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| Nickname | Les Baa-Baas | |
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| Founded | 1979 | |
| Coach | Denis Charvet | |
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| First match | ||
French Barbarians 26 – 22 Scotland(2 May 1980) | ||
| Largest win | ||
French Barbarians 45 – 4 Japan(27 October 1985) | ||
| Largest defeat | ||
 XV du Président 83 – 12 French Barbarians(20 September 2003) | ||
TheBarbarian Rugby Club, more commonly known as theFrench Barbarians, is arugby union team formed in 1979 and based in France. It was founded as an amateur invitational team modeled on theBarbarian F.C.
From the start of the 2017–18 season, the French Barbarians became the official second national team of theFrench Rugby Federation,[1] which had previously designated either theFrance U20 side orFrance A as that team.[2][3] This decision was reversed in 2019, to allow for the creation of a new second national team as a development side (above the Under 20s team but below the first men's team).[4]
The French Barbarians play in sky, navy and royal blue hooped jerseys. As with the original Barbarians, players retain the socks from their "home" club strip.
Jean-Claude Skrela founded the club after he had played for, and adored, the originalBarbarians in the later days of his career. Through the amateur era, all players chosen for the side were either French or played for French clubs.
One of the most recent matches was against theArgentina national team (Los Pumas) in early 2007, as part of their preparation for the2007 Rugby World Cup. For the game, held inBiarritz, the coaches were Jacques Delmas (Biarritz), Patrice Lagisquet (Biarritz) and were captained byThomas Lièvremont. While in 2008 they beatCanada in Victoria. They played with Argentina atJosé Amalfitani Stadium in Buenos Aires on 20 June 2009 as part of themid-year test series, and lost 32–18.
In 2016 the French Barbarians beatAustralia XV by 19–11 in their first match against an Australian side for over twenty years. And in late 2017 they beat theMāori All Blacks 19–15, which was the first time playing that side.
| Against | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | Win % |
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 Argentina | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.5% |
 Australia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Australia XV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 Canada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 Fiji | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| XV du Président | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
 Georgia | 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% |
| Māori All Blacks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 Samoa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Scotland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 South Africa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 Tonga | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33% |
 United States | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
 Wales | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Total | 38 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 52.63% |
French Barbarians squad to face theUnited States on 1 July 2022.
Coaches:Christian Labit andKevin Gourdon
Note:Bold denotes players that have represented the French Barbarians in previous matches.Italics represents uncapped players.Note: Flags indicate national union underWorld Rugby eligibility rules.
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