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Full time18 June 2005
South Africa
30–30
France
ABSA Stadium, Durban, South Africa · Tour 2005Head-to-head

A draw.

Scoring

  1. 7’TFrance try · Yannick Nyanga0–5
  2. 8’CFrance conversion · Jean-Baptiste Elissalde0–7
  3. 13’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery3–7
  4. 14’TSouth Africa try · Bryan Habana8–7
  5. 15’CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery10–7
  6. 21’DFrance drop goal · Frederic Michalak10–10
  7. 37’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery13–10
  8. 40’PFrance penalty · Jean-Baptiste Elissalde13–13
  9. 46’TSouth Africa try · Bryan Habana18–13
  10. 47’CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery20–13
  11. 50’TFrance try · Pascal Pape20–18
  12. 51’CFrance conversion · Jean-Baptiste Elissalde20–20
  13. 54’TFrance try · Julien Bonnaire20–25
  14. 61’TSouth Africa try · Jean De Villiers25–25
  15. 62’CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery27–25
  16. 66’DSouth Africa drop goal · Percy Montgomery30–25
  17. 80’TFrance try · Julien Candelon30–30

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Os du RandtProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3Eddie AndrewsProp
  4. 4Albert van den BergSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Schalk BurgerFlanker
  7. 7Danie RossouwFlanker
  8. 8Jacques CronjeNumber 8
  9. 9Fourie Du PreezScrum-half
  10. 10Jaco van der WesthuyzenFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12De Wet BarryCentre
  13. 13Marius JoubertCentre
  14. 14Jean De VilliersWing
  15. 15Percy MontgomeryFull-back
  16. 16Hanyani ShimangeBench
  17. 17CJ Van Der LindeBench
  18. 18Juan SmithBench
  19. 19Joe Van NiekerkBench
  20. 20Ricky JanuarieBench
  21. 21Jaque FourieBench
  22. 22Brent RussellBench

France

  1. 1Olivier MilloudProp
  2. 2Sébastien BrunoHooker
  3. 3Sylvain MarconnetProp
  4. 4Romain Millo-ChluskiSecond row
  5. 5Pascal PapeSecond row
  6. 6Yannick NyangaFlanker
  7. 7Olivier MagneFlanker
  8. 8Julien BonnaireNumber 8
  9. 9Jean-Baptiste ElissaldeScrum-half
  10. 10Frederic MichalakFly-half
  11. 11Cédric HeymansWing
  12. 12Yannick JauzionCentre
  13. 13Florian FritzCentre
  14. 14Julien CandelonWing
  15. 15Julien LaharragueFull-back
  16. 16William ServatBench
  17. 17Pieter de VilliersBench
  18. 18Gregory LamboleyBench
  19. 19Rémy MartinBench
  20. 20Dimitri YachviliBench
  21. 21Damien TrailleBench
  22. 22Nicolas BrusqueBench

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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

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Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.