1979 France rugby union tour of Fiji and New Zealand

March 2014 March 2014 France 1979 11 8 0 3 4 3 0 1 FJINot recognized as official by FFR. 1 1 0 0 NZL 2 1 0 1 Tahiti 1 1 0 0 The 1979 France rugby union tour of Fiji New Zealand Tahiti was a series of ten matches played in June and July 1979 by the France national rugby union team in Fiji, New Zealand and Tahiti. The team won seven matches and lost three, including defeats to provincial teams Waikato and Southland. They drew their two-match test series against the New Zealand national rugby union team, losing the first test but winning the second. The victory in the second test was France's first away victory against New Zealand, gained at the eighth attempt. Results Scores and results list France's points tally first. DateOpponentLocationResultScoreMatch 116 JuneFiji FijiBuckhurst Park, SuvaWon13–4Match 220 JuneMarlborough yLansdowne Park, BlenheimWon35–15Match 323 JuneWaikato yRugby Park, HamiltonLost15–18Match 427 JuneNorth Auckland yOkara Park, WhangāreiWon16–3Match 530 JuneWellington yAthletic Park, WellingtonWon14–9Match 63 JulyHawke's Bay yMcLean Park, NapierWon31–13Match 77 JulyNew Zealand New ZealandLancaster Park, ChristchurchLost9–23Match 810 JulySouthland yRugby Park, InvercargillLost11–12Match 914 JulyNew Zealand New ZealandEden Park, AucklandWon24–19Match 1016 JulyTahiti TahitiPapeeteWon92–12 Test matches First Test 7 July 1979 NZL 23–9 FRA B. Wilson (11 – 3pg, 1c) Wilson (4 – 1t)Donaldson (4 – 1t)Watts (4 – 1t) (4 – 1t) Mesny (3 – 1dg) Caussade (2 – 1c) Aguirre Lancaster Park, Christchurch 40,000 John West (IRFU) NEW ZEALAND: Bevan Wilson, Stu Wilson, Bruce Robertson, Lyn Jaffray, Murray Watts, Murray Taylor, Mark Donaldson, Brad Johnstone, Andy Dalton, Gary Knight, Frank Oliver (rep Wayne Graham), Andy Haden, Leicester Rutledge, Gary Seear, Graham Mourie (c) FRANCE: Jean-Michel Aguirre, Frédéric Costes, Didier Codorniou, Patrick Mesny, Jean-Luc Averous, Alain Caussade, Yves Lafarge, Robert Paparemborde, Philippe Dintrans, Guy Colomine, Francis Haget, Patrick Salas, Jean-Pierre Rives (c), Christian Béguerie, Jean-Luc Joinel. Second Test 14 July 1979 NZL 19–24 FRA B. Wilson (11 – 3pg, 1c) S. Wilson (4 – 1t)Mourie (4 – 1t) (9 – 1t, 1c, 1dg) Caussade (4 – 1t) Gallion (4 – 1t) Averous (4 – 1t) Codorniou (3 – 1pg) Aguirre Eden Park, Auckland 55,000 John West (IRFU) NEW ZEALAND: Bevan Wilson, Stu Wilson, Bruce Robertson, Lyn Jaffray, Murray Watts, Murray Taylor, Mark Donaldson, Brad Johnstone, Andy Dalton, Gary Knight, Frank Oliver, Andy Haden, Leicester Rutledge, Gary Seear, Graham Mourie (c) FRANCE: Jean-Michel Aguirre, Frédéric Costes, Didier Codorniou, Patrick Mesny, Jean-Luc Averous, Alain Caussade, Jérôme Gallion, Robert Paparemborde, Philippe Dintrans, Daniel Dubroca, Francis Haget, Alain Maleig, Jean-Pierre Rives (c), Patrick Salas, Jean-Luc Joinel. Touring party Manager: Yves Noe Assistant managers: Fernand Cazenave & Jean Desclaux Captain: Jean-Pierre Rives Full backs Jean-Michel Aguirre (Bagnères) Serge Blanco (Biarritz) Three-quarters Frédéric Costes (Montferrand) Jean-Luc Averous (La Voulte) Daniel Bustaffa (Carcassonne) Didier Codorniou (Narbonne) Patrick Mesny (Racing Club de France) – replacement during tour Michel Duffranc (Tyrosse) Laurent Pardo (Tarbes) Half-backs Alain Caussade (Lourdes) Guy Laporte (Graulhet) Jérôme Gallion (Toulon) Yves Lafarge (Montferrand) Forwards Yves Malquier (Narbonne) Christian Béguerie (Agen) Jean-Luc Joinel (Brive) Jean-Pierre Rives (Toulouse) Francis Haget (Biarritz) Patrick Salas (Narbonne) Jean-François Marchal (Lourdes) Alain Maleig (Oloron) Guy Colomine (Narbonne) Daniel Dubroca (Agen) Robert Paparemborde (Pau) Philippe Dintrans (Tarbes) Jean-François Perche (Bourg) References Vivian Jenkins Vivian Jenkins Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1980–81 1980 Queen Anne Press 0-362-02018-3 33–38 France France Tour Tour Category:France national rugby union team tours Category:France national rugby union team tours of New Zealand Category:France national rugby union team tours of Fiji France