French Barbarians Explained

Teamname:French Barbarians
Nickname:Les Baa-Baas
Coach:Denis Charvet
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First:French Barbarians 26 – 22
(2 May 1980)
Bigwin:French Barbarians 45 – 4
(27 October 1985)
Bigloss: 83 – 12 French Barbarians
(20 September 2003)

The Barbarian Rugby Club, more commonly known as the French Barbarians, is a rugby union team formed in 1979 and based in France. It was founded as an amateur invitational team modeled on the Barbarian F.C.

From the start of the 2017–18 season, the French Barbarians became the official second national team of the French Rugby Federation, which had previously designated either the France U20 side or France A as that team. This decision was reversed in 2019, to allow for the creation of a new second national team as a development side (above the Under 20s team but below the first men's team). [1]

The French Barbarians play in sky, navy and royal blue hooped jerseys. As with the original Barbarians, players retain the socks from their "home" club strip.

History

Jean-Claude Skrela founded the club after he had played for, and adored, the original Barbarians in the later days of his career. Through the amateur era, all players chosen for the side were either French or played for French clubs.

One of the most recent matches was against the Argentina national team (Los Pumas) in early 2007, as part of their preparation for the 2007 Rugby World Cup. For the game, held in Biarritz, the coaches were Jacques Delmas (Biarritz), Patrice Lagisquet (Biarritz) and were captained by Thomas Lièvremont. While in 2008 they beat Canada in Victoria. They played with Argentina at José Amalfitani Stadium in Buenos Aires on 20 June 2009 as part of the mid-year test series, and lost 32–18.

In 2016 the French Barbarians beat Australia XV by 19–11 in their first match against an Australian side for over twenty years. And in late 2017 they beat the Māori All Blacks 19–15, which was the first time playing that side.

Matches against international sides

Date Venue Opposing Teams For Against Result
1 May 1980 26 22 Won
7 November 1981 18 28 Lost
11 November 1982 8 22 Lost
23 November 1983 21 23 Lost
22 October 1985 45 4 Won
10 May 1986 32 19 Won
11 November 1986 12 26 Lost
22 May 1988 41 26 Won
22 October 1989 16 32 Lost
27 October 1990 13 23 Lost
31 October 1992 25 20 Won
11 November 1993 26 43 Lost
1 November 1995 19 34 Lost
23 November 1996 30 22 Won
11 November 1997 40 22 Won
11 November 1998 38 30 Won
27 May 2000 33 40 Lost
7 November 2000 23 21 Won
18 November 2001 15 17 Lost
20 September 2003 [2] [3] 12 83 Lost
3 March 2007 14 28 Lost
28 June 2008 17 7 Won
20 June 2009 18 32 Lost
26 November 2010 27 28 Lost
4 June 2011 19 23 Lost
11 June 2011 21 18 Won
20 June 2012 40 21 Won
24 June 2012 51 18 Won
25 November 2012 64 41 Won
16 November 2013 20 19 Won
14 November 2014 35 14 Won
20 June 2015 28 22 Won
26 June 2015 9 21 Lost
24 November 2016 19 11 Won
10 November 201719 15 Won
31 May 201815 16Lost
10 November 201838 49 Lost
13 November 202142 17 Won
1 July 202221 26 Lost

Overall

AgainstPlayedWonLostDrawnWin %
8 3 5 0 37.5%
2 0 2 0 0%
1 1 0 0 100%
1 1 0 0 100%
2 0 2 0 0%
1 0 1 0 0%
1 0 1 0 0%
1 1 0 0 100%
4 4 0 0 100%
1 1 0 0 100%
5 1 4 0 20%
1 1 0 0 100%
1 1 0 0 100%
2 2 0 0 100%
3 3 0 0 100%
3 1 2 0 33%
1 0 1 0 0%
1 0 1 0 0%
Total 38 20 18 0 52.63%

Current squad

French Barbarians squad to face the United States on 1 July 2022.

Coaches: Christian Labit and Kevin Gourdon

Note: Bold denotes players that have represented the French Barbarians in previous matches. Italics represents uncapped players.

Former players

Honours

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Barbarians Français : Une équipe d’exception . Fédération Française de Rugby . fr . 12 April 2024. 4 June 2019.
  2. Containing mostly the same players as France's 2003 World Cup squad—except for those who played on the Baa-Baas such as Yannick Bru or Sébastien Chabal—this designation exists to circumvent World Rugby regulations and the Board's authority on allowing matches with international squads to be organized.
  3. Web site: Un match pour quoi faire ?. 20 September 2003. Bertrand Bourgeault. fr. Le Parisien.

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