The 1958 France rugby union tour of South Africa was a series of matches played by the

France national rugby union team The France national rugby union team () represents France in men's international rugby union and it is administered by the French Rugby Federation. They traditionally play in blue shirts emblazoned with the national emblem of a golden rooster ...

in South Africa in July and August 1958. The French team played ten matches, of which they won five. One of the tour matches was against

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. They won the Test Series 1–0 against the

Springboks The South Africa national rugby union team, commonly known as the Springboks (colloquially the Boks, Bokke or Amabokoboko), is the country's national team governed by the South African Rugby Union. The Springboks play in green and gold jersey ...

Results

:''Scores and results list France's points tally first.''

Tour match

The Tests

First Test

Second Test

Touring party

*Manager: Serge Saulnier *Assistant Manager: Marcel Laurent *Captain: Lucien Mias

Forwards

Raoul Barrière Jean Barthe Robert Baulon Jean Carrère Louis Casaux Michel Celaya Pierre Danos Jean Dupuy Louis Echave Pierre Fremaux Jean de Grogorio André Haget Pierre Lacaze Pierre Lacroix Jacques Lepatey Arnaud Marquesuzaa Roger Martine Bernard Mommejat François Moncla Aldo Quaglio Henri Rancoule Lucien Roge Alfred Roques Guy Stener Michel Vannier Roger Vigier

References

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1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...

1958 in South African rugby union 1957–58 in French rugby union