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Full time26 November 2005
France
26–20
South Africa
Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France · Tour 2005Head-to-head

France won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’TFrance try · Dimitri Szarzewski5–0
  2. 5’CFrance conversion · Jean-Baptiste Elissalde7–0
  3. 11’TFrance try · Frederic Michalak12–0
  4. 17’PFrance penalty · Jean-Baptiste Elissalde15–0
  5. 42’PSouth Africa penalty · Percy Montgomery15–3
  6. 49’PFrance penalty · Jean-Baptiste Elissalde18–3
  7. 51’TSouth Africa try · Bakkies Botha18–8
  8. 52’CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery18–10
  9. 54’TFrance try · Aurélien Rougerie23–10
  10. 64’PSouth Africa penalty · Meyer Bosman23–13
  11. 68’PFrance penalty · Frederic Michalak26–13
  12. 84’TSouth Africa try · Jaque Fourie26–18
  13. 85’CSouth Africa conversion · Percy Montgomery26–20

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Olivier MilloudProp
  2. 2Dimitri SzarzewskiHooker
  3. 3Pieter de VilliersProp
  4. 4Lionel NalletSecond row
  5. 5Jérôme ThionSecond row
  6. 6Yannick NyangaFlanker
  7. 7Julien BonnaireFlanker
  8. 8Rémy MartinNumber 8
  9. 9Jean-Baptiste ElissaldeScrum-half
  10. 10Frederic MichalakFly-half
  11. 11Cédric HeymansWing
  12. 12Yannick JauzionCentre
  13. 13Florian FritzCentre
  14. 14Aurélien RougerieWing
  15. 15Thomas CastaignedeFull-back
  16. 16Sébastien BrunoBench
  17. 17Sylvain MarconnetBench
  18. 18Gregory LamboleyBench
  19. 19Thomas LievremontBench
  20. 20Pierre MignoniBench
  21. 21Yann DelaigueBench
  22. 22Pepito ElhorgaBench

South Africa

  1. 1Os du RandtProp
  2. 2John SmitHooker
  3. 3CJ Van Der LindeProp
  4. 4Bakkies BothaSecond row
  5. 5Victor MatfieldSecond row
  6. 6Schalk BurgerFlanker
  7. 7Juan SmithFlanker
  8. 8Jacques CronjeNumber 8
  9. 9Michael ClaassensScrum-half
  10. 10Meyer BosmanFly-half
  11. 11Bryan HabanaWing
  12. 12Jean De VilliersCentre
  13. 13Jaque FourieCentre
  14. 14Breyton PaulseWing
  15. 15Percy MontgomeryFull-back
  16. 16Gary BothaBench
  17. 17Eddie AndrewsBench
  18. 18Albert van den BergBench
  19. 19Danie RossouwBench
  20. 20Bolla ConradieBench
  21. 21De Wet BarryBench
  22. 22Conrad JantjesBench

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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.