1994 France rugby union tour of Canada and New Zealand

1994 France rugby union tour of Canada and New Zealand
Summary	P W D L
Total	10 07 00 03
Test match	03 02 00 01
Opponent	P W D L
Canada	1 0 0 1
New Zealand	2 2 0 0

The 1994 France rugby union tour of Canada and New Zealand was a series of matches played in June and July 1994 in Canada and New Zealand by France national rugby union team. In typical French fashion, (in that they are famed for their inconsistency), they lost to Canada, a "Tier 2" Rugby playing nation, and then became the first Northern Hemisphere test side to win a test match series in New Zealand, who are the most dominant rugby side in history.

France became the fifth and most recent team after the 1937 Springboks, 1949 Wallabies, 1971 British Lions and 1986 Wallabies to win a test series in New Zealand.

Matches[]

Scores and results list France's points tally first.

Highlights[]

The 22–8 victory on 26 June was the biggest win by France over New Zealand up to then. In the second test, on 3 July, New Zealand led 20–16 with three minutes of the match remaining. As they tried to run down the clock, Philippe Saint-André started a move in his own 22 which, 65 seconds later, ended with Jean-Luc Sadourny crossing the French line to score what became known as l'essai du bout du monde (the try from the end of the world), giving them a 23–20 victory.^[1] It was the first time a side from the northern hemisphere had won a test series against the All Blacks.^[2]

References[]

Further reading[]

Stephen Jones, ed. (1995). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1995–96. Headline. ISBN 0-7472-7816-4.