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French Barbarians
French invitation rugby team for 15 and over / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Barbarian Rugby Club, more commonly known as the French Barbarians, is a rugby union team formed in 1979 and based in France. It was founded as an amateur invitational team modeled on the Barbarian F.C.
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Nickname(s) | Les Baa-Baas | |
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Coach(es) | Denis Charvet | |
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First match | ||
French Barbarians 26 – 22 ![]() (2 May 1980) | ||
Largest win | ||
French Barbarians 45 – 4 ![]() (27 October 1985) | ||
Largest defeat | ||
![]() (20 September 2003) |
From the start of the 2017–18 season, the French Barbarians became the official second national team of the French Rugby Federation,[1] which had previously designated either the France U20 side or France A as that team.[2][3] This decision was reversed in 2019, to allow for the creation of a new second national team as a development side (above the Under 20s team but below the first men's team). [4]
The French Barbarians play in sky, navy and royal blue hooped jerseys. As with the original Barbarians, players retain the socks from their "home" club strip.