France 12–12 New Zealand — World Cup Table, 1975 Rugby League World Cup
17 Oct 1975 · Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France · Attendance: 10,000
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
World Cup Table, 1975 Rugby League World Cup: France 12–12 New Zealand, at Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France on 17 Oct 1975.
Scorers
| France | Tries: Chauvet (2) Goals: Guilhelm (3) |
| New Zealand | Tries: Jarvis; Proctor Goals: Collicoat (3) |
Teams
| France | New Zealand | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marcel Pillon | Fullback | Warren Collicoat | 1 |
| 2 | Jean-François Grechi | Wing | Phil Orchard | 2 |
| 3 | André Ruiz | Centre | Dennis Williams | 3 |
| 4 | Bernard Guilhelm | Centre | John Smith | 4 |
| 5 | Patrick Chauvet | Wing | Bruce Dickison | 5 |
| 6 | José Calle | Stand off/Five eighth | Robert Jarvis | 6 |
| 7 | Jean-Marie Imbert | Scrum half/Half back | Ken Stirling (c) | 7 |
| 8 | Charles Thénégal | Prop forward | John Greengrass | 8 |
| 9 | Antoine Gonzales | Hooker | Tom Conroy | 9 |
| 10 | Charles Zalduendo | Prop forward | Lyndsay Proctor | 10 |
| 11 | Jean-Pierre Sauret | Second row | Tony Coll | 11 |
| 12 | Jean-Pierre Trémouille | Second row | Ray Baxendale | 12 |
| 13 | René Terrats | Loose forward/Lock forward | Peter Gurnick | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| Interchange | Michel Moussard — not confirmed to have played | Tony Gordon — not confirmed to have played | Interchange | |
| — not identified in sources found | Coach | George Menzies | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Billy Thompson (England) |
| Player of the match | — not identified in sources found |
Match report
Played at the Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, in front of 10,000. France and New Zealand played out a 12-12 draw. France's points came from a brace of tries to winger Patrick Chauvet plus three goals from centre Bernard Guilhelm; New Zealand matched them with tries to five-eighth Robert Jarvis and prop Lyndsay Proctor, plus three goals from fullback-captain Warren Collicoat.
France made significant lineup changes -- seven personnel changes and three positional switches -- from their previous fixture in the series. In the final overall standings, Australia won the title, England were runners-up, New Zealand finished third, Wales fourth, and hosts France finished last.
Previous World Cup meetings
- 1954 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): France 22–13 New Zealand
- 1957 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): France 14–10 New Zealand
- 1960 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): France 0–9 New Zealand
- 1968 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): New Zealand 10–15 France
- 1970 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): France 15–16 New Zealand
- 1972 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): France 20–9 New Zealand
- 1975 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): New Zealand 27–0 France
- 1977 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): New Zealand 28–20 France
- 1985–1988 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): France 0–22 New Zealand
- 1989–1992 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): France 0–34 New Zealand
- 1989–1992 Rugby League World Cup (World Cup Table): New Zealand 32–10 France
- 2000 Rugby League World Cup (Quarter-final): New Zealand 54–6 France
- 2013 Rugby League World Cup (Group B): New Zealand 48–0 France