2016 France rugby union tour of Argentina

Guy Novès Jules Plisson Jules Plisson (14) 4 players with 1 try 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 Argentina 2 1 0 1 Australia 2014 South Africa 2017 In June 2016, France played a two-test series against Argentina as part of the 2016 mid-year rugby union tests.http://www.americasrugbynews.com/2016/04/01/los-pumas-france-play-two-tests-tucuman/ Los Pumas and France to play Two Tests in Tucumán - Americas Rugby News www.americasrugbynews.com 14 September 2017 They played Los Pumas across the two weeks that were allocated to the June International window (19 June and 25 June), and which were part of the fourth year of the global rugby calendar established by the International Rugby Board, which runs through to 2019.http://www.rugbyweek.net/news/article.asp?id=26039 Rugby Week rugbyweek.net 14 September 2017 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140223001213/http://www.rugbyweek.net/news/article.asp?id=26039 23 February 2014 This was the first French tour to Argentina since their drawn series in 2012. The French domestic Top 14 tournament ended later than usual, as no games were scheduled during the pool phase of the 2015 Rugby World Cup. Therefore, the semi-finals and final of the 2015–16 season coincided with the June international window, clashing with the French games on the 19 and 25 June.http://rugbyworldcup-argentina2023.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/international-rugby-france-to-tour.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150711045101/http://rugbyworldcup-argentina2023.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/international-rugby-france-to-tour.html dead July 11, 2015 International Rugby: France to tour Argentina with Depleted Squad rugbyworldcup-argentina2023.blogspot.co.uk 14 September 2017http://www.americasrugbynews.com/2016/03/21/france-set-tour-argentina/ France to tour Argentina without Top 14 Semi-finals Players - Americas Rugby News www.americasrugbynews.com 14 September 2017 Fixtures Date Venue Home Score Away 19 June 2016 Estadio Monumental José Fierro, Tucumán Argentina 30–19 France 25 June 2016 Estadio Monumental José Fierro, Tucumán Argentina 0–27 France Squads Note: Ages, caps and clubs are as per 19 June, the first test match of the tour. France On 6 June, Guy Novès named the first set of players for France's two-test series against Argentina. The squad did not include any of the six Top 14 play-offs teams, Castres, Clermont, Toulon, Toulouse, Racing or Montpellier (except François Trinh-Duc who was released by Montpellier for the tour) due to the play-offs taking place between 11 and 24 June.https://www.ffr.fr/Equipes-de-France/Rugby-a-XV/XV-France/XV-de-France-Le-groupe-pour-la-tournee XV de France : Le groupe pour la tournée - FFR www.ffr.fr 14 September 2017 On 13 June, Novès named a further 11 players on top of the initial 17, after Toulouse and Castres were eliminated from the Top 14 quarter-finals.https://www.ffr.fr/Equipes-de-France/Rugby-a-XV/XV-France/XV-de-France-Le-2eme-groupe-pour-la-tournee XV de France : Le 2ème groupe pour la tournée - FFR www.ffr.fr 14 September 2017 On 19 June, Paul Jedrasiak was called up to the squad following Clermont Auvergne's elimination from the Top 14. Coaching team: Head coach: FRA Guy Novès Forwards coach: FRA Yannick Bru Backs coach: FRA Jean-Frederic Dubois HK Rémi Bonfils 2016 6 19 1988 9 16 y 0 Stade Français FRA HK Clément Maynadier 2016 6 19 1988 10 11 y 0 Bordeaux Bègles FRA PR Uini Atonio 2016 6 19 1990 3 26 y 15 La Rochelle FRA PR Lucas Pointud 2016 6 19 1988 1 18 y 0 Brive FRA PR Jefferson Poirot 2016 6 19 1992 11 1 y 5 Bordeaux Bègles FRA PR Rabah Slimani 2016 6 19 1989 10 18 y 26 Stade Français FRA LK William Demotte 2016 6 19 1991 5 22 y 0 Agen FRA LK Paul Jedrasiak 2016 6 19 1993 2 6 y 4 Clermont Auvergne FRA LK Julien Le Devedec 2016 6 19 1986 6 4 y 0 Bordeaux Bègles FRA LK Yoann Maestri 2016 6 19 1988 1 14 y 47 Toulouse FRA LK Fabrice Metz 2016 6 19 1991 1 23 y 0 Oyonnax FRA FL Kélian Galletier 2016 6 19 1992 3 18 y 0 Montpellier FRA FL Loann Goujon 2016 6 19 1989 4 23 y 10 Bordeaux Bègles FRA FL Kevin Gourdon 2016 6 19 1990 1 23 y 0 La Rochelle FRA N8 Raphaël Lakafia 2016 6 19 1988 10 28 y 3 Stade Français FRA N8 Louis Picamoles 2016 6 19 1986 2 5 y 52 Toulouse FRA SH Sébastien Bezy 2016 6 19 1991 11 22 y 5 Toulouse FRA SH Baptiste Serin 2016 6 19 1994 6 20 y 0 Bordeaux Bègles FRA FH Jules Plisson 2016 6 19 1991 8 20 y 11 Stade Français FRA FH François Trinh-Duc 2016 6 19 1986 11 11 y 53 Montpellier FRA CE Jonathan Danty 2016 6 19 1992 10 7 y 3 Stade Français FRA CE Gaël Fickou 2016 6 19 1994 3 26 y 19 Toulouse FRA CE Rémi Lamerat 2016 6 19 1990 1 14 y 7 Castres FRA CE Julien Rey 2016 6 19 1986 9 1 y 0 Bordeaux Bègles FRA WG Djibril Camara 2016 6 19 1989 6 22 y 1 Stade Français FRA WG Maxime Médard 2016 6 19 1986 11 16 y 46 Toulouse FRA WG Xavier Mignot 2016 6 19 1994 1 27 y 0 Grenoble FRA FB Hugo Bonneval 2016 6 19 1990 11 19 y 6 Stade Français FRA FB Geoffrey Palis 2016 6 19 1991 7 8 y 0 Castres FRA Argentina On 31 May, Argentina named a 28-man squad for the June internationals against Italy and France.Plantel de Los Pumas para junio https://web.archive.org/web/20160605183255/http://www.uar.com.ar/noticias/noticias.asp?idinfo=4790 2016-06-05 On 12 June, Ignacio Larrague was called up to the squad as an injury replacement for Matías Alemanno.http://www.americasrugbynews.com/2016/06/12/larrague-alemanno-pumas/ Larrague In, Alemanno Out for Pumas - Americas Rugby News www.americasrugbynews.com 14 September 2017 On 16 June, Ramiro Herrera and Tomás Lavanini were called up to the squad ahead of the two-test series against France.http://www.uar.com.ar/noticias/noticias.asp?idinfo=4821 Rumbo al norte uar.com.ar 14 September 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20160618105944/http://www.uar.com.ar/noticias/noticias.asp?idinfo=4821 2016-06-18 dead Coaching team: Head coach: ARG Daniel Hourcade Defence coach: ARG Pablo Bouza Backs coach: ARG Germán Fernández Forwards coach: ARG Emiliano Bergamaschi HK Facundo Bosch 2016 6 19 1991 8 8 y 2 CUBA ARG HK Agustín Creevy (c) 2016 6 19 1985 3 15 y 47 Jaguares ARG HK Julián Montoya 2016 6 19 1993 10 29 y 17 Jaguares ARG PR Santiago García Botta 2016 6 19 1992 6 19 y 7 Jaguares ARG PR Facundo Gigena 2016 6 19 1994 9 15 y 1 Tala ARG PR Ramiro Herrera 2016 6 19 1989 2 14 y 20 Jaguares ARG PR Enrique Pieretto 2016 6 19 1994 12 15 y 2 Córdoba ARG PR Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro 2016 6 19 1989 11 6 y 23 Jaguares ARG LK Matías Alemanno 2016 6 19 1991 12 5 y 21 Jaguares ARG LK Ignacio Larrague 2016 6 19 1995 10 25 y 2 C.A.S.I ARG LK Tomás Lavanini 2016 6 19 1993 1 22 y 27 Jaguares ARG LK Guido Petti 2016 6 19 1994 11 17 y 13 Jaguares ARG FL Juan Manuel Leguizamón 2016 6 19 1983 6 6 y 66 Jaguares ARG FL Tomás Lezana 2016 6 19 1994 2 16 y 6 Jaguares ARG FL Pablo Matera 2016 6 19 1993 7 18 y 23 Jaguares ARG FL Javier Ortega Desio 2016 6 19 1990 6 14 y 20 Jaguares ARG N8 Facundo Isa 2016 6 19 1993 9 21 y 14 Jaguares ARG SH Gonzalo Bertranou 2016 6 19 1993 12 31 y 1 Los Tordos ARG SH Tomás Cubelli 2016 6 19 1989 6 12 y 46 Brumbies AUS SH Martín Landajo 2016 6 19 1988 6 14 y 54 Jaguares ARG FH Santiago González Iglesias 2016 6 19 1988 6 16 y 21 Jaguares ARG FH Nicolás Sánchez rugby union 2016 6 19 1988 10 26 y 40 Jaguares ARG CE Jerónimo de la Fuente 2016 6 19 1991 2 24 y 20 Jaguares ARG CE Juan Martín Hernández 2016 6 19 1982 8 7 y 59 Jaguares ARG CE Matías Moroni 2016 6 19 1991 3 29 y 9 Jaguares ARG CE Matías Orlando 2016 6 19 1991 11 14 y 10 Jaguares ARG WG Santiago Cordero 2016 6 19 1993 12 6 y 19 Jaguares ARG WG Lucas González Amorosino 2016 6 19 1985 11 2 y 49 Jaguares ARG WG Manuel Montero 2016 6 19 1991 11 20 y 22 Jaguares ARG FB Ramiro Moyano 2016 6 19 1990 5 28 y 7 Jaguares ARG FB Joaquín Tuculet 2016 6 19 1989 8 8 y 29 Jaguares ARG Matches First Test 19 June 2016 18:10 ART (UTC-03) ARG 30–19 Reporthttp://www.planetrugby.com/news/argentina-too-good-for-france/ Argentina too good for France - Planet Rugby 19 June 2016 planetrugby.com 14 September 2017 FRA Montero 19' cTuculet 28' cPetti 73' c Sánchez (3/3) 20', 29', 74' Sánchez (3/5) 16', 61', 65' Bonfils 31' c Plisson (1/1) 32' Plisson (4/6) 10', 43', 48', 53' Atlético Tucumán, S.M. Tucumánhttp://www.americasrugbynews.com/2016/04/01/los-pumas-france-play-two-tests-tucuman/ Los Pumas and France to play Two Tests in Tucumán Rugby Blog (Argentina 2023) 1 April 2016 1 April 2016 John Lacey (Ireland) Team details _whiteborder _Arg rugby 15 _whiteborder _hoops_white 4AB1EC ffffff 4AB1EC ffffff 4AB1EC Argentina _franceleft15 _francekit1 _franceright15 _francesocks15 000066 000066 DE0023 161C56 FF0000 France FB 15Joaquín Tuculet 75RW 14Santiago CorderoOC 13Matías MoroniIC 12Juan Martín Hernández 21LW 11Manuel MonteroFH 10Nicolás SánchezSH 9 Martín Landajo 61N8 8 Facundo IsaOF 7 Tomás Lezana 59BF 6 Pablo MateraRL 5 Javier Ortega Desio 48 58LL 4 Guido PettiTP 3 Ramiro HerreraHK 2 Agustín Creevy (c) 65LP 1 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro 79Replacements:HK 16Julián Montoya 65PR 17Santiago García Botta 79PR 18Enrique PierettoLK 19Ignacio LarragueFL 20Juan Manuel Leguizamón 59SH 21Tomás Cubelli 61FH 22Santiago González Iglesias 21FB 23Ramiro Moyano 75Coach:ARG Daniel Hourcade FB 15Hugo BonnevalRW 14Xavier MignotOC 13Julien ReyIC 12Jonathan Danty 62LW 11Djibril CamaraFH 10Jules Plisson (c)SH 9 Baptiste Serin 71N8 8 Kevin Gourdon 62 75OF 7 Raphaël Lakafia 37BF 6 Loann GoujonRL 5 William DemotteLL 4 Julien Le DevedecTP 3 Rabah Slimani 50HK 2 Rémi Bonfils 67LP 1 Jefferson Poirot 60 70 75Replacements:HK 16Clément Maynadier 67PR 17Uini Atonio 50PR 18Lucas Pointud 62LK 19Fabrice Metz 75N8 20Louis Picamoles 37SH 21Sébastien Bezy 71FH 22François Trinh-Duc 75CE 23Gaël Fickou 62Coach:FRA Guy Novès Touch judges: Stuart Berry (South Africa) Luke Pearce (England) Television match official: Johan Greeff (South Africa) Notes: Rémi Bonfils, William Demotte, Kevin Gourdon, Julien Le Devedec, Clément Maynadier, Fabrice Metz, Xavier Mignot, Lucas Pointud, Julien Rey and Baptiste Serin (all France) made their international debuts. Second Test 25 June 2016 15:10 ART (UTC-03) ARG 0–27 Reporthttp://www.planetrugby.com/news/france-outclass-scoreless-argentina/ France outclass scoreless Argentina - Planet Rugby 25 June 2016 planetrugby.com 14 September 2017 FRA Bonneval 38' cLamerat 50' cGoujon 62' c Serin (3/3) 39', 51', 62' Serin (2/2) 25', 44' Atlético Tucumán, S.M. Tucumán Wayne Barnes (England) Team details _whiteborder _Arg rugby 15 _whiteborder _hoops_white 4AB1EC ffffff 4AB1EC ffffff 4AB1EC Argentina _franceleft15 _francekit1 _franceright15 _francesocks15 000066 000066 DE0023 161C56 FF0000 France FB 15Joaquín TuculetRW 14Santiago Cordero 63OC 13Matías Moroni 67IC 12Jerónimo de la FuenteLW 11Manuel MonteroFH 10Nicolás SánchezSH 9 Tomás Cubelli 58N8 8 Facundo Isa 54OF 7 Javier Ortega DesioBF 6 Pablo Matera 51RL 5 Tomás Lavanini 62 72LL 4 Guido PettiTP 3 Ramiro Herrera 71HK 2 Agustín Creevy (c) 58LP 1 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro 63Replacements:HK 16Julián Montoya 58PR 17Santiago García Botta 63PR 18Enrique Pieretto 71FL 19Tomás Lezana 51FL 20Juan Manuel Leguizamón 54SH 21Martín Landajo 58CE 22Matías Orlando 67WG 23Lucas González Amorosino 63Coach:ARG Daniel Hourcade FB 15Maxime MédardRW 14Hugo BonnevalOC 13Gaël FickouIC 12Rémi LameratLW 11Djibril Camara 35FH 10François Trinh-Duc 72SH 9 Baptiste Serin 63N8 8 Louis PicamolesOF 7 Kevin Gourdon 69BF 6 Loann GoujonRL 5 Yoann Maestri (c)LL 4 Julien Le Devedec 65 75TP 3 Uini Atonio 56HK 2 Rémi Bonfils 65LP 1 Jefferson Poirot 69Replacements:HK 16Clément Maynadier 65PR 17Lucas Pointud 69PR 18Rabah Slimani 56LK 19Paul Jedrasiak 65FL 20Kélian Galletier 69 75SH 21Sébastien Bezy 63FH 22Jules Plisson 72CE 23Julien Rey 35Coach:FRA Guy Novès Touch judges: John Lacey (Ireland) Luke Pearce (England) Television match official: Johan Greeff (South Africa) Notes: Enrique Pieretto (Argentina) and Kélian Galletier (France) made their international debuts. Lucas González Amorosino (Argentina) earned his 50th test cap. Xavier Mignot was named to start, but was replaced with Hugo Bonneval before kick-off due to injury. This is the first time Argentina has failed to score any points in a test match since they lost 16–0 against Ireland in 2007. It is the first time they have failed to score any points against France since their first ever meeting in 1949. Argentina warm-up match On 11 June, Argentina played host to Italy in the lead up to the French series. 11 June 2016 15:45 ART (UTC-03) ARG 30–24 Reporthttp://www.planetrugby.com/news/argentina-get-the-better-of-italy/ Argentina get the better of Italy - Planet Rugby 11 June 2016 planetrugby.com 14 September 2017 ITA Montero 25' mMoroni 60' c Sánchez (1/2) 61' Sánchez (6/7) 9', 20', 31', 36', 58', 65' Sarto 34' cFavaro 68' m Canna (1/1) 35' Canna (4/5) 15', 28', 39', 42' Estadio B.G Estanislao López, Santa Fehttp://www.uar.com.ar/noticias/noticias.asp?idinfo=4662 Los Pumas vuelven a Santa Fe Argentine Rugby 12 April 2016 12 April 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160418093751/http://uar.com.ar/noticias/noticias.asp?idinfo=4662 2016-04-18 dead 30,000 Stuart Berry (South Africa) Team details _whiteborder _Arg rugby 15 _whiteborder _hoops_white 4AB1EC ffffff 4AB1EC ffffff 4AB1EC Argentina _italykit _italysocks15 008ACD 008ACD 008ACD 000040 008ACD Italy FB 15Joaquín TuculetRW 14Santiago Cordero 73OC 13Matías MoroniIC 12Juan Martín Hernández 59LW 11Manuel MonteroFH 10Nicolás SánchezSH 9 Martín Landajo 59N8 8 Facundo IsaOF 7 Tomás Lezana 65BF 6 Pablo MateraRL 5 Matías Alemanno 58LL 4 Guido Petti 28 38TP 3 Nahuel Tetaz ChaparroHK 2 Agustín Creevy (c) 65LP 1 Santiago García BottaReplacements:HK 16Julián Montoya 65PR 17Felipe ArreguiPR 18Enrique PierettoFL 19Javier Ortega Desio 58FL 20Juan Manuel Leguizamón 65SH 21Tomás Cubelli 59CE 22Jerónimo de la Fuente 59FB 23Ramiro Moyano 73Coach:ARG Daniel Hourcade FB 15Luke McLeanRW 14Leonardo SartoOC 13Michele CampagnaroIC 12Tommaso BoniLW 11David Odiete 62FH 10Carlo Canna 69SH 9 Edoardo Gori (c)N8 8 Dries van SchalkwykOF 7 Simone FavaroBF 6 Braam Steyn 9RL 5 Marco FuserLL 4 Quintin Geldenhuys 51TP 3 Lorenzo Cittadini 55HK 2 Ornel Gega 62LP 1 Andrea Lovotti 57Replacements:HK 16Oliviero Fabiani 62PR 17Sami Panico 57PR 18Pietro Ceccarelli 55LK 19Valerio Bernabò 51FL 20Robert Barbieri 9SH 21Guglielmo PalazzaniFH 22Tommaso Allan 69WG 23Giovanbattista Venditti 62Coach:IRE rugby union Conor O'Shea Touch judges: Luke Pearce (England) Joaquín Montes (Uruguay) Television match official: Johan Greeff (South Africa) Notes: Tommaso Boni and Sami Panico (both Italy) made their international debuts. Statistics Key Con: Conversions Pen: Penalties DG: Drop goals Pts: Points France statistics NamePlayedTriesConPenDGPtsJules Plisson2014014––Baptiste Serin2032012––Rémi Bonfils210005––Hugo Bonneval210005––Loann Goujon210005––Uini Atonio200000––Sébastien Bezy200000––Djibril Camara200000––Gaël Fickou200000––Kevin Gourdon200000––Julien Le Devedec200000––Clément Maynadier200000––Louis Picamoles200000––Lucas Pointud200000––Jefferson Poirot200000––Julien Rey200000––Rabah Slimani200000––François Trinh-Duc200000––Jonathan Danty100000––William Demotte100000––Raphaël Lakafia100000––Kélian Galletier100000––Paul Jedrasiak100000––Rémi Lamerat100000––Yoann Maestri100000––Maxime Médard100000––Fabrice Metz100000––Xavier Mignot100000––Geoffrey Palis–––––0–– Test series statistics NameTeamTriesConPenDGPtsNicolás SánchezARG033015Jules PlissonFRA014014Baptiste SerinFRA032012Rémi BonfilsFRA10005Hugo BonnevalFRA10005Loann GoujonFRA10005Rémi LameratFRA10005Manuel MonteroARG10005Guido PettiARG10005Joaquín TuculetARG10005 See also 2016 mid-year rugby union internationals History of rugby union matches between Argentina and France References Argentina Category:2016 rugby union tours 2016 Category:2016 in Argentine rugby union