France A national rugby union team
| Nickname | Les Bleus (The Blues) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Emblem | Gallic rooster | ||
| Union | Fédération Française de Rugby | ||
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| First international | |||
 France XV 27–17 Germany  (Paris; 14 October 1900) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 France XV 126–6 Croatia  (Perpignan; 19 June 1993) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
France XV 6–55 South Africa XV  (Paris; 3 January 1907) | |||
France A, also known as France XV and France B in the past, was the former name of the second national rugby union team of France behind the French national side.
In 2011 the
moving the role of the former France A team to the more prestigious invitational side with better name recognition.History
France XV first played at the
FIRA Trophy
.
In 2009 they played in the
IRB Nations Cup, against Italy A, Scotland A, Romania, Russia and Uruguay. The 2009 tournament was held in Romania
.
2010 Churchill Cup Squad
26-man squad:[4]
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Honours
References
- ^ "Next Senior National Representative Team June 2003–2012" (PDF). World Rugby. 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ "Les Barbarians Français deviennent une équipe nationale" (in French). Fédération Française de Rugby. 23 October 2017. Archived from the original on 6 November 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ "Next Senior National Representative Team June 2003-2017" (PDF). World Rugby. 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ "France rest Chabal and Servat for June". PlanetRugby.com. 19 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-19.