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French Barbarians

Not to be confused with the Barbarian Football Club, a rugby union team based in Britain and usually referred to as the Barbarians.

The Barbarian Rugby Club, more commonly known as the French Barbarians, is a rugby union team formed in 1979 and based in France. It was founded as an amateur invitational team modeled on the Barbarian F.C.

French Barbarians
(French: Barbarians français)
Nickname(s)Les Babas
Coach(es)Denis Charvet
Team kit
First match
French Barbarians 26 – 22  Scotland
(2 May 1980)
Largest win
French Barbarians 45 – 4  Japan
(27 October 1985)
Largest defeat
France XV des Présidents 83 – 12 French Barbarians
(20 September 2003)

From the start of the 2017–18 season, the French Barbarians became the official second national team of the French Rugby Federation,[1] which had previously designated either the France U20 side or France A as that team.[2][3] This decision was reversed in 2019, to allow for the creation of a new second national team as a development side (above the Under 20s team but below the first men's team). [4]

The French Barbarians play in sky, navy and royal blue hooped jerseys. As with the original Barbarians, players retain the socks from their "home" club strip.

History edit

Jean-Claude Skrela founded the club after he had played for, and adored, the original Barbarians in the later days of his career. Through the amateur era, all players chosen for the side were either French or played for French clubs.

One of the most recent matches was against the Argentina national team (Los Pumas) in early 2007, as part of their preparation for the 2007 Rugby World Cup. For the game, held in Biarritz, the coaches were Jacques Delmas (Biarritz), Patrice Lagisquet (Biarritz) and were captained by Thomas Lièvremont. While in 2008 they beat Canada in Victoria. They played with Argentina at José Amalfitani Stadium in Buenos Aires on 20 June 2009 as part of the mid-year test series, and lost 32–18.

In 2016 the French Barbarians beat Australia XV by 19–11 in their first match against an Australian side for over twenty years. And in late 2017 they beat the Māori All Blacks 19–15, which was the first time playing that side.

Matches against international sides edit

Date Venue Opposing Teams For Against Result
1 May 1980 Stade Armandie, Agen   Scotland 26 22 Won
7 November 1981 Stade Jean Dauger, Bayonne   New Zealand 18 28 Lost
11 November 1982 Stade Maurice Boyau, Dax   Argentina 8 22 Lost
23 November 1983 Stade Mayol, Toulon   Australia 21 23 Lost
22 October 1985 Stade Jean-Martinaud, Cognac   Japan 45 4 Won
10 May 1986 Stade Armandie, Agen   Scotland 32 19 Won
11 November 1986 Stade Marcel-Deflandre, La Rochelle   New Zealand 12 26 Lost
22 May 1988 Stade Marcel-Deflandre, La Rochelle   Ireland 41 26 Won
22 October 1989 Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux   Fiji 16 32 Lost
27 October 1990 Stade Armandie, Agen   New Zealand 13 23 Lost
31 October 1992 Stadium Lille Métropole, Villeneuve-d'Ascq   South Africa 25 20 Won
11 November 1993 Stade Marcel-Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand   Australia 26 43 Lost
1 November 1995 Stade Mayol, Toulon   New Zealand 19 34 Lost
23 November 1996 Stade Amédée-Domenech, Brive   South Africa 30 22 Won
11 November 1997 Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz   South Africa 40 22 Won
11 November 1998 Stade Pierre Rajon, Bourgoin-Jallieu   Argentina 38 30 Won
27 May 2000 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff   Wales 33 40 Lost
7 November 2000 Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens   New Zealand 23 21 Won
18 November 2001 Stade Mayol, Toulon   Fiji 15 17 Lost
20 September 2003 Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié, Narbonne   XV des Présidents 12 83 Lost
3 March 2007 Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz   Argentina 14 28 Lost
28 June 2008 Esquimalt's Bullen Park, Victoria   Canada 17 7 Won
20 June 2009 José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires   Argentina 18 32 Lost
26 November 2010 Stade des Alpes, Grenoble   Tonga 27 28 Lost
4 June 2011 Independiente Stadium, Avellaneda   Argentina 19 23 Lost
11 June 2011 Estadio Centenario, Resistencia   Argentina 21 18 Won
20 June 2012 Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo   Japan 40 21 Won
24 June 2012 Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo   Japan 51 18 Won
25 November 2012 Stade Océane, Le Havre   Japan 64 41 Won
16 November 2013 Stade Marcel-Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand   Samoa 20 19 Won
14 November 2014 Stade Mayol, Toulon   Namibia 35 14 Won
20 June 2015 Old Resian Club, Rosario   Argentina 28 22 Won
26 June 2015 La Plata Rugby Club, La Plata   Argentina 9 21 Lost
24 November 2016 Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux   Wallaby XV 19 11 Won
10 November 2017 Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux   Māori All Blacks 19 15 Won
31 May 2018 Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi   Georgia 15 16 Lost
10 November 2018 Stade Chaban Delmas, Bordeaux   Tonga 38 49 Lost
13 November 2021 Stade de Gerland, Lyon   Tonga 42 17 Won
1 July 2022 Aveva Stadium, Houston   United States 21 26 Lost

Overall edit

Against Played Won Lost Drawn Win %
  Argentina 8 3 5 0 37.5%
  Australia 2 0 2 0 0%
  Australia XV 1 1 0 0 100%
  Canada 1 1 0 0 100%
  Fiji 2 0 2 0 0%
  XV des Présidents 1 0 1 0 0%
  Georgia 1 0 1 0 0%
  Ireland 1 1 0 0 100%
  Japan 4 4 0 0 100%
  Namibia 1 1 0 0 100%
  New Zealand 5 1 4 0 20%
  Māori All Blacks 1 1 0 0 100%
  Samoa 1 1 0 0 100%
  Scotland 2 2 0 0 100%
  South Africa 3 3 0 0 100%
  Tonga 3 1 2 0 33%
  United States 1 0 1 0 0%
  Wales 1 0 1 0 0%
Total 38 20 18 0 52.63%

Current squad edit

French Barbarians squad to face the United States on 1 July 2022.

Coaches:   Christian Labit and   Kevin Gourdon

Note: Bold denotes players that have represented the French Barbarians in previous matches. Italics represents uncapped players. Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules.

Player Position Date of birth (age) Club/province Union
Clément Maynadier Hooker (1988-10-11) 11 October 1988 (age 35) Bordeaux Bègles   France
Adrien Pélissié Hooker (1990-08-07) 7 August 1990 (age 33) Clermont Auvergne   France
Nicolas Corato Prop (1997-10-07) 7 October 1997 (age 26) Pau   France
Arthur Joly Prop (1988-02-20) 20 February 1988 (age 36) Perpignan   France
Jefferson Poirot Prop (1992-01-11) 11 January 1992 (age 32) Bordeaux Bègles   France
Sébastien Taofifénua Prop (1992-03-21) 21 March 1992 (age 32) Lyon   France
Alexandre Roumat Lock (1997-06-27) 27 June 1997 (age 26) Bordeaux Bègles   France
Romain Sazy Lock (1986-10-14) 14 October 1986 (age 37) La Rochelle   France
Esteban Abadie Back row (1997-12-01) 1 December 1997 (age 26) Brive   France
Anthime Hemery Back row (2001-01-09) 9 January 2001 (age 23) Racing 92   France
Louis Picamoles Back row (1985-02-05) 5 February 1985 (age 39) Bordeaux Bègles   France
William Wavrin Back row (1991-01-06) 6 January 1991 (age 33) Stade Montois   France
Thomas Berjon Scrum-half (1998-04-12) 12 April 1998 (age 26) La Rochelle   France
Samuel Marques Scrum-half (1988-12-08) 8 December 1988 (age 35) Carcassonne   Portugal
Louis Foursans Fly-half (2002-01-29) 29 January 2002 (age 22) Montpellier   France
François Trinh-Duc Fly-half (1986-11-11) 11 November 1986 (age 37) Bordeaux Bègles   France
Raphaël Lagarde Fly-half (1988-10-30) 30 October 1988 (age 35) Agen   France
Pierre Aguillon Centre (1987-03-27) 27 March 1987 (age 37) Castres   France
Jean-Baptiste Dubié Centre (1989-07-16) 16 July 1989 (age 34) Bordeaux Bègles   France
Adrien Lapègue Wing (1998-10-21) 21 October 1998 (age 25) Stade Français   France
Mathieu Acebes Fullback (1987-08-01) 1 August 1987 (age 36) Perpignan   France
Nans Ducuing Fullback (1991-11-06) 6 November 1991 (age 32) Bordeaux Bègles   France

Former players edit

Honours edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Next Senior National Representative Team June 2003–2017" (PDF). World Rugby. 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Next Senior National Representative Team June 2003–2012" (PDF). World Rugby. 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Barbarians Français : Une équipe d'exception". Fédération Française de Rugby (in French). 4 June 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2024.

External links edit

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