In July 2024, the
France rugby union team
The France national rugby union team (, ) represents the French Rugby Federation (FFR; ) in men's international rugby union matches. Colloquially known as ''Le XV de France'' (French for "The XV of France"), the team traditionally wears blue ...
toured Argentina and Uruguay (their fifteenth overall), as part of the conventional
Summer International calendar.
Starting in
2012
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, France has toured Argentina in a two-test series in the year directly following the
Rugby World Cup
The Men's Rugby World Cup is a rugby union tournament contested every four years between the top international teams, the winners of which are recognised as the World championship, world champions of the sport.
The tournament is administer ...
(RWC). However, due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, the 2020 tour was cancelled.
Reported in April 2023,
[ the ]Ligue Nationale de Rugby
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(LNR) announced key dates for the 2023–24 season, with news of a French tour of Argentina.[ As the tour is only on a two-test basis, speculation mounted over a possible third match against either ]Chile
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or Uruguay
Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...
. A match against Uruguay was confirmed in April 2024. France were also scheduled to play a match against a World XV
A World XV (or World 15) is a rugby union team organised on an unofficial, ''ad hoc'' basis and typically composed of invited players from various countries. Several World XVs have been arranged by various bodies since the 1970s, often to take pa ...
at the San Mamés Stadium in Bilbao, Spain, as a pre-tour warm-up on 22 June; however, this match was cancelled in May 2024 after the organisers failed to satisfy safety and security conditions.Fabien Galthié
Fabien Galthié (; born 20 March 1969) is a French rugby union coach and former player, currently the head coach of the France national team.
His usual position was at scrum-half. He played much of his club rugby for Colomiers, and later on i ...
's first tour of Argentina, and the first international tests for new ''Pumas'' coach Felipe Contepomi
Felipe Contepomi (born 20 August 1977) is an Argentine professional rugby coach who is currently the head coach of the Argentine national side.
He was a rugby union footballer who played fly-half or centre; his last club was Club Newman, in ...
, who captained Argentina against France on their 2012 tour.
Fixtures
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Matches
France vs World XV
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Argentina vs France (1st test)
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Uruguay vs France
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Argentina vs France (2nd test)
Sexual assault cases
On 8 July 2024, two French rugby players, Pau lock Hugo Auradou
Hugo Auradou (born 20 July 2003) is a French rugby union player who plays as a lock for Pau in the Top 14 competition and the France national team. He made his Top 14 debut with his club on 22 December 2022.
Playing career
Early career
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and the La Rochelle flanker Oscar Jégou, were both arrested in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...
on sexaul abuse charges.Mendoza, Argentina
Mendoza (), officially the City of Mendoza (), is the capital of the Provinces of Argentina, province of Mendoza Province, Mendoza in Argentina. It is located in the northern-central part of the province, in a region of foothills and high plain ...
on 6 July 2024 while the '' Les Bleus'' tour was underway in the area.
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See also
* 2024 mid-year rugby union tests
The 2024 mid-year rugby union internationals (also known as the summer internationals in the Northern Hemisphere) are international rugby union matches mostly played in the Southern Hemisphere during the July international window.
Series and tours ...
* 2024 England rugby union tour of New Zealand
* 2024 Ireland rugby union tour of South Africa
* 2024 Wales rugby union tour of Australia
The Wales national rugby union team toured Australia in July 2024 as part of the 2024 mid-year rugby union tests. The first test against the Australia national rugby union team, Australia national team was played on 6 July at the new Sydney Footbal ...
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2023–24 in French rugby union
2024 rugby union tours