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France toured New Zealand, playing a three-test series and a mid-week match against the Blues. England played a two-test series against Argentina, after a warm-up match against South American XV, made up of players from Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. Like in 2012, the new global calendar provided expanded Test opportunities for Tier 2 ...
The 2013–14 Top 14 competition is a French domestic rugby union club competition operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR). Two new teams from the 2012–13 Pro D2 season were promoted to Top 14 this year, Oyonnax and Brive in place of the two relegated teams, Agen and Mont-de-Marsan. Home-and-away play began on 16 August 2013 and ...
The 2013 Six Nations Championship, known as the 2013 RBS 6 Nations because of the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the 14th series of the Six Nations Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales.
After the General Assembly of the League National de Rugby, held at Aix-en-Provence on 5 and 6 July 2013, the outline calendar of fixtures for the 2013–14 season were released. [6] Detailed fixtures information evolves as the season progresses (i.e. specific kick off times). [7] Match attendances are from the official web site (Affluences). [8]
The 2013 Six Nations Championship was a rugby union tournament played from 2 February to 16 March 2013. It was the 14th annual Six Nations Championship since the addition of Italy to the initial five of England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and the 119th season of the competition overall. Teams were permitted to name squads of unlimited ...
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. [4] 6 May 1935 English League 25–18 France, Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds 15,000 [5] 26 April 1936 France 8–5 Dominions Xlll, Stade Buffalo, Paris
Top 14 Final, June 1 at Stade de France, Saint-Denis: Castres defeat Toulon 19–14 to claim their fourth title, and first since 1993. Rugby Pro D2: Oyonnax automatically promoted to Top 14 as champion. Brive also earn promotion as winner of playoffs between the next four teams. They replaced the bottom two teams in Top 14, Agen and Mont-de-Marsan.
France were named World Rugby Team of the Year in 2002. When the World Rankings were introduced by World Rugby (then the International Rugby Board) in 2003, France were ranked fifth. During November 2003 France briefly occupied third place before falling to fourth by December that year.