This France – New Zealand was a very special match for Romain Buros. The UBB fullback celebrated his first selection with the French XV and stood out by scoring the first French try. He is not the only one to have scored during his first selection, far from it.
There is nothing simpler than playing the first match of your international career against the All Blacks. This is what Romain Buros experienced this Saturday evening at the Stade de France. The Bordeaux-Béglais fullback was one of the surprises in Fabien Galthié’s team composition and found himself with a good dose of pressure for his first in the XV of France jersey, three years after his first summons in larger groups.
But don’t think that the Bordelo-Béglais suffered this prestigious meeting. Facing very physical New Zealanders, the Landais was rather reassuring in the game, particularly on tackles and receiving kicks. Above all, number 15 scored a try in the first period.
44 players since 1995
While the Blues were manhandled, Buros sounded the revolt by taking the initiative against the defense of Barrett and Reece. A tryout for your first selection, what could be better? However, he is not the only one to have scored for his first time in the blue jersey. Since 1995, there are even 44 of them who did it before him. Among them, only Jean-François Coux had achieved the feat of scoring a try against New Zealand, for his first selection.
Among the other names, we can mention Louis-Bielle Biarrey, Thibaud Flament, Gabin Villière or Georges-Henri Colombe, all four present on the field this Saturday evening. In a list full of wingers, we can distinguish four backs: Hugo Bonneval, Benjamin Fall, Jean-Marc Souverbie and Thomas Castaignède.
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