France's Penaud voted Autumn Nations player of the series
France winger Damian Penaud has been voted player of the series for the 2022 Autumn Nations after garnering 40 per cent of the votes from fans, the tournament's organisers said on Thursday.
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Lucu in for Le Garrec as France make six changes for Fiji test
PARIS :Scrumhalf Maxime Lucu will start for France against Fiji in Bordeaux on Saturday, replacing Nolann Le Garrec, who has been ruled out of the Autumn series due to a thigh injury, the French team said on Thursday.
Wasted chances cost France chance to beat South Africa
PARIS :France paid the price for wastefulness while South Africa were ruthlessly clinical, Les Bleus’ coach Fabien Galthie said after his side's 32-17 defeat by the world champions in their Autumn international on Saturday.
Fourteen-man South Africa dig deep to humble France
PARIS :South Africa showed all their world champions resilience, storming back from 14-6 down and the first-half sending-off of lock Lood de Jager to crush France 32-17 in a bruising Autumn international on Saturday.
Penaud becomes France's leading try scorer
PARIS :France winger Damian Penaud became his country’s all-time leading try scorer when he crossed the line for the 39th time early in their Autumn series test against world champions South Africa on Saturday.
Le Garrec and Ntamack pair up for France against South Africa
PARIS :France have named a new halfback pairing with Nolann Le Garrec starting alongside Romain Ntamack for Saturday’s test against South Africa at the Stade de France, with captain Antoine Dupont still unavailable after a knee ligament injury.
France team to play South Africa
PARIS :France head coach Fabien Galthie on Thursday named the following team to play South Africa in an autumn series test at the Stade de France on Saturday:
Edmonton-born rugby player starts for France in test match against All Blacks
Edmonton-born forward Tyler Duguid made his debut for fourth-ranked France in a 31-27 loss to the second-ranked All Blacks on Saturday in Dunedin, New Zealand.
Understrength French an unwelcome 'deja vu' in New Zealand
An understrength and unapologetic France kick off their three-test tour of New Zealand in Dunedin on Saturday, offering a Gallic shrug to a host nation raging at the absence of some of the Six Nations champions' top players.