2006 France rugby union tour of Romania and South Africa

2006 France rugby union tour of Romania and South Africa
Manager	Bernard Laporte
Tour captain(s)	Fabien Pelous
Summary	P W D L
Total	2 1 1 0
Test match	2 1 1 0
Opponent	P W D L
Romania	1 0 0 1
South Africa	1 0 1 0
Tour chronology
Previous tour	South Africa & Australia 2005
Next tour	New Zealand 2007

The 2006 France rugby union tour of Romania and South Africa was a series of matches played in June 2006 in Romania and South Africa by France national rugby union team.

Results

17 June 2006

Romania	14–62	France
Try: Fercu Pen: Vlaciu 3		Try: Jauzion, Laharrague Castaignede, Dusautoir Marconnet, Martin Marty, Szarzewski, Traille Con: astaignede, Traille 6 Pen: Traille

Cotroceni Stadium, Bucharest Attendance: 8.000 Referee: Bryce Lawrence

Romania: 15.Florin Vlaicu, 14.Catalin Fercu, 13.Catalin Dascalu, 12.Romeo Gontineac, 11.Ion Teodorescu, 10.Ionut Dimofte, 9.Lucian Sirbu, 8.Cosmin Ratiu, 7.Alex Tudori, 6.Stelian Burcea, 5.Cristian Petre, 4.Sorin Socol (capt), 3.Bogdan Balan, 2.Marius Tincu, 1.Petru Balan, – replacements: 16.Cezar Popescu, 17.Paulica Ion, 18.Razvan Mavrodin, 19.Valentin Ursache, 20.Valentin Calafeteanu, 21.Gabriel Brezoianu, 22.Iulian Dumitras
France: 15.Clément Poitrenaud, 14.Philippe Bidabe, 13.Yannick Jauzion, 12.Damien Traille, 11.Cedric Heymans, 10.Thomas Castaignede, 9.Pierre Mignoni, 8.Julien Bonnaire, 7.Remy Martin, 6.Thierry Dusautoir, 5.Fabien Pelous (capt.), 4.Lionel Nallet, 3.David Attoub, 2.Raphael Ibanez, 1.Sylvain Marconnet, – replacements: 16.Dimitri Szarzewski, 17.Vincent Debaty, 18.Jerome Thion, 19.Imanol Harinordoquy, 21.David Marty, 22.Julien Laharrague – No entry: 20.Dimitri Yachvili

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24 June 2006

South Africa	26–36	France
Try: Russell Pen: Montgomery 7		Try: Clerc 2, Heymans, Traill Con: Yachvili 2 Pen: Yachvili 2 Drop: Fritz, Traille

Newlands, Cape Town Attendance: 46.000 Referee: Stuart Dickinson

South Africa: 15.Percy Montgomery, 14.Brent Russell, 13.Wynand Olivier, 12.De Wet Barry, 11.Bryan Habana, 10.Jaco van der Westhuyzen, 9.Fourie du Preez, 8.Pedrie Wannenburg, 7.Juan Smith, 6.Joe van Niekerk, 5.Victor Matfield, 4.Danie Rossouw, 3.Eddie Andrews, 2.John Smit (capt.), 1.Os du Randt, – replacements: 17.CJ van der Linde, 19.Jacques Cronje, 20.Ricky Januarie, 21.Wayne Julies, 22.Gaffie du Toit – No entry : 16.Gary Botha, 18.Albert van den Berg
France: 15.Julien Laharrague, 14.Vincent Clerc, 13.Florian Fritz, 12.Yannick Jauzion, 11.Cedric Heymans, 10.Damien Traille, 9.Dimitri Yachvili, 8.Imanol Harinordoquy, 7.Thierry Dusautoir, 6.Serge Betsen, 5.Jerome Thion, 4.Fabien Pelous (capt.), 3.Pieter de Villiers, 2.Dimitri Szarzewski, 1.Sylvain Marconnet, – replacements: 16.Raphael Ibanez, 18.Lionel Nallet, 19.Julien Bonnaire, 20.Remy Martin, 22.Thomas Castaignede – No entry: 17.Vincent Debaty, 21.Pierre Mignoni

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References

• "France rout out-classed Romania". BBC News. 17 June 2006. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
• "France end Boks' run". The Observer. 25 June 2006. Retrieved 26 August 2013.

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