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Full time18 November 2017
France
17–18
South Africa
Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France · Tour 2017Head-to-head

South Africa won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. 8’TSouth Africa try · Dillyn Leyds0–5
  2. 19’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard0–8
  3. 28’TFrance try · Anthony Belleau5–8
  4. 29’CFrance conversion · Anthony Belleau7–8
  5. 49’PFrance penalty · Anthony Belleau10–8
  6. 60’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard10–11
  7. 63’TSouth Africa try · Jesse Kriel10–16
  8. 64’CSouth Africa conversion · Handre Pollard10–18
  9. 77’TFrance try · Baptiste Serin15–18
  10. 78’CFrance conversion · Anthony Belleau17–18

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Jefferson PoirotProp
  2. 2Guilhem GuiradoHooker
  3. 3Rabah SlimaniProp
  4. 4Sebastien VahaamahinaSecond row
  5. 5Paul GabrillaguesSecond row
  6. 6Judicael CancorietFlanker
  7. 7Kevin GourdonFlanker
  8. 8Louis PicamolesNumber 8
  9. 9Antoine DupontScrum-half
  10. 10Anthony BelleauFly-half
  11. 11Yoann HugetWing
  12. 12Geoffrey DoumayrouCentre
  13. 13Mathieu BastareaudCentre
  14. 14Teddy ThomasWing
  15. 15Nans DucuingFull-back
  16. 16Clement MaynadierBench
  17. 17Sebastien TaofifenuaBench
  18. 18Daniel KotzeBench
  19. 19Paul JedrasiakBench
  20. 20Anthony JelonchBench
  21. 21Baptiste SerinBench
  22. 22Francois Trinh-DucBench
  23. 23Damian PenaudBench

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Malcolm MarxHooker
  3. 3Wilco LouwProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Lodewyk De JagerSecond row
  6. 6Francois LouwFlanker
  7. 7Siya KolisiFlanker
  8. 8Duane VermeulenNumber 8
  9. 9Ross CronjeScrum-half
  10. 10Handre PollardFly-half
  11. 11Courtnall SkosanWing
  12. 12Francois VenterCentre
  13. 13Jesse KrielCentre
  14. 14Dillyn LeydsWing
  15. 15Andries CoetzeeFull-back
  16. 16Mbongeni MbonambiBench
  17. 17Steven KitshoffBench
  18. 18Trevor NyakaneBench
  19. 19Franco MostertBench
  20. 20Dan Du PreezBench
  21. 21Rudy PaigeBench
  22. 22Elton JantjiesBench
  23. 23Damian de AllendeBench

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Context

All-time, France 12–29 South Africa, 6 drawn in 47 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

France going in
South Africa 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.