Barbarian Rugby Club

French Barbarians

Nickname(s)	Les Babas
Coach(es)	Raphaël Ibañez (November 2016)
Captain(s)	Aurélien Rougerie (November 2016)
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 83 – 12 French Barbarians (20 September 2003)

The Barbarian Rugby Club, more commonly known as the French Barbarians (French: Barbarians français), are an invitational rugby union team founded in 1979 and based in France. The team is based on the Barbarians and was founded by Jean-Claude Skrela after he played for and adored the Barbarians in the later days of his career. The French Barbarians play in Sky, Navy and Royal hooped jerseys, and as with the original Barbarians, players retain the socks from their "home" club strip. All of the players chosen for the side are either French or play 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 Vélez Sársfield in Buenos Aires on 20 June 2009 as part of the mid-year test series, and lost 32–18

Matches against international sides

Date	Venue	Opposing Teams	For	Against	Result
1 May 1980	Stade Armandie, Agen	Scotland	26	22	Won
7 November 1981	Stade Jean Dauger, Bayonne	New Zealand	18	28	Lost
11 November 1982	Stade Maurice Boyau, Dax	Argentina	8	22	Lost
23 November 1983	Stade Mayol, Toulon	Australia	21	23	Lost
22 October 1985	Stade Jean-Martinaud, Cognac	Japan	45	4	Won
10 May 1986	Stade Armandie, Agen	Scotland	32	19	Won
11 November 1986	Stade Marcel-Deflandre, La Rochelle	New Zealand	12	26	Lost
22 May 1988	Stade Marcel-Deflandre, La Rochelle	Ireland	41	26	Won
22 October 1989	Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux	Fiji	16	32	Lost
27 October 1990	Stade Armandie, Agen	New Zealand	13	23	Lost
31 October 1992	Stadium Lille Métropole, Villeneuve-d'Ascq	South Africa	25	20	Won
11 November 1993	Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand	Australia	26	43	Lost
1 November 1995	Stade Mayol, Toulon	New Zealand	19	34	Lost
23 November 1996	Stade Amédée-Domenech, Brive	South Africa	30	22	Won
11 November 1997	Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz	South Africa	40	22	Won
11 November 1998	Stade Pierre Rajon, Bourgoin-Jallieu	Argentina	38	30	Won
27 May 2000	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	Wales	33	40	Lost
7 November 2000	Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens	New Zealand	23	21	Won
18 November 2001	Stade Mayol, Toulon	Fiji	15	17	Lost
20 September 2003	[[ ]], [[ ]]	France	12	83	Lost
3 March 2007	Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz	Argentina	14	28	Lost
28 June 2008	Esquimalt's Bullen Park, Victoria	Canada	17	7	Won
20 June 2009	José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires	Argentina	18	32	Lost
26 November 2010	Stade des Alpes, Grenoble	Tonga	27	28	Lost
4 June 2011	Independiente Stadium, Avellaneda	Argentina	19	23	Lost
11 June 2011	Estadio Centenario, Resistencia	Argentina	21	18	Won
20 June 2012	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo	Japan	40	21	Won
24 June 2012	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo	Japan	51	18	Won
25 November 2012	Stade Océane, Le Havre	Japan	64	41	Won
16 November 2013	Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand	Samoa	20	19	Won
14 November 2014	Stade Mayol, Toulon	Namibia	35	14	Won
20 June 2015	Old Resian Club, Rosario	Argentina	28	22	Won
26 June 2015	La Plata Rugby Club, La Plata	Argentina	9	21	Lost
24 November 2016	Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux	Australia	19	11	Won

Overall

Against	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Win %
Argentina	8	3	5	0	37.50%
Australia	3	1	2	0	33.33%
Canada	1	1	0	0	100%
Fiji	2	0	2	0	0%
France	1	0	1	0	0%
Ireland	1	1	0	0	100%
Japan	4	4	0	0	100%
Namibia	1	1	0	0	100%
New Zealand	5	1	4	0	20%
Samoa	1	1	0	0	100%
Scotland	2	2	0	0	100%
South Africa	3	3	0	0	100%
Tonga	1	0	1	0	0%
Wales	1	0	1	0	0%
Total	33	17	16	0	51.52%

Current squad

Squad to face Australia on 24 November.^[1]

Head Coach Raphaël Ibañez

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Club/province Union Bonfils, RémiRémi Bonfils Hooker (1988-09-26) 26 September 1988 Stade Français France Orioli, Jean-CharlesJean-Charles Orioli Hooker (1989-08-09) 9 August 1989 Toulon France Brugnaut, JulienJulien Brugnaut Prop (1981-11-17) 17 November 1981 Racing 92 France Menini, AlexandreAlexandre Menini Prop (1983-08-05) 5 August 1983 Lyon France Pointud, LucasLucas Pointud Prop (1988-01-18) 18 January 1988 Brive France Poux, Jean-BaptisteJean-Baptiste Poux Prop (1979-09-26) 26 September 1979 Bordeaux Bègles France Ortega, Rodrigo CapóRodrigo Capó Ortega Lock (1980-12-08) 8 December 1980 Castres Olympique Uruguay Iturria, ArthurArthur Iturria Lock (1994-05-13) May 13, 1994 Clermont Auvergne France Lambey, FelixFelix Lambey Lock (1994-03-15) 15 March 1994 Lyon France Bruni, VirgileVirgile Bruni Flanker (1989-02-06) 6 February 1989 Lyon France Gérondeau, CamilleCamille Gérondeau Flanker (1988-03-12) 12 March 1988 Clermont Auvergne France Monribot, JeanJean Monribot Flanker (1987-10-11) 11 October 1987 Bayonne France Lakafia, RaphaëlRaphaël Lakafia Number 8 (1988-10-28) 28 October 1988 Stade Français France Dupont, AntoineAntoine Dupont Scrum-half (1996-11-15) 15 November 1996 Castres Olympique France Lesgourgues, YannYann Lesgourgues Scrum-half (1991-01-17) 17 January 1991 Bordeaux Bègles France Holmes, ZackZack Holmes Fly-half (1990-05-30) 30 May 1990 La Rochelle Australia Lonca, RomainRomain Lonca Fly-half (1991-11-26) 26 November 1991 Bordeaux Bègles France Aguillon, PierrePierre Aguillon Centre (1987-03-27) 27 March 1987 La Rochelle France Rougerie, AurélienAurélien Rougerie (c) Centre (1980-09-26) 26 September 1980 Clermont Auvergne France Caminati, JulienJulien Caminati Wing (1985-10-28) 28 October 1985 Castres Olympique France Connor, BlairBlair Connor Wing (1988-09-29) 29 September 1988 Bordeaux Bègles Australia Dupichot, LouisLouis Dupichot Wing (1995-09-23) 23 September 1995 Pau France Buttin, Jean-MarcellinJean-Marcellin Buttin Fullback (1991-12-16) 16 December 1991 Bordeaux Bègles France

Note: Bold denotes players that have represented the French Barbarians in previous matches. Italics represents uncapped players.

Former players

See also

• Australian Barbarians
• Brussels Barbarians
• Fiji Barbarians
• New Zealand Barbarians
• South African Barbarians

References

External links

• Official Website
• Argentina beat French Barbarians
• Caucau a French Barbarian