TheBreakdown
Full time16 June 2001
South Africa
23–32
France
Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa · Tour 2001Head-to-head

France won by 9 points.

Scoring

  1. 2’TSouth Africa try · Breyton Paulse5–0
  2. 6’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery8–0
  3. 11’PFrance penalty · Gérald Merceron8–3
  4. 19’TFrance try · Christophe Dominici8–8
  5. 20’CFrance conversion · Gérald Merceron8–10
  6. 21’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery11–10
  7. 26’PFrance penalty · Gérald Merceron11–13
  8. 35’PFrance penalty · Gérald Merceron11–16
  9. 48’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery14–16
  10. 55’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery17–16
  11. 58’PFrance penalty · Gérald Merceron17–19
  12. 61’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery20–19
  13. 65’TFrance try · Gérald Merceron20–24
  14. 66’CFrance conversion · Gérald Merceron20–26
  15. 68’PFrance penalty · Gérald Merceron20–29
  16. 71’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery23–29
  17. 94’PFrance penalty · Gérald Merceron23–32

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Robbie KempsonProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3Etienne FynnProp
  4. 4Andre VenterSecond row
  5. 5Mark AndrewsSecond row
  6. 6Rassie ErasmusFlanker
  7. 7Corne KrigeFlanker
  8. 8Andre VosNumber 8
  9. 9Joost van der WesthuizenScrum-half
  10. 10Butch JamesFly-half
  11. 11Dean HallWing
  12. 12Japie MulderCentre
  13. 13De Wet BarryCentre
  14. 14Breyton PaulseWing
  15. 15Percy MontgomeryFull-back
  16. 16Ollie le RouxBench
  17. 17Willie MeyerBench
  18. 18Albert van den BergBench
  19. 19Bobby SkinstadBench
  20. 20Neil de KockBench
  21. 21Robbie FleckBench
  22. 22Conrad JantjesBench

France

  1. 1Jean-Jacques CrencaProp
  2. 2Raphaël IbanezHooker
  3. 3Pieter de VilliersProp
  4. 4David AuradouSecond row
  5. 5Olivier BrouzetSecond row
  6. 6Sébastien ChabalFlanker
  7. 7Olivier MagneFlanker
  8. 8Patrick TabaccoNumber 8
  9. 9Fabien GalthiéScrum-half
  10. 10Gérald MerceronFly-half
  11. 11David BoryWing
  12. 12Stephane GlasCentre
  13. 13Yannick JauzionCentre
  14. 14Christophe DominiciWing
  15. 15Nicolas JeanjeanFull-back
  16. 16Olivier AzamBench
  17. 17Christian CalifanoBench
  18. 18Lionel NalletBench
  19. 19Elvis VermeulenBench
  20. 20Pierre MignoniBench
  21. 21David SkrelaBench
  22. 22Pepito ElhorgaBench

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Context

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

South Africa 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.