France 30 def. South Africa 17
Team Info
France
- Previous Game:
- Internationals 1997 - Game 1 vs. Scotland
- Next Game:
- European Tri Nations Championship 1998 - Game 1 vs. Ireland
- Out:
- Benoit Bourrel (fullback), Frederic Banquet (wing), Arnaud Dulac (centre), Fabien Devecchi (halfback), Stephane Tena (hooker), Jacques Pech (second row), Gael Tallec (second row), Pierre Chamorin (lock), Laurent Cambres (bench)
- In:
- Patrice Benausse (fullback), Mikhail Piskunov (wing), David Despin (five-eighth), Vincent Banet (halfback), Jason Sands (front row), Vincent Wulf (hooker), Pascal Jampy (second row), Vea Bloomfield (bench), Eric Frayssinet (bench)
- Changes:
- Jean-Marc Garcia (five-eighth to centre), Didier Cabestany (front row to second row), Jérôme Guisset (bench to lock)
South Africa
- Previous Game:
- World Cup 1995 - Game 3 vs. England
- Next Game:
- [no comp] - vs. Wales
- Out:
- Pierre Van Wyke (fullback), Guy Coombe (wing), Tim Fourie (centre), Willem Boshoff (centre), Mark Johnson (five-eighth), Barend Alkema (halfback), Gideon Watts (front row), Gerald Williams (second row), Jaco Alberts (second row), John Mudgeway (lock), Justin Jennings (bench), Francois Cloete (bench), Elmar Lubbe (bench), Jaco Visser (bench)
- In:
- Jamie Bloem (fullback), Henk Steyn (wing), Willie Strydom (centre), Johny Girnun (centre), Gielie de Swardt (wing), Herbus Mahoney (five-eighth), Sean Skelton (hooker), Gorge de Carvallo (front row), Jaco Webb (second row), Dikkie Mulder (lock), Wayne Morgan (bench), Marc Watson (bench), Corne Nel (bench), Clinton Ballot (bench)
- Changes:
- Andrew Ballot (wing to second row), Kobus van Deventer (hooker to halfback)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash