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1979 France rugby union tour of Fiji and New Zealand

Field	Value
team	France
yearstart	1979
matchplayed	11
matchwon	8
matchdraw	0
matchlost	3
testplayed	4
testwon	3
testdraw	0
testlost	1
opponent1
played1	1
won1	1
draw1	0
lost1	0
opponent2
played2	2
won2	1
draw2	0
lost2	1
opponent3
played3	1
won3	1
draw3	0
lost3	0

The 1979 France rugby union tour of Fiji New Zealand Tahiti was a series of ten matches played in June and July 1979 by the France national rugby union team in Fiji, New Zealand and Tahiti. The team won seven matches and lost three, including defeats to provincial teams Waikato and Southland. They drew their two-match test series against the New Zealand national rugby union team, losing the first test but winning the second. The victory in the second test was France's first away victory against New Zealand, gained at the eighth attempt.

Results

:Scores and results list France's points tally first.

Date	Opponent	Location	Result	Score
Match 1	16 June	Fiji Fiji	Buckhurst Park, Suva	Won
Match 2	20 June		Lansdowne Park, Blenheim	Won
Match 3	23 June		Rugby Park, Hamilton	Lost
Match 4	27 June		Okara Park, Whangārei	Won
Match 5	30 June		Athletic Park, Wellington	Won
Match 6	3 July		McLean Park, Napier	Won
Match 7	7 July	New Zealand New Zealand	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	Lost
Match 8	10 July		Rugby Park, Invercargill	Lost
[Match 9]()	14 July	New Zealand New Zealand	Eden Park, Auckland	Won
[Match 10]()	16 July	Tahiti Tahiti	Papeete	Won

Test matches

First Test

date = 7 July 1979| home = | score = 23–9 | away = | homescore = B. Wilson (11 – 3pg, 1c) Wilson (4 – 1t) Donaldson (4 – 1t) Watts (4 – 1t) | awayscore = (4 – 1t) Mesny (3 – 1dg) Caussade (2 – 1c) Aguirre| stadium = Lancaster Park, Christchurch | attendance = 40,000 | referee = John West (IRFU) }}

NEW ZEALAND: Bevan Wilson, Stu Wilson, Bruce Robertson, Lyn Jaffray, Murray Watts, Murray Taylor, Mark Donaldson, Brad Johnstone, Andy Dalton, Gary Knight, Frank Oliver (rep Wayne Graham), Andy Haden, Leicester Rutledge, Gary Seear, Graham Mourie (c)

FRANCE: Jean-Michel Aguirre, Frédéric Costes, Didier Codorniou, Patrick Mesny, Jean-Luc Averous, Alain Caussade, Yves Lafarge, Robert Paparemborde, Philippe Dintrans, Guy Colomine, Francis Haget, Patrick Salas, Jean-Pierre Rives (c), Christian Béguerie, Jean-Luc Joinel.

Second Test

date = 14 July 1979| home = | score = 19–24 | away = | homescore = B. Wilson (11 – 3pg, 1c) S. Wilson (4 – 1t) Mourie (4 – 1t) | awayscore = (9 – 1t, 1c, 1dg) Caussade (4 – 1t) Gallion (4 – 1t) Averous (4 – 1t) Codorniou (3 – 1pg) Aguirre | stadium = Eden Park, Auckland | attendance = 55,000 | referee = John West (IRFU) }}

NEW ZEALAND: Bevan Wilson, Stu Wilson, Bruce Robertson, Lyn Jaffray, Murray Watts, Murray Taylor, Mark Donaldson, Brad Johnstone, Andy Dalton, Gary Knight, Frank Oliver, Andy Haden, Leicester Rutledge, Gary Seear, Graham Mourie (c)

FRANCE: Jean-Michel Aguirre, Frédéric Costes, Didier Codorniou, Patrick Mesny, Jean-Luc Averous, Alain Caussade, Jérôme Gallion, Robert Paparemborde, Philippe Dintrans, Daniel Dubroca, Francis Haget, Alain Maleig, Jean-Pierre Rives (c), Patrick Salas, Jean-Luc Joinel.

Touring party

Manager: Yves Noe
Assistant managers: Fernand Cazenave & Jean Desclaux
Captain: Jean-Pierre Rives

Full backs

Jean-Michel Aguirre (Bagnères)
Serge Blanco (Biarritz)

Three-quarters

Frédéric Costes (Montferrand)
Jean-Luc Averous (La Voulte)
Daniel Bustaffa (Carcassonne)
Didier Codorniou (Narbonne)
Patrick Mesny (Racing Club de France) – replacement during tour
Michel Duffranc (Tyrosse)
Laurent Pardo (Tarbes)

Half-backs

Alain Caussade (Lourdes)
Guy Laporte (Graulhet)
Jérôme Gallion (Toulon)
Yves Lafarge (Montferrand)

Forwards

Yves Malquier (Narbonne)
Christian Béguerie (Agen)
Jean-Luc Joinel (Brive)
Jean-Pierre Rives (Toulouse)
Francis Haget (Biarritz)
Patrick Salas (Narbonne)
Jean-François Marchal (Lourdes)
Alain Maleig (Oloron)
Guy Colomine (Narbonne)
Daniel Dubroca (Agen)
Robert Paparemborde (Pau)
Philippe Dintrans (Tarbes)
Jean-François Perche (Bourg)

References

Not recognized as official by [[French Rugby Federation. FFR]].

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