French Barbarians

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.

Not to be confused with the Barbarian Football Club, a rugby union team based in Britain and usually referred to as the Barbarians.

French Barbarians
(French: Barbarians français)
Nickname(s)Les Babas
Coach(es)Denis Charvet
Team kit
First match
French Barbarians 26 – 22  Scotland
(2 May 1980)
Largest win
French Barbarians 45 – 4  Japan
(27 October 1985)
Largest defeat
France XV des Présidents 83 – 12 French Barbarians
(20 September 2003)

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

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
DateVenueOpposing TeamsForAgainstResult
1 May 1980Stade Armandie, Agen Scotland2622Won
7 November 1981Stade Jean Dauger, Bayonne New Zealand1828Lost
11 November 1982Stade Maurice Boyau, Dax Argentina822Lost
23 November 1983Stade Mayol, Toulon Australia2123Lost
22 October 1985Stade Jean-Martinaud, Cognac Japan454Won
10 May 1986Stade Armandie, Agen Scotland3219Won
11 November 1986Stade Marcel-Deflandre, La Rochelle New Zealand1226Lost
22 May 1988Stade Marcel-Deflandre, La Rochelle Ireland4126Won
22 October 1989Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux Fiji1632Lost
27 October 1990Stade Armandie, Agen New Zealand1323Lost
31 October 1992Stadium Lille Métropole, Villeneuve-d'Ascq South Africa2520Won
11 November 1993Stade Marcel-Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand Australia2643Lost
1 November 1995Stade Mayol, Toulon New Zealand1934Lost
23 November 1996Stade Amédée-Domenech, Brive South Africa3022Won
11 November 1997Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz South Africa4022Won
11 November 1998Stade Pierre Rajon, Bourgoin-Jallieu Argentina3830Won
27 May 2000Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Wales3340Lost
7 November 2000Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens New Zealand2321Won
18 November 2001Stade Mayol, Toulon Fiji1517Lost
20 September 2003Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié, NarbonneFrance XV des Présidents1283Lost
3 March 2007Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz Argentina1428Lost
28 June 2008Esquimalt's Bullen Park, Victoria Canada177Won
20 June 2009José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires Argentina1832Lost
26 November 2010Stade des Alpes, Grenoble Tonga2728Lost
4 June 2011Independiente Stadium, Avellaneda Argentina1923Lost
11 June 2011Estadio Centenario, Resistencia Argentina2118Won
20 June 2012Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo Japan4021Won
24 June 2012Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo Japan5118Won
25 November 2012Stade Océane, Le Havre Japan6441Won
16 November 2013Stade Marcel-Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand Samoa2019Won
14 November 2014Stade Mayol, Toulon Namibia3514Won
20 June 2015Old Resian Club, Rosario Argentina2822Won
26 June 2015La Plata Rugby Club, La Plata Argentina921Lost
24 November 2016Stade Chaban-Delmas, BordeauxAustralia Wallaby XV1911Won
10 November 2017Stade Chaban-Delmas, BordeauxNew Zealand Māori All Blacks1915Won
31 May 2018Dinamo Arena, TbilisiGeorgia (country) Georgia1516Lost
10 November 2018Stade Chaban Delmas, Bordeaux Tonga3849Lost
13 November 2021Stade de Gerland, Lyon Tonga4217Won
1 July 2022Aveva Stadium, Houston United States2126Lost

Overall
Against Played Won Lost Drawn Win %
 Argentina835037.5%
 Australia20200%
 Australia XV1100100%
 Canada1100100%
 Fiji20200%
France XV des Présidents10100%
 Georgia10100%
 Ireland1100100%
 Japan4400100%
 Namibia1100100%
 New Zealand514020%
New Zealand Māori All Blacks1100100%
 Samoa1100100%
 Scotland2200100%
 South Africa3300100%
 Tonga312033%
 United States10100%
 Wales10100%
Total382018052.63%

Current squad

French Barbarians squad to face the United States on 1 July 2022.

Coaches: France Christian Labit and France 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.

Player Position Date of birth (age) Club/province Union
Clément Maynadier Hooker (1988-10-11) 11 October 1988 Bordeaux Bègles France France
Adrien Pélissié Hooker (1990-08-07) 7 August 1990 Clermont Auvergne France France
Nicolas Corato Prop (1997-10-07) 7 October 1997 Pau France France
Arthur Joly Prop (1988-02-20) 20 February 1988 Perpignan France France
Jefferson Poirot Prop (1992-01-11) 11 January 1992 Bordeaux Bègles France France
Sébastien Taofifénua Prop (1992-03-21) 21 March 1992 Lyon France France
Alexandre Roumat Lock (1997-06-27) 27 June 1997 Bordeaux Bègles France France
Romain Sazy Lock (1986-10-14) 14 October 1986 La Rochelle France France
Esteban Abadie Back row (1997-12-01) 1 December 1997 Brive France France
Anthime Hemery Back row (2001-01-09) 9 January 2001 Racing 92 France France
Louis Picamoles Back row (1985-02-05) 5 February 1985 Bordeaux Bègles France France
William Wavrin Back row (1991-01-06) 6 January 1991 Stade Montois France France
Thomas Berjon Scrum-half (1998-04-12) 12 April 1998 La Rochelle France France
Samuel Marques Scrum-half (1988-12-08) 8 December 1988 Carcassonne Portugal Portugal
Louis Foursans Fly-half (2002-01-29) 29 January 2002 Montpellier France France
François Trinh-Duc Fly-half (1986-11-11) 11 November 1986 Bordeaux Bègles France France
Raphaël Lagarde Fly-half (1988-10-30) 30 October 1988 Agen France France
Pierre Aguillon Centre (1987-03-27) 27 March 1987 Castres France France
Jean-Baptiste Dubié Centre (1989-07-16) 16 July 1989 Bordeaux Bègles France France
Adrien Lapègue Wing (1998-10-21) 21 October 1998 Stade Français France France
Mathieu Acebes Fullback (1987-08-01) 1 August 1987 Perpignan France France
Nans Ducuing Fullback (1991-11-06) 6 November 1991 Bordeaux Bègles France France

Former players

Honours

See also

References
  1. "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.
  2. "Next Senior National Representative Team June 2003–2017" (PDF). World Rugby. 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  3. "Next Senior National Representative Team June 2003–2012" (PDF). World Rugby. 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  4. https://www.ffr.fr/actualites/barbarians-francais/barbarians-francais-une-equipe-dexception
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