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Full time23 June 2001
South Africa
20–15
France
ABSA Stadium, Durban, South Africa · Tour 2001Head-to-head

South Africa won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’PSouth Africa penalty · Butch James3–0
  2. 1’PSouth Africa penalty · Butch James6–0
  3. 1’PSouth Africa penalty · Butch James9–0
  4. 1’PSouth Africa penalty · Butch James12–0
  5. 1’PSouth Africa penalty · Butch James15–0
  6. 1’PFrance penalty · Gérald Merceron15–3
  7. 1’PFrance penalty · Gérald Merceron15–6
  8. 1’PFrance penalty · Gérald Merceron15–9
  9. 1’PFrance penalty · Gérald Merceron15–12
  10. 1’DFrance drop goal · Gérald Merceron15–15
  11. 33’TSouth Africa try · Corne Krige20–15

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Ollie le RouxProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3Willie MeyerProp
  4. 4Albert van den BergSecond 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. 12De Wet BarryCentre
  13. 13Robbie FleckCentre
  14. 14Breyton PaulseWing
  15. 15Thinus DelportFull-back
  16. 16Robbie KempsonBench
  17. 17Etienne FynnBench
  18. 18Johan AckermannBench
  19. 19Bobby SkinstadBench
  20. 20Neil de KockBench
  21. 21Percy MontgomeryBench
  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.