France's national rugby union team is the nation's representative side. The team has played Test match rugby since 1906, when they played their first match against the touring New Zealand national rugby union team in Paris. The record for most Test match appearances, or caps, is held by Fabien Pelous with 118. The record for the number of test tries is held by Damian Penaud, who scored 40 tries in 57 Test match as November of 2025. The record for most Test points is held by Thomas Ramos, who has scored 547 points for France in his 51 Test matches as March of 2026.

Caps The following is a list of the ten French team players with the highest number of Test appearances. Updated France vs South Africa, 8 November 2025.

# NameCareer yearsCapsTriesPoints 1 1995–2007 118 8 40 2 1982–1995 111 30 125 3 2013–present 98 17 85 1996–2007 98 8 40 5 1980–1991 93 38 233 6 1997–2007 89 14 70 7 2001–2011 86 14 128 8 2003–2015 85 1 5 9 1998–2011 84 3 15 10 2004–2015 83 7 35

Career tries The following is a list of the ten French team players with the most Test tries. Updated New Zealand vs France, 4 July 2026.

# NameCareer yearsTriesCapsAvg per game 1 Damian Penaud 2017–present 41 60 2 Serge Blanco 1980–1991 38 93 3 Vincent Clerc 2002–2013 34 67 4 Philippe Saint-André 1990–1997 32 69 5 Philippe Sella 1982–1995 30 111 6 Louis Bielle-Biarrey 2023–present 29 27 7 Philippe Bernat-Salles 1992–2001 26 41 Émile Ntamack 1994–2000 26 46 8 Christophe Dominici 1998–2007 25 67 10 Christian Darrouy 1957–1967 23 40 Aurélien Rougerie 2001–2012 23 76

Career points The following is a list of the ten French team players with the most Test points. Updated France vs England, 14 March 2026. # PlayerCareer spanPointsCapsTriesCon.Pen.DGAve. 1 2019–present 563 52 10 135 80 1 2 2001–2015 436 77 10 61 79 9 3 1996–2001 380 37 2 59 78 6 4 2002–2012 373 61 2 51 85 2 5 2008–2019 370 71 3 47 86 1 6 1989–1997 367 43 6 32 89 2 7 1982–1993 354 36 12 48 59 11 8 1999–2003 267 32 3 36 57 3 9 1972–1977 265 34 4 27 56 9 10 1995–2007 252 54 18 42 21 5

Points in a match # PlayerPositionPointsTriesCon.Pen.DGResultOppositionDate 1 Didier Camberabero Full Back 30 3 9 0 0 70–12 02/06/1987 2 Christophe Lamaison Fly-half 28 1 4 3 2 43–31 31/10/1999 Frédéric Michalak Fly-half 28 1 4 4 1 51–9 25/10/2003 4 Guy Camberabero Fly-half 27 0 9 2 1 60–13 26/03/1967 Christophe Lamaison Fly-half 27 0 3 5 2 42–33 18/11/2000 Gérald Merceron Fly-half 27 1 2 6 0 32–23 16/06/2001 Jean-Baptiste Élissalde Scrum-half 27 1 11 0 0 87–10 16/09/2007 8 Thierry Lacroix Centre 26 0 1 8 0 36–12 10/06/1995 Frédéric Michalak Fly-half 26 0 4 6 0 61–18 11/10/2003 10 Jean-Pierre Romeu Fly-half 25 1 3 5 0 33–14 12/06/1976 Philippe Bérot Wing 25 1 6 3 0 49–3 11/11/1987 Thierry Lacroix Centre 25 2 3 3 0 38–10 26/05/1995

Last updated: France vs Wales, 31 January 2025. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Tries in a match Tries PlayerPositionResultOppositionDate 4 Adolphe Jaureguy Wing 61–3 04/05/1924 Maurice Celhay Wing 43–5 17/10/1937 Louis Bielle-Biarrey Wing 48–46 14/03/2026

Last updated: France vs England, 14 March 2026. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Matches as captain # PlayerSpanCapsTotal capsWin % as captain 1 2009–2015 56 79 48.21% 2 1997–2006 42 118 64.28% 3 1998–2007 41 98 63.41% 4 1978–1984 34 59 58.82% 1994–1997 34 69 73.52% 6 2016–2019 33 74 39.06% 7 2021–present 32 64 87.50% 8 1986–1988 25 33 74.00% 1999–2003 25 64 66.00% 10 1948–1952 24 33 52.08%

Last updated: France vs England, 14 March 2026. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Youngest players # PlayerAgeDOBDebutOpposition 1 Claude Dourthe 18 years 7 days 20/11/1948 27/11/1966 2 René Lasserre 18 years 84 days 09/10/1895 01/01/1914 3 Pierre Dizabo 18 years 99 days 04/10/1929 11/01/1948 4 Henri Martin 18 years 129 days 29/08/1888 05/01/1907 5 Lucien Augras-Fabre 18 years 141 days 13/08/1912 01/01/1931 6 Christopher Tolofua 18 years 168 days 31/12/1993 16/06/2012 7 Max Rousie 18 years 190 days 18/07/1912 24/01/1931 8 Marcel Legrain 18 years 279 days 14/06/1890 20/03/1909 9 Jacques Meynard 18 years 335 days 28/09/1935 29/08/1954 10 Gael Fickou 18 years 355 days 26/03/1994 16/03/2013

Last updated: France vs New Zealand, 16 November 2024. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Oldest players # PlayerAgeDOBLast matchOpposition 1 Alfred Roques 37 years 329 days 17/02/1925 12/01/1963 2 Francis Haget 37 years 249 days 01/10/1949 07/06/1987 3 Jean-Pierre Garuet-Lempirou 36 years 233 days 15/06/1953 03/02/1990 4 Marc Cecillon 36 years 138 days 30/01/1959 17/06/1995 5 Rabah Slimani 35 years 275 days 18/10/1989 19/07/2025 6 Pascal Ondarts 35 years 201 days 01/04/1956 19/10/1991 7 Lionel Nallet 35 years 179 days 14/09/1976 11/03/2012 8 Noël Baudry 35 years 156 days 01/04/1914 04/09/1949 9 Christophe Dominici 35 years 152 days 20/05/1972 19/10/2007 10 Nicolas Mas 35 years 147 days 23/05/1980 17/10/2015

Last updated: New Zealand vs France, 19 July 2025. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

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