2014 France rugby union tour of Australia explained

Tour:	2014 France rugby union tour of Australia
Coach:	Philippe Saint-André
Captain:	Thierry Dusautoir
Top Test Point Scorer:	Frédéric Michalak (13)
Top Test Try Scorer:	Guilhem Guirado (1) Morgan Parra (1)
Matchplayed:	3
Matchwon:	0
Matchdraw:	0
Matchlost:	3
Testplayed:	3
Testwon:	0
Testdraw:	0
Testlost:	3
Played1:	3
Won1:	0
Draw1:	0
Lost1:	3
Previous:	New Zealand 2013
Next:	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	Venue	Score
7 June 2014	Lang Park, Brisbane	50–23
14 June 2014	Docklands Stadium, Melbourne	6–0
21 June 2014	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney	39–13

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On 19 May 2014, Benjamin Kayser was withdrawn from the squad due to injury, and was replaced by Brice Mach.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

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On 1 June, Ben Alexander with withdrawn from the squad due to injury.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

Matches

First test


FB	15	Israel Folau
RW	14	Adam Ashley-Cooper
OC	13
IC	12
LW	11	Nick Cummins
FH	10	Bernard Foley
SH	9
N8	8
OF	7	Michael Hooper
BF	6	Scott Fardy
RL	5
LL	4	Sam Carter
TP	3
HK	2	Stephen Moore (c)
LP	1
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
PR	18
LK	19
N8	20
SH	21
FH	22
CE	23
Coach:
Ewen McKenzie


FB	15	Hugo Bonneval
RW	14	Yoann Huget
OC	13
IC	12	Wesley Fofana
LW	11
FH	10	Frédéric Michalak
SH	9
N8	8	Damien Chouly
OF	7
BF	6	Fulgence Ouedraogo
RL	5	Yoann Maestri
LL	4
TP	3	Nicolas Mas (c)
HK	2
LP	1
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
PR	18
LK	19
FL	20
SH	21
CE	22
FB	23
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:

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


FB	15	Israel Folau
RW	14	Adam Ashley-Cooper
OC	13
IC	12	Matt To'omua
LW	11	Nick Cummins
FH	10
SH	9
N8	8	Ben McCalman
OF	7	Michael Hooper (c)
BF	6
RL	5
LL	4	Rob Simmons
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
PR	18
LK	19
N8	20
SH	21
FH	22
CE	23
Coach:
Ewen McKenzie


FB	15	Brice Dulin
RW	14	Yoann Huget
OC	13	Mathieu Bastareaud
IC	12	Wesley Fofana
LW	11
FH	10	Rémi Talès
SH	9
N8	8	Damien Chouly
OF	7
BF	6	Thierry Dusautoir (c)
RL	5	Yoann Maestri
LL	4
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
PR	18
FL	19
N8	20
FL	21
FH	22
CE	23
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


FB	15	Israel Folau
RW	14	Adam Ashley-Cooper
OC	13
IC	12
LW	11	Nick Cummins
FH	10	Bernard Foley
SH	9
N8	8
OF	7	Michael Hooper (c)
BF	6	Scott Fardy
RL	5	Rob Simmons
LL	4
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
PR	18
LK	19
N8	20
SH	21
FH	22
WG	23
Coach:
Ewen McKenzie


FB	15	Brice Dulin
RW	14	Yoann Huget
OC	13	Mathieu Bastareaud
IC	12	Wesley Fofana
LW	11
FH	10
SH	9	Maxime Machenaud
N8	8
OF	7
BF	6	Thierry Dusautoir (c)
RL	5	Yoann Maestri
LL	4
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
PR	18
FL	19
N8	20
FL	21
FH	22
CE	23
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

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

Notes and References

Web site: 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.
Web site: 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.
Web site: XV France : La liste pour la tournée de juin . ffr.fr. 14 September 2017.
Web site: 404. www.rugby.com.au. 14 September 2017.
Web site: 404. www.rugby.com.au. 14 September 2017.
Web site: Hanson added to Wallabies squad. 9 June 2014. foxsports.com.au. 14 September 2017.