Having made it to the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals in Japan and losing to fellow Six Nations side Wales, the les Bleus will go into 2019 optimistic of picking good results as they eye a solid 2020 rugby test year. France will play in plenty of tournaments that will include the annual Six Nations 2020 tournament that will kick off in January, mid-year 2020 international rugby tests that will see them tour Argentina in July 2020, before taking part in the 2020 Autumn Internationals that will take place in November 2020 where they will face the likes of South Africa. Below is a detailed list of how and when you can catch all these games on Live TV and their corresponding match officials.

2020 Six Nations Championship

Having won just two games in the 2019 edition, France will be hoping for better results in the 2020 Six Nations tournament that has been scheduled to take place in February and March 2019. The les Bleus will play their opening two fixtures at home against England and Italy before hitting the road to face Wales and Scotland away and wrapping it up with a home game against Ireland.

France vs England Stade de France, Paris 2nd Feb, 2020 (Kick-off 15:00 GMT )

Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)

Assistant 1: Andrew Brace (Ireland)

Assistant 2: Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)

TMO: Brian MacNeice (Ireland) Live on BBC, FR2, Virgin Media, DMAX, and NBC

France vs Italy Stade de France, Paris 9th Feb, 2020 (Kick-off 15:00 GMT)

Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)

Assistant 1: Nigel Owens (Wales)

Assistant 2: Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)

TMO: Brian MacNeice (Ireland) Live on BBC, FR2, Virgin Media, DMAX, and NBC

Wales vs France  Principality Stadium, Cardiff   22nd Feb, 2020 (Kick-off 16:45 GMT)

Referee: Matthew Carley (England)

Assistant 1: Wayne Barnes (England)

Assistant 2: Karl Dickson (England)

TMO: Graham Hughes (England)

Live on BBC, FR2, Virgin Media, DMAX, S4C, and NBC

Scotland vs France BT Murrayfield, Edinburgh     8th Mar, 2020 (Kick-off 15:00 GMT)

Referee: Paul Williams (New Zealand)

Assistant 1: Wayne Barnes (England)

Assistant 2: Frank Murphy (Ireland)

TMO: Brian MacNeice (Ireland) Live on BBC, FR2, Virgin Media, DMAX, and NBC

France vs Ireland Stade de France, Paris 14th Mar, 2020 (Kick-off 20:00 GMT)

Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

Assistant 1: Paul Williams (New Zealand)

Assistant 2: Mike Adamson (Scotland)

TMO: Marius Jonker (South Africa) Live on BBC, FR2, Virgin Media, DMAX, and NBC

2020 Mid-year Rugby Union Internationals

The France national rugby union team will tour Argentina in the 2020 summer internationals that will take place in July 2020. The les Bleus will play two matches against the los Pumas in a two-test series in the July Internationals test window.

Argentina – France 4th Jul, 2020 (Venues and kick-off times TBC) Live on France Televisions in France and ESPN in Argentina

Argentina – France 11th Jul, 2020 (Venues and kick-off times TBC) Live on France Televisions in France and ESPN in Argentina

(The officiating match referees for all games will be updated as soon as they are appointed)

2020 Autumn Internationals

The French national rugby union is yet to confirm all their November Internationals test matches for 2020. However, they have lined up 2019 Rugby World Cup winner South Africa with the other matches set to be confirmed in due course.

France – South Africa Stade de France, Paris 21st Nov, 2020 (Kick-off time TBC) Live on Canal + Sport, France Televisions, and Sky Sports

(The officiating match referees for all games will be updated as soon as they are appointed)

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