France 56–6 South Africa — Group C, 2000 Rugby League World Cup
5 Nov 2000 · Stadium Municipal d'Albi, Albi, France · Attendance: 7,969
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Group C, 2000 Rugby League World Cup: France 56–6 South Africa, at Stadium Municipal d'Albi, Albi, France on 5 Nov 2000.
Scorers
| France | Tries: Jampy (3); Cassin (2); Banquet; Guisset; Sirvent; Tallec Goals: Banquet (9); Rinaldi (1) — inferred from arithmetic, not explicitly itemized in sources found |
| South Africa | Tries: de Villiers Goals: Bloem (1) |
Teams
| France | South Africa | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frederic Banquet | Fullback | Brian Best | 1 |
| 2 | Jean-Marc Garcia | Wing | Ian Noble | 2 |
| 3 | Jean-Emmanuel Cassin | Centre | Leon Barnard | 3 |
| 4 | Arnaud Dulac | Centre | Mark Johnson | 4 |
| 5 | Claude Sirvent | Wing | Archer Dames | 5 |
| 6 | Fabien Devecchi (c) | Stand off/Five eighth | Pierre van Wyke | 6 |
| 7 | Julien Rinaldi | Scrum half/Half back | Jamie Bloem (c) | 7 |
| 8 | Rachid Hechiche | Prop forward | Jaco Booysen | 8 |
| 9 | Vincent Wulf | Hooker | Justin Jennings | 9 |
| 10 | Frederic Teixido | Prop forward | Eugene Powell | 10 |
| 11 | Jérôme Guisset | Second row | Quinton de Villiers | 11 |
| 12 | Gael Tallec | Second row | Sean Rutgerson | 12 |
| 13 | Pascal Jampy | Loose forward/Lock forward | Hercules Erasmus | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| Interchange | David Despin | Chris Hurter | Interchange | |
| Interchange | Laurent Carrasco | Jaco Webb | Interchange | |
| Interchange | Romain Sort | Hendrik Mulder | Interchange | |
| Interchange | Jason Sands | Richard Louw | Interchange | |
| Gilles Dumas — single-sourced | Coach | Paul Matete — single-sourced | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Steve Clark — single-sourced |
| Touch judges | Not identified in sources found |
| Player of the match | Not identified in sources found |
Match report
France beat South Africa 56-6 in their final Group C fixture, leading 26-2 at half-time before running in nine tries in all. Pascal Jampy scored a hat-trick, with fullback Frederic Banquet kicking nine of France's ten goals. Note: source data listed the venue for this fixture as the Stadium Municipal — the exact Albi/Toulouse naming could not be independently reconfirmed.