XV of France: one year after the World Cup, the Blues will face the All Blacks on November 16 at the Stade de France

Les Bleus d’Antoine Dupont retrouveront les All Blacks lors de la Tournée de novembre. MAXPPP – PIERRE ROUANET

Antoine Dupont's teammates will attempt the three-way pass against New Zealand during the fall tour.

The French Rugby Federation has confirmed that the match between France and New Zealand will take place on November 16 at the Stade de France (9:10 p.m.) during the autumn tour, which the Blues beat at the opening of the 2023 World Cup (27-13).

The pass of three?

Antoine Dupont's teammates will attempt the three-way pass against New Zealand, who were also beaten by the French on November 20, 2021 in the same Stade de France (40 -25).

In total, the XV of France will play three test matches in November, according to the complete schedule of the Autumn Nations Series unveiled by the Six Nations Committee, organizer of this autumn tour of the teams of the ;Southern hemisphere in the Northern hemisphere.

On November 9 (9:10 p.m.), France will face Japan, still at the Stade de France, "two years after the last opposition between the two selections in Toulouse (where) the Bleus then won (35-17), notably with a double from Damian Penaud, recalls the FFR in its press release.

The Pumas in stride

Finally, to conclude this tour, the Blues will meet the Pumas on November 22 (9:10 p.m.), still in Saint-Denis. France is indeed traveling to Argentina at the beginning of July for its traditional summer tour.

Among the shocks expected during this autumn tour are a tantalizing match between England and the All Blacks on November 2 at Twickenham, followed by the reception by the ;rsquo;Ireland of these same New Zealanders a week later in Dublin, as well as the meeting in London between the English and the South Africans on November 16, which will mark the reunion between the two teams after the semi-final of the World Cup-2023 won by the Springboks (16-15).