1958 France rugby union tour of South Africa

The 1958 France rugby union tour of South Africa was a series of matches played by the France national rugby union team 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 Rhodesia. They won the Test Series 1–0 against the Springboks.

Results Scores and results list France's points tally first. DateOpponentLocationResultScoreMatch 112 JulyRhodesiaSalisburyWon19–0Match 216 JulyNorthern and Western TransvaalLoftus Versfeld, PretoriaLost18–19Match 319 JulyEastern Transvaal, and TransvaalSpringsWon16–14Match 422 JulyOrange Free State, Griqualand West and South-West AfricaBloemfonteinDrew11–11Match 526 JulySOUTH AFRICANewlands, Cape TownDrew3–3Match 630 JulyWestern Province, Boland and South Western DistrictsWellingtonLost8–38Match 72 AugustJunior SpringboksPort ElizabethLost5–9Match 86 AugustBorder, Eastern Province and North Eastern DistrictsEast LondonWon16–9Match 99 AugustSouth African UniversitiesDurbanWon32–16Match 1016 AugustSOUTH AFRICAEllis Park, JohannesburgWon9–5

Tour match

The Tests

First Test

FB 15Mickey GerberRW 14Jan PrinslooIC 13Jeremy NelOC 12Wilf RosenbergLW 11Loftie FourieFH 10Ian KirkpatrickSH 9 Popeye StrydomLP 1 Chris KochHK 2 Bertus van der MerweTP 3 Piet du ToitLL 4 Johan SteenekampRL 5 Johan Claassen (c)BF 6 Hugo van ZylOF 7 Martin PelserN8 8 Butch Lochner FB 15Pierre LacazeRW 14Jean-Vincent DupuyIC 13Arnaud MarquesuzaaOC 12Guy StenerLW 11Henri RancouleFH 10Roger MartineSH 9 Pierre DanosLP 1 Aldo QuaglioHK 2 Robert VigierTP 3 Alfred RoquesLL 4 Lucien Mias (c)RL 5 Bernard MomméjatBF 6 François MonclaOF 7 Jean CarrereN8 8 Jean Barthe

Second Test

FB 15Mickey GerberRW 14Jan PrinslooIC 13Joe KaminerOC 12Alan SkeneLW 11Loftie FourieFH 10Jeremy NelSH 9 Tommy GentlesLP 1 Chris KochHK 2 Abie MalanTP 3 Piet du ToitLL 4 Jan PickardRL 5 Johan Claassen (c)BF 6 Dawie AckermannOF 7 Louis SchmidtN8 8 Butch Lochner FB 15Pierre LacazeRW 14Jean-Vincent DupuyIC 13Arnaud MarquesuzaaOC 12Guy StenerLW 11Henri RancouleFH 10Roger MartineSH 9 Pierre DanosLP 1 Aldo QuaglioHK 2 Robert VigierTP 3 Alfred RoquesLL 4 Lucien Mias (c)RL 5 Bernard MomméjatBF 6 François MonclaOF 7 Jean CarrereN8 8 Jean Barthe

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

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