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Autumn Nations Series 2025 · Stade de France, Saint-Denis · 8 November 2025Head-to-head
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South Africa won by 15 points.Half-time 14–13 · Tries 2–4 · FRA 1 yellow card

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10′13′18′20′59′427336571772256Attacks417Ball won8611419361727645156348201328%Own 2243%Own half69%Opp half57%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
FRA9016
RSA8822
← South Africa attack · France attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
4′FranceTry, Damian Penaud, converted5–0
27′FranceTry, Damian Penaud, converted12–6
33′South AfricaTry, Cobus Reinach, converted14–11
65′South AfricaTry, Andre Esterhuizen, conversion missed17–18
71′South AfricaTry, Grant Williams, converted17–23
77′South AfricaTry, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, converted17–30
10′South AfricaPenalty goal scored
13′South AfricaPenalty goal scored
18′South AfricaPenalty goal missed
20′South AfricaPenalty goal missed
59′FrancePenalty goal scored
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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010203040HT0′20′40′60′80′1 FRA card · 1 RSA card
4′Damian Penaud27′Damian Penaud33′Cobus Reinach65′Andre Esterhuizen71′Grant Williams77′Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu
FRA

Team stats

RSA
52%Possession48%
56%Territory44%
101Carries88
274Metres gained337
6Clean breaks6
22Defenders beaten16
144Passes97
15Offloads10
90Tackles made88
16Tackles missed22
71/73Rucks won61/64
15/16Lineouts won14/14
2/5Scrums won6/7
7/9Mauls won4/4
3Turnovers won4
13Penalties conceded7
30Kicks from hand39
831Kick metres930
Goal kicking
FRA conversions 2/2, penalties 1/1 · RSA conversions 3/4, penalties 2/4. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown.

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Baptiste ErdocioProp
  2. 2Julien MarchandHooker
  3. 3Regis MontagneProp
  4. 4Thibaud FlamentSecond row
  5. 5Emmanuel MeafouSecond row
  6. 6Anthony JelonchFlanker
  7. 7Paul BoudehentFlanker
  8. 8Mickael GuillardNumber 8
  9. 9Nolann Le GarrecScrum-half
  10. 10Romain NtamackFly-half
  11. 11Louis Bielle-BiarreyWing
  12. 12Gael FickouCentre
  13. 13Pierre-Louis BarassiCentre
  14. 14Damian PenaudWing
  15. 15Thomas RamosFull-back
  16. 16Guillaume CramontBench
  17. 17Jean-Baptiste GrosBench
  18. 18Dorian AldegheriBench
  19. 19Romain TaofifenuaBench
  20. 20Hugo AuradouBench
  21. 21Oscar JegouBench
  22. 22Maxime LucuBench
  23. 23Nicolas DepoortereBench

South Africa

  1. 1Boan VenterProp
  2. 2Malcolm MarxHooker
  3. 3Thomas Du ToitProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Lodewyk De JagerSecond row
  6. 6Siya KolisiFlanker
  7. 7Pieter-Steph Du ToitFlanker
  8. 8Jasper WieseNumber 8
  9. 9Cobus ReinachScrum-half
  10. 10Sacha Feinberg-MngomezuluFly-half
  11. 11Kurt-Lee ArendseWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Jesse KrielCentre
  14. 14Cheslin KolbeWing
  15. 15Damian WillemseFull-back
  16. 16Johan GrobbelaarBench
  17. 17Gerhard SteenekampBench
  18. 18Wilco LouwBench
  19. 19RG SnymanBench
  20. 20Ruan NortjeBench
  21. 21Andre EsterhuizenBench
  22. 22Grant WilliamsBench
  23. 23Manie LibbokBench

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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.