2008 France rugby union tour of Australia

2008 France rugby union tour of Australia
2008 France rugby union tour of Australia
Coach(es)	Marc Lièvremont
Tour captain(s)	Lionel Nallet
Top point scorer(s)	François Trinh-Duc (10)
Top try scorer(s)	Alexis Palisson (1); François Trinh-Duc (1)
Summary
P	W
Total
02	00
Test match
02	00
Opponent
P	W
Australia
2	0
Tour chronology
Previous tour	New Zealand 2007
Next tour	New Zealand & Australia 2009

The 2008 France rugby union tour of Australia was a series of matches played in June–July 2008 in Australia by France national rugby union team. The French (with 12 "newcomers" and without the player of the club finalist of Top 14) lost heavily both test.

Results

28 June 2008

Australia	34–13	France
Try: Giteau 35', Sharpe 42' Elsom 46', Mortlock 62' Con: Giteau 36' 43' 47' 63' Pen: Giteau 18' 50'	Report^[1]	Try: Palisson 66 Con: Trin-Duc 67' Pen: Yachvili 21' 40'

Stadium Australia, Sydney
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Marius Jonker (South Africa)


Australia		France
Cameron Shepherd	FB	15	FB	Pepito Elhorga 22'
Peter Hynes	W	14	W	Alexis Palisson
(capt.) Stirling Mortlock	C	13	C	François Trinh-Duc
56' Berrick Barnes	C	12	C	Damien Traille
28' Lote Tuqiri	W	11	W	Benjamin Thiery
Matt Giteau	FH	10	FH	Benjamin Boyet 62'
69' Luke Burgess	SH	9	SH	Dimitri Yachvili 60'
45' Wycliff Palu	N8	8	N8	Louis Picamoles 57'
65' George Smith	F	7	F	Imanol Harinordoquy
Rocky Elsom	F	6	F	Fulgence Ouedraogo
Nathan Sharpe	L	5	L	Lionel Nallet (capt.) 69'
James Horwill	L	4	L	Sébastien Chabal
Al Baxter	P	3	P	Benoit Lecouls
69' Stephen Moore	H	2	H	Sébastien Bruno 49'
59' Benn Robinson	P	1	P	Lionel Faure 48'
		Replacements
69' Adam Freier	H	16	H	Benjamin Kayser 49'
59' Ben Alexander	P	17	P	Renaud Boyoud 48'
65' Dean Mumm	F	18	L	David Couzinet 69'
45' Phil Waugh	N8	19	N8	Matthieu Lievremont 57'
69' Sam Cordingley	SH	20	SH	Sebastien Tillous-Borde 60'
56' Ryan Cross	C	21	FH	Thibault Lacroix 62'
28' Adam Ashley-Cooper	W	22	FB	David Janin 22'
		Coaches
Robbie Deans				Marc Lièvremont

5 July 2008

Australia	40–10	France
Try: Hynes 6', Horwill (36' Cross 57' 67 Con: Giteau 7' 36' 58' 68' Pen: Giteau 3' 15' 23' 28'	Report^[2]	Try: Trinh-Duc 80' Con: Yachvili 80' Pen: Trinh-Duc 40'

Lang Park, Brisbane
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)


Australia		France
Adam Ashley-Cooper	FB	15	FB	Benjamin Thiery
Peter Hynes	W	14	W	Alexis Palisson
72' (capt.) Stirling Mortlock	C	13	C	Maxime Mermoz 41'
52' Berrick Barnes	C	12	C	Thibault Lacroix 56'
Lachie Turner	W	11	W	David Janin
Matt Giteau	FH	10	FH	François Trinh-Duc
23' to 43' 73' Luke Burgess	SH	9	SH	Sebastien Tillous-Borde 79'
50' Stephen Hoiles	N8	8	N8	Imanol Harinordoquy 25' to 39'
Phil Waugh	F	7	F	Fulgence Ouedraogo 61'
Rocky Elsom	F	6	F	Matthieu Lievremont
Dean Mumm	L	5	L	Lionel Nallet (capt.)
39' James Horwill	L	4	L	Sébastien Chabal 75'
Al Baxter	P	3	P	Renaud Boyoud
73' Stephen Moore	H	2	H	Sébastien Bruno 62'
61' Benn Robinson	P	1	P	Pierre Correia 50'
		Replacements
73' Adam Freier	H	16	H	Benjamin Kayser 62'
61' Ben Alexander	P	17	P	Benoit Lecouls 50'
39' Hugh McMeniman	L	18	C	Benjamin Boyet 65' to 75' 41'
50' George Smith	N8	19	N8	Louis Picamoles 25'-39' 61'
23'-43' 73' Sam Cordingley	SH	20	L	Yannick Caballero 75'
52' Ryan Cross	C	21	SH	Dimitri Yachvili 79'
72' Cameron Shepherd	C	22	FB	Jean-Baptiste Peyras-Loustalet 56'
		Coaches
Robbie Deans				Marc Lièvremont

References

^ "Australia 34-13 France". BBC News. 28 June 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ "Australia 40-10 France". BBC News. 5 July 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2017.