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Nickname(s) | Les Baa-Baas | |
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Coach(es) | Denis Charvet | |
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First match | ||
French Barbarians 26 – 22 ![]() (2 May 1980) | ||
Largest win | ||
French Barbarians 45 – 4 ![]() (27 October 1985) | ||
Largest defeat | ||
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The Barbarian Rugby Club, more commonly known as the French Barbarians, is a rugby union team formed in 1979 and based in France. It was founded as an amateur invitational team modeled on the Barbarian F.C.
From the start of the 2017–18 season, the French Barbarians became the official second national team of the French Rugby Federation,[1] which had previously designated either the France U20 side or France A as that team.[2][3] This decision was reversed in 2019, to allow for the creation of a new second national team as a development side (above the Under 20s team but below the first men's team). [4]
The French Barbarians play in sky, navy and royal blue hooped jerseys. As with the original Barbarians, players retain the socks from their "home" club strip.
History
[edit]Jean-Claude Skrela founded the club after he had played for, and adored, the original Barbarians in the later days of his career. Through the amateur era, all players chosen for the side were either French or played for French clubs.
One of the most recent matches was against the Argentina national team (Los Pumas) in early 2007, as part of their preparation for the 2007 Rugby World Cup. For the game, held in Biarritz, the coaches were Jacques Delmas (Biarritz), Patrice Lagisquet (Biarritz) and were captained by Thomas Lièvremont. While in 2008 they beat Canada in Victoria. They played with Argentina at José Amalfitani Stadium in Buenos Aires on 20 June 2009 as part of the mid-year test series, and lost 32–18.
In 2016 the French Barbarians beat Australia XV by 19–11 in their first match against an Australian side for over twenty years. And in late 2017 they beat the Māori All Blacks 19–15, which was the first time playing that side.
Matches against international sides
[edit]Overall
[edit]Against | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | Win % |
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8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.5% |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
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5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20% |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33% |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Total | 38 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 52.63% |
Current squad
[edit]French Barbarians squad to face the United States on 1 July 2022.
Coaches: Christian Labit and
Kevin Gourdon
Note: Bold denotes players that have represented the French Barbarians in previous matches. Italics represents uncapped players. Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules.
Former players
[edit]Malik Hamadache
Miguel Avramovic
Lucas Borges
Mauricio Reggiardo
Alberto Vernet Basualdo
David Campese
John Eales
Nick Farr-Jones
James O'Connor
George Smith
Robins Tchale-Watchou
Mike James
Silvère Tian
Richard Pool-Jones
Peter Winterbottom
Rupeni Caucaunibuca
Waisale Serevi
Marika Vunibaka
Louis Armary
David Aucagne
Teddy Baubigny
Alexi Balès
Pierre-Louis Barassi
Abdelatif Benazzi
Philippe Benetton
Pierre Berbizier
Philippe Bernat-Salles
Serge Betsen
Serge Blanco
Éric Bonneval
Olivier Brouzet
Nicolas Brusque
Laurent Cabannes
Jean-Marie Cadieu
Didier Camberabero
Louis Carbonel
Alain Carminati
Thomas Castaignède
Richard Castel
Marc Cécillon
Denis Charvet
Gérard Cholley
Vincent Clerc
Didier Codorniou
Franck Comba
Jean Condom
Jean-Jacques Crenca
Dylan Cretin
Marc Dal Maso
Marc de Rougemont
Christophe Deylaud
Philippe Dintrans
Christophe Dominici
Yves Donguy
Pierre Dospital
Michel Droitecourt
Daniel Dubroca
Jean-Baptiste Élissalde
Jean-Pierre Élissalde
Dominique Erbani
Jérôme Fillol
Jacques Fouroux
Fabien Galthié
Xavier Garbajosa
Jean-Pierre Garuet-Lempirou
Stéphane Glas
Arthur Gomes
Jean-Michel Gonzalez
Antoine Guillamon
Francis Haget
Dominique Harize
Cédric Heymans
Aubin Hueber
Jean-François Imbernon
Jean-Luc Joinel
Jordan Joseph
Jean-Baptiste Lafond
Patrice Lagisquet
Guy Laporte
Christophe Laussucq
Jean-Patrick Lescarboura
Marc Lièvremont
Thomas Lièvremont
Sylvain Marconnet
Jimmy Marlu
Tony Marsh
Rémy Martin
Olivier Merle
Franck Mesnel
Frédéric Michalak
Vincent Moscato
Émile Ntamack
Romain Ntamack
Pascal Ondarts
Alain Paco
Michel Palmié
Boris Palu
Robert Paparemborde
Laurent Pardo
Adrien Pélissié
Fabien Pelous
Jean-Baptiste Poux
Thibaut Privat
Pierre Rabadan
Swan Rebbadj
Arthur Retière
Jean-Pierre Rives
Laurent Rodriguez
Jean-Pierre Romeu
Aurélien Rougerie
Olivier Roumat
Philippe Saint-André
Jean-Luc Sadourny
Philippe Sella
David Skrela
Jean-Claude Skrela
Cédric Soulette
Jérôme Thion
Jean-François Tordo
Diego Domínguez
Hugo MacNeill
Fergus Slattery
Ian Jones
Josh Kronfeld
Simon Mannix
Chris Masoe
David Smith
Grzegorz Kacała
Naas Botha
Brett Gosper
Andre Joubert
Filipo Toala
Honours
[edit]- Melrose Sevens
- Champions (1): 1983
See also
[edit]- Australian Barbarians
- Brussels Barbarians
- Fiji Barbarians
- New Zealand Barbarians
- South African Barbarians
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ Containing mostly the same players as France's 2003 World Cup squad—except for those who played on the Baa-Baas such as Yannick Bru or Sébastien Chabal—this designation exists to circumvent World Rugby regulations and the Board's authority on allowing matches with international squads to be organized.
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "Next Senior National Representative Team June 2003–2012" (PDF). World Rugby. 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ "Barbarians Français : Une équipe d'exception". Fédération Française de Rugby (in French). 4 June 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ Bertrand Bourgeault (20 September 2003). "Un match pour quoi faire ?" (in French). Le Parisien.