2007 France rugby union tour of New Zealand

2007 France rugby union tour of New Zealand
Coach(es): Bernard Laporte
Tour captain(s): Pascal Pape
Top point scorer(s): Benjamin Boyet (11)
Top try scorer(s): Jean-Francois Coux (1)
Julien Laharrague (1)
Type P W D L
Total: 2 0 0 2
Test match: 2 0 0 2
Opp. P W D L
 New Zealand 2 0 0 2
Statistics against Test match opponents
Previous tour: Romania & South Africa 2006
Next tour: Australia 2008

The 2007 France rugby union tour of new Zealand was a series of matches played in June 2007 in new Zealand by France national rugby union team.

The final rounds of the 2006–07 Top 14 season conflicted with the tour, so France sent a Test team short of 30 of their top players.[1] The team was labelled "France C" by the New Zealand media.[2] Featuring 11 new caps, France were defeated 42–11 in the first Test at Eden Park. The second Test was played the following week in Wellington, and the All Blacks achieved their largest ever victory over France with a 61–10 win. The defeat was France's heaviest in their history.

Results

2 June 2007
New Zealand  42–11  France
Try: Mauger 2, Sivivatu 2
So'oialo
Con: Carter, Evans 2
Weepu
Pen: Carter, Evans
Weepu
 report Try: Coux
Pen: Boyet 2
Eden Park, Auckland
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
New Zealand France
Leon MacDonaldFB15FBThomas Castaignede
Joe RokocokoW14WBenjamin Thiery
Isaia ToeavaC13CArnaud Mignardi
Aaron MaugerC12CJean-Philippe Grandclaude
Sitiveni SivivatuW11WJean-Francois Coux
Dan CarterFH10FHBenjamin Boyet
Piri WeepuSH9SHNicolas Durand
Chris MasoeN88N8Sebastien Chabal
(capt.) Richie McCaw F7FOlivier Magne
Reuben ThorneF6FGregory le Corvec
Ali WilliamsL5LJulien Pierre
Chris JackL4LPascal Pape (capt.)
Carl HaymanP3PNicolas Mas
Keven MealamuH2HSebastien Bruno
Tony WoodcockP1PChristian Califano
Replacements
Andrew HoreH16LRaphael Ibanez
Neemia TialataP17PFranck Montanella
Troy FlavellL18LOlivier Olibeau
Rodney So'oialoF19FDamien Chouly
Brendon LeonardSH20WMickael Forest
Nick EvansFH21WNicolas Laharrague
Ma'a NonuW22CLudovic Valbon
Coaches
New Zealand Graham Henry Bernard Laporte France
9 June 2007
New Zealand  61–10  France
Try: Collins, Evans
Kelleher, MacDonald
Mealamu, Oliver
Rokocoko 2, Toeava
Con: McAlister 5
Pen: McAlister 2
 report Try: J.Laharrague
Con: Boyet
Pen: Boyet
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
New Zealand France
Leon MacDonaldFB15FBThomas Castaignede
Joe RokocokoW14WJulien Laharrague
Isaia ToeavaC13CArnaud Mignardi
Luke McAlisterC12CLionel Mazars
Sitiveni SivivatuW11WJean-Francois Coux
Nick EvansFH10FHBenjamin Boyet
Byron KelleherSH9SHNicolas Durand
Rodney So'oialoN88N8Sebastien Chabal
(capt.) Richie McCaw F7FOlivier Magne
Jerry CollinsF6FDamien Chouly
Ali WilliamsL5LJulien Pierre
Chris JackL4LPascal Pape (capt.)
Carl HaymanP3POlivier Sourgens
Anton OliverH2HSebastien Bruno
Tony WoodcockP1PChristian Califano
Replacements
Keven MealamuH16FRaphael Ibanez
Neemia TialataP17PNicolas Mas
Troy FlavellL18LOlivier Olibeau
Chris MasoeF19N8Fulgence Ouedraogo
Brendon LeonardSH20SHMickael Forest
Ma'a NonuC21FHNicolas Laharrague
Doug HowlettFB22CBenjamin Thiery
Coaches
New Zealand Graham Henry Bernard Laporte France

Notes

  1. ↑ "All Blacks Crush France". The NZ Herald. 2 June 2007. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "France accuse All Blacks of disrespect". IOL Sport. 6 June 2007. Retrieved 4 October 2013.