The national

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

teams of

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

and

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring coun ...

(the Springboks) have been playing each other in Test rugby since 1913. Their first meeting, held in

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectu ...

, was on 11 January 1913, and was won 38–5 by South Africa.

Summary

Overall

Records

Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was or last set.

Results

List of series

Notes and references

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:France and South Africa France national rugby union team matches South Africa national rugby union team matches Rugby union rivalries in France Rugby union rivalries in South Africa France–South Africa sports relations