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 The France national rugby union team () represents France in men's international rugby union and it is administered by the French Rugby Federation. They traditionally play in blue shirts emblazoned with the national emblem of a golden rooster ...

Results

Romania: 15. Florin Vlaicu, 14.

Cătălin Fercu Cătălin Fercu (born 5 September 1986) is a Romanian rugby union player. He has played in 77 international matches for Romania scoring 28 tries and one penalty kick. Fercu plays at the fullback and wing positions. He previously played for RC ...

, 13. Catalin Dascalu, 12.

Romeo Gontineac Romeo Ștefan Gontineac (born 18 December 1973 in Hlipiceni, Botoşani) is a Romanian rugby union coach and former player who played as a centre. He currently coaches Aurillac. Gontineac played for Universitatea Cluj (1993–96) in Romania, Sout ...

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Ion Teodorescu Ion Teodorescu (born 27 July 1976 in Bucharest) is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a wing. He played in France for SU Agen and in Romania for Contor Arad. Teodorescu had 39 caps for Romania, from 2001 to 2007, scoring 13 tries, 65 poi ...

, 10. Ionuț Dimofte, 9. Lucian Sîrbu, 8. Cosmin Rațiu, 7. Alex Tudori, 6.

Stelian Burcea Sandu Stelian Burcea (born 7 October 1983) is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a lock, flanker and number eight. Burcea is a player and the captain for RC Timişoara in the Romanian Rugby Championship. He won the National Championship ...

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Cristian Petre Cristian Constantin Petre (born 22 March 1979 in Oradea)Cristian Petre player profile
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Sorin Socol Sorin Socol (born 30 November 1977 in Bucharest) is a Romanian retired rugby union player who played as a lock. He has won 61 caps for Romania. After being voted player of the tournament in the 1996 Under 21 Rugby World Championships where he cap ...

(c), 3.

Bogdan Bălan Bogdan Bălan (born 11 February 1980 in Brăila) is a Romanian former rugby union footballer who played as prop. Balan began his rugby career playing for Brăila in his home town. He then played for Timişoara, U Cluj and Bucharest Wolves. After ...

, 2. Marius Țincu, 1. Petru Bălan – ''Replacements:'' 16.

Cezar Popescu Cezar Popescu (born 29 December 1976 in Bucharest) is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a prop. He first played at CSA Steaua București (Rugby), moving to Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby in 2003. He moved in 2005 to SU Agen, where he would play ...

, 17.

Paulică Ion Paulică Ion (born 10 January 1983, in Brăila) is a Romanian rugby union footballer. A tighthead prop, he started his career with CSA Steaua București, before moving to Bath in 2007 and previously played for London Irish. He was loaned to Londo ...

, 18. Răzvan Mavrodin, 19.

Valentin Ursache Valentin Niculae Ursache (born 12 August 1985 in Târgu Neamt) is a Romanian former rugby union player. Ursache played in Romania for Contor Zenner Arad, Steaua Bucharest and CSM Baia Mare. He also played in France for Pays d'Aix RC and Oyonna ...

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Valentin Calafeteanu Valentin Nicolae Calafeteanu (born 25 January 1985) is a Romanian rugby union player. His position on the field is scrum-half. He has played for Dinamo Bucarest (2004–09), RCM UVT Timişoara (2010–17) and CSM Bucharest (2017–19). Play ...

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Gabriel Brezoianu Gabriel Brezoianu (born 18 January 1977 in Bucharest) is a Romanian retired rugby union player. He began his club career with Timișoara (1995/99), then played for Steaua Bucharest (1999/00). He then moved to France, playing for Bègles-Bordeau ...

, 22. Iulian Dumitraș
France: 15. Clément Poitrenaud, 14. Philippe Bidabé, 13. Yannick Jauzion, 12. Damien Traille, 11. Cédric Heymans, 10. Thomas Castaignède, 9.

Pierre Mignoni Pierre Mignoni (born 28 February 1977) is a retired French rugby union footballer who is currently the Director of Rugby for Toulon. He has also played for the France national team. Mignoni's first club was Toulon, playing with them from 1996� ...

, 8. Julien Bonnaire, 7. Rémy Martin, 6. Thierry Dusautoir, 5. Fabien Pelous (c), 4.

Lionel Nallet Lionel Nallet (born 14 September 1976) is a former French rugby union player. He played as a lock and is a former captain of the France national team. He began his professional career with CS Bourgoin-Jallieu, playing there from 1998 to 2003 be ...

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David Attoub David Attoub (born 7 June 1981 in Valence, Drôme) is a French retired rugby union footballer of Tunisian origin. He formerly played for Valence Sportif, Clermont Auvergne, Castres Olympique, Stade Français and Montpellier and has also played fo ...

, 2. Raphaël Ibañez, 1.

Sylvain Marconnet Sylvain Marconnet (born 8 April 1976) is a French rugby union footballer who played for Biarritz Olympique having signed from Stade Français in the Top 14 club competition in France. His usual position is prop. Marconnet has played for France, ...

– ''Replacements:'' 16.

Dimitri Szarzewski Dimitri Szarzewski (; born 26 January 1983e) is a former French rugby union footballer. His usual position was at hooker, and also represented France. Szarzewski's first club was AS Béziers Hérault where he played from 2002 to 2004. He played ...

, 17. Vincent Debaty, 18.

Jérôme Thion Jérôme Thion (born 2 December 1977) is a French former professional rugby union footballer who played as a lock. He played for the France national team from 2003 to 2011, representing them at the 2003 and 2007 Rugby World Cups, as well as captai ...

, 19. Imanol Harinordoquy, 21.

David Marty David Marty (born 30 October 1982) is a French former rugby union footballer who played as a centre for USA Perpignan and also for France. Marty was first called up to the French rugby team during the 2005 Six Nations Championship, making his fir ...

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Julien Laharrague Julien Laharrague (born 29 July 1978 in Tarbes, France) is a French rugby union footballer, usually playing on the wing or at fullback. He currently plays for Aironi in the Pro14, Pro12 . Laharrague has also played for France national rugby uni ...

– ''Unused:'' 20. Dimitri Yachvili ---- South Africa: 15. Percy Montgomery, 14. Brent Russell, 13.

Wynand Olivier Wynand Olivier (born 11 June 1983) is a South African professional rugby union player. He currently plays for Worcester Warriors in the English Aviva Premiership competition. His usual position is at centre. Career Olivier made his provincial r ...

, 12. De Wet Barry, 11. Bryan Habana, 10. Jaco van der Westhuyzen, 9.

Fourie du Preez Petrus Fourie du Preez (; born 24 March 1982) is a South African former professional rugby union player. He played as a scrum half for the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup competition and the Bulls in Super Rugby between 2002 and 2011, and for Ja ...

, 8. Pedrie Wannenburg, 7.

Juan Smith Juanne Hugo Smith (born 30 July 1981) is a South African former professional rugby union player who represented South Africa in international test rugby, the Cheetahs in the Super Rugby competition, and the Free State Cheetahs in the Currie Cup ...

, 6. Joe van Niekerk, 5. Victor Matfield, 4. Danie Rossouw, 3.

Eddie Andrews Edwin Peter Andrews (born 18 March 1977 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a South African politician serving as the Deputy Mayor of Cape Town since November 2021. A former rugby union footballer, his usual position was prop, and he played for the S ...

, 2. John Smit (c), 1. Os du Randt – ''Replacements:'' 17.

CJ van der Linde Christoffel Johannes van der Linde (born 27 August 1980) is a South African former professional rugby union player and currently the scrum coach at French Top 14 side . He played first class rugby between 2002 and 2015 in South Africa, Ireland, ...

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Jacques Cronjé Jacques Cronjé (born 4 August 1982)
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Ricky Januarie Enrico Ricardo "Ricky" Januarie (born 2 January 1982) is a South African professional rugby union player. He currently plays for SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne of the Rugby Pro D2 second-level division in France. He has also been a member of the South Af ...

, 21. Wayne Julies, 22.

Gaffie du Toit Gabriël Stephanus "Gaffie" du Toit (born 24 March 1976) is a South African rugby union footballer, who played 14 test matches for the national team, the Springboks, between 1998 and 2004. His usual position is at fly-half, though he has also p ...

– ''Unused:'' 16.

Gary Botha Gary van Ginkel Botha (born 12 October 1981 in Pretoria, South Africa) is a former rugby union player, that professionally played as a hooker between 2002 and 2013. He spent the majority of his career at his home-town team the and their affi ...

, 18. Albert van den Berg
France: 15.

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Vincent Clerc Vincent Clerc (born 7 May 1981) is a former French rugby union player who played on the wing. Birth and early career Born in the city of Échirolles, suburb of the south of Grenoble (Isère), Clerc first played rugby at FC Grenoble, helping them ...

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Florian Fritz Florian Fritz (born 17 January 1984) is a former French rugby union rugby player. His usual position was in the centre. He most played most of his career for Stade Toulousain in the Top 14 club competition in France. Fritz has also played for Fra ...

, 12. Yannick Jauzion, 11. Cédric Heymans, 10. Damien Traille, 9. Dimitri Yachvili, 8. Imanol Harinordoquy, 7. Thierry Dusautoir, 6.

Serge Betsen Serge Betsen Tchoua (born 25 March 1974) is a former French rugby union player who played as a flanker for London Wasps and Biarritz at club level and for internationally. He is generally considered to be one of the top flankers of the profes ...

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, 4. Fabien Pelous (c), 3. Pieter de Villiers, 2.

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– ''Replacements:'' 16. Raphaël Ibañez, 18.

, 19. Julien Bonnaire, 20. Rémy Martin, 22. Thomas Castaignède – ''Unused:'' 17. Vincent Debaty, 21.

References

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