France A national rugby union team

France XV
France A
Nickname	Les Bleus (The Blues)
Emblem	Gallic rooster
Union	Fédération Française de Rugby
First colours	Second colours
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 French Rugby Federation designated the France U20 team as the second national side,^[1] and from the start of the 2017–18 season, the French Barbarians became the official second side,^[2]^[3] 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 1900 Summer Olympics, in Paris, when they defeated Germany by score of 27–17, in the first ever Olympic Rugby Union Tournament. They later would play often matches for the Mediterranean Games or would represent France 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]

Florian Fritz was replaced by Romain Cabannes.
Benjamin Boyet was replaced by Jonathan Wisniewski.
Grégory Lamboley was replaced by Damien Chouly.
Nicolas Durand was replaced by Julien Tomas.

Farid Sid was replaced by Julien Arias.
Yann David was replaced by Yoan Audrin.
Julien Tomas was replaced by Florian Cazenave.
Lionel Mazars was replaced by Thibault Lacroix.

Backs
Player	Position	Club
Florian Cazenave	Scrum-half	Perpignan
Julien Dupuy	Scrum-half	Stade Français
Lionel Beauxis	Fly-half	Stade Français
Jonathan Wisniewski	Fly-half	Racing Métro
Romain Cabannes	Centre	Castres
Henry Chavancy	Centre	Racing Métro
Thibault Lacroix	Centre	Bayonne
Lionel Mazars	Centre	Bayonne
Julien Arias	Wing	Stade Français
Yoan Audrin	Wing	Castres
Adrien Planté	Wing	Perpignan
Maxime Médard	Fullback	Toulouse
Benjamin Thiéry	Fullback	Montpellier

Forwards
Player	Position	Club
Jean-Philippe Genevois	Hooker	Bourgoin
Benjamin Kayser (c)	Hooker	Stade Français
Clément Baïocco	Prop	Racing Métro
Yannick Forestier	Prop	Castres
Jérôme Schuster	Prop	Perpignan
Rabah Slimani	Prop	Stade Français
Yoann Maestri	Lock	Toulouse
Jocelino Suta	Lock	Toulon
Guillaume Vilaceca	Lock	Perpignan
Antoine Battut	Flanker	Montauban
Sylvain Nicolas	Flanker	Bourgoin
Jean-Pierre Perez	Flanker	Perpignan
Damien Chouly	Number eight	Perpignan
Florian Faure	Number eight	Biarritz

Honours

Churchill Plate: 2010

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.

[wr-2nd-teams-2003-2012-1] "Next Senior National Representative Team June 2003–2012" (PDF). World Rugby. 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2017.

[ffr-oct-2017-2] "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.

[wr-2nd-teams-2013-2017-3] "Next Senior National Representative Team June 2003-2017" (PDF). World Rugby. 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2017.

[4] "France rest Chabal and Servat for June". PlanetRugby.com. 19 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-19.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]