World Cup 1968 Final
Attendance: 54,290
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia
Referee: John Percival
Head 2 Head
Previous Results
Date Home Team Result Away Team Season
8 Jun 1968Australia37 - 4France1968
7 Jan 1968France16 - 13Australia1967-68
24 Dec 1967France10 - 3Australia1967-68
Australia Lineup
 Num  PlayerAge   Tries   Goals   Drops   Points 
1 Eric Simms   4   8
2 Lionel Williamson 2     6
3 Graeme Langlands        
4 John Greaves 1     3
5 John Rhodes        
6 Bob Fulton        
7 Billy Smith        
8 John Wittenberg        
9 Fred Jones        
10 Arthur Beetson        
11 Dick Thornett        
12 Johnny Raper        
13 Ron Coote 1     3
(14) Unrecorded_14        
15 Elton Rasmussen        
Total:        
 4 4 0 20
France Lineup
 Num  PlayerAge   Tries   Goals   Drops   Points 
1 Jean-Pierre Cros26        
2 Daniel Pellerin26        
3 Jacques Gruppi27        
4 Jean-Pierre Lecompte26        
5 Jean-René Ledru20        
6 Jean Capdouze25   1   2
7 Roger Garrigue27        
8 Christian Sabatié26        
9 Yves Bégou30        
10 Georges Aillères33        
11 Francis de Nadaï21        
12 Henri Marracq30        
13 Jean-Pierre Clar26        
(14) Adolphe Alésina25        
(15) Unrecorded_15        
Total:        
 0 1 0 2



    Note: Those players whose number appears in bracketed italics are non-playing substitutes.