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.

Results

:Scores and results list France's points tally first.

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!Location

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Match 1

|3 July

|{{rut|Marlborough|ib=y}}

|Lansdowne Park, Blenheim

|Lost

|19–24

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Match 2

|6 July

|{{rut|Otago|ib=y}}

|Carisbrook, Dunedin

|Won

|12–6

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Match 3

|9 July

|{{rut|Southland|ib=y}}

|Rugby Park, Invercargill

|Won

|8–6

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|Match 4

|13 July

|{{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand

|Lancaster Park, Christchurch

|Lost

|9–12

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Match 5

|17 July

|{{rut|Taranaki|ib=y}}

|Rugby Park, New Plymouth

|Won

|21–6

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Match 6

|20 July

|{{rut|Hawke's Bay|ib=y}}

|McLean Park, Napier

|Won

|16–12

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Match 7

|23 July

|{{rut|Manawatu|ib=y}}

|The Showgrounds Oval, Palmerston North

|Won

|8–3

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|Match 8

|27 July

|{{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand

|Athletic Park, Wellington

|Lost

|3–9

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Match 9

|31 July

|{{rut|King Country|ib=y}}

|Taumarunui Domain, Taumarunui

|Won

|23–9

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Match 10

|3 August

|{{rut|North Auckland|ib=y}}

|Okara Park, Whangārei

|Won

|10–6

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Match 11

|6 August

|{{rut|Waikato|ib=y}}

|Rugby Park, Hamilton

|Won

|13–8

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|Match 13

|10 August

|{{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand

|Eden Park, Auckland

|Lost

|12–19

|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/leicester-mercury/159514436/|title=All Blacks 15th Test success|work=Leicester Mercury|date=10 August 1968|access-date=22 November 2024|page=20|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|Match 14

|17 August

|{{flagicon|Australia}} Australia

|SCG, Sydney

|Lost

|10–11

|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sydney-morning-herald/159514627/|title=Aust. has point win in Test|first=Jim|last=Webster|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=18 August 1968|access-date=22 November 2024|page=47|via=Newspapers.com}}

Touring party

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

=[[Rugby union positions#15. Full-back|Full backs]]=

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

=Three-quarters=

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)

=Half-backs=

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

=Forwards=

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)

References