France A national rugby union team


France A, also known as France XV and France B in the past, was the former name of the second national rugby union team of France behind the French national side.
In 2011 the French Rugby Federation designated the France U20 team as the second national side, and from the start of the 2017–18 season, the French Barbarians became the official second side, moving the role of the former France A team to the more prestigious invitational side with better name recognition.

History

France XV first played at the 1900 Summer Olympics, in Paris, when they defeated Germany by score of 27-17, in the first ever Olympic Rugby Union Tournament. They later would play often matches for the Mediterranean Games or would represent France at the FIRA Trophy.
In 2009 they played in the IRB Nations Cup, against Italy A, Scotland A, Romania, Russia and Uruguay. The 2009 tournament was held in Romania.

2010 Churchill Cup Squad

26-man squad:
PlayerPositionClub
Florian CazenaveScrum-halfPerpignan
Julien DupuyScrum-halfStade Français
Lionel BeauxisFly-halfStade Français
Jonathan WisniewskiFly-halfRacing Métro
Romain CabannesCentreCastres
Henry ChavancyCentreRacing Métro
Thibault LacroixCentreBayonne
Lionel MazarsCentreBayonne
Julien AriasWingStade Français
Yoan AudrinWingCastres
Adrien PlantéWingPerpignan
Maxime MédardFullbackToulouse
Benjamin ThiéryFullbackMontpellier

PlayerPositionClub
Jean-Philippe GenevoisHookerBourgoin
Benjamin Kayser HookerStade Français
Clément BaïoccoPropRacing Métro
Yannick ForestierPropCastres
Jérôme SchusterPropPerpignan
Rabah SlimaniPropStade Français
Yoann MaestriLockToulouse
Jocelino SutaLockToulon
Guillaume VilacecaLockPerpignan
Antoine BattutFlankerMontauban
Sylvain NicolasFlankerBourgoin
Jean-Pierre PerezFlankerPerpignan
Damien ChoulyNumber eightPerpignan
Florian FaureNumber eightBiarritz

Honours