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2018 France rugby union tour of New Zealand
2018 France rugby union tour of New Zealand
Coach(es)	Jacques Brunel
Tour captain(s)	Mathieu Bastareaud
Summary
P	W
Total
03	00
Test match
03	00
Opponent
P	W
New Zealand
3	0
Tour chronology
Previous tour	South Africa 2017
Next tour	Australia 2021

In June 2018, France played a three-test series against New Zealand as part of the 2018 mid-year rugby union tests. The series was part of the sixth year of the global rugby calendar established by World Rugby, which runs through to 2019.^[1]

Fixtures

Date	Venue	Home	Score	Away
9 June 2018	Eden Park, Auckland	New Zealand	52–11	France
16 June 2018	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington	New Zealand	26–13	France
23 June 2018	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin	New Zealand	49–14	France

Squads

Note: Ages, caps and clubs are as per 9 June, the first test match of the tour.

France

On 22 May, Brunel named a 32-man squad ahead of France's three-test series against New Zealand.^[2]

On 27 May, Sébastien Taofifenua was called up to the squad to replace the injured Eddy Ben Arous.^[3]

On 10 June, Rémy Grosso was declared forfait for the rest of the tour.^[4]

Coaching team:

Head coach: Jacques Brunel
Backs coach: Jean-Baptiste Élissalde
Forwards coach: Sébastien Bruno
Defence coach: Julien Bonnaire

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

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Pierre Bougarit	Hooker	(1997-09-12)12 September 1997 (aged 20)	0	La Rochelle
Camille Chat	Hooker	(1995-12-18)18 December 1995 (aged 22)	11	Racing 92
Adrien Pélissié	Hooker	(1990-08-07)7 August 1990 (aged 27)	5	Bordeaux Bègles
Uini Atonio	Prop	(1990-03-26)26 March 1990 (aged 28)	28	La Rochelle
Cyril Baille	Prop	(1993-09-15)15 September 1993 (aged 24)	8	Toulouse
Eddy Ben Arous	Prop	(1990-08-25)25 August 1990 (aged 27)	20	Racing 92
Cedate Gomes Sa	Prop	(1993-08-07)7 August 1993 (aged 24)	5	Racing 92
Dany Priso	Prop	(1994-01-02)2 January 1994 (aged 24)	4	La Rochelle
Rabah Slimani	Prop	(1989-10-18)18 October 1989 (aged 28)	46	Clermont Auvergne
Sébastien Taofifénua	Prop	(1992-03-21)21 March 1992 (aged 26)	2	Bordeaux Bègles
Paul Gabrillagues	Lock	(1993-06-03)3 June 1993 (aged 25)	7	Stade Français
Félix Lambey	Lock	(1994-03-15)15 March 1994 (aged 24)	0	Lyon
Yoann Maestri	Lock	(1988-01-14)14 January 1988 (aged 30)	59	Toulouse
Mathieu Babillot	Flanker	(1993-09-09)9 September 1993 (aged 24)	1	Castres
Judicaël Cancoriet	Flanker	(1996-04-25)25 April 1996 (aged 22)	3	Clermont Auvergne
Kevin Gourdon	Flanker	(1990-01-23)23 January 1990 (aged 28)	16	La Rochelle
Alexandre Lapandry	Flanker	(1989-04-13)13 April 1989 (aged 29)	10	Clermont Auvergne
Bernard Le Roux	Flanker	(1989-06-04)4 June 1989 (aged 29)	29	Racing 92
Fabien Sanconnie	Flanker	(1995-02-21)21 February 1995 (aged 23)	3	Brive
Kélian Galletier	Number 8	(1992-03-18)18 March 1992 (aged 26)	3	Montpellier
Morgan Parra	Scrum-half	(1988-11-15)15 November 1988 (aged 29)	66	Clermont Auvergne
Baptiste Serin	Scrum-half	(1994-06-20)20 June 1994 (aged 23)	17	Bordeaux Bègles
Anthony Belleau	Fly-half	(1996-04-08)8 April 1996 (aged 22)	4	Toulon
Jules Plisson	Fly-half	(1991-08-20)20 August 1991 (aged 26)	15	Stade Français
Mathieu Bastareaud (c)	Centre	(1988-09-17)17 September 1988 (aged 29)	45	Toulon
Geoffrey Doumayrou	Centre	(1989-09-16)16 September 1989 (aged 28)	6	La Rochelle
Gaël Fickou	Centre	(1994-03-26)26 March 1994 (aged 24)	35	Toulouse
Wesley Fofana	Centre	(1988-01-20)20 January 1988 (aged 30)	44	Clermont Auvergne
Rémi Lamerat	Centre	(1990-01-14)14 January 1990 (aged 28)	18	Clermont Auvergne
Benjamin Fall	Wing	(1989-03-03)3 March 1989 (aged 29)	10	Montpellier
Rémy Grosso	Wing	(1988-12-04)4 December 1988 (aged 29)	4	Clermont Auvergne
Teddy Thomas	Wing	(1993-09-18)18 September 1993 (aged 24)	10	Racing 92
Hugo Bonneval	Fullback	(1990-11-19)19 November 1990 (aged 27)	11	Toulon
Maxime Médard	Fullback	(1986-11-16)16 November 1986 (aged 31)	47	Toulouse

New Zealand

On 20 May, Hansen named a 33-man squad ahead of the All Blacks' three-test June Series against France (9 June, 16 June, and 23 June).^[5]

Liam Coltman and Akira Ioane were included in the squad as precautionary injury cover.

On 1 June, Sonny Bill Williams was ruled out of the series due to a knee injury.^[6]

On 4 June, Tom Franklin, Luke Romano and Matt Todd were called up as injury cover, with Romano covering for Brodie Retallick who was ruled out of the first test.^[7]

All squad members play rugby in New Zealand.

Coaching team:

Head coach: Steve Hansen
Attack coach: Ian Foster
Forwards coach: Mike Cron
Defence coach: Scott McLeod

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Franchise/province
Nathan Harris	Hooker	(1992-03-08)8 March 1992 (aged 26)	11	Chiefs / Bay of Plenty
Codie Taylor	Hooker	(1991-03-31)31 March 1991 (aged 27)	29	Crusaders / Canterbury
Owen Franks	Prop	(1987-12-23)23 December 1987 (aged 30)	95	Crusaders / Canterbury
Joe Moody	Prop	(1988-09-18)18 September 1988 (aged 29)	31	Crusaders / Canterbury
Tim Perry	Prop	(1988-08-01)1 August 1988 (aged 29)	0	Crusaders / Tasman
Jeffery Toomaga-Allen	Prop	(1990-11-19)19 November 1990 (aged 27)	1	Hurricanes / Wellington
Karl Tu'inukuafe	Prop	(1993-02-21)21 February 1993 (aged 25)	0	Chiefs / North Harbour
Ofa Tu'ungafasi	Prop	(1992-04-19)19 April 1992 (aged 26)	14	Blues / Auckland
Scott Barrett	Lock	(1993-11-20)20 November 1993 (aged 24)	16	Crusaders / Taranaki
Tom Franklin	Lock	(1990-08-13)13 August 1990 (aged 27)	0	Highlanders / Otago
Brodie Retallick	Lock	(1991-05-31)31 May 1991 (aged 27)	68	Chiefs / Hawke's Bay
Luke Romano	Lock	(1986-02-16)16 February 1986 (aged 32)	31	Crusaders / Canterbury
Sam Whitelock (c)	Lock	(1988-10-12)12 October 1988 (aged 29)	96	Crusaders / Canterbury
Sam Cane	Flanker	(1992-01-13)13 January 1992 (aged 26)	53	Chiefs / Bay of Plenty
Vaea Fifita	Flanker	(1992-06-17)17 June 1992 (aged 25)	5	Hurricanes / Wellington
Shannon Frizell	Flanker	(1994-02-11)11 February 1994 (aged 24)	0	Highlanders / Tasman
Ardie Savea	Flanker	(1993-10-14)14 October 1993 (aged 24)	22	Hurricanes / Wellington
Liam Squire	Flanker	(1991-03-20)20 March 1991 (aged 27)	15	Highlanders / Tasman
Matt Todd	Flanker	(1988-03-24)24 March 1988 (aged 30)	13	Crusaders / Canterbury
Jordan Taufua	Number 8	(1992-01-29)29 January 1992 (aged 26)	0	Crusaders / Counties Manukau
Luke Whitelock	Number 8	(1991-01-29)29 January 1991 (aged 27)	2	Highlanders / Canterbury
TJ Perenara	Half-back	(1992-01-23)23 January 1992 (aged 26)	42	Hurricanes / Wellington
Aaron Smith	Half-back	(1988-11-21)21 November 1988 (aged 29)	71	Highlanders / Manawatu
Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi	Half-back	(1995-03-31)31 March 1995 (aged 23)	0	Chiefs / Taranaki
Beauden Barrett	First five-eighth	(1991-05-27)27 May 1991 (aged 27)	62	Hurricanes / Taranaki
Damian McKenzie	First five-eighth	(1995-04-25)25 April 1995 (aged 23)	12	Chiefs / Waikato
Richie Mo'unga	First five-eighth	(1994-05-25)25 May 1994 (aged 24)	0	Crusaders / Canterbury
Ryan Crotty	Centre	(1988-09-23)23 September 1988 (aged 29)	35	Crusaders / Canterbury
Jack Goodhue	Centre	(1995-07-13)13 July 1995 (aged 22)	0	Crusaders / Northland
Ngani Laumape	Centre	(1993-04-22)22 April 1993 (aged 25)	4	Hurricanes / Manawatu
Anton Lienert-Brown	Centre	(1995-04-15)15 April 1995 (aged 23)	22	Chiefs / Waikato
Sonny Bill Williams	Centre	(1985-08-03)3 August 1985 (aged 32)	46	Blues / Counties Manukau
Rieko Ioane	Wing	(1997-03-18)18 March 1997 (aged 21)	13	Blues / Auckland
Nehe Milner-Skudder	Wing	(1990-12-15)15 December 1990 (aged 27)	11	Hurricanes / Manawatu
Waisake Naholo	Wing	(1991-05-08)8 May 1991 (aged 27)	18	Highlanders / Taranaki
Jordie Barrett	Fullback	(1997-02-17)17 February 1997 (aged 21)	2	Hurricanes / Taranaki
Ben Smith	Fullback	(1986-06-01)1 June 1986 (aged 32)	64	Highlanders / Otago

Matches

First test

9 June 2018
19:35 NZST (UTC+12)

New Zealand	52–11	France
Try: B. Barrett 21' m Taylor 52' c B. Smith 55' c Ioane (2) 61' m, 74' m McKenzie 63' m Laumape 66' m Savea 78' c Con: B. Barrett (3/8) 54', 57', 80' Pen: B. Barrett (2/3) 13', 47'	Report	Try: Grosso 6' m Pen: Parra (2/3) 19', 35'

Eden Park, Auckland^[8]
Attendance: 45,850
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)


FB	15	Jordie Barrett	60'
RW	14	Ben Smith
OC	13	Anton Lienert-Brown
IC	12	Ryan Crotty	60'
LW	11	Rieko Ioane
FH	10	Beauden Barrett
SH	9	Aaron Smith	65'
N8	8	Luke Whitelock	72'
OF	7	Sam Cane	63' to 72'		74'
BF	6	Liam Squire
RL	5	Scott Barrett
LL	4	Sam Whitelock (c)
TP	3	Owen Franks	57'
HK	2	Codie Taylor	65'
LP	1	Joe Moody	45'
Replacements:
HK	16	Nathan Harris	65'
PR	17	Karl Tu'inukuafe	45'
PR	18	Ofa Tu'ungafasi	57'
FL	19	Vaea Fifita	72'
FL	20	Ardie Savea	63'	72'	74'
SH	21	TJ Perenara	65'
FH	22	Damian McKenzie	60'
CE	23	Ngani Laumape	60'
Coach:
Steve Hansen


FB	15	Maxime Médard
RW	14	Teddy Thomas
OC	13	Mathieu Bastareaud (c)
IC	12	Geoffrey Doumayrou
LW	11	Rémy Grosso		58'
FH	10	Anthony Belleau		60'
SH	9	Morgan Parra		60'
N8	8	Fabien Sanconnie
OF	7	Kevin Gourdon
BF	6	Judicaël Cancoriet		60'
RL	5	Yoann Maestri
LL	4	Paul Gabrillagues	50' to 60'	68'
TP	3	Uini Atonio		43'
HK	2	Camille Chat		60'
LP	1	Dany Priso		54'
Replacements:
HK	16	Adrien Pélissié		60'
PR	17	Cyril Baille		54'
PR	18	Rabah Slimani		43'
FL	19	Bernard Le Roux		68'
FL	20	Alexandre Lapandry		60'
SH	21	Baptiste Serin		60'
FH	22	Jules Plisson		60'
CE	23	Gaël Fickou		58'
Coach:
Jacques Brunel

Man of the Match:
Codie Taylor (New Zealand)

Touch judges:
Angus Gardner (Australia)
John Lacey (Ireland)
Television match official:
George Ayoub (Australia)

Notes:

Karl Tu'inukuafe (New Zealand) made his international debut.
Beauden Barrett, Jordie Barrett and Scott Barrett became the first trio of brother to start in an All Blacks XV.

Second test

16 June 2018
19:35 NZST (UTC+12)

New Zealand	26–13	France
Try: Moody 12' c B. Smith 19' c J. Barrett (2) 39' c, 56' m Con: McKenzie (3/4) 13', 19', 40'	Report	Try: Gomes Sa 80' c Con: Plisson (1/1) 80' Pen: Parra (2/2) 10', 30'

Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 34,422
Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia)


FB	15	Jordie Barrett
RW	14	Ben Smith
OC	13	Anton Lienert-Brown		57'	71'
IC	12	Ryan Crotty			71'
LW	11	Rieko Ioane
FH	10	Beauden Barrett		11'
SH	9	Aaron Smith		54'
N8	8	Luke Whitelock
OF	7	Sam Cane		43'
BF	6	Liam Squire		40'
RL	5	Scott Barrett
LL	4	Sam Whitelock (c)
TP	3	Owen Franks		33'
HK	2	Codie Taylor		50'
LP	1	Joe Moody		45'
Replacements:
HK	16	Nathan Harris		50'
PR	17	Karl Tu'inukuafe		45'
PR	18	Ofa Tu'ungafasi		33'
FL	19	Vaea Fifita		40'
FL	20	Ardie Savea		43'
SH	21	TJ Perenara	62' to 72'	54'
FH	22	Damian McKenzie		11'
CE	23	Ngani Laumape		57'
Coach:
Steve Hansen


FB	15	Benjamin Fall	11'
RW	14	Teddy Thomas
OC	13	Mathieu Bastareaud (c)
IC	12	Geoffrey Doumayrou		61'
LW	11	Gaël Fickou
FH	10	Anthony Belleau		71'
SH	9	Morgan Parra		54'
N8	8	Kevin Gourdon
OF	7	Kélian Galletier		64'
BF	6	Mathieu Babillot
RL	5	Yoann Maestri		57'
LL	4	Bernard Le Roux
TP	3	Uini Atonio		47'
HK	2	Camille Chat		57'
LP	1	Dany Priso		47'
Replacements:
HK	16	Pierre Bougarit		57'
PR	17	Cyril Baille		47'
PR	18	Cedate Gomes Sa		47'
LK	19	Paul Gabrillagues		57'
FL	20	Alexandre Lapandry		64'
SH	21	Baptiste Serin		54'
FH	22	Jules Plisson		71'
FB	23	Maxime Médard		61'
Coach:
Jacques Brunel

Man of the Match:
Jordie Barrett (New Zealand)

Touch judges:
John Lacey (Ireland)
Luke Pearce (England)
Television match official:
George Ayoub (Australia)

Notes:

Pierre Bougarit (France) made his international debut.
New Zealand retain the Dave Gallaher Trophy.

Third test

23 June 2018
19:35 NZST (UTC+12)

New Zealand	49–14	France
Try: B. Smith 15' c Todd 22' c McKenzie (2) 31' c, 46' c Ioane (3) 52' c, 58' c, 64' c Con: McKenzie (7/7) 16', 23', 32', 47', 53', 59', 65'		Try: Serin 11' c Fofana 27' c Con: Belleau (2/2) 12', 28'

Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)


FB	15	Ben Smith
RW	14	Waisake Naholo
OC	13	Jack Goodhue
IC	12	Sonny Bill Williams	57'
LW	11	Rieko Ioane
FH	10	Damian McKenzie	69'
SH	9	Aaron Smith	63'
N8	8	Luke Whitelock
OF	7	Ardie Savea	21' to 30'
BF	6	Shannon Frizell
RL	5	Scott Barrett
LL	4	Sam Whitelock (c)			69'
TP	3	Owen Franks	45'
HK	2	Codie Taylor	71'
LP	1	Joe Moody	63'
Replacements:
HK	16	Liam Coltman	71'
PR	17	Karl Tu'inukuafe	63'
PR	18	Ofa Tu'ungafasi	45'
LK	19	Jackson Hemopo	21'	30'	69'
FL	20	Matt Todd	16'
SH	21	TJ Perenara	63'
FH	22	Richie Mo'unga	69'
FB	23	Jordie Barrett	57'
Coach:
Steve Hansen


FB	15	Benjamin Fall	47'	59'
RW	14	Teddy Thomas			63'
OC	13	Rémi Lamerat	74'
IC	12	Wesley Fofana
LW	11	Gaël Fickou
FH	10	Anthony Belleau
SH	9	Morgan Parra (c)	7'
N8	8	Kevin Gourdon	50'
OF	7	Kélian Galletier
BF	6	Mathieu Babillot
RL	5	Yoann Maestri
LL	4	Bernard Le Roux	63'
TP	3	Uini Atonio	50'
HK	2	Camille Chat	44' to 48'		63'
LP	1	Dany Priso	50'
Replacements:
HK	16	Adrien Pélissié	44'	48'	63'
PR	17	Cyril Baille	50'
PR	18	Cedate Gomes Sa	50'
LK	19	Félix Lambey	63'
FL	20	Alexandre Lapandry	50'
SH	21	Baptiste Serin	7'
FH	22	Jules Plisson	74'
FB	23	Maxime Médard	47'	59'	63'
Coach:
Jacques Brunel

Man of the Match:
Scott Barrett (New Zealand)

Touch judges:
Angus Gardner (Australia)
Graham Cooper (Australia)
Television match official:
George Ayoub (Australia)

Notes:

Shannon Frizell, Jack Goodhue, Jackson Hemopo and Richie Mo'unga (all New Zealand) and Félix Lambey (France) made their international debuts.

References

^ "IRB approve new 10-year playing schedule". Rugby Week. 18 May 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
^ XV de France : Le groupe pour la tournée
^ XV de France : Ben Arous forfait
^ XV de France : Grosso forfait !
^ All Blacks squad named for 2018 Steinlager Series
^ Sonny Bill Williams out of Steinlager Series
^ All Blacks call in Luke Romano, Tom Franklin and Matt Todd as Brodie Retallick ruled out
^ "2018 Test match venues announced". 25 August 2017. Archived from the original on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.

External links

[1] "IRB approve new 10-year playing schedule". Rugby Week. 18 May 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2016.

[2] XV de France : Le groupe pour la tournée

[3] XV de France : Ben Arous forfait

[4] XV de France : Grosso forfait !

[5] All Blacks squad named for 2018 Steinlager Series

[6] Sonny Bill Williams out of Steinlager Series

[7] All Blacks call in Luke Romano, Tom Franklin and Matt Todd as Brodie Retallick ruled out

[NZLvFRA-8] "2018 Test match venues announced". 25 August 2017. Archived from the original on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.

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2018 France rugby union tour of New Zealand

Fixtures

Squads

France

New Zealand

Matches

First test

Second test

Third test

See also

References

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