International rugby 2025 will be held on 28th June 2025. France Rugby travels to New Zealand to face the All Blacks in July 5th.
All Blacks vs France Rugby Details:
- Start time: 3:05 a.m. ET
- Date: 05th July 2025
- Venue: Forsyth Barr Stadium
All Blacks Rugby Game Preview:
“All Blacks is a different level so it’s for us to get around each other and best prepare for this level. All we can do is our job within the week. It is about connecting and how fast we can know our job.” Assistant coach Jason Holland said there has been a faster transition from Super Rugby to Test preparation for players this year.
“A lot of our language and the way we want to play is ingrained in the boys. So, we have been keeping it simple, making sure the boys are clear and can express themselves effectively. “As coaches, we’re keen to put our mark on a team, but you’ve got to do that in layers as you go through 10 days ahead of the first Test.
“We want to play a fast style of footy, with loosies on the edges, wings playing all over the field, whatever is hardest to defend. We want those guys to be able to pop up in different positions.”
That was especially the case for loose forwards, midfielders, and outside backs. “Our style won’t change massively. The fundamentals will be the same as last year.” Holland said, having watched French players in their Top 14 competition, they were quality performers and had a typical French approach. “They love to play a style of footy where they play off the cuff, and if you turn the ball over, they’re going to hurt you and that doesn’t change whoever they put on the park.”
Second five-eighths Jordie Barrett had walked off his plane from Ireland believing he was ready to get into action.
Five players with nine caps between them have been added to France’s squad for the upcoming Test series with New Zealand, the French Rugby Federation has announced.
France Rugby team Preview:
Toulouse centre Pierre-Louis Barassi and Bordeaux-Begles midfielder Nicolas Depoortere, who have won seven and two caps respectively, are expected to join the set-up on Wednesday, having featured in Saturday’s French Top 14 Final, which Toulouse won in extra-time 39-33.Both centres, Barassi started every game in this year’s Six Nations except the Scotland match, which he missed, while Depoortere last appeared for Les Bleus in the 2024 Championship.
The pair will be joined by an uncapped trio comprising Barassi’s club teammate Josh Brennan, as well as Depoortere’s fellow Bordeaux-Begles squad members in loose forwards Pierre Bochaton and Bastien Vergnes-Taillefer, who also are yet to make their Test debuts. Stade Francais full-back Leo Barre is expected to travel with the five, having stayed in France to recover from a dead leg after being named in the original squad.
Les Bleus head coach Fabien Galthie has named a second-string squad for the three Tests against the All Blacks, deciding to rest key players such as No.8 Gregory Alldritt and full-back Thomas Ramos, while regular captain Antoine Dupont and half-back partner Romain Ntamack are injured. Barassi, Depoortere, Brennan, Bochaton and Vergnes-Taillefer won’t feature in the first Test this Saturday but will be in the mix for selection for the second and third Tests, in Wellington on 12 July and in Hamilton on 19 July.
