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The 1951 French rugby league tour of Australia and New Zealand was the first ever tour of Australasia by any French sports team in history. Puig Aubert captained the France national rugby league team who played 28 matches in total in both Australia and New Zealand, winning 21 of them in what is regarded as the high point in the history of rugby league in France. The Australian Test series resulted in a 2-1 victory to France, however the tourists then lost their match against the New Zealand Kiwis. Welcoming the team home to Marseille, more than 150,000 people turned out for a street parade. ==Touring squad== The French side was coached by former internationals Bob Samatan and Jean Duhau, and was captained by Puig Aubert. France had just claimed the 1950–51 European Rugby League Championship before embarking on the tour. The squad's average age was 26.5 years. The backs' average weight was while the forwards' was . *Maurice André, three-quarter back for Marseille *Puig Aubert (c), fullback for Carcassonne *Maurice Bellan, three-quarter back for Lyon *Robert Caillou, back for Bayonne *Vincent Cantoni, three-quarter back for Bordeaux *Gaston Comes, three-quarter back for Perpignan *Raymond Contrastin, three-quarter back for Bordeaux XIII *Joseph Crespo, utility back for Lyon *Jean Dop, half back for Marseille *René Duffort, half back for Lyon *Charles Galaup, half back for Albi *Odé Lespès, three-quarter back for Bordeaux XIII *Jacky Merquey, three-quarter back for Marseille *Claude Teisseire, half back for Carcassonne *Jean Audoubert, forward for Lyon *Lucien Barris, forward *Paul Bartoletti, forward for Carcassonne *André Béraud, forward for Marseille *Élie Brousse, forward for Lyon *Gaston Calixte, forward for Villeneuve *Guy Delaye, forward for Marseille *Gabriel Genoud, forward for Villeneuve *Michel Lopez, forward for Cavaillon *Martin Martin, forward for Carcassonne *Louis Mazon, forward for Carcassonne *François Montrucolis, forward for Lyon *Raoul Pérez, forward for Toulon *Édouard Ponsinet, forward for Carcassonne *François Rinaldi, forward for Marseille France's captain Puig Aubert had been offered a large contract to play in Sydney but returned to his homeland where he was voted French sportsman of the year. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1951 French rugby league tour of Australia and New Zealand」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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