1968 France rugby union tour of New Zealand and Australia

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In July and August 1968, the French national rugby union team toured New Zealand and Australia. They played three tests against New Zealand and one against Australia, losing all four.

Scores and results list France's points tally first.

	Date	Opponent	Location	Result	Score	Ref.
Match 1	3 July	Marlborough	Lansdowne Park, Blenheim	Lost	19–24
Match 2	6 July	Otago	Carisbrook, Dunedin	Won	12–6
Match 3	9 July	Southland	Rugby Park, Invercargill	Won	8–6
Match 4	13 July	New Zealand	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	Lost	9–12
Match 5	17 July	Taranaki	Rugby Park, New Plymouth	Won	21–6
Match 6	20 July	Hawke's Bay	McLean Park, Napier	Won	16–12
Match 7	23 July	Manawatu	The Showgrounds Oval, Palmerston North	Won	8–3
Match 8	27 July	New Zealand	Athletic Park, Wellington	Lost	3–9
Match 9	31 July	King Country	Taumarunui Domain, Taumarunui	Won	23–9
Match 10	3 August	North Auckland	Okara Park, Whangārei	Won	10–6
Match 11	6 August	Waikato	Rugby Park, Hamilton	Won	13–8
Match 13	10 August	New Zealand	Eden Park, Auckland	Lost	12–19	[1]
Match 14	17 August	Australia	SCG, Sydney	Lost	10–11	[2]

• Manager: J. C. Bourrier
• Assistant Manager: H. Foures
• Captain: Christian Carrère (Toulon)

Pierre Villepreux (Stade Toulousain), Claude Lacaze (Angoulême)

André Campaes (Lourdes), Jean-Marie Bonal (Stade Toulousain), Pierre Besson (Brive), Andre Piazza (Montauban), Claude Dourthe (Dax), Jean Trillo (Begles), Joe Maso (Perpignan), Jean-Pierre Lux (Tyrosse)

Christian Boujet (Grenoble), Jean Andrieu (Graulhet), Marcel Puget (Brive), Jean-Louis Bérot (Stade Toulousain)

Christian Carrère (Toulon), Jean-Jacques Salut (Toulouse O.E.C), Jean-Claude Olivier (Cognac), Michel Billieres (Stade Toulousain), Alain Plantefol (Agen), Walter Spanghero (Narbonne), Élie Cester (Toulouse O.E.C), Michel Greffe (Grenoble), Benoît Dauga (Mont de Marsan), Jean-Claude Noble (La Voulte), Jean-Claude Berejnoi (Tuille), Jean-Michel Esponda (Perpignan), Jean Iracabal, Michel Lasserre (Agen), Jean-Paul Baux (Lannemezan), Michel Yachvili (Tulle)