2014 France rugby union tour of Australia

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 tour	New Zealand 2013
Next tour	Argentina 2016

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.

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On 19 May 2014, Benjamin Kayser was withdrawn from the squad due to injury, and was replaced by Brice Mach.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

• Head coach: Guy Novès
• Forwards coach: Yannick Bru
• Backs coach: Jean-Frederic Dubois

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 Talès	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:

• Head coach: Ewen McKenzie
• Forwards coach: Andrew Blades
• Backs coach: Jim McKay
• Defence coach: Nick Scrivener

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

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 To'omua 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)

FB 15 Israel Folau RW 14 Adam Ashley-Cooper OC 13 Tevita Kuridrani  70' IC 12 Matt To'omua  62' LW 11 Nick Cummins FH 10 Bernard Foley SH 9 Nic White  62' N8 8 Wycliff Palu  54' OF 7 Michael Hooper BF 6 Scott Fardy RL 5 Rob Simmons  70' LL 4 Sam Carter TP 3 Sekope Kepu  53' HK 2 Stephen Moore (c)  5' LP 1 James Slipper  62' Replacements: HK 16 Tatafu Polota-Nau  5' PR 17 Pekahou Cowan  62' PR 18 Paddy Ryan  53' LK 19 James Horwill  70' N8 20 Ben McCalman  54' SH 21 Nick Phipps  62' FH 22 Kurtley Beale  62' CE 23 Pat McCabe  70' Coach: Ewen McKenzie

FB 15 Hugo Bonneval RW 14 Yoann Huget OC 13 Gaël Fickou  73' IC 12 Wesley Fofana LW 11 Felix Le Bourhis  53' FH 10 Frédéric Michalak SH 9 Maxime Machenaud  69' N8 8 Damien Chouly OF 7 Bernard Le Roux  61' BF 6 Fulgence Ouedraogo RL 5 Yoann Maestri LL 4 Sébastien Vahaamahina  53' TP 3 Nicolas Mas (c)  53' HK 2 Guilhem Guirado  69' LP 1 Thomas Domingo  53' Replacements: HK 16 Christopher Tolofua  69' PR 17 Vincent Debaty  53' PR 18 Rabah Slimani  53' LK 19 Alexandre Flanquart  53' FL 20 Antoine Burban  61' SH 21 Morgan Parra  69' CE 22 Rémi Lamerat  73' FB 23 Brice Dulin  53' Coach: Philippe Saint-André

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)

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)

FB 15 Israel Folau RW 14 Adam Ashley-Cooper OC 13 Tevita Kuridrani  59' IC 12 Matt To'omua LW 11 Nick Cummins FH 10 Bernard Foley  60' SH 9 Nic White  78' N8 8 Ben McCalman OF 7 Michael Hooper (c) BF 6 Scott Fardy  66' RL 5 James Horwill  59' LL 4 Rob Simmons TP 3 Sekope Kepu  74' HK 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau  74' LP 1 James Slipper  71' Replacements: HK 16 Nathan Charles  74' PR 17 Pekahou Cowan  71' PR 18 Laurie Weeks  74' LK 19 Luke Jones  59' N8 20 Scott Higginbotham  66' SH 21 Nick Phipps  78' FH 22 Kurtley Beale  60' CE 23 Pat McCabe  59' Coach: Ewen McKenzie

FB 15 Brice Dulin RW 14 Yoann Huget OC 13 Mathieu Bastareaud IC 12 Wesley Fofana LW 11 Maxime Médard  76' FH 10 Rémi Talès SH 9 Morgan Parra  74' N8 8 Damien Chouly OF 7 Yannick Nyanga  46' BF 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c)  66' RL 5 Yoann Maestri LL 4 Alexandre Flanquart  65' TP 3 Rabah Slimani  49' HK 2 Guilhem Guirado  70' LP 1 Alexandre Menini  49' Replacements: HK 16 Brice Mach  70' PR 17 Thomas Domingo  49' PR 18 Nicolas Mas  49' FL 19 Bernard Le Roux 68' to 78'  65' N8 20 Louis Picamoles  66' FL 21 Antoine Burban  46' FH 22 Frédéric Michalak  74' CE 23 Rémi Lamerat  76' Coach: Philippe Saint-André

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)

FB 15 Israel Folau RW 14 Adam Ashley-Cooper OC 13 Tevita Kuridrani  70' IC 12 Matt To'omua  54' LW 11 Nick Cummins FH 10 Bernard Foley SH 9 Nic White  58' N8 8 Wycliff Palu  63' OF 7 Michael Hooper (c) BF 6 Scott Fardy RL 5 Rob Simmons LL 4 Will Skelton  56' TP 3 Sekope Kepu  58' HK 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau  68' LP 1 James Slipper  52' Replacements: HK 16 Nathan Charles  68' PR 17 Scott Sio  52' PR 18 Laurie Weeks  58' LK 19 James Horwill  56' N8 20 Ben McCalman  63' SH 21 Nick Phipps  58' FH 22 Kurtley Beale  54' WG 23 Rob Horne  70' Coach: Ewen McKenzie

FB 15 Brice Dulin RW 14 Yoann Huget OC 13 Mathieu Bastareaud IC 12 Wesley Fofana LW 11 Hugo Bonneval  43' FH 10 Rémi Talès  70' SH 9 Maxime Machenaud N8 8 Damien Chouly  58' OF 7 Fulgence Ouedraogo  50' BF 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c) RL 5 Yoann Maestri LL 4 Alexandre Flanquart  59' TP 3 Rabah Slimani 26' to 36'  47' HK 2 Guilhem Guirado  68' LP 1 Alexandre Menini  47' Replacements: HK 16 Christopher Tolofua  68' PR 17 Vincent Debaty  47' PR 18 Thomas Domingo  47' FL 19 Bernard Le Roux  59' N8 20 Louis Picamoles  58' FL 21 Yannick Nyanga  50' FH 22 Frédéric Michalak  70' CE 23 Rémi Lamerat  43' Coach: Phillipe Saint-Andre

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 Name Played Tries Con Pen DG Pts Frédéric Michalak 3 0 2 2 1 13 – – Guilhem Guirado 3 1 0 0 0 5 – – Maxime Machenaud 2 0 1 1 0 5 – – Morgan Parra 2 1 0 0 0 5 – – Brice Dulin 3 0 0 0 1 3 – – Damien Chouly 3 0 0 0 0 0 – – Thomas Domingo 3 0 0 0 0 0 – – Alexandre Flanquart 3 0 0 0 0 0 – – Wesley Fofana 3 0 0 0 0 0 – – Yoann Huget 3 0 0 0 0 0 – – Rémi Lamerat 3 0 0 0 0 0 – – Bernard Le Roux 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 – Yoann Maestri 3 0 0 0 0 0 – – Rabah Slimani 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 – Mathieu Bastareaud 2 0 0 0 0 0 – – Hugo Bonneval 2 0 0 0 0 0 – – Antoine Burban 2 0 0 0 0 0 – – Vincent Debaty 2 0 0 0 0 0 – – Thierry Dusautoir 2 0 0 0 0 0 – – Nicolas Mas 2 0 0 0 0 0 – – Alexandre Menini 2 0 0 0 0 0 – – Yannick Nyanga 2 0 0 0 0 0 – – Fulgence Ouedraogo 2 0 0 0 0 0 – – Louis Picamoles 2 0 0 0 0 0 – – Rémi Talès 2 0 0 0 0 0 – – Christopher Tolofua 2 0 0 0 0 0 – – Gaël Fickou 1 0 0 0 0 0 – – Felix Le Bourhis 1 0 0 0 0 0 – – Brice Mach 1 0 0 0 0 0 – – Maxime Médard 1 0 0 0 0 0 – – Sébastien Vahaamahina 1 0 0 0 0 0 – – Benjamin Kayser – – – – – 0 – –

Test series statistics Name Team Tries Con Pen DG Pts Bernard Foley  Australia 0 10 4 0 32 Israel Folau  Australia 3 0 0 0 15 Frédéric Michalak  France 0 2 2 1 13 Michael Hooper  Australia 2 0 0 0 10 Adam Ashley-Cooper  Australia 1 0 0 0 5 Kurtley Beale  Australia 1 0 0 0 5 Nick Cummins  Australia 1 0 0 0 5 Guilhem Guirado  France 1 0 0 0 5 Maxime Machenaud  France 0 1 1 0 5 Pat McCabe  Australia 1 0 0 0 5 Morgan Parra  France 1 0 0 0 5 Nick Phipps  Australia 1 0 0 0 5 Will Skelton  Australia 1 0 0 0 5 Matt To'omua  Australia 1 0 0 0 5 Brice Dulin  France 0 0 0 1 3 Nic White  Australia 0 0 1 0 3

References

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