The 1993 France rugby union tour of South Africa was a series of eight matches played by the France national rugby union team in South Africa in June and July 1993. The French team won four matches, drew two and lost two. They won their two match international series against the

South Africa national rugby union team The South Africa national rugby union team, commonly known as the Springboks (colloquially the Boks, Bokke or Amabokoboko), is the country's national team governed by the South African Rugby Union. The Springboks play in green and gold jerse ...

, drawing the first game and winning the second for a one-nil series victory. The tour was marred by a serious facial injury suffered by the captain, Jean-François Tordo, who was raked by Garry Pagel in the match against Western Province. Tordo required 50 stitches and plastic surgery and took no further part in the tour.

Results

:''Scores and results list France's points tally first.''

Touring party

*Manager:

Guy Laporte Guy Laporte (15 December 1952 – 28 January 2022) was a French rugby union player and a sports executive. He played as a fly-half. Career Laporte was born in Beaufort, Haute-Garonne, Beaufort, French Fourth Republic, France. He first played for ...

*Coach:

Pierre Berbizier Pierre Berbizier (born 17 June 1958) is a French former rugby union footballer and a current coach. His usual position was at scrum-half. He played 56 times for France. Biography Berbizier was born in Saint-Gaudens. He made his international deb ...

*Assistant coach: Christophe Mombet *Captain: Jean-François Tordo, replaced by Olivier Roumat

Full backs

Jean-Luc Sadourny Jean-Luc Sadourny (born 26 August 1966 in Toulouse) is a former French rugby union footballer and a current coach. He played as a fullback. He was nicknamed ''The Old Woman'' (''La Vieille'') and he is generally considered one of the best French pl ...

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US Colomiers Union sportive Colomiers Rugby or US Colomiers is a French rugby union club currently competing in Pro D2, the second level of the French rugby pyramid. They had been relegated from Pro D2 after finishing last in the 2006-07 season, but earned ...

) * Olivier Campan ( SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne)

Three-quarters

*Peyo Hontas (

Biarritz Olympique Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque (; ), usually known simply as Biarritz, is a French professional rugby union team based in the Basque city of Biarritz, Nouvelle-Aquitaine which competes in the Pro D2, the second division of French rugby. Biarritz p ...

) *

Philippe Saint-André Philippe Georges Saint-André (; born 19 April 1967) is a former French rugby union footballer and currently the manager of Top 14 side Montpellier. He earned 69 test caps for France between 1990 and 1997. His preferred position was wing but he ...

( AS Montferrand) * Philippe Bernat-Salles ( Pau) *David Berty ( Stade Toulousain) * Philippe Sella ( SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne) *

Thierry Lacroix Thierry Lacroix (born 2 March 1967 in Nogaro, France) is a former French rugby union footballer. He won 43 caps playing at fly-half for the French rugby union side. He made his international test debut in Strasbourg at the age of 22 on 4 Novemb ...

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US Dax Union sportive dacquoise, also known as US Dax, is a French rugby union club currently playing in Nationale, the third level of the French league system. They were founded in 1904. They play at Stade Maurice Boyau (capacity 16,170). They wear ...

) *Herve Couffignal (

) *Pierre Bondouy (

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)

Half-backs

* Alain Penaud ( CA Brive) *Pierre Montlaur ( SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne) *

Aubin Hueber Aubin Hueber (born 5 April 1967, in Tarbes) is a former French rugby union player and a current coach. He played for the French national team as a scrum half (1.75 m for 75 kg). From 2003 to 2006, he was a player-coach at the Rugby Club of Toulo ...

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RC Toulonnais Rugby Club Toulonnais (), also known as RCT but usually Toulon; oc, Rugbi Club Tolonenc) is a French professional rugby union club based in Toulon in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. A current participant in the first-tier Top 14 competition, they ...

) * Jérôme Cazalbou ( Stade Toulousain)

Forwards

Louis Armary Louis Armary (born Betpouey, 24 July 1963) is a former French rugby union footballer. He played as a prop and as a hooker. Club career Armary spent most of his career at FC Lourdes, where he played from 1980/81 to 1999/00. He spent a final seaso ...

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FC Lourdes FC Lourdais is a French rugby union club from Lourdes currently competing in the French league system. Formed in 1911, they have won the French league eight times and the French cup six times. They play in the Stade Antoine-Beguere and traditiona ...

*Laurent Seigne ( SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne *Stéphane Graou (

FC Auch Gers Football Club Auch Gers is a French rugby union club based in Auch in Midi-Pyrénées most recently playing in the promotion-eligible pool of Fédérale 1. In recent years, they have mainly bounced between the first-level Top 14 and Pro D2. In a ...

) *Emmanuel Ménieu ( Stade Bordelais) * Jean-François Tordo (

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) * Jean-Michel Gonzalez (

Aviron Bayonnais Aviron Bayonnais ( eu, Baionako Arrauna), commonly called Bayonne, is a French rugby union club from Bayonne (''Baiona'', in Basque) in Pyrénées-Atlantiques which, for the 2016-17 season, competed in the top tier of the French league system, ...

) * Olivier Roumat (

) *

Abdelatif Benazzi Abdelatif Benazzi ( ar, عبد اللطيف بن عزي; born 20 August 1968) is a French- Moroccan rugby union player who represented both Morocco and France.Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Complete Book of Rugby'' (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 ) p71 He play ...

( SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne) * Olivier Merle (

FC Grenoble The Football Club de Grenoble Rugby (FCG) is a French rugby union club based in Grenoble and founded in 1892. FCG was champion of France in 1954 and runner-up in 1918 and in 1993 during a controversial final, being deprived of the title of champ ...

) *Yann Lemeur (

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) * Philippe Benetton ( SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne) * Laurent Cabannes (

) * Léon Loppy (

*Jean-Marc Lhermet ( AS Montferrand *

Marc Cécillon Marc Cécillon (born 30 July 1959 in Bourgoin-Jallieu, Isère) is a former French rugby union player and convicted murderer, who captained the national side on five occasions. He represented France from 1988 to 1995, with 46 test caps, includin ...

( CS Bourgoin-Jallieu) *Xavier Blond (

) *Laurent Verge (

CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde Club Athlétique Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde are a French multisports club, established in 1907, based in Bègles, in the southern suburbs of Bordeaux. Their rugby union section, Union Bordeaux Bègles is their flagship. They play in blue and white ...

) ''replacement during tour'' *Christophe Deslandes (

) ''replacement during tour''

References

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