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2014 France rugby union tour of Australia

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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.

Quick Facts Coach(es), Tour captain(s) ...

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

Fixtures

More information Date and time, Venue ...

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On 19 May 2014, Benjamin Kayser was withdrawn from the squad due to injury, and was replaced by Brice Mach.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

More information Player, Position ...

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.

More information Player, Position ...

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 To'omua	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 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

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

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

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)


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

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

More information Name, Played ...

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

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