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This article is a list of tours by the France national rugby union team

France Rugby Tours

Year	To	Captain	Head coach	Result	Score
1949	Argentina	Guy Basquet		Win	2–0
1954	Argentina and Chile			Win	2–0
1958	South Africa	Lucien Mias	Serge Saulnier	Win	1–0 (1 Draw)
1960	Argentina	François Moncla		Win	3–0
1961	New Zealand and Australia	François Moncla Michel Crauste		Lost Win	0–3 (New Zealand) 1–0 (Australia)
1964	South Africa	Michel Crauste		Win	1–0
1967	South Africa	Christian Darrouy Jacques Fort		Drew	1–1 (1 Draw)
1968	New Zealand and Australia	Claude Lacaze Marcel Puget Christian Carrère		Lost Lost	0–3 (New Zealand) 0–1 (Australia)
1971	South Africa	Benoît Dauga		Lost	0–1 (1 Draw)
1972	Australia	Walter Spanghero		Won	1–0 (1 Draw)
1974	Brazil and Argentina	Olivier Saïsset		Won Won	1–0 (Brazil) 2–0 (Argentina)
1975	South Africa	Richard Astre Jacques Fouroux		Lost	0–2
1977	Argentina	Jacques Fouroux		Won	1–0 (1 Draw)
1979	Fiji and New Zealand	Jean-Pierre Rives		Won Drew	1–0 (Fiji) 1–1 (New Zealand)
1980	South Africa	Jean-Pierre Rives		Lost	0–1
1981	Australia	Jean-Pierre Rives		Lost	0–2
1984	New Zealand	Philippe Dintrans		Lost	0–2
1985	Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay	Philippe Dintrans		Won Drew Won	1–0 (Brazil) 1–1 (Argentina) 1–0 (Uruguay)
1986	Argentina, Australia and New Zealand	Pierre Berbizier Daniel Dubroca		Drew Lost Lost	1–1 (Argentina) 0–1 (Australia) 0–1 (New Zealand)
1988	Argentina and Paraguay	Pierre Berbizier		Drew	1–1
1989	New Zealand	Pierre Berbizier		Lost	0–2
1990	Australia	Serge Blanco		Lost	1–2
1991	United States			Won	2–0
1992	Argentina			Won	2–0
1993	South Africa	Olivier Roumat		Won	1–0 (1 Draw)
1994	Canada and New Zealand	Philippe Saint-André		Lost Won	0–1 (Canada) 2–0 (New Zealand)
1996	Argentina			Won	2–0
1997	Australia	Abdelatif Benazzi		Lost	0–2
1998	Argentina and Fiji			Won Won	2–0 (Argentina) 1–0 (Fiji)
1999	Samoa, Tonga and New Zealand	Raphaël Ibañez		Won Lost Lost	1–0 (Samoa) 0–1 (Tonga) 0–1 (New Zealand)
2001	South Africa and New Zealand	Fabien Galthié	Bernard Laporte	Drew Lost	1–1 (South Africa) 0–1 (New Zealand)
2002	Argentina and Australia	Fabien Pelous Raphaël Ibañez	Bernard Laporte	Lost Lost	0–1 (Argentina) 0–2 (Australia)
2003	Argentina and New Zealand	Fabien Galthié	Bernard Laporte	Lost Lost	0–2 (Argentina) 0–1 (New Zealand)
2004	United States and Canada		Bernard Laporte	Won Won	1–0 (United States) 1–0 (Canada)
2005	South Africa and Australia	Jean-Baptiste Élissalde Dimitri Yachvili	Bernard Laporte	Lost Lost	0–1 (1 Draw) (South Africa) 0–1 (Australia)
2006	Romania South Africa	Fabien Pelous	Bernard Laporte	Won Won	1–0 (Romania) 1–0 (South Africa)
2007	New Zealand	Pascal Papé	Bernard Laporte	Lost	0–2
2008	Australia	Lionel Nallet	Marc Lièvremont	Lost	0–2
2009	New Zealand and Australia	Thierry Dusautoir	Marc Lièvremont	Drew Lost	1–1 (New Zealand) 0–1 (Australia)
2010	South Africa and Argentina	Thierry Dusautoir	Marc Lièvremont	Lost Lost	0–1 (South Africa) 0–1 (Argentina)
2012	Argentina	Pascal Papé	Philippe Saint-André	Drew	1–1
2013	New Zealand	Thierry Dusautoir	Philippe Saint-André	Lost	0–3
2014	Australia	Thierry Dusautoir	Philippe Saint-André	Lost	0–3
2016	Argentina	Yoann Maestri	Guy Novès	Win	1–1 (30-46)

Stats of each Tour

Argentina

Flag	Year	From	To	Test Matches					Tour Matches					Total Record
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	2010			1	0	0	1		–					1	0	0	1	0%	13	41	-28
	2012	16 June 2012	23 June 2012	2	1	0	1		–					2	1	0	1	50%	69	33	36

Australia

Flag	Year	From	To	Test Matches					Tour Matches					Total Record
				P	W	D	L		P	W	D	L		P	W	D	L	%	PF	PA	PD
	2008			2	0	0	2		–	–	–	–		2	0	0	2	0%	23	74	-51
	2009			1	0	0	1		–	–	–	–		1	0	0	1	0%	6	22	-16

South Africa

Flag	Year	From	To	Test Matches					Tour Matches					Total Record
				P	W	D	L		P	W	D	L		P	W	D	L	%	PF	PA	PD
	1958	12 July	16 August	2	1	1	0		8	4	1	3		10	5	2	3	50%	137	124	13
	1964	11 July	29 July	1	1	0	0		5	4	0	1		6	5	0	1	83.33%	117	55	62
	1967	5 July	12 August	4	1	1	2		9	7	0	2		13	8	1	4	61.54%	209	161	48
	1971	22 May	19 June	2	0	1	1		7	7	0	0		9	7	1	1	77.78%	228	92	136
	1975	31 May	28 June	2	0	0	2		9	6	1	2		11	6	1	4	54.55%	282	180	102
	1980	29 October	8 November	1	0	0	1		3	2	0	1		4	3	0	1	75%	90	95	–5
	1993	9 June	3 July	2	1	1	0		6	3	1	2		8	4	2	2	50%	169	159	10
	2001			2	1	0	1		–	–	–	–		2	1	0	1	50%	48	43	5
	2005			2	0	1	1		–	–	–	–		2	0	1	1	0%	43	57	-14
	2006			1	1	0	0		–	–	–	–		1	1	0	0	100%	36	26	10
	2010			1	0	0	1		–	–	–	–		1	0	0	1	0%	17	42	-25

New Zealand

Flag	Year	From	To	Test Matches					Tour Matches					Total Record
				P	W	D	L		P	W	D	L		P	W	D	L	%	PF	PA	PD
	1949 tour			2	2	0	0
	1954 tour			2	2	0	0
	1960 tour			3	3	0	0
	1961 tour			4	1	0	3
	1968 tour			4	0	0	4
	1972 tour	28 May	25 June	2	1	1	0		7	7	0	0		9	8	1	0	88.89%	254	122	132
	1974 tour			2	2	0	0
	1977 tour			2	1	1	0
	1979 tour			2	1	0	1
	1981 tour			2	0	0	2
	1984 tour			2	0	0	2
	1985 tour			2	1	0	1
	1986 tour			4	1	0	3
	1988 tour			2	1	0	1
	1989 tour			2	0	0	2
	1990 tour			3	1	0	2
	1991 tour			2	2	0	0
	1992 tour			2	2	0	0
	1994 tour			3	2	0	1
	1996 tour			2	2	0	0
	1997 tour			2	0	0	2
	1998 tour			3	3	0	0
	1999 tour			3	1	0	2
	2001 tour			3	1	0	2
	2002 tour			3	0	0	3
	2003 tour			3	0	0	3
	2004 tour			2	2	0	0
	2005 tour			3	0	1	2							3	0	1	2	0%	74	94	-20
	2007 tour			2	0	0	2							2	0	0	2	0%	21	103	-82
	2009 tour			3	1	0	2							3	1	0	2	33.33%	43	58	-15
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Test Record

Argentina Series

Argentina Series
Year	Test	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Series Outcome
1949	1st	Argentina	0 – 5	France	Estadio G.E.B.A., Buenos Aires	Argentina 0–2 France
	2nd	Argentina	3 – 12	France	Estadio G.E.B.A., Buenos Aires
1954	1st	Argentina	8 – 22	France	Ferrocarril Stadium, Buenos Aires	Argentina 0–2 France
	2nd	Argentina	3 – 30	France	Ferrocarril Stadium, Buenos Aires
1960	1st	Argentina	3 – 37	France	Ferrocarril Stadium, Buenos Aires	Argentina 0–3 France
	2nd	Argentina	3 – 12	France	Ferrocarril Stadium, Buenos Aires
	3rd	Argentina	6 – 29	France	Ferrocarril Stadium, Buenos Aires
1974	1st	Argentina	15 – 20	France	Ferrocarril Stadium, Buenos Aires	Argentina 0–2 France
	2nd	Argentina	27 – 31	France	Ferrocarril Stadium, Buenos Aires
1977	1st	Argentina	3 – 26	France	Ferrocarril Stadium, Buenos Aires	Argentina 0–1 France (1 Draw)
	2nd	Argentina	18 – 18	France	Ferrocarril Stadium, Buenos Aires
1985	1st	Argentina	24 – 16	France	Ferrocarril Stadium, Buenos Aires	Argentina 1–1 France France shared 39–39 on points
	2nd	Argentina	15 – 23	France	Ferrocarril Stadium, Buenos Aires
1986	1st	Argentina	15 – 13	France	José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires	Argentina 1–1 France France won 35–24 on points
	2nd	Argentina	9 – 22	France	José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires
1988	1st	Argentina	15 – 18	France	José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires	Argentina 1–1 France France lost 24–33 on points
	2nd	Argentina	18 – 6	France	José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires
1992	1st	Argentina	12 – 27	France	José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires	Argentina 0–2 France
	2nd	Argentina	9 – 33	France	José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires
1996	1st	Argentina	27 – 34	France	Ferrocarril Stadium, Buenos Aires	Argentina 0–2 France
	2nd	Argentina	15 – 34	France	Ferrocarril Stadium, Buenos Aires
1998	1st	Argentina	18 – 35	France	José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires	Argentina 0–2 France
	2nd	Argentina	12 – 37	France	José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires
2003	1st	Argentina	10 – 6	France	José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires	Argentina 2–0 France
	2nd	Argentina	33 – 32	France	José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires
2012	1st	Argentina	23 – 20	France	Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba	Argentina 1–1 France France won 69–33 on points
	2nd	Argentina	10 – 49	France	Estadio Monumental José Fierro, Tucumán

Australia Series

Australia Series
Year	Test	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Series Outcome
1972	1st	Australia	14 – 14	France	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	Australia 0–1 France
	2nd	Australia	15 – 16	France	Ballymore, Brisbane
1981	1st	Australia	17 – 15	France	Ballymore, Brisbane	Australia 2–0 France
	2nd	Australia	24 – 14	France	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
1990	1st	Australia	21 – 9	France	Aussie Stadium, Sydney	Australia 2–1 France
	2nd	Australia	48 – 31	France	Ballymore, Brisbane
	3rd	Australia	19 – 28	France	Aussie Stadium, Sydney
1997	1st	Australia	29 – 15	France	Aussie Stadium, Sydney	Australia 2–0 France
	2nd	Australia	26 – 19	France	Ballymore, Brisbane
2002	1st	Australia	29 – 17	France	Telstra Dome, Melbourne	Australia 2–0 France
	2nd	Australia	31 – 25	France	Telstra Stadium, Sydney
2008	1st	Australia	43 – 13	France	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	Australia 2–0 France
	2nd	Australia	40 – 10	France	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
2014	1st	Australia	50 – 23	France	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane	Australia 3–0 France
	2nd	Australia	6 – 0	France	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
	3rd	Australia	39 – 13	France	Allianz Stadium, Sydney

New Zealand Series

New Zealand Series
Year	Test	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Series Outcome
1961	1st	New Zealand	13 – 6	France	Eden Park, Auckland	New Zealand 3–0 France
	2nd	New Zealand	5 – 3	France	Athletic Park, Wellington
	3rd	New Zealand	32 – 3	France	Lancaster Park, Christchurch
1968	1st	New Zealand	12 – 9	France	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	New Zealand 3–0 France
	2nd	New Zealand	9 – 3	France	Athletic Park, Wellington
	3rd	New Zealand	19 – 12	France	Eden Park, Auckland
1979	1st	New Zealand	23 – 9	France	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	New Zealand 1–1 France France lost 33–42 on points
	2nd	New Zealand	19 – 24	France	Eden Park, Auckland
1984	1st	New Zealand	10 – 9	France	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	New Zealand 2–0 France
	2nd	New Zealand	31 – 18	France	Eden Park, Auckland
1989	1st	New Zealand	25 – 17	France	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	New Zealand 2–0 France
	2nd	New Zealand	34 – 20	France	Eden Park, Auckland
1994	1st	New Zealand	8 – 22	France	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	New Zealand 0–2 France
	2nd	New Zealand	20 – 23	France	Eden Park, Auckland
2007	1st	New Zealand	42 – 11	France	Eden Park, Auckland	New Zealand 2–0 France
	2nd	New Zealand	61 – 10	France	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
2009	1st	New Zealand	22 – 27	France	Carisbrook, Dunedin	New Zealand 1–1 France France won 37–36 on points
	2nd	New Zealand	14 – 10	France	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
2013	1st	New Zealand	23 – 13	France	Eden Park, Auckland	New Zealand 3–0 France
	2nd	New Zealand	30 – 0	France	Rugby League Park, Christchurch
	3rd	New Zealand	24 – 9	France	Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth

South Africa Series

South Africa Series
Year	Test	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Series Outcome
1958	1st	South Africa	3 – 3	France	Newlands, Cape Town	South Africa 0–1 France (1 Draw)
	2nd	South Africa	5 – 9	France	Ellis Park, Johannesburg
1967	1st	South Africa	26 – 3	France	Kings Park Stadium, Durban	South Africa 2–1 France (1 Draw)
	2nd	South Africa	16 – 3	France	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
	3rd	South Africa	14 – 19	France	Ellis Park, Johannesburg
	4th	South Africa	6 – 6	France	Newlands, Cape Town
1971	1st	South Africa	22 – 9	France	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein	South Africa 1–0 France (1 Draw)
	2nd	South Africa	8 – 8	France	Kings Park Stadium, Durban
1975	1st	South Africa	38 – 25	France	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein	South Africa 2–0 France
	2nd	South Africa	33 – 18	France	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
1993	1st	South Africa	20 – 20	France	Kings Park Stadium, Durban	South Africa 0–1 France (1 Draw)
	2nd	South Africa	17 – 18	France	Ellis Park, Johannesburg
2001	1st	South Africa	23 – 33	France	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	South Africa 1–1 France France won 48–43 on points
	2nd	South Africa	20 – 15	France	Kings Park Stadium, Durban
2005	1st	South Africa	30 – 30	France	Kings Park Stadium, Durban	South Africa 1–0 France (1 Draw)
	2nd	South Africa	27 – 13	France	Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth

One-off Tests in Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa

Year	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue
1961	Australia	8 – 15	France	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
1964	South Africa	6 – 8	France	PAM Brink Stadium, Springs
1968	Australia	11 – 10	France	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
1980	South Africa	37 – 15	France	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
1986	Australia	27 – 14	France	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
1986	New Zealand	18 – 9	France	Lancaster Park, Christchurch
1999	New Zealand	54 – 7	France	Athletic Park, Wellington
2001	New Zealand	37 – 12	France	WestpacTrust Stadium, Wellington
2002	Argentina	28 – 27	France	José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires
2003	New Zealand	31 – 23	France	Jade Stadium, Christchurch
2005	Australia	31 – 23	France	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
2006	South Africa	26 – 36	France	Newlands, Cape Town
2009	Australia	22 – 6	France	ANZ Stadium, Sydney
2010	South Africa	42 – 17	France	Newlands, Cape Town
2010	Argentina	41 – 13	France	José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

1995 ARG 12-47 FRA Ferrocaril Oeste, Buenos Aires

Others

France's score is first.

External links

• (in French) French Stats Website