1979 France rugby union tour of Fiji and New Zealand
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The 1979 France rugby union tour of Fiji New Zealand was a series of ten matches played in June and July 1979 by the France national rugby union team
in Fiji
, New Zealand
and Tahiti
. The team won seven matches and lost three, including defeats to provincial teams Waikato and Southland. They drew their two-match test series against New Zealand national rugby union team, losing the first test but winning the second. The victory in the second test was France's first away victory against New Zealand, gained at the eighth attempt.
, Bruce Robertson, Lyn Jaffray, Murray Watts, Murray Taylor, Mark Donaldson, Brad Johnstone
, Andy Dalton
(c), Gary Knight, Frank Oliver (rep Wayne Graham), Andy Haden
, Lester Rutledge, Gary Seear
, Graham Mourie
(c)
FRANCE: Jean-Michel Aguirre, Frédéric Costes, Didier Codorniou, Patrick Mesny, Jean-Luc Averous, Alain Caussade, Yves Laffarge, Robert Paparemborde
, Philippe Dintrans, Christian Colomine, François Haget, Patrick Salas, Jean-Pierre Rives
(c), Christian Beguerie, Jean-Luc Joinel.
, Bruce Robertson, Lyn Jaffray, Murray Watts, Murray Taylor, Mark Donaldson, Brad Johnstone
, Andy Dalton
(c), Gary Knight, Frank Oliver (rep Wayne Graham), Andy Haden
, Lester Rutledge, Gary Seear
, Graham Mourie
(c)
FRANCE: Jean-Michel Aguirre, Frédéric Costes, Didier Codorniou, Patrick Mesny, Jean-Luc Averous, Alain Caussade, Jerome Gallion, Robert Paparemborde
, Philippe Dintrans, Daniel Dubroca
, François Haget, Alain Maleg, Jean-Pierre Rives
(c), Christian Beguerie, Jean-Luc Joinel.
France national rugby union team
The France national rugby union team represents France in rugby union. They compete annually against England, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales in the Six Nations Championship. They have won the championship outright sixteen times, shared it a further eight times, and have completed nine grand slams...
in Fiji
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
and Tahiti
Tahiti
Tahiti is the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of the Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is the economic, cultural and political centre of French Polynesia. The island was formed from volcanic activity and is high and mountainous...
. The team won seven matches and lost three, including defeats to provincial teams Waikato and Southland. They drew their two-match test series against New Zealand national rugby union team, losing the first test but winning the second. The victory in the second test was France's first away victory against New Zealand, gained at the eighth attempt.
Results
- Scores and results list France's points tally first.
Date Opponent Location Result Score Match 1 June 16 Fiji Fiji national rugby union teamThe Fiji national rugby union team is a member of the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance formerly along with Samoa and Tonga. In 2009, Samoa announced their departure from the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance, leaving just Fiji and Tonga. Fiji are ranked sixteenth in the world by the IRB as of 26...Buckhurst Park, Suva SuvaSuva features a tropical rainforest climate under the Koppen climate classification. The city sees a copious amount of precipitation during the course of the year. Suva averages 3,000 mm of precipitation annually with its driest month, July averaging 125 mm of rain per year. In fact,...Won 13–4 Match 2 June 20 Marlborough Marlborough Rugby UnionMarlborough Rugby Union was a New Zealand rugby union team that played from 1888-2005.Marlborough was founded in 1888 and played at Lansdowne Park in Blenheim.-Championships:...Lansdowne Park Lansdowne Park, BlenheimLansdowne Park is one of the home grounds for Air New Zealand Cup team Tasman, the other being Trafalgar Park in Nelson. It is also home to the Marlborough Red Devils and Blenheim Clubs Harlequins and Central....
, BlenheimBlenheim, New ZealandBlenheim is the most populous town in the region of Marlborough, in the north east of the South Island of New Zealand, and the seat of the regional council. It has a population of The area which surrounds the town is well known as a centre of New Zealand's wine industry...Won 35–15 Match 3 June 23 Waikato Waikato Rugby UnionThe Waikato Rugby Union is the official governing body of rugby union in the Waikato area in the North Island of New Zealand. Its senior representative team competes in the ITM Cup , and won the inaugural Air New Zealand Cup in 2006.Waikato Rugby Union was founded in 1921...Rugby Park, Hamilton Hamilton, New ZealandHamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland...Lost 15–18 Match 4 June 27 North Auckland Northland Rugby UnionThe Northland Rugby Football Union is the governing body of rugby union in the Northland region of New Zealand.-History:Rugby was first played in Northland in the 1870s, and the first union was set up in the province in 1895, known as the Marsden Football Union. The Northland union was founded in...Okara Park, Whangarei WhangareiWhangarei, pronounced , is the northernmost city in New Zealand and the regional capital of Northland Region. Although commonly classified as a city, it is officially part of the Whangarei District, administered by the Whangarei District Council a local body created in 1989 to administer both the...Won 16–3 Match 5 June 30 Wellington Wellington Rugby Football UnionThe Wellington Rugby Football Union is the official governing body of rugby union in the city of Wellington, the capital of New Zealand...Athletic Park, Wellington WellingtonWellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...Won 14–9 Match 6 July 3 Hawke's Bay Hawke's Bay Rugby UnionThe Hawke's Bay Rugby Union is the governing body of rugby union in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand. The union is based in Napier.-Representative rugby:...McLean Park McLean ParkMcLean Park is a sports ground in Napier, New Zealand. The two main sports played at the ground are cricket and rugby. It is one of the 10 proper cricket grounds of New Zealand....
, NapierNapier, New ZealandNapier is a New Zealand city with a seaport, located in Hawke's Bay on the eastern coast of the North Island. The population of Napier is about About 18 kilometres south of Napier is the inland city of Hastings. These two neighboring cities are often called "The Twin Cities" or "The Bay Cities"...Won 31–13 Match 7 July 7 NEW ZEALAND Lancaster Park, Christchurch ChristchurchChristchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...Lost 9–23 Match 8 July 10 Southland Rugby Park, Invercargill InvercargillInvercargill is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland region. It lies in the heart of the wide expanse of the Southland Plains on the Oreti or New River some 18 km north of Bluff,...Lost 11–12 Match 9 July 14 NEW ZEALAND Eden Park Eden ParkEden Park is the biggest stadium in Auckland, New Zealand. It is used primarily for rugby union in winter and cricket in summer . The ground also occasionally hostts rugby league matches. To accommodate all three sports, the cricket pitch is removable...
, AucklandAucklandThe Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...Won 24–19 Match 10 July 16 Tahiti Tahiti national rugby union teamThe Tahiti national rugby union team is a third tier rugby union team, representing the island of Tahiti in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France. They first played in 1971 and have played just 12 games to date, four against the Cook Islands and three against Niue. Other games have..., Papeete Papeete-Sights:* Interactive Google map of Papeete, to discover the 30 major tourist attractions in Papeete downtown.*The waterfront esplanade*Bougainville Park -Sights:* Interactive Google map of Papeete, to discover the 30 major tourist attractions in Papeete downtown.*The waterfront...Won 92–12
First Test
NEW ZEALAND: Bevan Wilson, Stu WilsonStu Wilson
Stu Wilson is a former New Zealand rugby union player. He played for Wellington and New Zealand, captaining national team in the 1983 tour of England and Scotland....
, Bruce Robertson, Lyn Jaffray, Murray Watts, Murray Taylor, Mark Donaldson, Brad Johnstone
Brad Johnstone
Bradley Ronald Johnstone , known as Brad Johnstone, is a former New Zealand rugby union footballer and a current coach...
, Andy Dalton
Andy Dalton
Andrew Grant Dalton is an ex-All Blacks rugby union player who captained the side 17 times in tests...
(c), Gary Knight, Frank Oliver (rep Wayne Graham), Andy Haden
Andy Haden
Andrew Maxwell Haden is a former New Zealand rugby union player, who was a lock-forward for Auckland and New Zealand in the 1970s and 1980s.-Life and career:...
, Lester Rutledge, Gary Seear
Gary Seear
Gary Alan Seear is a former All Black number eight. He now works as a commercial property sales consultant for worldwide real estate firm Colliers International in Christchurch, New Zealand.-External links:...
, Graham Mourie
Graham Mourie
Graham Neil Kenneth Mourie is a former New Zealand All Black flanker and coach of the Hurricanes. He was one of the great All Black Captains in the late 70s and early 80s...
(c)
FRANCE: Jean-Michel Aguirre, Frédéric Costes, Didier Codorniou, Patrick Mesny, Jean-Luc Averous, Alain Caussade, Yves Laffarge, Robert Paparemborde
Robert Paparemborde
Robert Paparemborde, born 5 July 1948 in Pau, France, died 19 April 2001 aged 52, was a rugby union player who was capped 55 times, 5 as captain, for the French national side....
, Philippe Dintrans, Christian Colomine, François Haget, Patrick Salas, Jean-Pierre Rives
Jean-Pierre Rives
Jean-Pierre Rives is a French former rugby union player who won 59 caps for France as a flanker. Although considered too small by some for the position, Rives displayed tremendous courage and flair, epitomising the spirit of French rugby...
(c), Christian Beguerie, Jean-Luc Joinel.
Second Test
NEW ZEALAND: Bevan Wilson, Stu WilsonStu Wilson
Stu Wilson is a former New Zealand rugby union player. He played for Wellington and New Zealand, captaining national team in the 1983 tour of England and Scotland....
, Bruce Robertson, Lyn Jaffray, Murray Watts, Murray Taylor, Mark Donaldson, Brad Johnstone
Brad Johnstone
Bradley Ronald Johnstone , known as Brad Johnstone, is a former New Zealand rugby union footballer and a current coach...
, Andy Dalton
Andy Dalton
Andrew Grant Dalton is an ex-All Blacks rugby union player who captained the side 17 times in tests...
(c), Gary Knight, Frank Oliver (rep Wayne Graham), Andy Haden
Andy Haden
Andrew Maxwell Haden is a former New Zealand rugby union player, who was a lock-forward for Auckland and New Zealand in the 1970s and 1980s.-Life and career:...
, Lester Rutledge, Gary Seear
Gary Seear
Gary Alan Seear is a former All Black number eight. He now works as a commercial property sales consultant for worldwide real estate firm Colliers International in Christchurch, New Zealand.-External links:...
, Graham Mourie
Graham Mourie
Graham Neil Kenneth Mourie is a former New Zealand All Black flanker and coach of the Hurricanes. He was one of the great All Black Captains in the late 70s and early 80s...
(c)
FRANCE: Jean-Michel Aguirre, Frédéric Costes, Didier Codorniou, Patrick Mesny, Jean-Luc Averous, Alain Caussade, Jerome Gallion, Robert Paparemborde
Robert Paparemborde
Robert Paparemborde, born 5 July 1948 in Pau, France, died 19 April 2001 aged 52, was a rugby union player who was capped 55 times, 5 as captain, for the French national side....
, Philippe Dintrans, Daniel Dubroca
Daniel Dubroca
Daniel Dubroca is a former French national rugby union player and coach. He played as a prop and as a hooker.-Biography:Dubroca was born at Aiguillon....
, François Haget, Alain Maleg, Jean-Pierre Rives
Jean-Pierre Rives
Jean-Pierre Rives is a French former rugby union player who won 59 caps for France as a flanker. Although considered too small by some for the position, Rives displayed tremendous courage and flair, epitomising the spirit of French rugby...
(c), Christian Beguerie, Jean-Luc Joinel.
Touring party
- Manager: Yves Noe
- Assistant Managers: Fernand CazenaveFernand CazenaveFernand Cazenave was a former French rugby union international and national coach.Cazenave played six times for France as a winger in the 1950s...
& Jean DesclauxJean DesclauxJean Desclaux was a French rugby union player and coach who played for US Dax as flanker.Born in 1922 in Dax, he played and coached club rugby for US Dax only; as a player he served the club from 1947 to 1959 and represented France A eight times.As coach he managed US Dax from 1959 to 1973 winning... - Captain: Jean-Pierre RivesJean-Pierre RivesJean-Pierre Rives is a French former rugby union player who won 59 caps for France as a flanker. Although considered too small by some for the position, Rives displayed tremendous courage and flair, epitomising the spirit of French rugby...
Full Backs
- Jean-Michel Aguirre (Bagnères)
- Serge BlancoSerge BlancoSerge Blanco is a former rugby union footballer who played fullback for Biarritz Olympique and the French national side, gaining 93 caps, 81 of them at fullback. His alternative position was wing....
(Biarritz)
Three-Quarters
- Frédéric Costes (Montferrand)
- Jean-Luc Averous (La Voulte)
- Daniel Bustaffa (Carcassonne)
- Didier Codorniou (Narbonne)
- Patrick Mesny (Racing Club de France) - replacement during tour
- M Duffranc (Tyrosse)
- Laurent Pardo (Tarbes)
Half-Backs
- Alain Caussade (Lourdes)
- Guy Laporte (Graulhet)
- Jerome Gallion (Toulon)
- Yves Laffarge (Montferrand)
Forwards
- Yves Malquier (Narbonne)
- Christian Beguerie (Agen)
- Jean-Luc Joinel (Brive)
- Jean-Pierre RivesJean-Pierre RivesJean-Pierre Rives is a French former rugby union player who won 59 caps for France as a flanker. Although considered too small by some for the position, Rives displayed tremendous courage and flair, epitomising the spirit of French rugby...
(Toulouse) - François Haget (Biarritz)
- Patrick Salas (Narbonne)
- Jean-François Marchal (Lourdes)
- Alain Maleig (Oloron)
- Guy Colomine (Narbonne)
- Daniel DubrocaDaniel DubrocaDaniel Dubroca is a former French national rugby union player and coach. He played as a prop and as a hooker.-Biography:Dubroca was born at Aiguillon....
(Agen) - Robert PaparembordeRobert PaparembordeRobert Paparemborde, born 5 July 1948 in Pau, France, died 19 April 2001 aged 52, was a rugby union player who was capped 55 times, 5 as captain, for the French national side....
(Pau) - Philippe Dintrans (Tarbes)
- J-F Perche (Bourg)