2014 France rugby union tour of Australia

June 2017 Philippe Saint-André Thierry Dusautoir Frédéric Michalak (13) Guilhem Guirado (1)Morgan Parra (1) 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 3 Australia 3 0 0 3 New Zealand 2013 Argentina 2016 In June 2014, France played a three-test series against Australia as part of the 2014 mid-year rugby union tests.http://www.superxv.com/39925-australia-to-host-france-on-three-test-tour-in-2014/ Australia to host France on Three Test tour in 2014 - Super Rugby - Super 15 Rugby and Rugby Championship News, Results and Fixtures from Super XV Rugby www.superxv.com 14 September 2017 They played the Wallabies across the three week June International window (2–22 June), and which were part of the third 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 https://web.archive.org/web/20140223001213/http://www.rugbyweek.net/news/article.asp?id=26039 23 February 2014 dead dmy-all This was France's first tour to Australia since 2009 and first series since 2008. Fixtures Date Venue Home Score Away 7 June 2014 Lang Park, Brisbane Australia 50–23 France 14 June 2014 Docklands Stadium, Melbourne Australia 6–0 France 21 June 2014 Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney Australia 39–13 France Squads Note: Ages, caps and clubs are as per 7 June, the first test match of the tour. France On 7 May 2014, coach Philippe Saint-André named a 31-man squad for the three test tour of Australia in June.http://www.ffr.fr/index.php/ffr/historique/2014/xv_france_la_liste_pour_la_tournee_de_juin XV France : La liste pour la tournée de juin ffr.fr 14 September 2017 On 19 May 2014, Benjamin Kayser was withdrawn from the squad due to injury, and was replaced by Brice Mach. Coaching team: Head coach: FRA Guy Novès Forwards coach: FRA Yannick Bru Backs coach: FRA Jean-Frederic Dubois HK Guilhem Guirado 2014 6 7 1986 6 17 y 20 Perpignan FRA HK Benjamin Kayser 2014 6 7 1984 7 26 y 24 Clermont FRA HK Brice Mach 2014 6 7 1986 4 2 y 2 Castres FRA HK Christopher Tolofua 2014 6 7 1993 12 31 y 2 Toulouse FRA PR Vincent Debaty 2014 6 7 1981 10 2 y 23 Clermont FRA PR Thomas Domingo 2014 6 7 1985 8 20 y 33 Clermont FRA PR Nicolas Mas 2014 6 7 1980 5 23 y 71 Montpellier FRA PR Alexandre Menini 2014 6 7 1983 8 5 y 0 Toulon FRA PR Rabah Slimani 2014 6 7 1989 10 18 y 7 Stade Français FRA LK Alexandre Flanquart 2014 6 7 1989 10 9 y 5 Stade Français FRA LK Yoann Maestri 2014 6 7 1988 1 14 y 25 Toulouse FRA LK Sébastien Vahaamahina 2014 6 7 1991 10 21 y 13 Perpignan FRA FL Antoine Burban 2014 6 7 1987 7 22 y 1 Stade Français FRA FL Thierry Dusautoir (c) 2014 6 7 1981 11 18 y 65 Toulouse FRA FL Bernard Le Roux 2014 6 7 1989 6 4 y 5 Racing Métro FRA FL Yannick Nyanga 2014 6 7 1983 12 19 y 37 Toulouse FRA FL Fulgence Ouedraogo 2014 6 7 1986 7 21 y 34 Montpellier FRA N8 Damien Chouly 2014 6 7 1985 11 27 y 18 Clermont FRA N8 Louis Picamoles 2014 6 7 1986 2 5 y 42 Toulouse FRA SH Maxime Machenaud 2014 6 7 1988 12 30 y 16 Racing Métro FRA SH Morgan Parra 2014 6 7 1988 11 15 y 54 Clermont FRA FH Frédéric Michalak 2014 6 7 1982 10 16 y 68 Toulon FRA FH Rémi Talès 2014 6 7 1984 5 2 y 8 Castres FRA CE Mathieu Bastareaud 2014 6 7 1988 9 17 y 23 Toulon FRA CE Gaël Fickou 2014 6 7 1994 3 26 y 8 Toulouse FRA CE Wesley Fofana 2014 6 7 1988 1 20 y 24 Clermont FRA CE Rémi Lamerat 2014 6 7 1990 1 14 y 0 Castres FRA WG Yoann Huget 2014 6 7 1987 6 2 y 27 Toulouse FRA WG Felix Le Bourhis 2014 6 7 1988 4 7 y 0 Bordeaux FRA WG Maxime Médard 2014 6 7 1986 11 16 y 39 Toulouse FRA FB Hugo Bonneval 2014 6 7 1990 11 19 y 2 Stade Français FRA FB Brice Dulin 2014 6 7 1990 4 13 y 15 Castres FRA Australia The 32-man squad for the 3-test series against France, in Brisbane (7 June), Melbourne (14 June) and Sydney (21 June).March 2025 Wingers Henry Speight (Brumbies) and Tom English (Rebels), prop Paddy Ryan (Waratahs) and Lock Cadeyrn Neville (Rebels) have also been invited to train with the squad ahead of the test series. On 1 June, Ben Alexander with withdrawn from the squad due to injury. Paddy Ryan was promoted to the main squad as Alexander's replacement, while Laurie Weeks was added into the training squad to replace Ryan.March 2025 On 9 June, James Hanson was added to the squad to replace the injured Stephen Moore who sustained a knee injury in the first test.http://www.foxsports.com.au/rugby/wallabies/reds-hooker-james-hanson-added-to-wallabies-squad-following-injury-to-stephen-moore/story-e6frf55l-1226948097747 Hanson added to Wallabies squad 9 June 2014 foxsports.com.au 14 September 2017 Coaching team: Head coach: AUS Ewen McKenzie Forwards coach: AUS Andrew Blades Backs coach: AUS Jim McKay Defence coach: AUS Nick Scrivener HK Nathan Charles 2014 6 7 1989 1 9 y 0 Force HK James Hanson 2014 6 7 1988 9 15 y 1 Reds HK Stephen Moore (c) 2014 6 7 1983 1 20 y 91 Brumbies HK Tatafu Polota-Nau 2014 6 7 1985 7 26 y 46 Waratahs PR Ben Alexander 2014 6 7 1984 11 13 y 62 Brumbies PR Pekahou Cowan 2014 6 7 1986 6 2 y 5 Force PR Sekope Kepu 2014 6 7 1986 2 5 y 38 Waratahs PR Paddy Ryan 2014 6 7 1988 8 9 y 2 Waratahs PR Scott Sio 2014 6 7 1991 10 16 y 4 Brumbies PR James Slipper 2014 6 7 1989 6 6 y 49 Reds LK Sam Carter 2014 6 7 1989 9 10 y 0 Brumbies LK James Horwill 2014 6 7 1985 5 29 y 48 Reds LK Luke Jones 2014 6 7 1991 4 2 y 0 Rebels LK Rob Simmons 2014 6 7 1989 4 19 y 37 Reds LK Will Skelton 2014 6 7 1992 5 3 y 0 Waratahs FL Scott Fardy 2014 6 7 1984 7 5 y 10 Brumbies FL Matt Hodgson 2014 6 7 1981 6 25 y 6 Force FL Michael Hooper (vc) 2014 6 7 1991 10 29 y 28 Waratahs N8 Scott Higginbotham 2014 6 7 1986 9 5 y 23 Rebels N8 Ben McCalman 2014 6 7 1988 3 18 y 29 Force N8 Wycliff Palu 2014 6 7 1982 7 27 y 49 Waratahs SH Will Genia 2014 6 7 1988 1 17 y 55 Reds SH Nick Phipps 2014 6 7 1989 1 9 y 14 Waratahs SH Nic White 2014 6 7 1990 6 13 y 10 Brumbies FH Bernard Foley 2014 6 7 1989 9 8 y 4 Waratahs FH Kurtley Beale 2014 6 7 1989 1 6 y 39 Waratahs CE Tevita Kuridrani 2014 6 7 1991 3 31 y 8 Brumbies CE Christian Lealiifano 2014 6 7 1987 9 24 y 13 Brumbies CE Pat McCabe 2014 6 7 1988 3 21 y 20 Brumbies CE Matt To'omua 2014 6 7 1990 1 2 y 10 Brumbies WG Adam Ashley-Cooper (vc) 2014 6 7 1984 3 27 y 91 Waratahs WG Nick Cummins 2014 6 7 1987 10 5 y 12 Force WG Rob Horne 2014 6 7 1989 9 4 y 15 Waratahs FB Israel Folau 2014 6 7 1989 4 3 y 15 Waratahs Matches First test 7 June 2014 20:00 AEST (UTC+10) AUS 50–23 Reporthttp://www.espn.co.uk/australia/rugby/story/228761.html Wallabies overpower limp France espn.co.uk 14 September 2017 FRA Folau 18' cAshley-Cooper 23' mHooper 32' cTo'omua 38' cCummins 55' cBeale 67' cMcCabe 70' c Foley (6/7) 20', 32', 39', 57', 68', 71' Foley (1/2) 3' Parra 72' cPenalty try 80' c Michalak (2/2) 73', 80' Michalak (2/2) 26', 36' Michalak (1/1) 4' Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 33,718 Craig Joubert (South Africa) FB 15Israel FolauRW 14Adam Ashley-CooperOC 13Tevita Kuridrani 70IC 12Matt To'omua 62LW 11Nick CumminsFH 10Bernard FoleySH 9 Nic White 62N8 8 Wycliff Palu 54OF 7 Michael HooperBF 6 Scott FardyRL 5 Rob Simmons 70LL 4 Sam CarterTP 3 Sekope Kepu 53HK 2 Stephen Moore (c) 5LP 1 James Slipper 62Replacements:HK 16Tatafu Polota-Nau 5PR 17Pekahou Cowan 62PR 18Paddy Ryan 53LK 19James Horwill 70N8 20Ben McCalman 54SH 21Nick Phipps 62FH 22Kurtley Beale 62CE 23Pat McCabe 70Coach:AUS Ewen McKenzie FB 15Hugo BonnevalRW 14Yoann HugetOC 13Gaël Fickou 73IC 12Wesley FofanaLW 11Felix Le Bourhis 53FH 10Frédéric MichalakSH 9 Maxime Machenaud 69N8 8 Damien ChoulyOF 7 Bernard Le Roux 61BF 6 Fulgence OuedraogoRL 5 Yoann MaestriLL 4 Sébastien Vahaamahina 53TP 3 Nicolas Mas (c) 53HK 2 Guilhem Guirado 69LP 1 Thomas Domingo 53Replacements:HK 16Christopher Tolofua 69PR 17Vincent Debaty 53PR 18Rabah Slimani 53LK 19Alexandre Flanquart 53FL 20Antoine Burban 61SH 21Morgan Parra 69CE 22Rémi Lamerat 73FB 23Brice Dulin 53Coach:FRA Philippe Saint-André Man of the Match: Sam Carter (Australia) Touch judges: Chris Pollock (New Zealand) Garratt Williamson (New Zealand) Television match official: Ben Skeen (New Zealand) Notes: James Slipper and Wycliff Palu earned their 50th test cap for Australia. Sam Carter made his international debut for Australia. Felix Le Bourhis and Rémi Lamerat made their international debuts for France. Second test 14 June 2014 20:00 AEST (UTC+10) AUS 6–0 Reporthttp://www.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/story/229567.html Wallabies grind to victory ESPN Staff espn.co.uk 14 September 2017 FRA White (1/4) 64'Foley (1/1) 52' Etihad Stadium, Melbourne 27,189 Wayne Barnes (England) FB 15Israel FolauRW 14Adam Ashley-CooperOC 13Tevita Kuridrani 59IC 12Matt To'omuaLW 11Nick CumminsFH 10Bernard Foley 60SH 9 Nic White 78N8 8 Ben McCalmanOF 7 Michael Hooper (c)BF 6 Scott Fardy 66RL 5 James Horwill 59LL 4 Rob SimmonsTP 3 Sekope Kepu 74HK 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau 74LP 1 James Slipper 71Replacements:HK 16Nathan Charles 74PR 17Pekahou Cowan 71PR 18Laurie Weeks 74LK 19Luke Jones 59N8 20Scott Higginbotham 66SH 21Nick Phipps 78FH 22Kurtley Beale 60CE 23Pat McCabe 59Coach:AUS Ewen McKenzie FB 15Brice DulinRW 14Yoann HugetOC 13Mathieu BastareaudIC 12Wesley FofanaLW 11Maxime Médard 76FH 10Rémi TalèsSH 9 Morgan Parra 74N8 8 Damien ChoulyOF 7 Yannick Nyanga 46BF 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c) 66RL 5 Yoann MaestriLL 4 Alexandre Flanquart 65TP 3 Rabah Slimani 49HK 2 Guilhem Guirado 70LP 1 Alexandre Menini 49Replacements:HK 16Brice Mach 70PR 17Thomas Domingo 49PR 18Nicolas Mas 49FL 19Bernard Le Roux 68 78 65N8 20Louis Picamoles 66FL 21Antoine Burban 46FH 22Frédéric Michalak 74CE 23Rémi Lamerat 76Coach:FRA Philippe Saint-André Man of the Match: Nic White (Australia) Touch judges: Craig Joubert (South Africa) Chris Pollock (New Zealand) Television match official: Ben Skeen (New Zealand) Notes: James Horwill earned his 50th test cap for Australia. Nathan Charles, Luke Jones and Laurie Weeks made their international debuts for Australia. Alexandre Menini made his international debut for France. Australia reclaim the Trophée des Bicentenaires for the first time since 2010, after losing it in 2012. This was the first time France has failed to score any points against Australia, in the 44 meetings between the two teams. Fewest points in an Australian win since their 6–3 win over New Zealand in 1958, and first Australian win without a try since their 21–13 win over Wales in 2001. Third test 21 June 2014 15:00 AEST (UTC+10) AUS 39–13 Reporthttp://www.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/story/230477.html Wallabies record comprehensive win to sweep France ESPN Staff espn.co.uk 14 September 2017 FRA Skelton 7' cFolau (2) 26' c, 41' cHooper 60' cPhipps 73' m Foley (4/5) 9', 27', 42', 61' Foley (2/2) 2', 17' Guirado 65' c Machenaud (1/1) 65' Machenaud (1/2) 34'Dulin (1/1) 15' Allianz Stadium, Sydney 43,188 Chris Pollock (New Zealand) FB 15Israel FolauRW 14Adam Ashley-CooperOC 13Tevita Kuridrani 70IC 12Matt To'omua 54LW 11Nick CumminsFH 10Bernard FoleySH 9 Nic White 58N8 8 Wycliff Palu 63OF 7 Michael Hooper (c)BF 6 Scott FardyRL 5 Rob SimmonsLL 4 Will Skelton 56TP 3 Sekope Kepu 58HK 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau 68LP 1 James Slipper 52Replacements:HK 16Nathan Charles 68PR 17Scott Sio 52PR 18Laurie Weeks 58LK 19James Horwill 56N8 20Ben McCalman 63SH 21Nick Phipps 58FH 22Kurtley Beale 54WG 23Rob Horne 70Coach:AUS Ewen McKenzie FB 15Brice DulinRW 14Yoann HugetOC 13Mathieu BastareaudIC 12Wesley FofanaLW 11Hugo Bonneval 43FH 10Rémi Talès 70SH 9 Maxime MachenaudN8 8 Damien Chouly 58OF 7 Fulgence Ouedraogo 50BF 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c)RL 5 Yoann MaestriLL 4 Alexandre Flanquart 59TP 3 Rabah Slimani 26 36 47HK 2 Guilhem Guirado 68LP 1 Alexandre Menini 47Replacements:HK 16Christopher Tolofua 68PR 17Vincent Debaty 47PR 18Thomas Domingo 47FL 19Bernard Le Roux 59N8 20Louis Picamoles 58FL 21Yannick Nyanga 50FH 22Frédéric Michalak 70CE 23Rémi Lamerat 43Coach:FRA Phillipe Saint-Andre Man of the Match: Wycliff Palu (Australia) Touch judges: Wayne Barnes (England) George Clancy (Ireland) Television match official: Ben Skeen (New Zealand) Notes: Will Skelton made his international debut for Australia. The 43,188-person crowd was a record crowd for an Australian test at Allianz Stadium. Statistics Key Con: Conversions Pen: Penalties DG: Drop goals Pts: Points France statistics NamePlayedTriesConPenDGPtsFrédéric Michalak3022113––Guilhem Guirado310005––Maxime Machenaud201105––Morgan Parra210005––Brice Dulin300013––Damien Chouly300000––Thomas Domingo300000––Alexandre Flanquart300000––Wesley Fofana300000––Yoann Huget300000––Rémi Lamerat300000––Bernard Le Roux3000001–Yoann Maestri300000––Rabah Slimani3000001–Mathieu Bastareaud200000––Hugo Bonneval200000––Antoine Burban200000––Vincent Debaty200000––Thierry Dusautoir200000––Nicolas Mas200000––Alexandre Menini200000––Yannick Nyanga200000––Fulgence Ouedraogo200000––Louis Picamoles200000––Rémi Talès200000––Christopher Tolofua200000––Gaël Fickou100000––Felix Le Bourhis100000––Brice Mach100000––Maxime Médard100000––Sébastien Vahaamahina100000––Benjamin Kayser–––––0–– Test series statistics NameTeamTriesConPenDGPtsBernard FoleyAUS0104032Israel FolauAUS300015Frédéric MichalakFRA022113Michael HooperAUS200010Adam Ashley-CooperAUS10005Kurtley BealeAUS10005Nick CumminsAUS10005Guilhem GuiradoFRA10005Maxime MachenaudFRA01105Pat McCabeAUS10005Morgan ParraFRA10005Nick PhippsAUS10005Will SkeltonAUS10005Matt To'omuaAUS10005Brice DulinFRA00013Nic WhiteAUS00103 References Category:France national rugby union team tours of Australia Category:History of rugby union matches between Australia and France France Tour Australia Tour