1958 France rugby union tour of South Africa

1958 France rugby union tour of South Africa
Manager	Serge Saulnier
Summary	P W D L
Total	10 05 02 03
Test match	02 01 01 00
Opponent	P W D L
South Africa	2 1 1 0
Rhodesia	1 1 0 0

Results

	12 July 1958	Rhodesia	0–19	France	Salisbury

	Date	Opponent	Location	Result	Score
Match 1	12 July	Rhodesia	Salisbury	Won	19–0
Match 2	16 July	Northern and Western Transvaal	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Lost	18–19
Match 3	19 July	Eastern Transvaal, Template:Rut Natal and Transvaal	Springs	Won	16–14
Match 4	22 July	Orange Free State, Griqualand West and South-West Africa	Bloemfontein	Drew	11–11
Match 5	26 July	SOUTH AFRICA	Newlands, Cape Town	Drew	3–3
Match 6	30 July	Western Province, Boland and South Western Districts	Wellington	Lost	8–38
Match 7	2 August	Junior Springboks	Port Elizabeth	Lost	5–9
Match 8	6 August	Border, Eastern Province and North Eastern Districts	East London	Won	16–9
Match 9	9 August	South African Universities	Durban	Won	32–16
Match 10	16 August	SOUTH AFRICA	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	Won	9–5

The Tests

First Test

26 July 1958

South Africa	3–3	France
Lochner (3 – 1t)		(3 – 1dg) Danos

Newlands, Cape Town Attendance: 44,000 Referee: Bertie Strasheim

FB 15 Mickey Gerber RW 14 Jan Prinsloo IC 13 Jeremy Nel OC 12 Wilf Rosenberg LW 11 Loftie Fourie FH 10 Ian Kirkpatrick SH 9 Popeye Strydom LP 1 Chris Koch HK 2 Bertus van der Merwe TP 3 Spiere du Toit LL 4 Johan Steenekamp RL 5 Johan Claassen (c) BF 6 Hugo van Zyl OF 7 Martin Pelser N8 8 Butch Lochner

FB 15 Pierre Lacaze RW 14 Jean-Vincent Dupuy IC 13 Arnaud Marquesuzaa OC 12 Guy Stener LW 11 Henri Rancoule FH 10 Roger Martine SH 9 Pierre Danos LP 1 Aldo Quaglio HK 2 Robert Vigier TP 3 Alfred Roques LL 4 Lucien Mias (c) RL 5 Bernard Mommejat BF 6 Francois Moncla OF 7 Jean Carrere N8 8 Jean Barthe

Second Test

16 August 1958

South Africa	5–9	France
Fourie (3 – 1t) Gerber (2 – 1c)		(6 – 1pg, 1dg) Lacaze (3 – 1dg) Martine

Ellis Park, Johannesburg Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Chris Ackermann

FB 15 Mickey Gerber RW 14 Jan Prinsloo IC 13 Joe Kaminer OC 12 Alan Skene LW 11 Loftie Fourie FH 10 Jeremy Nel SH 9 Tommy Gentles LP 1 Chris Koch HK 2 Abie Malan TP 3 Spiere du Toit LL 4 Jan Pickard RL 5 Johan Claassen (c) BF 6 Dawie Ackermann OF 7 Louis Schmidt N8 8 Butch Lochner

FB 15 Pierre Lacaze RW 14 Jean-Vincent Dupuy IC 13 Arnaud Marquesuzaa OC 12 Guy Stener LW 11 Henri Rancoule FH 10 Roger Martine SH 9 Pierre Danos LP 1 Aldo Quaglio HK 2 Robert Vigier TP 3 Alfred Roques LL 4 Lucien Mias (c) RL 5 Bernard Mommejat BF 6 Francois Moncla OF 7 Jean Carrere N8 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