{"id":42673,"date":"2025-11-22T23:46:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T23:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=42673"},"modified":"2025-11-22T23:46:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T23:46:12","slug":"cn7kylxj4y1oat_mediumrssat_campaignrss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/22\/cn7kylxj4y1oat_mediumrssat_campaignrss\/","title":{"rendered":"France 48-33 Australia: Wallabies suffer first winless European tour in 67 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Australia have ended a European tour winless for the first time in 67 years after a 48-33 defeat by France at the Stade de France.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It was the Wallabies&#8217; fourth defeat of the autumn after losses to Italy, England and Ireland &#8211; and their 10th of the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">And it is the second week in a row where Australia have conceded more than 40 points, following their 46-19 defeat by Ireland last Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Defeat marks a historic low for the Wallabies, who had not lost 10 Tests in a calendar year before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It means coach Joe Schmidt, who will depart after July&#8217;s Nations Championship, now has a win percentage of under 40%.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Wallabies, who will host the 2027 World Cup, struck first through Matt Faessler following a Len Ikitau run, but France swiftly hit back as Louis Bielle-Biarrey set up Nicolas Depoortere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Angus Bell restored the visitors&#8217; lead, but tries from Thomas Ramos and Bielle-Biarrey either side of another from Faessler left the scores level at 19-19 at the break.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">However, Australia were unable to match France&#8217;s energy for long enough in the second half.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Depoortere gave the hosts the lead before Max Jorgensen replied for the Wallabies &#8211; but France seized control late on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Poor French discipline in the first half &#8211; conceding eight penalties &#8211; had allowed the visitors to stay in the game, and Les Bleus led by just a point with 20 minutes left.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">However, Julien Marchand and Bielle-Biarrey scores extended their advantage, and Josh Nasser&#8217;s attempt to spark a fightback was met with a quick French reply as Maxime Lamothe added another a minute from the end.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Bielle-Biarrey&#8217;s double, which also saw him set up two tries, means he has now scored 20 Test tries in 22 appearances since his debut in 2023, while France&#8217;s win secured them a top seed in the World Cup draw.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Elsewhere, Italy&#8217;s autumn series finished with a 34-19 win at home to Chile in the first meeting between the sides.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#France #Australia #Wallabies #suffer #winless #European #tour #years<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia have ended a European tour winless for the first time in 67 years after a 48-33 defeat by France&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42673"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42675,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42673\/revisions\/42675"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}