Full time16 June 1979
National Stadium, Suva, Fiji · Tour 1979Head-to-head
France won by 9 points.
Scoring
- –TFiji try · Peceli Kina4–0
- –PFrance penalty · Jean-Michel Aguirre4–3
- –PFrance penalty · Jean-Michel Aguirre4–6
- –PFrance penalty · Alain Caussade4–9
- –TFrance try · Frederic Costes4–13
Line-ups
Fiji
- 1Peceli KinaProp
- 2Atonio RacikaHooker
- 3Nimilote RatudinaProp
- 4Green RayawaSecond row
- 5Nasoni UluvulaSecond row
- 6Vuata NarisiaFlanker
- 7Ilami LutumailagiFlanker
- 8Isikeli CagilabaNumber 8
- 9Samisoni ViriviriScrum-half
- 10Esala LabalabaFly-half
- 11Wame GavidiWing
- 12Kini VosailagiCentre
- 13Taniela RalumuCentre
- 14Senitiki NasaveWing
- 15Pita Kewa NacuvaFull-back
- 16Isimeli BatibasagaBench
- 17Kemueli MusunamasiBench
- 18Sefanaia BasiyaloBench
- 19Josefa RautoBench
- 20Rupeni QaraniqioBench
- 21Viliame RatudradraBench
France
- 1Robert PaparembordeProp
- 2Jean PercheHooker
- 3Daniel DubrocaProp
- 4Francis HagetSecond row
- 5Alain MaleigSecond row
- 6Jean-Pierre RivesFlanker
- 7Christian BeguerieFlanker
- 8Yves MalquierNumber 8
- 9Jerome GallionScrum-half
- 10Alain CaussadeFly-half
- 11Padro LaurentWing
- 12Michel DuffrancCentre
- 13Frederic CostesCentre
- 14Daniel BustaffaWing
- 15Jean-Michel AguirreFull-back
- 16Guy ColomineBench
- 17Jean-Francois MarchalBench
- 18Patrick SalasBench
- 19Yves LaffargeBench
- 20Didier CordonoisBench
- 21Serge BlancoBench
Match officials
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Context
All-time, Fiji 1–12 France in 13 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
Fiji going in
France going in
- Previous meeting: 17 October 1964, Fiji 3–21 France
- Next meeting on record: 7 June 1987
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.