1992 South Africa rugby union tour of France and England explained

Coach:	John Williams
Captain:	Naas Botha
Top Point Scorer:	Naas Botha (74)
Top Try Scorer:	Danie Gerber (4) Jacques Olivier (4)
Top Test Point Scorer:	Naas Botha (32)
Top Test Try Scorer:	Danie Gerber (2)
Matchplayed:	13
Matchwon:	8
Matchdraw:	0
Matchlost:	5
Testplayed:	3
Testwon:	1
Testdraw:	0
Testlost:	2
Played1:	2
Won1:	1
Draw1:	0
Lost1:	1
Played2:	1
Won2:	0
Draw2:	0
Lost2:	1

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	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	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