TheBreakdown
Full time30 September 1978
Canada
9–24
France
Kingsland Rugby Park, Calgary, Canada · Tour 1978Head-to-head

France won by 15 points.

Scoring

  1. –CCanada conversion · Preston Wiley2–0
  2. –PCanada penalty · Preston Wiley5–0
  3. –TCanada try · Ken Peace9–0
  4. –CFrance conversion · Bernard Vivies9–2
  5. –PFrance penalty · Jean-Michel Aguirre9–5
  6. –PFrance penalty · Bernard Vivies9–8
  7. –TFrance try · Louis Bilbao9–12
  8. –TFrance try · Christian Belascain9–16
  9. –TFrance try · Guy Novès9–20
  10. –TFrance try · Jean-Pierre Rives9–24

Line-ups

Canada

  1. 1KC WaltProp
  2. 2Mike LukeHooker
  3. 3Ken PeaceProp
  4. 4Ro HindsonSecond row
  5. 5JD ShawSecond row
  6. 6Mike WilliamsFlanker
  7. 7Jim DonaldsonFlanker
  8. 8Gary JohnstonNumber 8
  9. 9Preston WileyScrum-half
  10. 10John BillingsleyFly-half
  11. 11E StapletonWing
  12. 12Keith WilkinsonCentre
  13. 13Tony BauerCentre
  14. 14Spence McTavishWing
  15. 15Graham TaylorFull-back
  16. Larry ChungBench
  17. Dwaine Van EeuwenBench

France

  1. 1Gerard CholleyProp
  2. 2Jean PercheHooker
  3. 3Robert PaparembordeProp
  4. 4Francis HagetSecond row
  5. 5Alain MaleigSecond row
  6. 6Jean-Pierre RivesFlanker
  7. 7Jean-Luc JoinelFlanker
  8. 8Jean-Pierre BastiatNumber 8
  9. 9Jerome GallionScrum-half
  10. 10Bernard ViviesFly-half
  11. 11Guy NovèsWing
  12. 12Alain CaussadeCentre
  13. 13Christian BelascainCentre
  14. 14Louis BilbaoWing
  15. 15Jean-Michel AguirreFull-back

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Context

All-time, Canada 1–9 France in 10 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Canada 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.