List of France national rugby league team results
The France national rugby league team first played in 1934 on a tour of England. They have taken part in all World Cups, twelve in total, with the first being held in 1954 in France. They have never won the title but have finished runners-up in both 1954 and 1968.
All-time results record
Opponent | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost |
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Australia | 59 | 13 | 2 | 44 |
Canada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
England | 43 | 5 | 2 | 36 |
Fiji | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Georgia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Great Britain | 73 | 19 | 3 | 51 |
Ireland | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
Italy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Kenya | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lebanon | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Morocco | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
New Zealand | 53 | 14 | 4 | 35 |
Other Nationalities | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Papua New Guinea | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 |
Russia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Samoa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Scotland | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
Serbia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
South Africa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Tonga | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Wales | 42 | 24 | 0 | 18 |
Total | 330 | 114 | 13 | 203 |
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
Date | Home | Score | Away | Competition | Venue | Attendance |
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20 January 1960 | France | 8–16 | Australia | 1959–60 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France | Parc des Sports, Roanne | 3,437 |
6 March 1960 | France | 20–18 | Great Britain | Test Match | Stade Municipal, Toulouse | 15,308 |
26 March 1960 | Great Britain | 17–17 | France | Test Match | Knowsley Road, St. Helens | 13,165 |
11 June 1960 | Australia | 8–8 | France | 1960 French rugby league tour of Australia and New Zealand | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 49,868 |
2 July 1960 | Australia | 56–6 | France | Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane | 32,644 | |
16 July 1960 | Australia | 5–7 | France | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 29,127 | |
23 July 1960 | New Zealand | 9–2 | France | Carlaw Park, Auckland | 17,914 | |
6 August 1960 | New Zealand | 9–3 | France | Carlaw Park, Auckland | 14,007 | |
24 September 1960 | Australia | 13–12 | France | 1960 Rugby League World Cup | Central Park, Wigan | 20,278 |
1 October 1960 | Great Britain | 33–7 | France | Station Road, Swinton | 22,293 | |
8 October 1960 | France | 0–9 | New Zealand | Central Park, Wigan | 2,876 | |
11 December 1960 | France | 10–21 | Great Britain | Test Match | Stadium Municipal, Bordeaux | 5,127 |
28 January 1961 | Great Britain | 27–8 | France | Test Match | Knowsley Road, St. Helens | 14,804 |
11 November 1961 | France | 6–6 | New Zealand | 1961 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain and France | Stadium Municipal, Bordeaux | 2,375 |
19 November 1961 | France | 2–23 | New Zealand | Stade Jean Laffon, Perpignan | 9,020 | |
9 December 1961 | France | 5–5 | New Zealand | Stade de Paris, Paris | 3,307 | |
17 February 1962 | Great Britain | 15–20 | France | Test Match | Central Park, Wigan | 17,277 |
11 March 1962 | France | 23–13 | Great Britain | Test Match | Stade Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan | 12,500 |
17 November 1962 | England | 18–6 | France | Friendly | Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds | 11,099 |
2 December 1962 | France | 17–12 | Great Britain | Test Match | Stade Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan | 12,500 |
17 February 1963 | France | 23–3 | Wales | Friendly | Stade Municipal, Toulouse | 6,150 |
3 April 1963 | Great Britain | 42–4 | France | Test Match | Central Park, Wigan | 19,487 |
8 December 1963 | France | 8–5 | Australia | 1963–64 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France | Stadium Municipal, Bordeaux | 4,261 |
22 December 1963 | France | 9–21 | Australia | Stade Municipal, Toulouse | 6,932 | |
18 January 1964 | France | 8–16 | Australia | Parc des Princes, Paris | 5,797 | |
8 March 1964 | France | 5–11 | Great Britain | Test Match | Stade Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan | 4,326 |
18 March 1964 | Great Britain | 39–0 | France | Test Match | Hilton Park, Leigh | 4,750 |
13 June 1964 | Australia | 20–6 | France | 1964 French rugby league tour of Australia and New Zealand | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 20,370 |
4 July 1964 | Australia | 27–2 | France | Lang Park, Brisbane | 20,076 | |
18 July 1964 | Australia | 35–9 | France | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 16,731 | |
25 July 1964 | New Zealand | 24–16 | France | Carlaw Park, Auckland | 10,148 | |
1 August 1964 | New Zealand | 18–8 | France | Addington Showgrounds, Christchurch | 4,935 | |
15 August 1964 | New Zealand | 10–2 | France | Carlaw Park, Auckland | 7,279 | |
6 December 1964 | France | 18–8 | Great Britain | Test Match | Stade Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan | 7,150 |
23 January 1965 | Great Britain | 17–7 | France | Test Match | Station Road, Swinton | 9,959 |
15 November 1965 | France | 14–3 | New Zealand | 1965 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain and France | Stade Velodrome, Marseilles | 30,431 |
28 November 1965 | France | 6–2 | New Zealand | Stade Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan | 9,000 | |
12 December 1965 | France | 28–5 | New Zealand | Stade des Minimes, Toulouse | 7,000 | |
16 January 1966 | France | 18–13 | Great Britain | Test Match | Stade Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan | 7,255 |
5 March 1966 | Great Britain | 4–8 | France | Test Match | Central Park, Wigan | 14,004 |
22 January 1967 | France | 13–16 | Great Britain | Test Match | Stade Albert Domec, Carcassonne | 10,650 |
4 March 1967 | Great Britain | 13–23 | France | Test Match | Central Park, Wigan | 7,448 |
17 December 1967 | France | 7–7 | Australia | 1967–68 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France | Stade Velodrome, Marseilles | 5,193 |
24 December 1967 | France | 10–3 | Australia | Stade Albert Domec, Carcassonne | 4,193 | |
7 January 1968 | France | 16–13 | Australia | Stade Municipal, Toulouse | 5,000 | |
11 February 1968 | France | 13–22 | Great Britain | Test Match | Parc des Princes, Paris | 5,500 |
2 March 1968 | Great Britain | 19–8 | France | Test Match | Odsal Stadium, Bradford | 13,992 |
25 May 1968 | New Zealand | 10–15 | France | 1968 Rugby League World Cup | Carlaw Park, Auckland | 18,000 |
2 June 1968 | France | 7–2 | Great Britain | Carlaw Park, Auckland | 15,760 | |
8 June 1968 | Australia | 37–4 | France | Lang Park, Brisbane | 32,662 | |
10 June 1968 | Australia | 20–2 | France | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 54,290 | |
30 November 1968 | Great Britain | 34–10 | France | Test Match | Knowsley Road, St. Helens | 6,080 |
2 February 1969 | France | 13–9 | Great Britain | Test Match | Stade Municipal, Toulouse | 7,536 |
9 March 1969 | France | 17–13 | Wales | Friendly | Stade de Paris, Paris | 6,189 |
23 October 1969 | Wales | 2–8 | France | 1969–70 European Rugby League Championship | The Willows, Salford | 6,189 |
25 October 1969 | England | 11–11 | France | Central Park, Wigan | 4,568 |
1970s
1980s
Date | Home | Score | Away | Competition | Venue | Attendance |
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26 January 1980 | Wales | 7–21 | France | 1980 European Rugby League Championship | Naughton Park, Widnes | 2,804 |
16 March 1980 | France | 2–4 | England | Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitie, Narbonne | 20,000 | |
23 November 1980 | France | 6–5 | New Zealand | 1980 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain and France | Stade Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan | 6,000 |
7 December 1980 | France | 3–11 | New Zealand | Stade Municipal, Toulouse | 3,000 | |
31 January 1981 | France | 23–5 | Wales | 1981 European Rugby League Championship | Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitie, Narbonne | 4,120 |
21 February 1981 | England | 1–5 | France | Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds | 3,229 | |
7 June 1981 | New Zealand | 26–3 | France | 1981 French rugby league tour of Australasia | Carlaw Park, Auckland | 12,200 |
21 June 1981 | New Zealand | 25–2 | France | Carlaw Park, Auckland | 8,100 | |
4 July 1981 | Australia | 43–3 | France | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 16,277 | |
18 July 1981 | Australia | 17–2 | France | Lang Park, Brisbane | 14,000 | |
23 August 1981 | Papua New Guinea | 13–13 | France | Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby | 14,500 | |
6 December 1981 | Great Britain | 37–0 | France | Test Match | The Boulevard, Hull | 13,173 |
20 December 1981 | France | 19–2 | Great Britain | Stade Velodrome, Marseilles | 6,500 | |
31 July 1982 | France | 8–7 | Great Britain | Friendly | Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo, Venice | 1,500 |
5 December 1982 | France | 4–15 | Australia | 1982 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France | Parc des Sports, Avignon | 8,000 |
18 December 1982 | France | 9–23 | Australia | Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitie, Narbonne | 7,000 | |
20 February 1983 | France | 5–20 | Great Britain | 1983 France vs. Great Britain rugby league series | Stade Albert Domec, Carcassonne | 3,826 |
6 March 1983 | Great Britain | 17–5 | France | Boothferry Park, Hull | 6,055 | |
29 January 1984 | France | 0–12 | Great Britain | 1984 France vs. Great Britain rugby league series | Parc des Sports d'Avignon, Avignon | 4,000 |
17 February 1984 | Great Britain | 10–0 | France | Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds, Leeds | 7,646 | |
1 March 1985 | Great Britain | 50–4 | France | 1985 France vs. Great Britain rugby league series | Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds | 6,491 |
17 March 1985 | France | 24–16 | Great Britain | Stade Jean–Laffon, Perpignan | 5,000 | |
24 November 1985 | France | 0–22 | New Zealand | 1985 New Zealand rugby league tour of France | Stade Vélodrome, Marseille | 1,492 |
7 December 1985 | France | 0–22 | New Zealand | 1985–1988 World Cup | Stade Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan | 5,000 |
16 February 1986 | France | 10–10 | Great Britain | Parc des Sports d'Avignon, Avignon | 4,000 | |
1 March 1986 | Great Britain | 24–10 | France | Friendly | Central Park, Wigan | 6,000 |
30 November 1986 | France | 2–44 | Australia | 1986 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France | Stade Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan | 6,000 |
13 December 1986 | France | 0–52 | Australia | 1985–1988 World Cup | Stade Albert Domec, Carcassonne | 5,000 |
24 January 1987 | Great Britain | 52–4 | France | Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds | 6,567 | |
8 February 1987 | France | 10–20 | Great Britain | 1987 France vs. Great Britain rugby league series | Stade Albert Domec, Carcassonne | 2,000 |
15 November 1987 | France | 21–4 | Papua New Guinea | 1985–1988 World Cup | Stade Albert Domec, Carcassonne | 5,000 |
24 January 1988 | France | 14–28 | Great Britain | 1988 France vs. Great Britain rugby league series | Parc des Sports d'Avignon, Avignon | 6,000 |
6 February 1988 | Great Britain | 30–12 | France | Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds | 7,007 | |
21 January 1989 | Great Britain | 26–10 | France | 1989 France vs. Great Britain rugby league series | Central Park, Wigan | 8,266 |
5 February 1989 | France | 8–30 | Great Britain | Parc des Sports d'Avignon, Avignon | 6,500 | |
19 November 1989 | France | 14–16 | New Zealand | 1989 New Zealand rugby league tour of France | Stade Albert Domec, Carcassonne | 3,500 |
3 December 1989 | France | 0–34 | New Zealand | 1989–1992 World Cup | Stade Albert Domec, Carcassonne | 4,028 |
1990s
2000s
Date | Home | Score | Away | Competition | Venue | Attendance |
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28 October 2000 | France | 20–23 | Papua New Guinea | 2000 World Cup | Stade Sebastien Charlety, Paris | 7,498 |
1 November 2000 | France | 28–8 | Tonga | Stade Albert Domec, Carcassonne | 10,288 | |
5 November | France | 56–6 | South Africa | Stadium Municipal d'Albi, Albi | 7,969 | |
12 November 2000 | France | 6–54 | New Zealand | Wheldon Road, Castleford | 5,158 | |
10 June 2001 | New Zealand | 36–0 | France | 2001 French rugby league tour of New Zealand and Papua New Guinea | Ericsson Stadium, Auckland | 4,500 |
17 June 2001 | Papua New Guinea | 16–27 | France | Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby | 15,000 | |
20 June 2001 | Papua New Guinea | 34–24 | France | Danny Leahy Oval, Goroka | 12,000 | |
26 June 2001 | France | 56–16 | Ireland | Friendly | Stade Municipal d'Albi, Albi | 2,006 |
3 July 2001 | France | 20–42 | Scotland | Friendly | Stade du Moulin, Lezignan | 3,161 |
26 October 2001 | France | 12–42 | Great Britain | Friendly | Stade Armandie, Agen | 10,000 |
2 November 2002 | Lebanon | 36–6 | France | 2002 Mediterranean Cup | International Olympic Stadium, Tripoli | 9,713 |
30 November 2002 | France | 10–36 | New Zealand | 2002 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain and France | Stade Aime Giral, Perpignan | 6,500 |
19 October 2003 | France | 72–0 | Morocco | 2003 Mediterranean Cup | International Olympic Stadium, Tripoli | |
22 October 2003 | France | 120–0 | Serbia | Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut | ||
25 October 2003 | Lebanon | 26–18 | France | International Olympic Stadium, Tripoli | 4,000 | |
1 November 2003 | Ireland | 18–26 | France | 2003 European Nations Cup | Dalymount Park, Dublin | 1,082 |
9 November 2003 | France | 6–8 | Scotland | Parc des Sports, Avignon | 2,200 | |
16 November 2003 | England | 68–6 | France | Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington | 2,536 | |
2 October 2004 | France | 46–6 | Morocco | 2004 Mediterranean Cup | International Olympic Stadium, Tripoli | |
5 October 2004 | France | 18–4 | Serbia | International Olympic Stadium, Tripoli | ||
9 October 2004 | Lebanon | 42–14 | France | International Olympic Stadium, Tripoli | ||
16 October 2004 | Russia | 10–58 | France | 2004 European Nations Cup | Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow | 2,000 |
30 October 2004 | France | 4–42 | England | Parc des Sports, Avignon | 4,000 | |
11 November 2004 | France | 20–24 | New Zealand | Friendly | Stade Albert Domec, Carcassonne | 8,000 |
21 November 2004 | France | 30–52 | Australia | Friendly | Stade Ernest Wallon, Toulouse | 10,000 |
15 October 2005 | France | 80–0 | Russia | 2005 European Nations Cup | Stade Fernand Fournier, Arles | 1,000 |
30 October 2005 | Georgia | 0–60 | France | Vake Stadium, Tbilisi | 400 | |
5 November 2005 | France | 38–16 | Wales | Stade Albert Domec, Carcassonne | 3,000 | |
12 November 2005 | France | 12–44 | Australia | Friendly | Stade Aime Giral, Perpignan | 7,913 |
18 November 2005 | France | 22–38 | New Zealand | Friendly | Stade Municipal, Toulouse | 8,013 |
22 October 2006 | England | 26–10 | France | Federation Shield | Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds | 5,547 |
29 October 2006 | France | 28–6 | Samoa | Stade Benichou, Colomiers | 2,700 | |
5 November 2006 | France | 10–48 | Tonga | Stade Pierre–Antoine, Castres | 8,437 | |
23 June 2007 | Great Britain | 42–14 | France | Friendly | Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds | 12,685 |
27 October 2007 | France | 46–16 | Scotland | Friendly | Stade Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan | 7,000 |
3 November 2007 | France | 38–26 | Papua New Guinea | Friendly | Parc des Sports | 7,248 |
10 November 2007 | France | 22–16 | Papua New Guinea | Friendly | Stade Andre Moga, Bordeaux | 4,500 |
17 November 2007 | France | 14–22 | New Zealand | Friendly | Stade Jean–Bouin, Paris | 6,781 |
27 June 2008 | France | 8–56 | England | Friendly | Stade Ernest Wallon, Toulouse | 8,326 |
26 October 2008 | France | 36–18 | Scotland | 2008 World Cup | Canberra Stadium, Canberra | 9,287 |
1 November 2008 | Fiji | 42–6 | France | Wollongong Showground, Wollongong | 9,213 | |
9 November 2008 | France | 10–42 | Samoa | Penrith Stadium, Sydney | 8,028 | |
13 June 2009 | France | 12–66 | England | Friendly | Stade Jean–Bouin, Paris | 7,600 |
23 October 2009 | England | 34–12 | France | 2009 Four Nations | Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster | 11,529 |
31 October 2009 | France | 12–62 | New Zealand | Stade Ernest Wallon, Toulouse | 12,410 | |
7 November 2009 | France | 4–42 | Australia | Stade Sebastien Charlety, Paris | 8,656 |
2010s
2020s
Date | Home | Score | Away | Competition | Venue | Attendance |
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23 October 2021 | France | 10–30 | England | Test match | Stade Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan | 6,000 |
17 October 2022 | France | 34–12 | Greece | 2021 Rugby League World Cup | Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster | 4,182 |
22 October 2022 | England | 42–18 | France | University of Bolton Stadium, Bolton | 23,648 | |
30 October 2022 | Samoa | 62–4 | France | Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington | 6,756 | |
29 April 2023 | England | 64–0 | France | Friendly | Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington | 8,422 |
25 September 2023 | Serbia | 10–78 | France | Friendly | FC Obilic, Belgrade | |
2 December 2023 | Kenya | 6–78 | France | Two match series friendly | Impala Rugby Stadium, Nairobi | |
5 December 2023 | 4–108 |
Other matches
- 17 March 1934 English League 32–16 France, Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington 11,100. This game against an English representative side was the French team's first competitive match.[1]
- 6 May 1935 English League 25–18 France, Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds 15,000[2]
- 26 April 1936 France 8–5 Dominions Xlll, Stade Buffalo, Paris
- 21 March 1937 France 3–6 Dominions Xlll, Stade Municipal, Toulouse 16,000
- 1 November 1937 France 0–15 British Empire, Stade Buffalo, Paris 20,000
- 26 May 1949 France 23–10 British Empire, Stade Chaban–Delmas, Bordeaux
- 3 January 1954 France 19–15 Combined Nations, Stade de Gerland, Lyons
- 10 August 1955 New Zealand Maoris 28–20 France,
- 21 October 1956 France 17–18 English League, Stade Velodrome, Marseilles 20,000
- 16 April 1958 English League 19–8 France, Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds 13,993
- 22 November 1958 English League 8–26 France, Knowsley Road, St Helens 16,000
- 3 August 1960 New Zealand Maoris 12–23 France, 5,044
- 25 October 2019 Junior Kangaroos 62–4 France, WIN Stadium, Wollongong
- 30 October 2019 Western Rams 20–22 France, Jock Colley Fields, Parkes 3,713
See also
References
- ^ "Frenchmen thrilled by our crowd and scoring". Leeds Mercury. No. 29, 428. 19 March 1934. p. 9.
- ^ "Rugby League: England beats France in the international". Sheffield Daily Independent. No. 25, 129. 7 May 1935. p. 8.
External links
- international results website
- France – Results at rugbyleagueproject