# 2024 France rugby union tour of Argentina and Uruguay

In July 2024, the France rugby union team toured Argentina and Uruguay (their fifteenth overall), as part of the conventional Summer International calendar. Starting in 2012, France has toured Argentina in a two-test series in the year directly following the Rugby World Cup (RWC). However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 tour was cancelled.
Reported in April 2023, the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR) announced key dates for the 2023–24 season, with news of a French tour of Argentina. As the tour is only on a two-test basis, speculation mounted over a possible third match against either Chile or Uruguay. A match against Uruguay was confirmed in April 2024. France were also scheduled to play a match against a World XV at the San Mamés Stadium in Bilbao, Spain, as a pre-tour warm-up on 22 June; however, this match was cancelled in May 2024 after the organisers failed to satisfy safety and security conditions.
As well as being toured by France more than any other team, France is also Argentina's most-played fixture, having faced each other more than 50 times. It is also expected to be France coach Fabien Galthié's first tour of Argentina, and the first international tests for new Pumas coach Felipe Contepomi, who captained Argentina against France on their 2012 tour.

## Fixtures

| Date | Home | Score | Away | Venue | City |
| 22 June | France | – | World XV | San Mamés | Bilbao |
| 6 July | Argentina | 13–28 | France | Malvinas Argentinas | Mendoza |
| 10 July | Uruguay | 28–43 | France | Charrúa | Montevideo |
| 13 July | Argentina | 33–25 | France | José Amalfitani | Buenos Aires |

### Notes

* ↑ Match cancelled due to "organisational problems" according to French reports.

## Matches
### France vs World XV

* 22 June 2024
| France | Cancelled | World XV |
* San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao, Spain

### Argentina vs France (1st test)

* 6 July 2024 16:10 ART (UTC-03)
| Argentina | 13–28 | France |
| Try: Montoya 61' m Orlando 78' m Pen: S.Carreras (1/1) 26' | | Try: Serin 36' c Frisch 45' c Attissogbé 67' m Con: Hastoy (2/3) 37', 46' Pen: Hastoy (2/2) 23', 56' Jaminet (1/1) 76' |
* Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Chris Busby (Ireland)
Team details :
| FB | 15 | Martín Bogado | 45' |
| RW | 14 | Bautista Delguy |
| OC | 13 | Matías Moroni |
| IC | 12 | Jerónimo de la Fuente | 69' |
| LW | 11 | Mateo Carreras |
| FH | 10 | Santiago Carreras |
| SH | 9 | Gonzalo Bertranou | 45' |
| N8 | 8 | Joaquín Oviedo |
| OF | 7 | Marcos Kremer |
| BF | 6 | Pablo Matera |
| RL | 5 | Lucas Paulos | 69' |
| LL | 4 | Matías Alemanno | 56' |
| TP | 3 | Eduardo Bello | 52' |
| HK | 2 | Julián Montoya (c) | 59' |
| LP | 1 | Thomas Gallo | 52' |
| Substitutions: ||
| HK | 16 | Ignacio Ruiz | 59' |
| PR | 17 | Mayco Vivas | 52' |
| PR | 18 | Lucio Sordoni | 52' |
| LK | 19 | Franco Molina | 56' |
| FL | 20 | Juan Bautista Pedemonte | 69' |
| SH | 21 | Lautaro Bazán | 45' |
| FH | 22 | Tomás Albornoz | 45' |
| CE | 23 | Matías Orlando | 69' |
| Coach: ||
| Felipe Contepomi ||
| FB | 15 | Léo Barré | 72' |
| RW | 14 | Théo Attissogbé |
| OC | 13 | Émilien Gailleton |
| IC | 12 | Antoine Frisch |
| LW | 11 | Lester Etien |
| FH | 10 | Antoine Hastoy |
| SH | 9 | Baptiste Serin (c) | 70' |
| N8 | 8 | Jordan Joseph | 69' |
| OF | 7 | Oscar Jegou |
| BF | 6 | Lenni Nouchi |
| RL | 5 | Baptiste Pesenti | 52' |
| LL | 4 | Hugo Auradou | 52' |
| TP | 3 | Georges-Henri Colombe | 52' |
| HK | 2 | Gaëtan Barlot | 67' |
| LP | 1 | Jean-Baptiste Gros | 59' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Teddy Baubigny | 67' |
| PR | 17 | Sébastien Taofifénua | 59' |
| PR | 18 | Demba Bamba | 52' |
| LK | 19 | Posolo Tuilagi | 52' |
| FL | 20 | Mickaël Guillard | 52' |
| FL | 21 | Ibrahim Diallo | 69' |
| SH | 22 | Baptiste Couilloud | 70' |
| FB | 23 | Melvyn Jaminet | 72' |
| Coach: ||
| Fabien Galthié ||
* Assistant referees:
* Andrew Brace (Ireland)
* Eoghan Cross (Ireland)
* Television match official:
* Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
* Foul play review officer:
* Quinton Immelman (South Africa)

### Uruguay vs France

* 10 July 2024 14:00 UYT (UTC-03)
| Uruguay | 28–43 | France |
| Try: Kessler 27' c Arcos Pérez 43' c Pujadas 65' c Penalty try 78' Con: Etcheverry (3/3) 28', 44', 65' | | Try: Couilloud (2) 8' c, 19' c Tuilagi (2) 60' c, 63' c Con: Berdeu (2/2) 9', 20' Segonds (2/2) 61', 64' Pen: Berdeu (5) 6', 32', 40', 46', 52' |
* Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo Referee: Angus Mabey (New Zealand)
Team details :
| FB | 15 | Baltazar Amaya |
| RW | 14 | Mateo Viñals | 78' |
| OC | 13 | Felipe Arcos Pérez |
| IC | 12 | Andrés Vilaseca (c) |
| LW | 11 | Bautista Basso |
| FH | 10 | Felipe Etcheverry |
| SH | 9 | Santiago Arata | 26' |
| N8 | 8 | Manuel Diana | 49' |
| OF | 7 | Santiago Civetta | 58' |
| BF | 6 | Manuel Ardao |
| RL | 5 | Manuel Leindekar |
| LL | 4 | Felipe Aliaga | 75' |
| TP | 3 | Reinaldo Piussi | 61' |
| HK | 2 | Germán Kessler | 58' |
| LP | 1 | Mateo Sanguinetti | 49' |
| Substitutions: ||
| HK | 16 | Guillermo Pujadas | 58' |
| PR | 17 | Ignacio Péculo | 49' |
| PR | 18 | Diego Arbelo | 61' |
| LK | 19 | Ignacio Dotti | 75' |
| FL | 20 | Lucas Bianchi | 49' |
| N8 | 21 | Carlos Deus | 58' |
| CE | 22 | Tomás Inciarte | 26' |
| WG | 23 | Ignacio Álvarez | 78' |
| Coach: ||
| Rodolfo Ambrosio ||
| FB | 15 | Lucas Dubois | 64' |
| RW | 14 | Jules Favre |
| OC | 13 | Arthur Vincent |
| IC | 12 | Léon Darricarrère |
| LW | 11 | Joris Jurand |
| FH | 10 | Léo Berdeu | 55' |
| SH | 9 | Baptiste Couilloud (c) | 50' |
| N8 | 8 | Killian Tixeront | 50' |
| OF | 7 | Romain Briatte |
| BF | 6 | Ibrahim Diallo |
| RL | 5 | Florent Vanverberghe |
| LL | 4 | Pierre-Henri Azagoh | 59' |
| TP | 3 | Thomas Laclayat | 17' |
| HK | 2 | Teddy Baubigny | 50' |
| LP | 1 | Giorgi Beria | 59' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Jannick Tarrit | 50' |
| PR | 17 | Sébastien Taofifénua | 59' |
| PR | 18 | Demba Bamba | 59' |
| LK | 19 | Posolo Tuilagi | 59' |
| FL | 20 | Yann Peysson | 50' |
| SH | 21 | Baptiste Jauneau | 50' |
| FH | 22 | Joris Segonds | 55' |
| WG | 23 | Nathanaël Hulleu | 64' |
| Coach: ||
| Fabien Galthié ||
* Assistant referees:
* Gonzalo de Achaval (Argentina)
* Tomás Bertazza (Argentina)

### Argentina vs France (2nd test)

* 13 July 2024 16:00 ART (UTC-03)
| Argentina | 33–25 | France |
| Try: Bello 16' c Penalty try 29' S. Carreras 36' c Gallo (2) 57' m, 66' c Con: S. Carreras (3/4) 18', 38', 66' | | Try: Serin 9' c Gailleton 45' c Attissogbé 49' m Con: Hastoy (2/3) 10', 46' Pen: Hastoy (2/2) 24', 41' |
* José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)
Team details :
| FB | 15 | Santiago Cordero |
| RW | 14 | Bautista Delguy | 56' |
| OC | 13 | Matías Moroni |
| IC | 12 | Santiago Chocobares |
| LW | 11 | Mateo Carreras |
| FH | 10 | Santiago Carreras | 71' |
| SH | 9 | Lautaro Bazán Velez | 46' |
| N8 | 8 | Joaquín Oviedo |
| OF | 7 | Marcos Kremer |
| BF | 6 | Pablo Matera |
| RL | 5 | Lucas Paulos | 56' |
| LL | 4 | Franco Molina | 48' |
| TP | 3 | Eduardo Bello | 48' |
| HK | 2 | Julián Montoya (c) | 21' |
| LP | 1 | Mayco Vivas | 40' |
| Substitutions: ||
| HK | 16 | Ignacio Ruiz | 21' |
| PR | 17 | Thomas Gallo | 40' |
| PR | 18 | Lucio Sordoni | 48' |
| LK | 19 | Matías Alemanno | 48' |
| LK | 20 | Pedro Rubiolo | 56' |
| SH | 21 | Gonzalo Bertranou | 46' |
| FH | 22 | Tomás Albornoz | 56' |
| CE | 23 | Matías Orlando | 71' |
| Coach: ||
| Felipe Contepomi ||
| FB | 15 | Léo Barré |
| RW | 14 | Théo Attissogbé |
| OC | 13 | Émilien Gailleton |
| IC | 12 | Antoine Frisch |
| LW | 11 | Lester Etien |
| FH | 10 | Antoine Hastoy |
| SH | 9 | Baptiste Serin (c) | | 67' |
| N8 | 8 | Jordan Joseph | | 40' |
| OF | 7 | Judicaël Cancoriet |
| BF | 6 | Lenni Nouchi |
| RL | 5 | Baptiste Pesenti | | 40' |
| LL | 4 | Mickaël Guillard | | 62' |
| TP | 3 | Georges-Henri Colombe | 56' | 26' | 41' |
| HK | 2 | Gaëtan Barlot |
| LP | 1 | Jean-Baptiste Gros | | 56' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Teddy Baubigny | | 62' | 67' |
| PR | 17 | Sébastien Taofifénua | | 56' |
| PR | 18 | Demba Bamba | | 26' | 41' |
| LK | 19 | Posolo Tuilagi | | 40' | 62' | 67' |
| FL | 20 | Romain Briatte | | 40' |
| FL | 21 | Killian Tixeront | | | 67' |
| SH | 22 | Baptiste Jauneau | | 67' |
| FH | 23 | Léo Berdeu |
| Coach: ||
| Fabien Galthié ||
* Assistant referees:
* Chris Busby (Ireland)
* Eoghan Cross (Ireland)
* Television match official:
* Quinton Immelman (South Africa)
* Foul play review officer:
* Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)

## Sexual assault cases

On 8 July 2024, two French rugby players, Pau lock Hugo Auradou and the La Rochelle flanker Oscar Jégou, were both arrested in Buenos Aires, Argentina on sexaul abuse charges. Both men allegedly attacked a woman while at the Diplomatic Hotel in Mendoza, Argentina on 6 July 2024 while the Les Bleus tour was underway in the area.
On 12 August 2024 both players were released, although they were not allowed to leave Argentina, being forced to remain in the country until the trial begins. The judge based his decision on contradictions about how the events happened and the existence of consent from the alleged victim.