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.

From the start of the 2017–18 season, the French Barbarians became the official second national team of the French Rugby Federation, which had previously designated either the France U20 side or France A as that team. 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).

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 Date Venue Opposing Teams For Against Result 1 May 1980 Stade Armandie, Agen 26 22 Won 7 November 1981 Stade Jean Dauger, Bayonne 18 28 Lost 11 November 1982 Stade Maurice Boyau, Dax 8 22 Lost 23 November 1983 Stade Mayol, Toulon 21 23 Lost 22 October 1985 Stade Jean-Martinaud, Cognac 45 4 Won 10 May 1986 Stade Armandie, Agen 32 19 Won 11 November 1986 Stade Marcel-Deflandre, La Rochelle 12 26 Lost 22 May 1988 Stade Marcel-Deflandre, La Rochelle 41 26 Won 22 October 1989 Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux 16 32 Lost 27 October 1990 Stade Armandie, Agen 13 23 Lost 31 October 1992 Stadium Lille Métropole, Villeneuve-d'Ascq 25 20 Won 11 November 1993 Stade Marcel-Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand 26 43 Lost 1 November 1995 Stade Mayol, Toulon 19 34 Lost 23 November 1996 Stade Amédée-Domenech, Brive 30 22 Won 11 November 1997 Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz 40 22 Won 11 November 1998 Stade Pierre Rajon, Bourgoin-Jallieu 38 30 Won 27 May 2000 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 33 40 Lost 7 November 2000 Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens 23 21 Won 18 November 2001 Stade Mayol, Toulon 15 17 Lost 20 September 2003 Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié, Narbonne 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. 12 83 Lost 3 March 2007 Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz 14 28 Lost 28 June 2008 Esquimalt's Bullen Park, Victoria 17 7 Won 20 June 2009 José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires 18 32 Lost 26 November 2010 Stade des Alpes, Grenoble 27 28 Lost 4 June 2011 Independiente Stadium, Avellaneda 19 23 Lost 11 June 2011 Estadio Centenario, Resistencia 21 18 Won 20 June 2012 Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 40 21 Won 24 June 2012 Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 51 18 Won 25 November 2012 Stade Océane, Le Havre 64 41 Won 16 November 2013 Stade Marcel-Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand 20 19 Won 14 November 2014 Stade Mayol, Toulon 35 14 Won 20 June 2015 Old Resian Club, Rosario 28 22 Won 26 June 2015 La Plata Rugby Club, La Plata 9 21 Lost 24 November 2016 Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux Wallaby XV 19 11 Won 10 November 2017 Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux Māori All Blacks 19 15 Won 31 May 2018 Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi Georgia 15 16 Lost 10 November 2018 Stade Chaban Delmas, Bordeaux 38 49 Lost 13 November 2021 Stade de Gerland, Lyon 42 17 Won 1 July 2022 Aveva Stadium, Houston 21 26 Lost

Overall Opponent Played Won Lost Drawn % Won 8 3 5 0 37.5% 2 0 2 0 0% 1 1 0 0 100% 1 1 0 0 100% 2 0 2 0 0% 1 0 1 0 0% 1 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 100% 4 4 0 0 100% 1 1 0 0 100% 5 1 4 0 20% Māori All Blacks 1 1 0 0 100% 1 1 0 0 100% 2 2 0 0 100% 3 3 0 0 100% 3 1 2 0 33% 1 0 1 0 0% 1 0 1 0 0% Total 38 20 18 0 52.63%

Current squad 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.

Former players

Malik Hamadache Miguel Avramovic Lucas Borges Mauricio Reggiardo Alberto Vernet Basualdo Benjamin Urdapilleta 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

Melrose Sevens Champions (1): 1983

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