2012 France rugby union tour of Argentina
In June 2012, France toured Argentina to play two Tests against the Pumas. The French tour was one in a series of tours by northern teams to be hosted by southern hemisphere nations.
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| Coach(es) | Philippe Saint-André | ||||
| Tour captain(s) | Pascal Papé | ||||
| Top point scorer(s) | Frédéric Michalak (38) | ||||
| Top try scorer(s) | Yoann Huget (2) Geoffrey Doumayrou (2) | ||||
| Top test point scorer(s) | Frédéric Michalak (19) | ||||
| Top test try scorer(s) | Yoann Huget (2) | ||||
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| Previous tour | South Africa & Argentina 2010 | ||||
| Next tour | New Zealand 2013 | ||||
The previous French tour of Argentina took place in 2010 as part of a global Two Test tour of South Africa and Argentina, where France lost to both nations. France's last winning tour of Argentina dated back to 1998 when the touring side claimed victory in both Tests. Since then France had an overall losing record against Argentina with 5 wins (4 at home and 1 in Ireland in the 1999 Rugby World Cup) and 7 losses (3 at home including two in the 2007 Rugby World Cup and 4 in Argentina).
No mid-week fixture had been planned for this tour, however most of the French squad, styled for the occasion as the "XV du Président", played a warm-up fixture against a team hand-picked by Serge Betsen, a former France international, for his jubilee.
The series was drawn 1-1, Argentina winning the first test and France the second.
Argentina and France's next encounter took place on 17 November 2012 on French soil as part of the 2012 end of year tests. France claimed another victory (39-22) against their old foes.