TheBreakdown
Full time2 July 2005
Australia
37–31
France
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane | Meeanjin, Australia · Tour 2005Head-to-head

Australia won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. 5’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau3–0
  2. 15’CFrance conversion · Jean-Baptiste Elissalde3–2
  3. 15’TFrance try · Cédric Heymans3–7
  4. 22’CAustralia conversion · Matt Giteau5–7
  5. 22’TAustralia try · Stephen Larkham10–7
  6. 38’TAustralia try · Chris Latham15–7
  7. 46’CFrance conversion · Jean-Baptiste Elissalde15–9
  8. 46’TFrance try · Julien Laharrague15–14
  9. 53’TAustralia try · Wendell Sailor20–14
  10. 63’TAustralia try · Morgan Turinui25–14
  11. 66’TAustralia try · Jeremy Paul30–14
  12. 73’CFrance conversion · Jean-Baptiste Elissalde30–16
  13. 73’TFrance try · Damien Traille30–21
  14. 76’PFrance penalty · Jean-Baptiste Elissalde30–24
  15. 78’CAustralia conversion · Mat Rogers32–24
  16. 78’TAustralia try · Morgan Turinui37–24
  17. 81’CFrance conversion · Jean-Baptiste Elissalde37–26
  18. 81’TFrance try · Julien Candelon37–31

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Bill YoungProp
  2. 2Jeremy PaulHooker
  3. 3Al BaxterProp
  4. 4Mark ChisholmSecond row
  5. 5Nathan SharpeSecond row
  6. 6Rocky ElsomFlanker
  7. 7George SmithFlanker
  8. 8David LyonsNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen LarkhamFly-half
  11. 11Lote TuqiriWing
  12. 12Matt GiteauCentre
  13. 13Stirling MortlockCentre
  14. 14Wendell SailorWing
  15. 15Chris LathamFull-back
  16. 16Stephen MooreBench
  17. 17Matt DunningBench
  18. 18Alister CampbellBench
  19. 19John RoeBench
  20. 20Chris WhitakerBench
  21. 21Morgan TurinuiBench
  22. 22Mat RogersBench

France

  1. 1Olivier MilloudProp
  2. 2Dimitri SzarzewskiHooker
  3. 3Denis AvrilProp
  4. 4Gregory LamboleySecond row
  5. 5Pascal PapeSecond row
  6. 6Rémy MartinFlanker
  7. 7Olivier MagneFlanker
  8. 8Julien BonnaireNumber 8
  9. 9Jean-Baptiste ElissaldeScrum-half
  10. 10Frederic MichalakFly-half
  11. 11Cédric HeymansWing
  12. 12Benoit BabyCentre
  13. 13Yannick JauzionCentre
  14. 14Julien LaharragueWing
  15. 15Nicolas BrusqueFull-back
  16. 16Sébastien BrunoBench
  17. 17Sylvain MarconnetBench
  18. 18Thibault PrivatBench
  19. 19Yannick NyangaBench
  20. 20Pieter de VilliersBench
  21. 21Damien TrailleBench
  22. 22Julien CandelonBench

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Context

All-time, Australia 29–23 France, 2 drawn in 54 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Australia 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.