List of France national rugby league team results
The France national rugby league team first played in 1934 on a tour of England. They have taken part in all World Cups, twelve in total, with the first being held in 1954 in France. They have never won the title but have finished runners-up in both 1954 and 1968.
All-time results record
Below are the France international XIII results up until 23 July 2024.[1]
Opponent | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | % Won | For | Aga | Diff |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 61 | 14 | 2 | 45 | 22.95% | 547 | 1476 | –929 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% | 23 | 25 | –2 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 72 | 32 | +40 |
Dominion XIII | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 100% | 11 | 11 | 0 |
![]() | 53 | 7 | 2 | 44 | 13.21% | 540 | 1454 | –914 |
![]() | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 14.29% | 109 | 208 | –99 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 18 | 62 | –44 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 60 | 0 | +60 |
![]() | 75 | 19 | 4 | 52 | 25.33% | 796 | 1762 | –966 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 34 | 12 | +22 |
![]() | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 77.78% | 295 | 172 | +123 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 10 | 14 | –4 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 186 | 10 | +176 |
![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 186 | 10 | +176 |
![]() | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25% | 80 | 115 | –35 |
![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 152 | 8 | +144 |
![]() | 56 | 16 | 5 | 35 | 28.57% | 592 | 1065 | –473 |
![]() | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50% | 60 | 52 | +8 |
Other Nationalities | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 33.33% | 77 | 99 | –22 |
![]() | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 64.29% | 281 | 249 | +32 |
Rest of the World | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 21 | 20 | +1 |
![]() | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 371 | 54 | +317 |
![]() | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20% | 58 | 188 | –130 |
![]() | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 81.82% | 326 | 198 | +128 |
![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 284 | 22 | +262 |
![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 86 | 23 | +63 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% | 38 | 56 | –18 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% | 49 | 22 | +27 |
![]() | 43 | 25 | 0 | 18 | 58.14% | 713 | 643 | +70 |
Total | 382 | 140 | 15 | 227 | 36.65% | 6,075 | 8,062 | –1,987 |
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
Date | Home | Score | Away | Competition | Venue | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
20 January 1960 | ![]() | 8–16 | ![]() | 1959–60 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France | ![]() | 3,437 |
6 March 1960 | ![]() | 20–18 | ![]() | Test Match | ![]() | 15,308 |
26 March 1960 | ![]() | 17–17 | ![]() | Test Match | ![]() | 13,165 |
11 June 1960 | ![]() | 8–8 | ![]() | 1960 French rugby league tour of Australia and New Zealand | ![]() | 49,868 |
2 July 1960 | ![]() | 56–6 | ![]() | ![]() | 32,644 | |
16 July 1960 | ![]() | 5–7 | ![]() | ![]() | 29,127 | |
23 July 1960 | ![]() | 9–2 | ![]() | ![]() | 17,914 | |
6 August 1960 | ![]() | 9–3 | ![]() | ![]() | 14,007 | |
24 September 1960 | ![]() | 13–12 | ![]() | 1960 Rugby League World Cup | ![]() | 20,278 |
1 October 1960 | ![]() | 33–7 | ![]() | ![]() | 22,293 | |
8 October 1960 | ![]() | 0–9 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,876 | |
11 December 1960 | ![]() | 10–21 | ![]() | Test Match | ![]() | 5,127 |
28 January 1961 | ![]() | 27–8 | ![]() | Test Match | ![]() | 14,804 |
11 November 1961 | ![]() | 6–6 | ![]() | 1961 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain and France | ![]() | 2,375 |
19 November 1961 | ![]() | 2–23 | ![]() | ![]() | 9,020 | |
9 December 1961 | ![]() | 5–5 | ![]() | ![]() | 3,307 | |
17 February 1962 | ![]() | 15–20 | ![]() | Test Match | ![]() | 17,277 |
11 March 1962 | ![]() | 23–13 | ![]() | Test Match | ![]() | 12,500 |
17 November 1962 | ![]() | 18–6 | ![]() | Friendly | ![]() | 11,099 |
2 December 1962 | ![]() | 17–12 | ![]() | Test Match | ![]() | 12,500 |
17 February 1963 | ![]() | 23–3 | ![]() | Friendly | ![]() | 6,150 |
3 April 1963 | ![]() | 42–4 | ![]() | Test Match | ![]() | 19,487 |
8 December 1963 | ![]() | 8–5 | ![]() | 1963–64 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France | ![]() | 4,261 |
22 December 1963 | ![]() | 9–21 | ![]() | ![]() | 6,932 | |
18 January 1964 | ![]() | 8–16 | ![]() | ![]() | 5,797 | |
8 March 1964 | ![]() | 5–11 | ![]() | Test Match | ![]() | 4,326 |
18 March 1964 | ![]() | 39–0 | ![]() | Test Match | ![]() | 4,750 |
13 June 1964 | ![]() | 20–6 | ![]() | 1964 French rugby league tour of Australia and New Zealand | ![]() | 20,370 |
4 July 1964 | ![]() | 27–2 | ![]() | ![]() | 20,076 | |
18 July 1964 | ![]() | 35–9 | ![]() | ![]() | 16,731 | |
25 July 1964 | ![]() | 24–16 | ![]() | ![]() | 10,148 | |
1 August 1964 | ![]() | 18–8 | ![]() | ![]() | 4,935 | |
15 August 1964 | ![]() | 10–2 | ![]() | ![]() | 7,279 | |
6 December 1964 | ![]() | 18–8 | ![]() | Test Match | ![]() | 7,150 |
23 January 1965 | ![]() | 17–7 | ![]() | Test Match | ![]() | 9,959 |
15 November 1965 | ![]() | 14–3 | ![]() | 1965 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain and France | ![]() | 30,431 |
28 November 1965 | ![]() | 6–2 | ![]() | ![]() | 9,000 | |
12 December 1965 | ![]() | 28–5 | ![]() | ![]() | 7,000 | |
16 January 1966 | ![]() | 18–13 | ![]() | Test Match | ![]() | 7,255 |
5 March 1966 | ![]() | 4–8 | ![]() | Test Match | ![]() | 14,004 |
22 January 1967 | ![]() | 13–16 | ![]() | Test Match | ![]() | 10,650 |
4 March 1967 | ![]() | 13–23 | ![]() | Test Match | ![]() | 7,448 |
17 December 1967 | ![]() | 7–7 | ![]() | 1967–68 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France | ![]() | 5,193 |
24 December 1967 | ![]() | 10–3 | ![]() | ![]() | 4,193 | |
7 January 1968 | ![]() | 16–13 | ![]() | ![]() | 5,000 | |
11 February 1968 | ![]() | 13–22 | ![]() | Test Match | ![]() | 5,500 |
2 March 1968 | ![]() | 19–8 | ![]() | Test Match | ![]() | 13,992 |
25 May 1968 | ![]() | 10–15 | ![]() | 1968 Rugby League World Cup | ![]() | 18,000 |
2 June 1968 | ![]() | 7–2 | ![]() | ![]() | 15,760 | |
8 June 1968 | ![]() | 37–4 | ![]() | ![]() | 32,662 | |
10 June 1968 | ![]() | 20–2 | ![]() | ![]() | 54,290 | |
30 November 1968 | ![]() | 34–10 | ![]() | Test Match | ![]() | 6,080 |
2 February 1969 | ![]() | 13–9 | ![]() | Test Match | ![]() | 7,536 |
9 March 1969 | ![]() | 17–13 | ![]() | Friendly | ![]() | 6,189 |
23 October 1969 | ![]() | 2–8 | ![]() | 1969–70 European Rugby League Championship | ![]() | 6,189 |
25 October 1969 | ![]() | 11–11 | ![]() | ![]() | 4,568 |
1970s
1980s
Date | Home | Score | Away | Competition | Venue | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
26 January 1980 | ![]() | 7–21 | ![]() | 1980 European Rugby League Championship | ![]() | 2,804 |
16 March 1980 | ![]() | 2–4 | ![]() | ![]() | 20,000 | |
23 November 1980 | ![]() | 6–5 | ![]() | 1980 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain and France | ![]() | 6,000 |
7 December 1980 | ![]() | 3–11 | ![]() | ![]() | 3,000 | |
31 January 1981 | ![]() | 23–5 | ![]() | 1981 European Rugby League Championship | ![]() | 4,120 |
21 February 1981 | ![]() | 1–5 | ![]() | ![]() | 3,229 | |
7 June 1981 | ![]() | 26–3 | ![]() | 1981 French rugby league tour of Australasia | ![]() | 12,200 |
21 June 1981 | ![]() | 25–2 | ![]() | ![]() | 8,100 | |
4 July 1981 | ![]() | 43–3 | ![]() | ![]() | 16,277 | |
18 July 1981 | ![]() | 17–2 | ![]() | ![]() | 14,000 | |
23 August 1981 | ![]() | 13–13 | ![]() | ![]() | 14,500 | |
6 December 1981 | ![]() | 37–0 | ![]() | Test Match | ![]() | 13,173 |
20 December 1981 | ![]() | 19–2 | ![]() | ![]() | 6,500 | |
31 July 1982 | ![]() | 8–7 | ![]() | Friendly | ![]() | 1,500 |
5 December 1982 | ![]() | 4–15 | ![]() | 1982 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France | ![]() | 8,000 |
18 December 1982 | ![]() | 9–23 | ![]() | ![]() | 7,000 | |
20 February 1983 | ![]() | 5–20 | ![]() | 1983 France vs. Great Britain rugby league series | ![]() | 3,826 |
6 March 1983 | ![]() | 17–5 | ![]() | ![]() | 6,055 | |
29 January 1984 | ![]() | 0–12 | ![]() | 1984 France vs. Great Britain rugby league series | ![]() | 4,000 |
17 February 1984 | ![]() | 10–0 | ![]() | ![]() | 7,646 | |
1 March 1985 | ![]() | 50–4 | ![]() | 1985 France vs. Great Britain rugby league series | ![]() | 6,491 |
17 March 1985 | ![]() | 24–16 | ![]() | ![]() | 5,000 | |
24 November 1985 | ![]() | 0–22 | ![]() | 1985 New Zealand rugby league tour of France | ![]() | 1,492 |
7 December 1985 | ![]() | 0–22 | ![]() | 1985–1988 World Cup | ![]() | 5,000 |
16 February 1986 | ![]() | 10–10 | ![]() | ![]() | 4,000 | |
1 March 1986 | ![]() | 24–10 | ![]() | Friendly | ![]() | 6,000 |
30 November 1986 | ![]() | 2–44 | ![]() | 1986 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France | ![]() | 6,000 |
13 December 1986 | ![]() | 0–52 | ![]() | 1985–1988 World Cup | ![]() | 5,000 |
24 January 1987 | ![]() | 52–4 | ![]() | ![]() | 6,567 | |
8 February 1987 | ![]() | 10–20 | ![]() | 1987 France vs. Great Britain rugby league series | ![]() | 2,000 |
15 November 1987 | ![]() | 21–4 | ![]() | 1985–1988 World Cup | ![]() | 5,000 |
24 January 1988 | ![]() | 14–28 | ![]() | 1988 France vs. Great Britain rugby league series | ![]() | 6,000 |
6 February 1988 | ![]() | 30–12 | ![]() | ![]() | 7,007 | |
21 January 1989 | ![]() | 26–10 | ![]() | 1989 France vs. Great Britain rugby league series | ![]() | 8,266 |
5 February 1989 | ![]() | 8–30 | ![]() | ![]() | 6,500 | |
19 November 1989 | ![]() | 14–16 | ![]() | 1989 New Zealand rugby league tour of France | ![]() | 3,500 |
3 December 1989 | ![]() | 0–34 | ![]() | 1989–1992 World Cup | ![]() | 4,028 |
1990s
2000s
Date | Home | Score | Away | Competition | Venue | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
28 October 2000 | ![]() | 20–23 | ![]() | 2000 World Cup | ![]() | 7,498 |
1 November 2000 | ![]() | 28–8 | ![]() | ![]() | 10,288 | |
5 November | ![]() | 56–6 | ![]() | ![]() | 7,969 | |
12 November 2000 | ![]() | 6–54 | ![]() | ![]() | 5,158 | |
10 June 2001 | ![]() | 36–0 | ![]() | 2001 French rugby league tour of New Zealand and Papua New Guinea | ![]() | 4,500 |
17 June 2001 | ![]() | 16–27 | ![]() | ![]() | 15,000 | |
20 June 2001 | ![]() | 34–24 | ![]() | ![]() | 12,000 | |
26 June 2001 | ![]() | 56–16 | ![]() | Friendly | ![]() | 2,006 |
3 July 2001 | ![]() | 20–42 | ![]() | Friendly | ![]() | 3,161 |
26 October 2001 | ![]() | 12–42 | ![]() | Friendly | ![]() | 10,000 |
2 November 2002 | ![]() | 36–6 | ![]() | 2002 Mediterranean Cup | ![]() | 9,713 |
30 November 2002 | ![]() | 10–36 | ![]() | 2002 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain and France | ![]() | 6,500 |
19 October 2003 | ![]() | 72–0 | ![]() | 2003 Mediterranean Cup | ![]() | |
22 October 2003 | ![]() | 120–0 | ![]() | ![]() | ||
25 October 2003 | ![]() | 26–18 | ![]() | ![]() | 4,000 | |
1 November 2003 | ![]() | 18–26 | ![]() | 2003 European Nations Cup | ![]() | 1,082 |
9 November 2003 | ![]() | 6–8 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,200 | |
16 November 2003 | ![]() | 68–6 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,536 | |
2 October 2004 | ![]() | 46–6 | ![]() | 2004 Mediterranean Cup | ![]() | |
5 October 2004 | ![]() | 18–4 | ![]() | ![]() | ||
9 October 2004 | ![]() | 42–14 | ![]() | ![]() | ||
16 October 2004 | ![]() | 10–58 | ![]() | 2004 European Nations Cup | ![]() | 2,000 |
30 October 2004 | ![]() | 4–42 | ![]() | ![]() | 4,000 | |
11 November 2004 | ![]() | 20–24 | ![]() | Friendly | ![]() | 8,000 |
21 November 2004 | ![]() | 30–52 | ![]() | Friendly | ![]() | 10,000 |
15 October 2005 | ![]() | 80–0 | ![]() | 2005 European Nations Cup | ![]() | 1,000 |
30 October 2005 | ![]() | 0–60 | ![]() | ![]() | 400 | |
5 November 2005 | ![]() | 38–16 | ![]() | ![]() | 3,000 | |
12 November 2005 | ![]() | 12–44 | ![]() | Friendly | ![]() | 7,913 |
18 November 2005 | ![]() | 22–38 | ![]() | Friendly | ![]() | 8,013 |
22 October 2006 | ![]() | 26–10 | ![]() | Federation Shield | ![]() | 5,547 |
29 October 2006 | ![]() | 28–6 | ![]() | ![]() | 2,700 | |
5 November 2006 | ![]() | 10–48 | ![]() | ![]() | 8,437 | |
23 June 2007 | ![]() | 42–14 | ![]() | Friendly | ![]() | 12,685 |
27 October 2007 | ![]() | 46–16 | ![]() | Friendly | ![]() | 7,000 |
3 November 2007 | ![]() | 38–26 | ![]() | Friendly | ![]() | 7,248 |
10 November 2007 | ![]() | 22–16 | ![]() | Friendly | ![]() | 4,500 |
17 November 2007 | ![]() | 14–22 | ![]() | Friendly | ![]() | 6,781 |
27 June 2008 | ![]() | 8–56 | ![]() | Friendly | ![]() | 8,326 |
26 October 2008 | ![]() | 36–18 | ![]() | 2008 World Cup | ![]() | 9,287 |
1 November 2008 | ![]() | 42–6 | ![]() | ![]() | 9,213 | |
9 November 2008 | ![]() | 10–42 | ![]() | ![]() | 8,028 | |
13 June 2009 | ![]() | 12–66 | ![]() | Friendly | ![]() | 7,600 |
23 October 2009 | ![]() | 34–12 | ![]() | 2009 Four Nations | ![]() | 11,529 |
31 October 2009 | ![]() | 12–62 | ![]() | ![]() | 12,410 | |
7 November 2009 | ![]() | 4–42 | ![]() | ![]() | 8,656 |
2010s
2020s
Date | Home | Score | Away | Competition | Venue | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
23 October 2021 | ![]() | 10–30 | ![]() | Friendly | ![]() | 6,000 |
17 October 2022 | ![]() | 34–12 | ![]() | 2021 Rugby League World Cup | ![]() | 4,182 |
22 October 2022 | ![]() | 42–18 | ![]() | ![]() | 23,648 | |
30 October 2022 | ![]() | 62–4 | ![]() | ![]() | 6,756 | |
29 April 2023 | ![]() | 64–0 | ![]() | Friendly | ![]() | 8,422 |
25 September 2023 | ![]() | 10–78 | ![]() | Friendly | ![]() | |
2 December 2023 | ![]() | 6–78 | ![]() | Two match series friendly | ![]() | |
5 December 2023 | 4–108 | |||||
29 June 2024 | ![]() | 8–40 | ![]() | Friendly | ![]() | 4,907 |
22 October 2024 | ![]() | – | ![]() | 2026 World Cup European Qualifiers | Stade Albert Domec, Carcassonne | |
26 October 2024 | ![]() | – | ![]() ![]() | Stade Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan |
Other matches
- 17 March 1934 English League 32–16 France, Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington 11,100. This game against an English representative side was the French team's first competitive match.[2]
- 6 May 1935 English League 25–18 France, Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds 15,000[3]
- 26 April 1936 France 8–5 Dominions Xlll, Stade Buffalo, Paris
- 21 March 1937 France 3–6 Dominions Xlll, Stade Municipal, Toulouse 16,000
- 1 November 1937 France 0–15 British Empire, Stade Buffalo, Paris 20,000
- 26 May 1949 France 23–10 British Empire, Stade Chaban–Delmas, Bordeaux
- 3 January 1954 France 19–15 Combined Nations, Stade de Gerland, Lyons
- 10 August 1955 New Zealand Maoris 28–20 France,
- 21 October 1956 France 17–18 English League, Stade Velodrome, Marseilles 20,000
- 16 April 1958 English League 19–8 France, Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds 13,993
- 22 November 1958 English League 8–26 France, Knowsley Road, St Helens 16,000
- 3 August 1960 New Zealand Maoris 12–23 France, 5,044
- 25 October 2019 Junior Kangaroos 62–4 France, WIN Stadium, Wollongong
- 30 October 2019 Western Rams 20–22 France, Jock Colley Fields, Parkes 3,713
See also
References
- ^ "France Head to Head". rugbyleagueproject. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ^ "Frenchmen thrilled by our crowd and scoring". Leeds Mercury. No. 29, 428. 19 March 1934. p. 9.
- ^ "Rugby League: England beats France in the international". Sheffield Daily Independent. No. 25, 129. 7 May 1935. p. 8.
External links
- international results website
- France – Results at rugbyleagueproject