1992 South Africa rugby union tour of France and England explained

The 1992 South Africa rugby union tour of France and England was a series of matches played in October and November 1992 in France and England by the South Africa national rugby union team. The 1992 tour was South Africa's first tour to France since 1974 and to England since 1969–70.^{[1] [2]}

Touring party

• Coach: John Williams
• Assistant coach: Ian Kirkpatrick
• Manager: Abie Malan
• Assistant manager: Jackie Abrahams

Name	Position	Province	Notes
	Fullback
	Fullback
	Wing
	Wing
	Wing
	Wing
	Centre
	Centre
	Centre
	Centre
Naas Botha (c)	Fly-half
	Fly-half
	Scrum-half
	Scrum-half
	Prop
	Prop
	Prop
	Prop/Hooker
	Hooker
	Hooker
	Lock
	Lock
	Lock
	Lock
	Flanker
	Flanker
	Flanker
	Flanker
	No. 8
	No. 8
	Lock		Later addition to the tour
	Flanker		Later addition to the tour

Results

Scores and results list South Africa's points tally first.

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Score	Status
1	3 October 1992	French Emerging XV	Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux		17–24	Tour match
2	7 October 1992	French Regional XV	Stade du Hameau, Pau		29–22	Tour match
3	10 October 1992	French Midi-Pyrenean Regional	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse		18–15	Tour match
4	13 October 1992	Provence-Côte d'Azur XV	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille		41–12	Tour match
	17 October 1992	France	Stade de Gerland, Lyon		20–15	Test match
6	20 October 1992	Languedoc Regional	Stade de la Méditerranée, Beziers		36–15	Tour match
	24 October 1992	France	Parc des Princes, Paris		16–29	Test match
8	28 October 1992	French Universities			13–18	Tour match
9	31 October 1992		Stadium Nord Lille Metropole, Lille		20–25	Tour match
10	4 November 1992	England Midlands	Welford Road Stadium, Leicester		32–9	Tour match
11	7 November 1992		Memorial Ground, Bristol		20–16	Tour match
12	10 November 1992	North of England	Elland Road, Leeds		19–3	Tour match
	14 November 1992	England	Twickenham Stadium, London		16–33	Test match

Test matches

First test: France

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France		South Africa
Jean-Luc Sadourny	FB	15	FB	Hugh Reece-Edwards
Philippe Saint-André	W	14	W	James Small
Franck Mesnel	C	13	C	Danie Gerber
Christophe Deylaud	C	12	C	Pieter Muller
Sebastien Viars	W	11	W	Jacques Olivier
Alain Penaud	FH	10	FH	Naas Botha (capt.)
Aubin Hueber	SH	9	SH	Garth Wright
(capt.) Marc Cécillon	N8	8	N8	Tiaan Strauss
Laurent Cabannes	F	7	F	Adriaan Richter
Jean-Francois Tordo	F	6	F	Wahl Bartmann
Olivier Roumat	L	5	L	Adolf Malan
Jean-Marie Cadieu	L	4	L	Adri Geldenhuys
Philippe Gallart	P	3	P	Heinrich Rodgers
Jean-Michel Gonzalez	H	2	H	Willie Hills
Louis Armary	P	1	P	Johan Styger
		Replacements
Abdelatif Benazzi				Deon Oosthuysen
Philippe Benetton				Theo Jansen van Rensburg
				Robert du Preez
				Harry Roberts
				Botha Rossouw
				Drikus Hattingh
		Coaches
Pierre Berbizier				John Williams

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Second test: France

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France		South Africa
Jean-Luc Sadourny	FB	15	FB	Hugh Reece-Edwards
Philippe Saint-André	W	14	W	James Small
Franck Mesnel	C	13	C	Danie Gerber
Thierry Lacroix	C	12	C	Pieter Muller
Jean-Baptiste Lafond	W	11	W	Jacques Olivier
Alain Penaud	FH	10	FH	Naas Botha (capt.)
Aubin Hueber	SH	9	SH	Garth Wright
(capt.) Marc Cécillon	N8	8	N8	Tiaan Strauss
Laurent Cabannes	F	7	F	Adriaan Richter
Philippe Benetton	F	6	F	Wahl Bartmann
Olivier Roumat	L	5	L	Adolf Malan
Abdelatif Benazzi	L	4	L
Philippe Gallart	P	3	P	Heinrich Rodgers
Jean-Michel Gonzalez	H	2	H	Willie Hills
Louis Armary	P	1	P	Johan Styger
		Replacements
Sebastien Viars				Theo Jansen van Rensburg
				Hennie le Roux
				Robert du Preez
				Harry Roberts
				Ian Macdonald
		Coaches
Pierre Berbizier				John Williams

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England

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England		South Africa
Jonathan Webb	FB	15	FB	Theo Jansen van Rensburg
Tony Underwood	W	14	W	James Small
(capt.) Will Carling	C	13	C	Danie Gerber
Jeremy Guscott	C	12	C	Pieter Muller
Rory Underwood	W	11	W	Jacques Olivier
Rob Andrew	FH	10	FH	Naas Botha (capt.)
Dewi Morris	SH	9	SH	Garth Wright
Ben Clarke	N8	8	N8	Adriaan Richter
Peter Winterbottom	F	7	F	FC Smit
Mike Teague	F	6	F	Tiaan Strauss
Wade Dooley	L	5	L	Adolf Malan
Martin Bayfield	L	4	L	Drikus Hattingh
Victor Ubogu	P	3	P	Keith Andrews
Brian Moore	H	2	H	Willie Hills
Jason Leonard	P	1	P	Johan Styger
		Replacements
Phil de Glanville				Robert du Preez
Stuart Barnes				Faffa Knoetze
Steve Bates				Heinrich Füls
Jeff Probyn				Harry Roberts
John Olver				Phillip Schutte
Tim Rodber				Piet Pretorius
		Coaches
				John Williams

See also

• History of rugby union matches between France and South Africa
• History of rugby union matches between England and South Africa

Notes and References

1. Book: Van Rooyen, Quintus. Bankfin Annual 1993. SA Rugby Writers' Society. 1993. 0620172940. 53–69.
2. Book: Greyvenstein, Chris. Springbok rugby: an illustrated history: the proud story of South African rugby from 1891 to the 1995 World Cup. 1995. Sable Media. 0-9584062-2-7. Cape Town. 258. 35978057.