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2008 France rugby union tour of Australia
Coach(es)	Marc Lièvremont
Tour captain(s)	Lionel Nallet
Top point scorer(s)	François Trinh-Duc (10)
Top try scorer(s)	Alexis Palisson (1) François Trinh-Duc (1)
Summary	P W D L
Total	02 00 00 02
Test match	02 00 00 02
Opponent	P W D L
Australia	2 0 0 2
Tour chronology
Previous tour	New Zealand 2007
Next tour	New Zealand & Australia 2009

The 2008 France rugby union tour of Australia was a series of matches played in June–July 2008 in Australia by France national rugby union team. The French (with 12 "newcomers" and without the player of the club finalist of Top 14) lost heavily both test.

Results

Australia	34–13	France
Try: Giteau 35', Sharpe 42' Elsom 46', Mortlock 62' Con: Giteau 36' 43' 47' 63' Pen: Giteau 18' 50'	Report	Try: Palisson 66 Con: Trin-Duc 67' Pen: Yachvili 21' 40'

Australia		France
Cameron Shepherd	FB	15	FB	Pepito Elhorga  22'
Peter Hynes	W	14	W	Alexis Palisson
(capt.) Stirling Mortlock	C	13	C	François Trinh-Duc
56' Berrick Barnes	C	12	C	Damien Traille
28' Lote Tuqiri	W	11	W	Benjamin Thiery
Matt Giteau	FH	10	FH	Benjamin Boyet  62'
69' Luke Burgess	SH	9	SH	Dimitri Yachvili  60'
45' Wycliff Palu	N8	8	N8	Louis Picamoles  57'
65' George Smith	F	7	F	Imanol Harinordoquy
Rocky Elsom	F	6	F	Fulgence Ouedraogo
Nathan Sharpe	L	5	L	Lionel Nallet (capt.)  69'
James Horwill	L	4	L	Sébastien Chabal
Al Baxter	P	3	P	Benoit Lecouls
69' Stephen Moore	H	2	H	Sébastien Bruno  49'
59' Benn Robinson	P	1	P	Lionel Faure  48'
		Replacements
69' Adam Freier	H	16	H	Benjamin Kayser  49'
59' Ben Alexander	P	17	P	Renaud Boyoud  48'
65' Dean Mumm	F	18	L	David Couzinet  69'
45' Phil Waugh	N8	19	N8	Matthieu Lievremont  57'
69' Sam Cordingley	SH	20	SH	Sebastien Tillous-Borde  60'
56' Ryan Cross	C	21	FH	Thibault Lacroix  62'
28' Adam Ashley-Cooper	W	22	FB	David Janin  22'
		Coaches
Robbie Deans				Marc Lièvremont

Australia	40–10	France
Try: Hynes 6', Horwill (36' Cross 57' 67 Con: Giteau 7' 36' 58' 68' Pen: Giteau 3' 15' 23' 28'	Report	Try: Trinh-Duc 80' Con: Yachvili 80' Pen: Trinh-Duc 40'

Australia		France
Adam Ashley-Cooper	FB	15	FB	Benjamin Thiery
Peter Hynes	W	14	W	Alexis Palisson
72' (capt.) Stirling Mortlock	C	13	C	Maxime Mermoz  41'
52' Berrick Barnes	C	12	C	Thibault Lacroix  56'
Lachie Turner	W	11	W	David Janin
Matt Giteau	FH	10	FH	François Trinh-Duc
23' to 43'  73' Luke Burgess	SH	9	SH	Sebastien Tillous-Borde  79'
50' Stephen Hoiles	N8	8	N8	Imanol Harinordoquy 25' to 39'
Phil Waugh	F	7	F	Fulgence Ouedraogo  61'
Rocky Elsom	F	6	F	Matthieu Lievremont
Dean Mumm	L	5	L	Lionel Nallet (capt.)
39' James Horwill	L	4	L	Sébastien Chabal  75'
Al Baxter	P	3	P	Renaud Boyoud
73' Stephen Moore	H	2	H	Sébastien Bruno  62'
61' Benn Robinson	P	1	P	Pierre Correia  50'
		Replacements
73' Adam Freier	H	16	H	Benjamin Kayser  62'
61' Ben Alexander	P	17	P	Benoit Lecouls  50'
39' Hugh McMeniman	L	18	C	Benjamin Boyet 65' to 75'  41'
50' George Smith	N8	19	N8	Louis Picamoles 25'-39'  61'
23'-43'  73' Sam Cordingley	SH	20	L	Yannick Caballero  75'
52' Ryan Cross	C	21	SH	Dimitri Yachvili  79'
72' Cameron Shepherd	C	22	FB	Jean-Baptiste Peyras-Loustalet  56'
		Coaches
Robbie Deans				Marc Lièvremont

References

1. "Australia 34-13 France". BBC News. 28 June 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
2. "Australia 40-10 France". BBC News. 5 July 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

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