FlatleyBench
  22. 22Mat RogersBench

France

  1. 1Arnaud MartinezProp
  2. 2Olivier AzamHooker
  3. 3Sylvain MarconnetProp
  4. 4Fabien PelousSecond row
  5. 5Christophe PorcuSecond row
  6. 6Serge BetsenFlanker
  7. 7Olivier MagneFlanker
  8. 8Imanol HarinordoquyNumber 8
  9. 9Frederic MichalakScrum-half
  10. 10Francois GelezFly-half
  11. 11Nicolas JeanjeanWing
  12. 12Damien TrailleCentre
  13. 13Tony MarshCentre
  14. 14Aurélien RougerieWing
  15. 15Pepito ElhorgaFull-back
  16. 16Raphaël IbanezBench
  17. 17Jean-Baptiste PouxBench
  18. 18Olivier BrouzetBench
  19. 19Christian LabitBench
  20. 20Pierre MignoniBench
  21. 21Gérald MerceronBench
  22. 22Yannick JauzionBench

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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.