France


France - Statistics
(as at 21/5/2012)

Founded: 1919
IRB Affiliation: 1978
President: Bernard Lapasset
Secretary : Alain Doucet
Address:
Federation Francaise de Rugby, 9 Rue de Liege, 75431, Paris, France
Website : www.ffr.fr
E-mail : MDUHART@ffr.fr
Colours: Blue, White and Red
Coach: Phillippe Saint-André
Team Manager: Jo Maso
Captain: Thierry Dusautoir
No of clubs: 1,720
No of coaches : 14,424
No of players:
222,609
World Cup Champions: None; FINALISTS: 1987, 1999, 2011; BRONZE MEDALISTS: 1995.
5-Nations
Champions:
1954, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1997, 1998
Grand Slam: 1968, 1977, 1981, 1987, 1997, 1998
6-Nations
Champions:
2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010
Grand Slam: 2002, 2004, 2010
INDEX
1. Players  Test Statistics - 2012
2. Players RWC Statistics - 2011
3.France Non_test Statistics - 2009
4.France 'A' Nations & Churchill Cup Statistics - 2009
5.Match Results - 2007-2012
6.Summary - 2000-2012
7.World Cup Results - 1987-2011
8.Summary World Cup - 1987-2011
9.France's Overall Test Record Against All Countries
10.Players Test Profiles
11.
Test Records
Pld = Played
PF = Points For
PA = Points Against
PD = Points Difference
TF = Tries For
TA = Tries Against

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1. PLAYERS TEST STATISTICS - 2012
Most Points in 2011: 75 - Morgan Parra
Most tries in 2011: 9 - Vincent Clerc

Name T C P D Total
Morgan Parra 0 3 7 0 27
Wesley Fofana 4 0 0 0 20
Dimitri Yachvili 0 2 4 0 16
Lionel Beauxis 0 0 4 1 15
Vincent Clerc 1 0 0 0 5
Julien Malzieu 1 0 0 0 5
Maxime Médard 1 0 0 0 5
Aurelien Rougerie 1 0 0 0 5
Julien Dupuy 0 0 1 0 3
T - Tries scored
C - Conversions
D - Drop goals
P - Penalties
Test tries scored
5 -
4 Wesley Fofana
3 -
2 -
1 Vincent Clerc
Julien Malzieu
Maxime Médard
Aurelien Rougerie

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2. PLAYERS RWC STATISTICS - 2011

Name T C P D Total
Dimitri Yachvili 0 6 9 0 39
Morgan Parra 1 4 8 0 37
Vincent Clerc 6 0 0 0 30
Francois Trinh-Duc 2 1 0 2 18
Thierry Dusautoir 1 0 0 0 5
Maxime Médard 1 0 0 0 5
Maxime Mermoz 1 0 0 0 5
Lionel Nallet 1 0 0 0 5
Pascal Pape 1 0 0 0 5
Julien Pierre 1 0 0 0 5
Damien Traille 1 0 0 0 5
T - Tries scored
C - Conversions
D - Drop goals
P - Penalties
Test tries scored
6 Vincent Clerc
5 -
4 -
3 -
2 Francois Trinh-Duc
1 Thierry Dusautoir
Maxime Médard
Maxime Mermoz
Lionel Nallet
Pascal Pape
Morgan Parra
Julien Pierre
Damien Traille

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3 FRANCE NON-TEST STATISTICS - 2010

Points T C PG DG Total
David Skrela 0 3 2 0 12
Julien Malzieu 2 0 0 0 10
Marc Andreu 1 0 0 0 5
Greg Lamboley 1 0 0 0 5
Jerome Porical 1 0 0 0 5
T - Tries scored
C - Conversions
P - Penalties
D - Drop goals

Results

Date Opponent Venue Result Tries
18/6/2010 Argentina 'A' Mar del Plata 37-14 5-2

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4. FRANCE 'A' CHURCHILL CUP STATISTICS - 2010
Most points in 2009: 20 - Fabrice Estebanez
Most Tries in 2009: 2 - Romain Martial

Points T C PG DG Total
Lionel  Beauxis 0 4 5 1 26
Julien Arias 2 0 0 0 10
Yohan Audrin 2 0 0 0 10
Antoine Battut 2 0 0 0 10
Jonathan Wisniewksi 0 4 0 0 8
Florian Cazenave 1 0 0 0 5
Henry Chavancy 1 0 0 0 5
Julien Dupuy 1 0 0 0 5
Forestier 1 0 0 0 5
Benjamin Kayser 1 0 0 0 5
Thibault Lacroix 1 0 0 0 5
T - Tries scored
C - Conversions
P - Penalties
D - Drop goals

Results

Date Opponent Venue Result Tries
CHURCHILL CUP - - 2010
9/6/2010 Uruguay Colorado 43-10 7-1
13/6/2010 Canada Colorado 27-33 2-3
19/6/2010 USA New Jersey 24-10 3-1
Played 3 Won 2 Lost 1 94-53 12-5
NATIONS CUP - - 2009
12/6/2009 Italy A Bucharest 31-15 5-0
16/6/2009 Romania Bucharest 20-16 2-1
21/6/2009 Scotland A FINAL Bucharest 12-22 0-1
Played 3 Won 2 Lost 1 63-53 7-2

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5. MATCH RESULTS - 2007-2012

Date Opponent Venue & Kick-off Time Competition H/Time Result Tries League pts

2012

4/2/2012 Italy Stade de France, Paris: 15:30 Six Nations 15-6 30-12 4-0 2
26/2/2012 Scotland Murrayfield, Edinburgh: 15:00 Six Nations 10-10 23-17 2-2 2
11/2/2012 Ireland Stade de France, Paris: 21:00 Six Nations 6-17 17-17 1-2 1
11/3/2012 England Stade de France, Paris: 14:00 Six Nations 9-14 22-24 1-3 0
17/3/2012 Wales Millennium Stadium, Cardiff: 14:45 Six Nations 3-10 9-16 0-1 0
16/6/2012 Argentina Buenos Aires June International 0-0 0-0 0-0 -
23/6/2012 Argentina Rosario June International 0-0 0-0 0-0 -
10/11/2012 Australia Stade de France, Paris End-of-the-Year-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 -
17/11/2012 Argentina TBA (Lille or Lyon) End-of-the-Year-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 -
24/11/2012 Samoa Stade de France, Paris End-of-the-Year-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 -

2011

5/2/2011 Scotland Murrayfield, Edinburgh: 18:00 6-Nations 17-7 34-21 4-3 2
13/2/2011 Ireland Aviva Stadium, Dublin: 15:00 6-Nations 12-15 25-22 1-3 2
26/2/2011 England Twickenham, London: 17:00 6-Nations 9-9 9-17 0-1 0
12/3/2011 Italy Stadio Flaminio, Rome: 15:30 6-Nations 6-8 21-22 2-1 0
19/3/2011 Wales Stade de France, Paris: 20:45 6-Nations 11-3 28-9 3-1 2
13/8/2011 Ireland Stade Chaban Delmas, Bordeaux: 16:30 RWC Warm-up Test 13-3 19-12 1-0 -
20/8/2011 Ireland Aviva Stadium, Dublin: 15:00 RWC Warm-up Test 19-8 26-22 2-3 -
/2011 - - - 0-0 0-0 0-0 -
/2011 - - - 0-0 0-0 0-0 -

2010

7/2/2010 Scotland Murrayfield, Edinburgh: 15:00 6-Nations 15-6 18-9 2-0 2
13/2/2010 Ireland Stade de France, Paris: 17:30 6-Nations 17-3 33-10 3-1 2
26/2/2010 Wales Millennium Stadium, Cardiff: 20:00 6-Nations 20-0 26-20 2-2 2
14/3/2010 Italy Stade de France, Paris: 15;30 6-Nations 22-3 46-20 6-2 2
20/3/2010 England Stade de France, Paris: 20:45 6-Nations 12-7 12-10 0-1 2
12/6/2010 South Africa Newlands, Cape Town: 14:00 Test 10-25 17-42 2-5 -
18/6/2010 Argentina 'A' Mar del Plata Non-Test - 37-14 5-2 -
26/6/2010 Argentina Buenos Aires Test 6-13 13-41 1-4 -
13/11/2010 Fiji Nantes Test 16-6 34-12 3-0 -
20/11/2010 Argentina Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier Test 9-3 15-9 0-0 -
27/11/2010 Australia Stade de France, Paris Trophee des Bicentenaires Test 13-13 16-59 1-7 -

2009

7/2/2009 Ireland Croke Park, Dublin: 19:00 6-Nations 10-13 21-30 2-3 0
14/2/2009 Scotland Stade de France, Paris: 17:00 6-Nations 6-3 22-13 1-1 2
27/2/2009 Wales Stade de France, Paris: 22:00 6-Nations 13-13 21-16 2-1 2
15/3/2009 England Twickenham, London: 17:00 6-Nations 0-29 10-34 2-5 0
21/3/2008 Italy Stadio Flaminio, Rome: 15:15 6-Nations 25-3 50-8 7-1 2
13/6/2009 New Zealand Carisbrook, Dunedin: 19:35 1st Test 17-11 27-22 3-2 -
20/6/2009 New Zealand WestPac Stadium, Wellington: 19:35 2nd Test 0-8 10-14 1-1 -
27/6/2009 Australia Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney Test 3-10 6-22 0-1 -
13/11/2009 South Africa Stade de France, Paris End of the Year-1 11-13 20-13 1-1 -
21/11/2009 Samoa Stade de France, Paris End of the Year-2 33-0 43-5 7-1 -
28/11/2009 New Zealand Stade Vélodrome, Marseille End of the Year-3 12-22 12-39 0-5 -

2008

3/2/2008 Scotland Murrayfield: 17:00 6-Nations 17-6 27-6 3-0 2
9/2/2008 Ireland Stade de France: 18:00 6-Nations 19-6 26-21 4-2 2
23/2/2008 England Stade de France: 22:00 6-Nations 10-13 13-24 1-2 0
9/3/2008 Italy Stade de France: 15:00 6-Nations 13-6 25-13 3-1 2
15/3/2008 Wales Millennium Stadium: 19:00 6-Nations 6-9 12-29 0-2 0
28/6/2008 Australia ANZ Stadium, Sydney Des Bicentenaries-1 6-10 13-34 1-4 -
5/7/2008 Australia Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Des Bicentenaries-2 3-19 10-40 1-4 -
8/11/2008 Argentina Marseille End-of-the-Year-1 9-6 12-6 0-0 -
15/11/2008 Pacific Islands Sochaux End-of-the-Year-2 17-12 42-17 5-1 -
22/11/2008 Australia Stade de France Des Bicentenaries-3/EoY-3 7-10 13-18 1-2 -

2007

3/2/2007 Italy Stadio Flaminio, Rome: 15:30 6-Nations 22-3 39-3 5-0 2
11/2/2007 Ireland Croke Park, Dublin: 15:00 6-Nations 13-11 20-17 2-1 2
24/2/2007 Wales Stade de France: 21:00 6-Nations 23-14 32-21 2-3 2
11/3/2007 England Twickenham: 15:00 6-Nations 12-9 18-26 0-2 0
17/3/2007 Scotland Stade de France: 16:30 6-Nations 20-14 46-19 6-3 2
2/6/2007 New Zealand Eden Park, Auckland: 19:35 1st Test 3-20 11-42 1-5 -
9/6/2007 New Zealand WestPac Stadium, Wellington: 19:35 2nd Test 3-30 10-61 1-9 -
11/8/2007 England Twickenham, London 1st Test 11-12 21-15 2-0 -
18/8/2007 England Marseille 2nd Test - 22-9 1-0 -
26/8/2007 Wales Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Test 17-7 34-7 4-1 -

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6. TEST MATCH SUMMARY - 2000-2012

Pld Won Lost Draw PF PA TF TA League pts

2012

- - - - - - - - -

6-Nations

5 2 2 1 101 94 8 8 5
vs Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -

vs Australia

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TOTAL: 2012

5 2 2 1 101 94 8 8 -

2011

14 10 4 0 321 241 29 25 -

2010

10 7 3 0 230 232 20 22 -

2009

11 6 5 0 242 216 26 22 -
2008 10 5 5 0 193 208 19 18 -
2007 17 11 6 0 480 323 51 35 -
2006 10 7 3 0 287 221 35 20 -
2005 12 8 3 1 353 226 39 22 -
2004 10 8 2 0 277 187 27 19 -
2003 18 10 8 0 568 373 60 34 -
2002 11 7 3 1 310 196 30 19 -
2001 11 6 5 0 285 251 25 21 -
2000 9 5 4 0 288 203 28 16 -
TOTAL 146 89 54 3 3935 2963 397 281 -

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7. WORLD CUP RESULTS - 1987-2011

Date Opponent Venue Result Tries

1987

New Zealand and Australia

23/5/1987 Scotland Lancester Park, Christchurch 20-20 3-2
28/5/1987 Romania Athletic Park, Wellington 55-12 9-0
2/6/1987 Zimbabwe Eden Park, Auckland 70-12 13-1
7/6/1987 Fiji Eden Park, Auckland - Quarter-final 31-16 4-2
13/6/1987 Australia Concord Oval, Sydney - Semi-final 30-24 4-2
20/6/1987 New Zealand Eden Park, Auckland - FINAL 9-29 1-3

1991

Britain & France

4/10/1991 Romania Stade de la Mediterranee, Beziers 30-3 4-0
8/10/1991 Fiji Stade Lesdiguieres, Grenoble 33-9 6-1
13/10/1991 Canada Stade Armandie, Agen 19-13 2-1
19/10/1991 England Parc des Princes - Quarter-final 10-19 1-2

1995

South Africa

26/5/1995 Tonga Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria 38-10 4-1
30/5/1995 Ivory Coast Olympia Park, Rustenburg 54-18 8-2
3/6/1995 Scotland Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria 22-19 1-1
10/6/1995 Ireland King's Park, Durban - Quarter-final 36-12 2-0
17/6/1995 South Africa King's Park, Durban - Semi-final 15-19 0-1
22/6/1995 England Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria - Third Place Playoff 19-9 2-0

1999

Britain and France

2/10/1999 Canada Stade de la Mediterranee, Beziers 33-20 4-2
8/10/1999 Namibia Stade Lescure, Bordeaux 47-13 6-1
16/10/1999 Fiji Stade Municipal, Toulouse 28-19 3-1
24/10/1999 Argentina Lansdowne Road, Dublin - Quarter-final 47-26 5-2
31/10/1999 New Zealand Twickenham, London - Semi-final 43-31 4-3
6/11/1999 Australia Millennium Stadium, Cardiff - FINAL 12-35 0-2

2003

Australia

11/10/2003 Fiji Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 61-18 7-2
18/10/2003 Japan Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville 51-29 6-2
25/10/2003 Scotland Telstra Stadium, Sydney 51-9 5-0
31/10/2003 USA WIN Stadium, Woollongong 41-14 5-2
9/11/2003 Ireland Telstra Dome, Melbourne - Quarter-final 43-21 4-3
16/11/2003 England Telstra Stadium, Sydney - Semi-final 7-24 1-0
20/11/2003 New Zealand Telstra Stadium, Sydney - Third Place Playoff 13-40 1-6

2007

Group D

France & Britain

7/9/2007 Argentina Stade de France, St. Denis 12-17 0-1
16/9/2007 Namibia Toulouse 87-10 13-1
21/9/2007 Ireland St. Denis 25-3 2-0
30/9/2007 Georgia Marseille 64-7 9-1
6/10/2007 New Zealand Cardiff: Quarter-final-2 20-18 2-2
13/10/2007 England St. Denis: Semi-final-1 9-14 0-1
19/10/2007 Argentina St. Denis: Third Place Playoff 10-34 1-5

2011

Group A

New Zealand & Local Kick-off Time

10/9/2011 Japan North Harbour Stadium, Albany (18:00) 47-21 6-2
18/9/2011 Canada McLean Park, Napier (20:30) 46-19 4-1
24/9/2011 New Zealand Eden Park, Auckland  (20:30) 17-37 2-5
1/10/2011 Tonga Regional Stadium, Wellington (18:00) 14-19 1-1
8/10/2011 England Eden Park, Auckland (19:00): Quarter-final-2 19-12 3-1
15/10/2011 Wales Eden Park, Auckland (19:00): Semi-final 9-8 0-1
23/10/2011 New Zealand Eden Park, Auckland (21:00): FINAL 7-8 1-1

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8. SUMMARY WORLD CUP - 1987-2011

Played Won Lost Draw Pts F Pts A Tries F Tries A
1987 6 4 1 1 215 113 34 10
1991 4 3 1 0 92 44 13 4
1995 6 5 1 0 184 87 17 5
1999 6 5 1 0 210 144 22 11
2003 7 5 2 0 267 155 29 15
2007 7 4 3 0 227 103 27 11
2011 7 4 3 0 159 116 16 13
TOTAL 43 30 12 1 1354 762 158 69

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9. FRANCE'S OVERALL TEST RECORD AGAINST ALL COUNTRIES
(1/1/1906 to 26/3/2011)

Opponents (*) & Date of first match Pld Won Lost Drawn PF PA
Argentina: 28/8/1949 44 32 11 1 1048 681
Australia: 22/1/1928 41 16 23 2 704 864
British Isles: 25/2/1940 (+) 5 2 3 3 67 101
Canada: 13/10/1991 8 7 1 0 274 101
Czechoslovakia: 16/12/1956 2 2 0 0 47 9
England: 22/3/1906 96 38 51 7 1156 1451
Fiji: 17/10/1964 8 8 0 0 319 96
Georgia: 30/9/2007 1 1 0 0 64 7
Germany: 17/4/1927 15 13 2 0 298 89
Ireland: 20/3/1909 90 55 29 6 1451 1033
Ireland XV: 1946 1 1 0 0 4 3
Italy: 17/10/1937 33 31 2 0 1000 341
Ivory Coast: 30/5/1995 1 1 0 0 54 18
Japan: 27/10/1973 3 3 0 0 128 68
Namibia: 8/10/1999 2 2 0 0 134 23
New Zealand: 1/1/1906 51 12 38 1 672 1242
NZ Army: 10/3/1946 1 0 1 0 9 14
NZ Maori: 26/12/1926 1 0 1 0 3 12
Pacific Islands: 15/11/2008 1 1 0 0 42 17
Romania: 4/5/1924 49 39 8 2 1275 451
Samoa: 1999 2 2 0 0 82 27
Scotland: 22/1/1910 85 48 34 3 1186 1006
South Africa: 11/1/1913 38 11 21 6 568 764
Tonga: 26/5/1995 4 2 2 0 111 57
United States of America: 10/10/1920 7 6 1 0 181 93
Wales: 2/3/1908 90 43 44 3 1313 1321
Wales XV: 1945 2 1 1 0 12 8
Zimbabwe: 2/6/1987 1 1 0 0 70 12
TOTAL 682 378 273 31 12272 9908
ratio (%) 55.43 40.03 4.54
(*) The above table refers to all matches where Test Caps have been awarded. It is important to note that there can be some differentiation between countries in terms of awarding caps. Some countries have awarded caps in games their opponents have not recognised as Tests.
(+) Matches played against Great Britain (25/2/1940), British Army (1/1/1945), British Empire (28/4/1945 & 1/1/1946) and British & Irish Lions (4/10/1989).

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10. PLAYERS PROFILES

Name Club Birthdate Height Weight Position Tests Points Tries
Marc Andreu Castres 27/12/1985 1.66m 83kg Wing 6 10 2
Julien Arias Stade Toulousain 26/10/1983 1.78m 82kg Wing 2 0 0
Benoit Baby Stade Toulousain 7/11/1983 1.72m 82kg Centre 9 8 1
David Attoub Stade Francais 7/6/1981 1.83m 110kg Prop 2 0 0
(x)Fabien Barcella Biarritz 27/10/1983 1.83m 103kg Prop 20 0 0
Matthieu Barrau Agen 3/9/1977 1.72m 77kg Scrumhalf 3 0 0
Mathieu Bastareaud Stade Francais 17/9/1988 1.83m 110kg Centre 9 10 2
Lionel Beauxis Toulouse 24/10/1985 1.80m 82kg Flyhalf 20 125 1
(x)Julien Bonnaire Clermont Auvergne 20/9/1978 1.93m 103kg Loose Forward 75 30 6
Sébastien Bruno Sale Sharks 26/12/1974 1.75m 105kg Hooker 26 20 4
Julien Brugnaut Dax 17/11/1981 1.86m 120kg Prop 2 0 0
Jean-Marcelin Buttin - 16/12/1991 1.90m 95kg Centre 1 0 0
Julien Candelon Narbonne 8/7/1980 1.72m 82kg Wing 2 10 2
Sébastien Chabal Racing-Metro 8/12/1977 1.87m 103kg Flank/lock 62 30 6
Damien Chouly Perpignan 27/11/1985 1.93m 102kg Loose forward 4 0 0
(x)Vincent Clerc Toulouse 7/5/1981 1.77m 85kg Wing 61 160 32
Yann David Toulouse 15/4/1988 1.85m 102kg Centre 4 5 1
Vincent Debaty Clermont-Auvergne 2/10/1981 1.90m 120kg Prop 6 0 0
Ibrahim Diarra Montauban 25/5/1983 1.85m 98kg Flank 1 0 0
Christophe Dominci Stade Francais 20/5/1972 1.72m 83kg Wing 67 125 25
Thomas Domingo Clermont Auvergne 20/8/1985 1.73m 107kg Prop 18 0 0
(*)Jean-Marc Doussain Toulouse 12/2/1991 1.74m 90kg Scrum/flyhalf 1 0 0
(x)Luc Ducalcon Castres 2/1/1984 1.83m 115kg Prop 11 0 0
Julien Dupuy Stade Francais 19/12/1983 1.78m 78kg Scrumhalf 8 38 0
(x)Thierry Dusautoir
(CAPTAIN)
Toulouse 18/12/1981 1.88m 95kg Flanker 54 30 6
Pepito Elhorga Agen 6/1/1978 1.78m 80kg Fullback/Wing 18 15 3
Jean-Bapiste Elissalde Stade Toulousain 23/11/1977 1.72m 72kg Scrum/Flyhalf 35 212 4
(x)Patrice Estebanez Brive 26/12/1981 1.88m 98kg Centre 7 0 0
Benjamin Fall Bayonne 29/4/1989 1.86m 90kg Wing 2 5 1
Lionel Faure Sale Sharks 26/11/1977 1.86m 114kg Prop 8 0 0
Anthony Floch Clermont-Auvergne 12/2/1983 1.82m 80kg Wing/fullback 4 5 1
Wesley Fofana Clermont-Auvergne 20/1/1988 1.78m 88kg Centre 6 20 4
Florian Fritz Toulouse 17/1/1984 1.78m 96kg Centre 20 21 2
Francois Gelez Agen 15/1/1979 1.80m 84kg Flyhalf 8 81 0
(x)Guilhem Guirado Perpignan 17/6/1986 1.80m 99kg Hooker 15 0 0
(x)Imanol Harinordoguy Biarritz 20/2/1980 1.90m 102kg Eighthman/flank 82 65 13
(x)Cedric Heymans Toulouse 20/7/1978 1.85m 90kg Fullback/wing 59 80 16
Yoann Huget Bayonne 2/6/1987 1.90m 93kg Wing 7 0 0
Raphaél Ibanez London Wasps 17/12/1973 1.80m 96kg Hooker 98 40 8
Lo Jacquet Clermont-Auvergne 14/3/1985 1.98m 103kg Lock 4 0 0
Yannick Jauzion Toulouse 28/7/1978 1.93m 95kg Centre 73 103 20
Nicolas Jeanjean Stade Toulousain 13/5/1981 1.90m 89kg Fullback/wing 9 10 2
Benjamin Kayser Toulouse 26/7/1984 1.80m 102kg Hooker 10 0 0
Julien Laharrague Brive 21/7/1978 1.85m 90kg Fullback/wing 13 20 4
(x)Raphaël Lakafia Biarritz 28/10/1988 1.93m 98kg Eighthman 4 0 0
Gregory Lamboley Stade Toulousain 12/1/1982 1.98m 100kg Lock 12 5 1
Alexandre Lapandry Clermont-Auvergne 13/4/1989 1.93m 101kg Flank 5 5 1
Benoit Lecouls Toulouse 22/3/1978 1.85m 110kg Prop 7 0 0
Wenceslas Lauret Biarritz 28/3/1989 1.85m 92kg Flank 1 0 0
Brian Liebenberg Stade Francais 19/9/1979 1.87m 106kg Centre 12 25 5
Yoann Maestri Toulouse 14/1/1988 2.00m 119kg Lock 6 0 0
Julien Malzieu Clermont-Auvergne 3/5/1983 1.93m 92kg Wing 20 30 6
Sylvain Marconnet Stade Francais 8/4/1976 1.82m 113kg Prop 84 15 3
Remy Martin Bayonne 10/8/1979 1.95m 107kg Falnk/lock 23 15 3
(x)David Marty Perpignan 30/10/1982 1.80m 86kg Centre 40 60 12
Lionel Mazars Bayonne 26/6/1984 1.83m 90kg Centre 2 0 0
(x)Nicolas Mas Perpignan 23/5/1980 1.80m 110kg Prop 53 0 0
(x)Maxime Medard Toulouse 16/11/1986 1.80m 88kg Fullback/wing 30 55 11
Arnaud Mela Albi 19/1/1980 1.97m 115kg Lock 4 0 0
(x)Maxime Mermoz Perpignan 28/7/1986 1.80m 86kg Centre 18 5 1
Frédéric Michalak Toulouse 16/10/1982 1.72m 78kg Flyhalf 54 251 9
Pierre Mignoni Clermont-Averegne 28/2/1977 1.70m 75kg Scrumhalf 28 30 6
(x)Romain Millo-Chluski Toulouse 20/4/1983 1.94m 99kg Lock 16 0 0
Olivier Milloud Bourgoin 9/12/1975 1.85m 106kg Prop 51 5 1
(x)Lionel Nallet Racing Metro 14/9/1976 1.98m 116kg Lock 74 45 9
Benjamin Noirot Biarritz 17/12/1980 1.82m 110kg Hooker 1 0 0
Yannick Nyanga Stade Toulousain 19/12/1983 1.86m 92kg Flank 25 25 5
(x)Fulgence Ouedraogo Montpellier 21/7/1986 1.90m 94kg No 8/flanker 26 5 1
(x)Alexis Palisson Brive 9/9/1987 1.75m 75kg Fullback/wing 21 10 2
(x)Pascal Papé Stade Francais 5/10/1980 1.95m 115kg Lock 41 15 3
(x)Morgan Parra Clermont-Averegne 15/11/1988 1.80m 76kg Scrum-/flyhalf 42 259 2
Julien Peyrelongue Biarritz 2/4/1980 1.87m 85kg Flyhalf 6 3 0
(x)Louis Picamoles Toulouse 5/2/1986 1.92m 106kg Flanker/No 8 28 5 1
(x)Julien Pierre Clermont Auvergne 31/8/1981 1.98m 106kg Lock 26 5 1
Clément Poitrenaud Toulouse 20/5/1982 1.87m 86kg Fullback 46 35 7
Jerome Porical Perpignan 20/9/1985 1.85m 87kg Fullback 4 3 0
(x)Jean-Baptiste Poux Toulouse 26/5/1979 1.80m 105kg Prop 42 15 3
Julien Puricelli Bayonne 1/8/1981 1.95m 108kg Flank 3 0 0
Thibaut Privat Clermont-Auvergne 6/2/1979 1.98m 113kg Lock 10 0 0
(x)Aurélien Rougerie Clermont-Auvergne 26/9/1980 1.93m 93kg Wing/centre 76 115 23
Joe Schuster Perpignan 29/6/1985 1.80m 105kg Prop 2 0 0
(x)William Servat Toulouse 9/12/1978 1.80m 100kg Hooker 50 10 2
(x)David Skrela Stade Francais 2/3/1979 1.90m 95kg Flyhalf 22 110 0
(x)Dimitri Szarzewski Stade Francais 26/11/1983 1.80m 96kg Hooker 61 35 7
Benjamin Thiéry Biarritz 2/6/1984 1.85m 85kg Fullback/wing 4 0 0
Sebastien Tillous-Borde Castres 29/81985 1.75m 76kg Scrumhalf 9 5 1
Jérome Thion Biarritz 2/12/1977 1.98m 114kg Lock 54 5 1
Julien Tomas Montpellier 21/4/1985 1.83m 83kg Scrumhalf 3 0 0
(x)Damien Traille Biarritz 12/6/1979 1.90m 92kg Fullback/centre 86 128 14
(x)Francois Trinh-Duc Montpellier 11/11/1986 1.84m 82kg Flyhalf/centre 39 72 9
Elvis Vermeulen Clermont-Auvergne 5/4/1979 1.87m 105kg Eighthman 10 5 1
(x)Dimitri Yachvili Biarritz 19/9/1980 1.82m 81kg Scrumhalf 61 373 2
(x) - Rugby World Cup 2011

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11. TEST RECORDS

Players
Most career tests
118 Fabien Pelous (1995-2007)
111 Philippe Sella (1982-1995)
98 Raphaél Ibanez (1996-2007)
93 Serge Blanco (1980-1991)
89 Olivier Magne (1997-2007)
86 Damien Traille ()2001-2009
84 Sylvain Marconnet (1998-2011)
82 Imanol Harinordoquy (2002-2012)
78 Abdelatif Benazzi (1990-2001)
76 Aurélien Rougerie (2001-2012)
75 Julien Bonnaire (2004-2012)
74 Lionel Nallet (2000-2012)
73 Yannick Jauzion (2001-2011)
72 Christian Califano (1994-2007)
71 Olivier Brouzet (1994-2003)
71 Jean-Luc Sadourny (1991-2001)
70 Pieter de Villiers (1999-2007)
69 Roland Bertranne (1971-1981)
69 Philippe Saint-André (1990-1997)
67 Christophé Dominici (1998-2007)
64 Fabien Galthié (1991-2003)
63 Serge Betsen (1997-2007)
63 Michel Crauste (1957-1966)
63 Benoit Dauga (1964-1972)
62 Sébastien Chabal (2000-2010)
61 Philippe Benetton (1989-1999)
61 Vincent Clerc (2002-2012)
61 Jean Condom (1982-1990)
61 Oliver Roumat (1989-1996)
61 Dimitri Szarzewki (2004-2012)
61 Dimitri Yachvili (2002-2012)
59 Cedric Heymans (2000-2009)
59 Jean-Pierre Rives (1975-1984)
56 Pierre Berbizier (1981-1991)
56 Franck Mesnel (1986-1995)
56 Laurent Rodriguez (1981-1990)
55 Robert Paparemborde (1975-1983)
54 Thomas Castaigné (1995-2007)
54 Thierry Dusautoir (2006-2012)
54 Frédéric Michalak (2001-2010)
54 Jérome Thion (2003-2011)
53 Nicolas Mas (2003-2012)
52 Amedee Domenech (1954-1963)
51 Jean-Luc Joinel (1977-1987)
51 Jean Prat (1945-1955)
51 Walter Spanghero (1964-1973)
50 Michel Celaya (1953-1961)
50 Philippe Dintrans (1979-1990)
50 Olivier Milloud (2000-2007)
50 William Servat (2007-2012)
Most Consecutive Tests
46 Roland Bertranne (1973-1979)
45 Philippe Sella (1982-1987)
44 Michel Crauste (1960-1966)
35 Benoit Dauga (1964-1968)
Most Tests as Captain
42 Fabien Pelous (1995-2006)
34 Jean-Pierre Rives (1978-1984)
34 Philippe-Saint André1994-1997)
30 Raphaél Ibanez (1998-2002; 2007)
25 Daniel Dubroca (1986-1988)
24 Guy Basquet (1948-1952)
22 Michel Crauste (1961-1966)
21 Jacques Fouroux (1972-1977)
Most career points
380 Christophe Lamaison (37 tests)
373 Dimitri Yachvili (61 tests)
367 Thierry Lacroix (43 tests)
354 Didier Camberabero (36 tests)
267 Gérald Merceron ( 32 tests)
265 Jean-Pierre Romeu (34 tests)
259 Morgan Parra (42 tests)
252 Thomas Castaigné (53 tests)
251 Frédéric Michalak (54 tests)
233 Serge Blanco (93 tests)
212 Jean-Baptiste Elissalde (35 tests)
200 Jean-Patrick Lescarboura (28 tests)
183 Richard Dourthe (31 tests)
180 Michel Vannier (43 tests)
166 Pierre Villepreux (34 tests)
162 Philippe Berot (19 tests)
160 Vincent Clerc (61 tests)
139 Jean Prat (51 tests)
130 Emile Ntamack (46 tests)
128 Damien Traille (86 tests)
125 Lionel Beauxis (20 tests)
125 Christophé Dominici (67 tests)
115 Aurélien Rougerie (75 tests)
110 David Skrela (21 tests)
103 Yannick Jauzion (73 tests)
Most points in a test
30 Didier Camberabero (vs Zimbabwe, 1987, Auckland)
28 Christophe Lamaison (vs New Zealand, 1999, London)
28 Frédéric Michalak (vs Scotland, 2003, Sydney)
27 Guy Camberabero (vs Italy, 1967, Toulon)
27 Jean-Baptiste Elissalde (vs Namibia, 2007, Toulouse)
27 Christophe Lamaison (vs New Zealand, 2000, Marseilles)
27 Gérald Merceron (vs South Africa, 2001, Johannesburg)
26 Thierry Lacroix (vs Ireland, 1995, Durban)
26 Frédéric Michalak (vs Fiji, 2003, Brisbane)
25 Jean-Pierre Romeu (vs USA, 1976, Chicago)
25 Pierre Berot (vs Romania, 1987, Agen)
25 Thierry Lacroix (vs Tonga, 1995, Pretoria)
Most career tries
38 Serge Blanco (1980-1991)
32 Philippe Saint-André (1990-1997)
32 Vincent Clerc (2002-2012)
30 Philippe Sella (1982-1995)
26 Emile Ntamack (1994-2000)
26 Philippe Bernat-Salles (1992-2001)
25 Christophé Dominici (1998-2007)
23 Christian Darrouy (1957-1967)
23 Aurélien Rougerie (2001-2012)
20 Yannick Jauzion (2001-2011)
20 Patrice Lagisquet
19 Jean-Vincent Dupuy
18 Thomas Castaigné
17 Roland Bertranne
15 Guy Boniface
15 Cedric Heymans
Most tries in a test
4 A. Jaureguy (vs Romania, 1924, Paris)
4 Michel Celhay (vs Italy, 1937, Paris)
Most Conversions in a Test
11 Jean-Baptiste Elissalde (vs Namibia, 2007, Toulouse)
9 Guy Camberabero (vs Italy, 167: Toulon)
9 Didier Camberabero (vs Zimbabwe, 1987: Auckland)
8 Guy Laporte (vs Romania, 1987: Wellington, NZ)
Most career Conversions
61 Christophé Lamaison
51 Dimitri Yachvili
48 Didier Camberabero
45 Michel Vanier
42 Thomas Castaignede
39 Jean-Baptiste Elissalde
37 Frédéric Michalak
36 Gérald Merceron
35 Richard Dourthe
33 Morgan Parra
31 Thierry Lacroix
Most Penalties in a Test
8 Thierry Lacroix (vs Ireland, 1995: Durban)
7 Gérald Merceron (vs Italy, 2002: Paris)
6 Jean-Michel Aguirre (vs Argentina, 1977: Buenos Aires)
6 Christophé Lamaison (vs Scotland, 1997: Paris)
6 Christophé Lamaison (vs Italy, 1997: Auch)
6 Gérald Merceron (vs Ireland, 2000: Paris)
6 Gérald Merceron (vs South Africa, 2001, Johannesburg)
6 Gérald Merceron (vs Wales, 2002, Cardiff)
6 Frédéric Michalak (vs Fiji, 2003, Brisbane)
6 Dimitri Yachvili (vs England, 2005, London)
Most career Penalties
89 Thierry Lacroix
83 Dimitri Yachvili
78 Christophé Lamaison
58 Didier Camberabero
57 Gérald Merceron
56 Jean-Pierre Romeu
48 Morgan Parra
38 Jean-Baptiste Elissalde
38 Frédéric Michalak
33 Philippe Berot
33 Pierre Villepreux
Most Dropped Goals in a Test
3 Pierre Albaladejo (vs Ireland, 1960: Paris)
3 Jean-Patrick Lescarboura (vs England, 1985: London)
3 Jean-Patrick Lescarboura (vs New Zealand, 1986: Christchurch)
3 Didier Camberabero (vs Australia, 1990: Sydney)
Most career Dropped Goals
15 Jean-Patrick Lescarboura (28 tests)
12 Pierre Albaladéju (30 tests)
12 Didier Camberabero (37 tests)
11 Guy Camberabero (14 tests)
9 Jean-Pierre Romeu (34 tests)
8 Guy Laporte (13 tests)
8 Michel Vannier (43 tests)
6 Christophé Lamaison
6 Francois Trinh-Duc
5 Claude Lacaze
5 Alain Penaud
Team
Most Points in a Match
87 vs Namibia (87-10, Toulouse, 2007)
77 vs Fiji (77-10, Saint Etienne, 2001)
70 vs Zimbabwe (70-12, Auckland, 1987)
67 vs Romania (67-20, Bucharest, 2000)
64 vs Romania (64-12, Aurillac, 1996)
64 vs Georgia (64-7, Marseille, 2007)
62 vs Romania (62-8, Castres, 1999)
62 vs Romania (62-14, Bucharest, 2006)
61 vs Romania (61-3, Paris, 1924)
61 vs Fiji (61-18, Brisbane, 2003)
60 vs Italy (60-13, Toulon, 1967)
59 vs Romania (59-3, Paris, 1924)
56 vs Romania (56-8, Lens, 2003)
56 vs Italy (56-13, Rome, 2005)
55 vs Romania (55-12, Wellington, 1987)
53 vs Italy (53-27, Rome, 2003)
52 vs Romania (52-8, Tucuman, 1995)
51 vs Romania (51-0, Brive, 1993)
51 vs Romania (51-20, Bucharest, 1997)
51 vs Wales (51-0, Cardiff, 1998)
51 vs Scotland (51-16, Edinburgh, 1998)
(51-9, Sydney, 2003)
51 vs Japan (51-29, Townsville, 2003)
50 vs Canada (50-6, Nantes, 2005)
50 vs Italy (50-8, Rome, 2009)
47 vs Canada (47-13, Toronto, 2004)
44 vs Ireland (44-5, Paris, 2002)
43 vs Italy (43-5, Paris, 1937)
43 vs New Zealand (43-31, London, 1999)
43 vs Ireland (43-21, Melbourne, 2003)
43 vs Tonga (43-8, Toulouse, 2005)
43 vs Ireland (43-31, Paris, 2006)
Highest score against Individual countries
47 vs Argentina (47-12, 1995, Buenos Aires) and (47-26, 1999, Dublin)
34 vs Australia (34-6, 1976, Paris)
50 vs Canada (50-6, 2005, Nantes)
28 vs Czechoslovakia (28-3, 1956, Toulouse)
37 vs England (37-12, 1972, Colombes)
45 vs Ireland (45-10, 1996, Paris)
77 vs Fiji (77-10, 2001, Saint Etienne)
64 vs Georgia (64-7, 2007, Marseille)
60 vs Italy (60-13, 1967, Toulon)
51 vs Japan (51-29, 2003, Townsville)
87 vs Namibia (87-10, Toulouse, 2007)
43 vs New Zealand (43-31, 1999, London)
67 vs Romania (67-20, 2000, Bucharest)
51 vs Scotland
51-16 (Edinburgh, 1998)
51-9 (Sydney, 2003)
36 vs South Africa (36-26, 2006, Cape Town)
43 vs Tonga (43-8, 2005, Toulouse)
41 vs USA (41-9, 1991, Denver;
41-14, 2003, Wollongong)
51 vs Wales (51-0, 1998, London)
Highest score by opposing Individual countries
41 vs Argentina (13-41, 2010, Buenos Aires)
59 vs Australia (16-59, 2010, Paris)
18 vs Canada (16-18, 1994, Ottawa)
6 vs Czechoslovakia (19-6, 1968, Prague)
48 vs England (19-48, 2001, London)
7 vs Georgia (7-64, 2007, Marseille)
31 vs Ireland (43-31, 2006, Paris)
19 vs Fiji (28-19, 1999, Toulouse)
27 vs Italy (53-27, 2003, Rome)
29 vs Japan (29-51, 2003, Townsville)

61
54
vs New Zealand
10-61 (2007, Wellington)
7-54 (1999, Wellington)
21 vs Romania (33-21, 1991, Bucharest)
36 vs Scotland (22-36, 1999, Paris)
52 vs South Africa (10-52, 1997, Paris)
17 vs USA (3-17, 1924, Paris)
49 vs Wales (14-49, 1910, Swansea)
Most Tries in a Test
13 vs Romania (1924, Paris)
13 vs Zimbabwe (1987, Auckland)
13 vs Namibia (2007, Toulouse)
12 vs Fiji (2001, Saint Etienne)
11 vs Italy (1967, Toulon)
10 vs Romania (1996, Aurrilac)
10 vs Romania (2000, Bucharest)
Most tries conceded in a Test
11 by Wales (1909, Colombes)
9 by New Zealand (2007, Wellington)
Most Consecutive Test Wins
10 matches 6/4/1931 - 17/10/1937 (10 wins)
8 matches 14/2/2004 - 13/11/2004
8 matches 1998
Most Consecutive Tests Without Defeat
10 matches 6/4/1931 - 17/10/1937 (10 wins)
10 matches 1958 - 1959 (8 wins, 2 draws)
10 matches 1986 - 1987 (9 wins, 1 draw)
Longest losing sequence
18 matches 28/1/1911 - 17/2/1920

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