2014 France rugby union tour of Australia

In June 2014, France played a three-test series against Australia as part of the 2014 mid-year rugby union tests.[1] 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.[2] This was France's first tour to Australia since 2009 and first series since 2008.

2014 France rugby union tour of Australia
Coach(es)Philippe Saint-André
Tour captain(s)Thierry Dusautoir
Top test point scorer(s)Frédéric Michalak (13)
Top test try scorer(s)Guilhem Guirado (1)
Morgan Parra (1)
Summary
P W D L
Total
03 00 00 03
Test match
03 00 00 03
Opponent
P W D L
 Australia
3 0 0 3
Tour chronology
Previous tourNew Zealand 2013
Next tourArgentina 2016

Fixtures
Date and time Venue Home Score Away
7 June 2014, 20:00 AEST (UTC+10) Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Australia  50–23  France
14 June 2014, 20:00 AEST (UTC+10) Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Australia  6–0  France
21 June 2014, AEST (UTC+10) Allianz 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.[3]

On 19 May 2014, Benjamin Kayser was withdrawn from the squad due to injury, and was replaced by Brice Mach.

Coaching team:

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province
Guilhem Guirado Hooker (1986-06-17)17 June 1986 (aged 27) 20 Perpignan
Benjamin Kayser Hooker (1984-07-26)26 July 1984 (aged 29) 24 Clermont
Brice Mach Hooker (1986-04-02)2 April 1986 (aged 28) 2 Castres
Christopher Tolofua Hooker (1993-12-31)31 December 1993 (aged 20) 2 Toulouse
Vincent Debaty Prop (1981-10-02)2 October 1981 (aged 32) 23 Clermont
Thomas Domingo Prop (1985-08-20)20 August 1985 (aged 28) 33 Clermont
Nicolas Mas Prop (1980-05-23)23 May 1980 (aged 34) 71 Montpellier
Alexandre Menini Prop (1983-08-05)5 August 1983 (aged 30) 0 Toulon
Rabah Slimani Prop (1989-10-18)18 October 1989 (aged 24) 7 Stade Français
Alexandre Flanquart Lock (1989-10-09)9 October 1989 (aged 24) 5 Stade Français
Yoann Maestri Lock (1988-01-14)14 January 1988 (aged 26) 25 Toulouse
Sébastien Vahaamahina Lock (1991-10-21)21 October 1991 (aged 22) 13 Perpignan
Antoine Burban Flanker (1987-07-22)22 July 1987 (aged 26) 1 Stade Français
Thierry Dusautoir (c) Flanker (1981-11-18)18 November 1981 (aged 32) 65 Toulouse
Bernard Le Roux Flanker (1989-06-04)4 June 1989 (aged 25) 5 Racing Métro
Yannick Nyanga Flanker (1983-12-19)19 December 1983 (aged 30) 37 Toulouse
Fulgence Ouedraogo Flanker (1986-07-21)21 July 1986 (aged 27) 34 Montpellier
Damien Chouly Number 8 (1985-11-27)27 November 1985 (aged 28) 18 Clermont
Louis Picamoles Number 8 (1986-02-05)5 February 1986 (aged 28) 42 Toulouse
Maxime Machenaud Scrum-half (1988-12-30)30 December 1988 (aged 25) 16 Racing Métro
Morgan Parra Scrum-half (1988-11-15)15 November 1988 (aged 25) 54 Clermont
Frédéric Michalak Fly-half (1982-10-16)16 October 1982 (aged 31) 68 Toulon
Rémi Tales Fly-half (1984-05-02)2 May 1984 (aged 30) 8 Castres
Mathieu Bastareaud Centre (1988-09-17)17 September 1988 (aged 25) 23 Toulon
Gaël Fickou Centre (1994-03-26)26 March 1994 (aged 20) 8 Toulouse
Wesley Fofana Centre (1988-01-20)20 January 1988 (aged 26) 24 Clermont
Rémi Lamerat Centre (1990-01-14)14 January 1990 (aged 24) 0 Castres
Yoann Huget Wing (1987-06-02)2 June 1987 (aged 27) 27 Toulouse
Felix Le Bourhis Wing (1988-04-07)7 April 1988 (aged 26) 0 Bordeaux
Maxime Médard Wing (1986-11-16)16 November 1986 (aged 27) 39 Toulouse
Hugo Bonneval Fullback (1990-11-19)19 November 1990 (aged 23) 2 Stade Français
Brice Dulin Fullback (1990-04-13)13 April 1990 (aged 24) 15 Castres

Australia

The 32-man squad for the 3-test series against France, in Brisbane (7 June), Melbourne (14 June) and Sydney (21 June).[4]

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.[5]

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.[6]

Coaching team:

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province
Nathan Charles Hooker (1989-01-09)9 January 1989 (aged 25) 0 Force
James Hanson Hooker (1988-09-15)15 September 1988 (aged 25) 1 Reds
Stephen Moore (c) Hooker (1983-01-20)20 January 1983 (aged 31) 91 Brumbies
Tatafu Polota-Nau Hooker (1985-07-26)26 July 1985 (aged 28) 46 Waratahs
Ben Alexander Prop (1984-11-13)13 November 1984 (aged 29) 62 Brumbies
Pekahou Cowan Prop (1986-06-02)2 June 1986 (aged 28) 5 Force
Sekope Kepu Prop (1986-02-05)5 February 1986 (aged 28) 38 Waratahs
Paddy Ryan Prop (1988-08-09)9 August 1988 (aged 25) 2 Waratahs
Scott Sio Prop (1991-10-16)16 October 1991 (aged 22) 4 Brumbies
James Slipper Prop (1989-06-06)6 June 1989 (aged 25) 49 Reds
Sam Carter Lock (1989-09-10)10 September 1989 (aged 24) 0 Brumbies
James Horwill Lock (1985-05-29)29 May 1985 (aged 29) 48 Reds
Luke Jones Lock (1991-04-02)2 April 1991 (aged 23) 0 Rebels
Rob Simmons Lock (1989-04-19)19 April 1989 (aged 25) 37 Reds
Will Skelton Lock (1992-05-03)3 May 1992 (aged 22) 0 Waratahs
Scott Fardy Flanker (1984-07-05)5 July 1984 (aged 29) 10 Brumbies
Matt Hodgson Flanker (1981-06-25)25 June 1981 (aged 32) 6 Force
Michael Hooper (vc) Flanker (1991-10-29)29 October 1991 (aged 22) 28 Waratahs
Scott Higginbotham Number 8 (1986-09-05)5 September 1986 (aged 27) 23 Rebels
Ben McCalman Number 8 (1988-03-18)18 March 1988 (aged 26) 29 Force
Wycliff Palu Number 8 (1982-07-27)27 July 1982 (aged 31) 49 Waratahs
Will Genia Scrum-half (1988-01-17)17 January 1988 (aged 26) 55 Reds
Nick Phipps Scrum-half (1989-01-09)9 January 1989 (aged 25) 14 Waratahs
Nic White Scrum-half (1990-06-13)13 June 1990 (aged 23) 10 Brumbies
Bernard Foley Fly-half (1989-09-08)8 September 1989 (aged 24) 4 Waratahs
Kurtley Beale Fly-half (1989-01-06)6 January 1989 (aged 25) 39 Waratahs
Tevita Kuridrani Centre (1991-03-31)31 March 1991 (aged 23) 8 Brumbies
Christian Lealiifano Centre (1987-09-24)24 September 1987 (aged 26) 13 Brumbies
Pat McCabe Centre (1988-03-21)21 March 1988 (aged 26) 20 Brumbies
Matt Toomua Centre (1990-01-02)2 January 1990 (aged 24) 10 Brumbies
Adam Ashley-Cooper (vc) Wing (1984-03-27)27 March 1984 (aged 30) 91 Waratahs
Nick Cummins Wing (1987-10-05)5 October 1987 (aged 26) 12 Force
Rob Horne Wing (1989-09-04)4 September 1989 (aged 24) 15 Waratahs
Israel Folau Fullback (1989-04-03)3 April 1989 (aged 25) 15 Waratahs

Matches

First test
7 June 2014
20:00 AEST (UTC+10)
Australia  50–23  France
Try: Folau 18' c
Ashley-Cooper 23' m
Hooper 32' c
Toomua 38' c
Cummins 55' c
Beale 67' c
McCabe 70' c
Con: Foley (6/7) 20', 32', 39', 57', 68', 71'
Pen: Foley (1/2) 3'
 Report[7] Try: Parra 72' c
Penalty try 80' c
Con: Michalak (2/2) 73', 80'
Pen: Michalak (2/2) 26', 36'
Drop: Michalak (1/1) 4'
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 33,718
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
FB15Israel Folau
RW14Adam Ashley-Cooper
OC13Tevita Kuridrani 70'
IC12Matt Toomua 62'
LW11Nick Cummins
FH10Bernard Foley
SH9Nic White 62'
N88Wycliff Palu 54'
OF7Michael Hooper
BF6Scott Fardy
RL5Rob Simmons 70'
LL4Sam Carter
TP3Sekope Kepu 53'
HK2Stephen Moore (c) 5'
LP1James Slipper 62'
Replacements:
HK16Tatafu Polota-Nau 5'
PR17Pekahou Cowan 62'
PR18Paddy Ryan 53'
LK19James Horwill 70'
N820Ben McCalman 54'
SH21Nick Phipps 62'
FH22Kurtley Beale 62'
CE23Pat McCabe 70'
Coach:
Ewen McKenzie
FB15Hugo Bonneval
RW14Yoann Huget
OC13Gaël Fickou 73'
IC12Wesley Fofana
LW11Felix Le Bourhis 53'
FH10Frédéric Michalak
SH9Maxime Machenaud 69'
N88Damien Chouly
OF7Bernard Le Roux 61'
BF6Fulgence Ouedraogo
RL5Yoann Maestri
LL4Sébastien Vahaamahina 53'
TP3Nicolas Mas (c) 53'
HK2Guilhem Guirado 69'
LP1Thomas Domingo 53'
Replacements:
HK16Christopher Tolofua 69'
PR17Vincent Debaty 53'
PR18Rabah Slimani 53'
LK19Alexandre Flanquart 53'
FL20Antoine Burban 61'
SH21Morgan Parra 69'
CE22Rémi Lamerat 73'
FB23Brice Dulin 53'
Coach:
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:

Second test
14 June 2014
20:00 AEST (UTC+10)
Australia  6–0  France
Pen: White (1/4) 64'
Foley (1/1) 52'
 Report[8]
Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 27,189
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
FB15Israel Folau
RW14Adam Ashley-Cooper
OC13Tevita Kuridrani 59'
IC12Matt Toomua
LW11Nick Cummins
FH10Bernard Foley 60'
SH9Nic White 78'
N88Ben McCalman
OF7Michael Hooper (c)
BF6Scott Fardy 66'
RL5James Horwill 59'
LL4Rob Simmons
TP3Sekope Kepu 74'
HK2Tatafu Polota-Nau 74'
LP1James Slipper 71'
Replacements:
HK16Nathan Charles 74'
PR17Pekahou Cowan 71'
PR18Laurie Weeks 74'
LK19Luke Jones 59'
N820Scott Higginbotham 66'
SH21Nick Phipps 78'
FH22Kurtley Beale 60'
CE23Pat McCabe 59'
Coach:
Ewen McKenzie
FB15Brice Dulin
RW14Yoann Huget
OC13Mathieu Bastareaud
IC12Wesley Fofana
LW11Maxime Médard 76'
FH10Rémi Tales
SH9Morgan Parra 74'
N88Damien Chouly
OF7Yannick Nyanga 46'
BF6Thierry Dusautoir (c) 66'
RL5Yoann Maestri
LL4Alexandre Flanquart 65'
TP3Rabah Slimani 49'
HK2Guilhem Guirado 70'
LP1Alexandre Menini 49'
Replacements:
HK16Brice Mach 70'
PR17Thomas Domingo 49'
PR18Nicolas Mas 49'
FL19Bernard Le Roux 68' to 78' 65'
N820Louis Picamoles 66'
FL21Antoine Burban 46'
FH22Frédéric Michalak 74'
CE23Rémi Lamerat 76'
Coach:
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)
Australia  39–13  France
Try: Skelton 7' c
Folau (2) 26' c, 41' c
Hooper 60' c
Phipps 73' m
Con: Foley (4/5) 9', 27', 42', 61'
Pen: Foley (2/2) 2', 17'
 Report[9] Try: Guirado 65' c
Con: Machenaud (1/1) 65'
Pen: Machenaud (1/2) 34'
Dulin (1/1) 15'
Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 43,188
Referee: Chris Pollock (New Zealand)
FB15Israel Folau
RW14Adam Ashley-Cooper
OC13Tevita Kuridrani 70'
IC12Matt Toomua 54'
LW11Nick Cummins
FH10Bernard Foley
SH9Nic White 58'
N88Wycliff Palu 63'
OF7Michael Hooper (c)
BF6Scott Fardy
RL5Rob Simmons
LL4Will Skelton 56'
TP3Sekope Kepu 58'
HK2Tatafu Polota-Nau 68'
LP1James Slipper 52'
Replacements:
HK16Nathan Charles 68'
PR17Scott Sio 52'
PR18Laurie Weeks 58'
LK19James Horwill 56'
N820Ben McCalman 63'
SH21Nick Phipps 58'
FH22Kurtley Beale 54'
WG23Rob Horne 70'
Coach:
Ewen McKenzie
FB15Brice Dulin
RW14Yoann Huget
OC13Mathieu Bastareaud
IC12Wesley Fofana
LW11Hugo Bonneval 43'
FH10Rémi Tales 70'
SH9Maxime Machenaud
N88Damien Chouly 58'
OF7Fulgence Ouedraogo 50'
BF6Thierry Dusautoir (c)
RL5Yoann Maestri
LL4Alexandre Flanquart 59'
TP3Rabah Slimani 26' to 36' 47'
HK2Guilhem Guirado 68'
LP1Alexandre Menini 47'
Replacements:
HK16Christopher Tolofua 68'
PR17Vincent Debaty 47'
PR18Thomas Domingo 47'
FL19Bernard Le Roux 59'
N820Louis Picamoles 58'
FL21Yannick Nyanga 50'
FH22Frédéric Michalak 70'
CE23Rémi Lamerat 43'
Coach:
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

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