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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※

28 June 2008

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'

Stadium Australia, Sydney Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Marius Jonker (South Africa)

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

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5 July 2008

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'

Lang Park, Brisbane Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)

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.