Overview
- South Africa trailed 14-13 at the break but outscored France 19-3 in the second half to seal victory at the Stade de France.
- Lock Lood de Jager was sent off in the 39th minute after a TMO review by Ian Tempest with referee Angus Gardner upgrading the sanction to a permanent red card.
- Cobus Reinach scored in the first half before replacements Andre Esterhuizen and Grant Williams, then fly-half Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, crossed to complete the comeback.
- Damian Penaud struck twice in the opening half to become France’s all-time leading try scorer as Les Bleus failed to register a try after the interval.
- Siya Kolisi earned his 100th cap for South Africa as the world champions leaned on forward power, mauls and bench impact to close out the Autumn Nations Series opener.