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Full time10 November 2018
France
26–29
South Africa
Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France · Tour 2018Head-to-head

South Africa won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. 8’PFrance penalty · Baptiste Serin3–0
  2. 13’PFrance penalty · Baptiste Serin6–0
  3. 14’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard6–3
  4. 23’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard6–6
  5. 30’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard6–9
  6. 35’DFrance drop goal · Camille Lopez9–9
  7. 38’TFrance try · Guilhem Guirado14–9
  8. 40’CFrance conversion · Baptiste Serin16–9
  9. 43’TFrance try · Mathieu Bastareaud21–9
  10. 44’CFrance conversion · Baptiste Serin23–9
  11. 45’TSouth Africa try · S'Busiso Nkosi23–14
  12. 46’CSouth Africa conversion · Handre Pollard23–16
  13. 54’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard23–19
  14. 62’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard23–22
  15. 68’PFrance penalty · Baptiste Serin26–22
  16. 86’TSouth Africa try · Mbongeni Mbonambi26–27
  17. 88’CSouth Africa conversion · Handre Pollard26–29

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Jefferson PoirotProp
  2. 2Guilhem GuiradoHooker
  3. 3Cedate Gomes SaProp
  4. 4Sebastien VahaamahinaSecond row
  5. 5Yoann MaestriSecond row
  6. 6Wenceslas LauretFlanker
  7. 7Arthur IturriaFlanker
  8. 8Louis PicamolesNumber 8
  9. 9Baptiste SerinScrum-half
  10. 10Camille LopezFly-half
  11. 11Damian PenaudWing
  12. 12Geoffrey DoumayrouCentre
  13. 13Mathieu BastareaudCentre
  14. 14Teddy ThomasWing
  15. 15Maxime MedardFull-back
  16. 16Camille ChatBench
  17. 17Dany PrisoBench
  18. 18Rabah SlimaniBench
  19. 19Paul GabrillaguesBench
  20. 20Mathieu BabillotBench
  21. 21Antoine DupontBench
  22. 22Anthony BelleauBench
  23. 23Gael FickouBench

South Africa

  1. 1Steven KitshoffProp
  2. 2Malcolm MarxHooker
  3. 3Frans MalherbeProp
  4. 4Pieter-Steph Du ToitSecond row
  5. 5Franco MostertSecond row
  6. 6Siya KolisiFlanker
  7. 7Duane VermeulenFlanker
  8. 8Warren WhiteleyNumber 8
  9. 9Faf de KlerkScrum-half
  10. 10Handre PollardFly-half
  11. 11Aphiwe DyantyiWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Jesse KrielCentre
  14. 14S'Busiso NkosiWing
  15. 15Willie Le RouxFull-back
  16. 16Mbongeni MbonambiBench
  17. 17Thomas Du ToitBench
  18. 18Vincent KochBench
  19. 19RG SnymanBench
  20. 20Francois LouwBench
  21. 21Embrose PapierBench
  22. 22Elton JantjiesBench
  23. 23Cheslin KolbeBench

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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.