2016 France rugby union tour of Argentina

Coach(es)

Tour captain(s)

Top test point scorer(s)

Top test try scorer(s)

4 players with 1 try

Summary

P	W	D	L

Total

02	01	00	01

Test match

02	01	00	01

Opponent

P	W	D	L

Argentina

2	1	0	1

Tour chronology

Previous tour

Australia 2014

Next tour

South Africa 2017

In June 2016, France played a two-test series against Argentina as part of the 2016 mid-year rugby union tests.^[1] They played Los Pumas across the two weeks that were allocated to the June International window (19 June and 25 June), and which were part of the fourth year of the global rugby calendar established by the International Rugby Board, which runs through to 2019.^[2] This was the first French tour to Argentina since their drawn series in 2012.

The French domestic Top 14 tournament ended later than usual, as no games were scheduled during the pool phase of the 2015 Rugby World Cup. Therefore, the semi-finals and final of the 2015–16 season coincided with the June international window, clashing with the French games on the 19 and 25 June.^[3]^[4]

Fixtures

Date and time	Venue	Home	Score	Away
19 June 2016, 18:10 ART (UTC-03)	Estadio Monumental José Fierro, Tucumán	Argentina	30–19	France
25 June 2016, 15:10 ART (UTC-03)	Estadio Monumental José Fierro, Tucumán	Argentina	0–27	France

Squads

Note: Ages, caps and clubs are as per 19 June, the first test match of the tour.

France

On 6 June, Guy Novès named the first set of players for France's two-test series against Argentina. The squad did not include any of the six Top 14 play-offs teams, Castres, Clermont, Toulon, Toulouse, Racing or Montpellier (except François Trinh-Duc who was released by Montpellier for the tour) due to the play-offs taking place between 11 and 24 June.^[5]

On 13 June, Novès named a further 11 players on top of the initial 17, after Toulouse and Castres and were eliminated from the Top 14 quarter-finals.^[6]

On 19 June, Paul Jedrasiak was called up to the squad following Clermont Auvergne's elimination from the Top 14.

Coaching team:

Head coach: Guy Novès
Forwards coach: Yannick Bru
Backs coach: Jean-Frederic Dubois

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Rémi Bonfils	Hooker	(1988-09-16)16 September 1988 (aged 27)	0	Stade Français
Clément Maynadier	Hooker	(1988-10-11)11 October 1988 (aged 27)	0	Bordeaux Bègles
Uini Atonio	Prop	(1990-03-26)26 March 1990 (aged 26)	15	La Rochelle
Lucas Pointud	Prop	(1988-01-18)18 January 1988 (aged 28)	0	Brive
Jefferson Poirot	Prop	(1992-11-01)1 November 1992 (aged 23)	5	Bordeaux Bègles
Rabah Slimani	Prop	(1989-10-18)18 October 1989 (aged 26)	26	Stade Français
William Demotte	Lock	(1991-05-22)22 May 1991 (aged 25)	0	Agen
Paul Jedrasiak	Lock	(1993-02-06)6 February 1993 (aged 23)	4	Clermont Auvergne
Julien Le Devedec	Lock	(1986-06-04)4 June 1986 (aged 30)	0	Bordeaux Bègles
Yoann Maestri	Lock	(1988-01-14)14 January 1988 (aged 28)	47	Toulouse
Fabrice Metz	Lock	(1991-01-23)23 January 1991 (aged 25)	0	Oyonnax
Kélian Galletier	Flanker	(1992-03-18)18 March 1992 (aged 24)	0	Montpellier
Loann Goujon	Flanker	(1989-04-23)23 April 1989 (aged 27)	10	Bordeaux Bègles
Kevin Gourdon	Flanker	(1990-01-23)23 January 1990 (aged 26)	0	La Rochelle
Raphaël Lakafia	Number 8	(1988-10-28)28 October 1988 (aged 27)	3	Stade Français
Louis Picamoles	Number 8	(1986-02-05)5 February 1986 (aged 30)	52	Toulouse
Sébastien Bezy	Scrum-half	(1991-11-22)22 November 1991 (aged 24)	5	Toulouse
Baptiste Serin	Scrum-half	(1994-06-20)20 June 1994 (aged 21)	0	Bordeaux Bègles
Jules Plisson	Fly-half	(1991-08-20)20 August 1991 (aged 24)	11	Stade Français
François Trinh-Duc	Fly-half	(1986-11-11)11 November 1986 (aged 29)	53	Montpellier
Jonathan Danty	Centre	(1992-10-07)7 October 1992 (aged 23)	3	Stade Français
Gaël Fickou	Centre	(1994-03-26)26 March 1994 (aged 22)	19	Toulouse
Rémi Lamerat	Centre	(1990-01-14)14 January 1990 (aged 26)	7	Castres
Julien Rey	Centre	(1986-09-01)1 September 1986 (aged 29)	0	Bordeaux Bègles
Djibril Camara	Wing	(1989-06-22)22 June 1989 (aged 26)	1	Stade Français
Maxime Médard	Wing	(1986-11-16)16 November 1986 (aged 29)	46	Toulouse
Xavier Mignot	Wing	(1994-01-27)27 January 1994 (aged 22)	0	Grenoble
Hugo Bonneval	Fullback	(1990-11-19)19 November 1990 (aged 25)	6	Stade Français
Geoffrey Palis	Fullback	(1991-07-08)8 July 1991 (aged 24)	0	Castres

Argentina

On 31 May, Argentina named a 28-man squad for the June internationals against Italy and France.^[7]

On 12 June, Ignacio Larrague was called up to the squad as an injury replacement for Matías Alemanno.^[8]

On 16 June, Ramiro Herrera and Tomás Lavanini were called up to the squad ahead of the two-test series against France.^[9]

Coaching team:

Head coach: Daniel Hourcade
Defence coach: Pablo Bouza
Backs coach: Germán Fernández
Forwards coach: Emiliano Bergamaschi

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Facundo Bosch	Hooker	(1991-08-08)8 August 1991 (aged 24)	2	CUBA
Agustín Creevy (c)	Hooker	(1985-03-15)15 March 1985 (aged 31)	47	Jaguares
Julián Montoya	Hooker	(1993-10-29)29 October 1993 (aged 22)	17	Jaguares
Santiago García Botta	Prop	(1992-06-19)19 June 1992 (aged 24)	7	Jaguares
Facundo Gigena	Prop	(1994-09-15)15 September 1994 (aged 21)	1	Tala
Ramiro Herrera	Prop	(1989-02-14)14 February 1989 (aged 27)	20	Jaguares
Enrique Pieretto	Prop	(1994-12-15)15 December 1994 (aged 21)	2	Córdoba
Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro	Prop	(1989-11-06)6 November 1989 (aged 26)	23	Jaguares
Matías Alemanno	Lock	(1991-12-05)5 December 1991 (aged 24)	21	Jaguares
Ignacio Larrague	Lock	(1995-10-25)25 October 1995 (aged 20)	2	C.A.S.I
Tomás Lavanini	Lock	(1993-01-22)22 January 1993 (aged 23)	27	Jaguares
Guido Petti	Lock	(1994-11-17)17 November 1994 (aged 21)	13	Jaguares
Juan Manuel Leguizamón	Flanker	(1983-06-06)6 June 1983 (aged 33)	66	Jaguares
Tomás Lezana	Flanker	(1994-02-16)16 February 1994 (aged 22)	6	Jaguares
Pablo Matera	Flanker	(1993-07-18)18 July 1993 (aged 22)	23	Jaguares
Javier Ortega Desio	Flanker	(1990-06-14)14 June 1990 (aged 26)	20	Jaguares
Facundo Isa	Number 8	(1993-09-21)21 September 1993 (aged 22)	14	Jaguares
Gonzalo Bertranou	Scrum-half	(1993-12-31)31 December 1993 (aged 22)	1	Los Tordos
Tomás Cubelli	Scrum-half	(1989-06-12)12 June 1989 (aged 27)	46	Brumbies
Martín Landajo	Scrum-half	(1988-06-14)14 June 1988 (aged 28)	54	Jaguares
Santiago González Iglesias	Fly-half	(1988-06-16)16 June 1988 (aged 28)	21	Jaguares
Nicolás Sánchez	Fly-half	(1988-10-26)26 October 1988 (aged 27)	40	Jaguares
Jerónimo de la Fuente	Centre	(1991-02-24)24 February 1991 (aged 25)	20	Jaguares
Juan Martín Hernández	Centre	(1982-08-07)7 August 1982 (aged 33)	59	Jaguares
Matías Moroni	Centre	(1991-03-29)29 March 1991 (aged 25)	9	Jaguares
Matías Orlando	Centre	(1991-11-14)14 November 1991 (aged 24)	10	Jaguares
Santiago Cordero	Wing	(1993-12-06)6 December 1993 (aged 22)	19	Jaguares
Lucas González Amorosino	Wing	(1985-11-02)2 November 1985 (aged 30)	49	Jaguares
Manuel Montero	Wing	(1991-11-20)20 November 1991 (aged 24)	22	Jaguares
Ramiro Moyano	Fullback	(1990-05-28)28 May 1990 (aged 26)	7	Jaguares
Joaquín Tuculet	Fullback	(1989-08-08)8 August 1989 (aged 26)	29	Jaguares

Matches

First Test

19 June 2016
18:10 ART (UTC-03)

Argentina	30–19	France
Try: Montero 19' c Tuculet 28' c Petti 73' c Con: Sánchez (3/3) 20', 29', 74' Pen: Sánchez (3/5) 16', 61', 65'	Report^[10]	Try: Bonfils 31' c Con: Plisson (1/1) 32' Pen: Plisson (4/6) 10', 43', 48', 53'

Atlético Tucumán, S.M. Tucumán^[11]
Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)

Team details

Argentina

France


FB	15	Joaquín Tuculet		75'
RW	14	Santiago Cordero
OC	13	Matías Moroni
IC	12	Juan Martín Hernández		21'
LW	11	Manuel Montero
FH	10	Nicolás Sánchez
SH	9	Martín Landajo		61'
N8	8	Facundo Isa
OF	7	Tomás Lezana		59'
BF	6	Pablo Matera
RL	5	Javier Ortega Desio	48' to 58'
LL	4	Guido Petti
TP	3	Ramiro Herrera
HK	2	Agustín Creevy (c)		65'
LP	1	Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro		79'
Replacements:
HK	16	Julián Montoya		65'
PR	17	Santiago García Botta		79'
PR	18	Enrique Pieretto
LK	19	Ignacio Larrague
FL	20	Juan Manuel Leguizamón		59'
SH	21	Tomás Cubelli		61'
FH	22	Santiago González Iglesias		21'
FB	23	Ramiro Moyano		75'
Coach:
Daniel Hourcade


FB	15	Hugo Bonneval
RW	14	Xavier Mignot
OC	13	Julien Rey
IC	12	Jonathan Danty		62'
LW	11	Djibril Camara
FH	10	Jules Plisson (c)
SH	9	Baptiste Serin		71'
N8	8	Kevin Gourdon		62'	75'
OF	7	Raphaël Lakafia		37'
BF	6	Loann Goujon
RL	5	William Demotte
LL	4	Julien Le Devedec
TP	3	Rabah Slimani		50'
HK	2	Rémi Bonfils		67'
LP	1	Jefferson Poirot	60' to 70'		75'
Replacements:
HK	16	Clément Maynadier		67'
PR	17	Uini Atonio		50'
PR	18	Lucas Pointud		62'
LK	19	Fabrice Metz		75'
N8	20	Louis Picamoles		37'
SH	21	Sébastien Bezy		71'
FH	22	François Trinh-Duc		75'
CE	23	Gaël Fickou		62'
Coach:
Guy Novès

Touch judges:
Stuart Berry (South Africa)
Luke Pearce (England)
Television match official:
Johan Greeff (South Africa)

Notes:

Rémi Bonfils, William Demotte, Kevin Gourdon, Julien Le Devedec, Clément Maynadier, Fabrice Metz, Xavier Mignot, Lucas Pointud, Julien Rey and Baptiste Serin (all France) made their international debuts.

Second Test

25 June 2016
15:10 ART (UTC-03)

Argentina	0–27	France
	Report^[12]	Try: Bonneval 38' c Lamerat 50' c Goujon 62' c Con: Serin (3/3) 39', 51', 62' Pen: Serin (2/2) 25', 44'

Atlético Tucumán, S.M. Tucumán^[11]
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

Team details

Argentina

France


FB	15	Joaquín Tuculet
RW	14	Santiago Cordero		63'
OC	13	Matías Moroni		67'
IC	12	Jerónimo de la Fuente
LW	11	Manuel Montero
FH	10	Nicolás Sánchez
SH	9	Tomás Cubelli		58'
N8	8	Facundo Isa		54'
OF	7	Javier Ortega Desio
BF	6	Pablo Matera		51'
RL	5	Tomás Lavanini	62' to 72'
LL	4	Guido Petti
TP	3	Ramiro Herrera		71'
HK	2	Agustín Creevy (c)		58'
LP	1	Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro		63'
Replacements:
HK	16	Julián Montoya		58'
PR	17	Santiago García Botta		63'
PR	18	Enrique Pieretto		71'
FL	19	Tomás Lezana		51'
FL	20	Juan Manuel Leguizamón		54'
SH	21	Martín Landajo		58'
CE	22	Matías Orlando		67'
WG	23	Lucas González Amorosino		63'
Coach:
Daniel Hourcade


FB	15	Maxime Médard
RW	14	Hugo Bonneval
OC	13	Gaël Fickou
IC	12	Rémi Lamerat
LW	11	Djibril Camara	35'
FH	10	François Trinh-Duc	72'
SH	9	Baptiste Serin	63'
N8	8	Louis Picamoles
OF	7	Kevin Gourdon	69'
BF	6	Loann Goujon
RL	5	Yoann Maestri (c)
LL	4	Julien Le Devedec	65' to 75'
TP	3	Uini Atonio	56'
HK	2	Rémi Bonfils	65'
LP	1	Jefferson Poirot	69'
Replacements:
HK	16	Clément Maynadier	65'
PR	17	Lucas Pointud	69'
PR	18	Rabah Slimani	56'
LK	19	Paul Jedrasiak	65'
FL	20	Kélian Galletier	69'	75'
SH	21	Sébastien Bezy	63'
FH	22	Jules Plisson	72'
CE	23	Julien Rey	35'
Coach:
Guy Novès

Touch judges:

John Lacey (Ireland)
Luke Pearce (England)
Television match official:

Johan Greeff (South Africa)

Notes:

Enrique Pieretto (Argentina) and Kélian Galletier (France) made their international debuts.
Lucas González Amorosino (Argentina) earned his 50th test cap.
Xavier Mignot was named to start, but was replaced with Hugo Bonneval before kick-off due to injury.
This is the first time Argentina has failed to score any points in a test match since they lost 16–0 against Ireland in 2007. It is the first time they have failed to score any points against France since their first ever meeting in 1949.

Argentina warm-up match

On 11 June, Argentina played host to Italy in the lead up to the French series.

11 June 2016
15:45 ART (UTC-03)

Argentina	30–24	Italy
Try: Montero 25' m Moroni 60' c Con: Sánchez (1/2) 61' Pen: Sánchez (6/7) 9', 20', 31', 36', 58', 65'	Report^[13]	Try: Sarto 34' c Favaro 68' m Con: Canna (1/1) 35' Pen: Canna (4/5) 15', 28', 39', 42'

Estadio B.G Estanislao López, Santa Fe^[14]
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Stuart Berry (South Africa)

Team details

Argentina

Italy


FB	15	Joaquín Tuculet
RW	14	Santiago Cordero		73'
OC	13	Matías Moroni
IC	12	Juan Martín Hernández		59'
LW	11	Manuel Montero
FH	10	Nicolás Sánchez
SH	9	Martín Landajo		59'
N8	8	Facundo Isa
OF	7	Tomás Lezana		65'
BF	6	Pablo Matera
RL	5	Matías Alemanno		58'
LL	4	Guido Petti	28' to 38'
TP	3	Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro
HK	2	Agustín Creevy (c)		65'
LP	1	Santiago García Botta
Replacements:
HK	16	Julián Montoya		65'
PR	17	Felipe Arregui
PR	18	Enrique Pieretto
FL	19	Javier Ortega Desio		58'
FL	20	Juan Manuel Leguizamón		65'
SH	21	Tomás Cubelli		59'
CE	22	Jerónimo de la Fuente		59'
FB	23	Ramiro Moyano		73'
Coach:
Daniel Hourcade


FB	15	Luke McLean
RW	14	Leonardo Sarto
OC	13	Michele Campagnaro
IC	12	Tommaso Boni
LW	11	David Odiete	62'
FH	10	Carlo Canna	69'
SH	9	Edoardo Gori (c)
N8	8	Dries van Schalkwyk
OF	7	Simone Favaro
BF	6	Braam Steyn	9'
RL	5	Marco Fuser
LL	4	Quintin Geldenhuys	51'
TP	3	Lorenzo Cittadini	55'
HK	2	Ornel Gega	62'
LP	1	Andrea Lovotti	57'
Replacements:
HK	16	Oliviero Fabiani	62'
PR	17	Sami Panico	57'
PR	18	Pietro Ceccarelli	55'
LK	19	Valerio Bernabò	51'
FL	20	Robert Barbieri	9'
SH	21	Guglielmo Palazzani
FH	22	Tommaso Allan	69'
WG	23	Giovanbattista Venditti	62'
Coach:
Conor O'Shea

Touch judges:
Luke Pearce (England)
Joaquín Montes (Uruguay)
Television match official:
Johan Greeff (South Africa)

Notes:

Tommaso Boni and Sami Panico (both Italy) made their international debuts.

Statistics

Key

Con: Conversions
Pen: Penalties
DG: Drop goals
Pts: Points

France statistics[edit]

Name	Played	Tries	Con	Pen	DG	Pts
Jules Plisson	2	0	1	4	0	14	–	–
Baptiste Serin	2	0	3	2	0	12	–	–
Rémi Bonfils	2	1	0	0	0	5	–	–
Hugo Bonneval	2	1	0	0	0	5	–	–
Loann Goujon	2	1	0	0	0	5	–	–
Uini Atonio	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Sébastien Bezy	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Djibril Camara	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Gaël Fickou	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Kevin Gourdon	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Julien Le Devedec	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Clément Maynadier	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Louis Picamoles	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Lucas Pointud	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Jefferson Poirot	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Julien Rey	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Rabah Slimani	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
François Trinh-Duc	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Jonathan Danty	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
William Demotte	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Raphaël Lakafia	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Kélian Galletier	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Paul Jedrasiak	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Rémi Lamerat	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Yoann Maestri	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Maxime Médard	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Fabrice Metz	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Xavier Mignot	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Geoffrey Palis	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–

Test series statistics[edit]

Name	Team	Tries	Con	Pen	Pts
Nicolás Sánchez	Argentina	0	3	3	15
Jules Plisson	France	0	1	4	14
Baptiste Serin	France	0	3	2	12
Rémi Bonfils	France	1	0	0	5
Hugo Bonneval	France	1	0	0	5
Loann Goujon	France	1	0	0	5
Rémi Lamerat	France	1	0	0	5
Manuel Montero	Argentina	1	0	0	5
Guido Petti	Argentina	1	0	0	5
Joaquín Tuculet	Argentina	1	0	0	5

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