CONFIRMED: France to face world champions in 2020

By AFP

Sunday 8 Dec 2019

NEWS: France’s opponents for November 2020 has been revealed.

The French will host Australia on November 14 and world champions South Africa a week later, with both games at the Stade de France.

France will also play Georgia for the second time in their history in next year’s November Tests, the French rugby federation announced on Saturday.

Georgia, ranked 14th in the world, were thrashed 7-64 in the side’s previous meeting at the 2007 World Cup, but will get a second crack at Les Bleus in Saint-Etienne on November 7.

They have several players in the French Top 14 and have claimed seven titles in eight seasons of the second-tier Rugby Europe Championship.

The Springboks will also face the Georgians next year in July along with two Tests against Scotland.

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