History of rugby union matches between Australia and France

The Australian Wallabies first played against France (Les Bleus) in 1928, resulting in a win to Australia. They were not to win again until 1968, although in recent years Australia have dominated the encounter and have historically won more matches and have a better points difference.

Summary[]

Overview[]

Records[]

Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was or last set.

Results[]

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition
1	22 January 1928	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris	8–11	Australia [1]	1927–28 Waratahs tour of the British Isles, France and Canada
2	11 January 1948	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris	13–6	France	1947–48 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland, France and North America
3	9 March 1958	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris	19–0	France	1957–58 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France
4	26 August 1961	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	8–15	France	1961 France rugby union tour of New Zealand and Australia
5	11 February 1967	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris	20–14	France	1966–67 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France
6	17 August 1968	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	11–10	Australia	1968 France rugby union tour of New Zealand and Australia
7	20 November 1971	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse	11–13	Australia	1971 Australia rugby union tour of France
8	27 November 1971	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris	18–9	France	1971 Australia rugby union tour of France
9	17 June 1972	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	14–14	draw	1972 France rugby union tour of Australia
10	25 June 1972	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane	15–16	France	1972 France rugby union tour of Australia
11	24 October 1976	Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux	18–15	France	1976 Australia rugby union tour of Europe
12	30 October 1976	Parc des Princes, Paris	34–6	France	1976 Australia rugby union tour of Europe
13	5 July 1981	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane	17–15	Australia	1981 France rugby union tour of Australia
14	11 July 1981	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	24–14	Australia	1981 France rugby union tour of Australia
15	13 November 1983	Stade Marcel Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand	15–15	draw	1983 Australia rugby union tour of Italy and France
16	19 November 1983	Parc des Princes, Paris	15–6	France	1983 Australia rugby union tour of Italy and France
17	21 June 1986	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	27–14	Australia	1986 France rugby union tour of Argentina, Australia and New Zealand
18	12 June 1987	Concord Oval, Sydney	24–30	France	1987 Rugby World Cup
19	4 November 1989	Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg	15–32	Australia	1989 Wallabies Spring tour
20	11 November 1989	Stadium Nord Lille Métropole, Lille	25–19	France	1989 Wallabies Spring tour
21	9 June 1990	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney	21–9	Australia	1990 France tour
22	24 June 1990	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane	48–31	Australia
23	30 June 1990	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney	19–28	France
24	30 October 1993	, Bordeaux	16–13	France	1993 Wallabies Spring tour
25	6 November 1993	Parc des Princes, Paris	3–24	Australia
26	21 June 1997	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney	29–15	Australia	1997 France tour
27	28 June 1997	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane	26–19	Australia
28	21 November 1998	Stade de France, Paris	21–32	Australia	1998 Wallabies Spring tour
29	6 November 1999	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales	35–12	Australia	1999 Rugby World Cup Final
30	4 November 2000	Stade de France, Paris	13–18	Australia	2000 Wallabies Spring tour
31	17 November 2001	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille	14–13	France	2001 Wallabies Spring tour
32	22 June 2002	Telstra Dome, Melbourne	29–17	Australia	2002 France tour
33	29 June 2002	Stadium Australia, Sydney	31–25	Australia
34	13 November 2004	Stade de France, Paris	27–14	France	2004 Autumn Internationals
35	2 July 2005	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane	37–31	Australia	2005 France Tour
36	5 November 2005	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille	26–16	France	2005 Autumn Internationals
37	28 June 2008	Stadium Australia, Sydney	34–13	Australia	2008 France tour
38	5 July 2008	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane	40–10	Australia
39	22 November 2008	Stade de France, Paris	13–18	Australia	2008 Autumn Internationals
40	27 June 2009	Stadium Australia, Sydney	22–6	Australia	2009 France tour
41	27 November 2010	Stade de France, Paris	16–59	Australia	2010 Autumn Internationals
42	10 November 2012	Stade de France, Paris	33–6	France	2012 end of year rugby union tests
43	7 June 2014	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane	50–23	Australia	2014 French Tour of Australia
44	14 June 2014	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne	6–0	Australia
45	21 June 2014	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney	39–13	Australia
46	15 November 2014	Stade de France, Paris	29–26	France	2014 end-of-year rugby union internationals
47	19 November 2016	Stade de France, Paris	23–25	Australia	2016 end-of-year rugby union internationals
48	7 July 2021	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane	23–21	Australia	2021 French Tour of Australia
49	13 July 2021	AAMI Park, Melbourne	26–28	France
50	17 July 2021	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane	33–30	Australia

List of series[]

Year	Matches played	Australia	France	Draws	Series winner	Trophée des Bicentenaires
1971	2	1	1	0	draw	N/A
1972	2	0	1	1	France
1976	2	0	2	0	France
1981	2	2	0	0	Australia
1983	2	0	1	1	France
1989	2	1	1	0	draw
1990	3	2	1	0	Australia
1993	2	1	1	0	draw
1997	2	2	0	0	Australia
2002	2	2	0	0	Australia
2008	2	2	0	0	Australia
2014	3	3	0	0	Australia
2021	3	2	1	0	Australia

References[]

External links[]

• Pick and Go Rugby test match database