France vs Australia Prediction: French to add to Wallabies’ woes

It’s been a torrid Autumn Nations Series for Australia and things won’t get any easier against the French at the Stade de France on Saturday night (20:10, TNT Sports 1).

Alex Jack provides his France vs Australia predictions, complete with the essential team news and match odds for the showdown in Saint-Denis.

France vs Australia Odds

France are the overwhelming favourites at 1/14, with Australia at 7/1 to cause an upset in Saint-Denis.

A draw at the Stade de France is 8/1, while the Wallabies are 10/3 to be leading at the half-time whistle.

Team News

Starting with the hosts, France have a front row of Jean-Baptiste Gros, Julien Marchand and Régis Montagne, while locks Thibaud Flament and Emmanuel Meafou start in the second row.

Anthony Jelonch, Charles Ollivon and skipper Grégory Alldritt complete the pack, while Maxime Lucu and Romain Ntamack combine in the half-backs.

Gaël Fickou returns to the centres to partner Nicolas Depoortere, while France go with a back-three of Louis Bielle-Biarrey, Damian Penaud and Thomas Ramos.

As for the Wallabies, Angus Bell, Billy Pollard and Taniela Tupou start in the front row, with locks Jeremy Williams and Nick Frost in the engine room.

Tom Hooper, Fraser McReight and captain Harry Wilson start in the back row, with Jake Gordon and Carter Gordon the starting half-backs.

Len Ikitau and Joseph-Aukuso Sua’ali’i combine once again in the centres, while Dylan Pietsch, Harry Potter and Max Jorgensen start in the back three.

France -20 @ 11/10

It’s been a sorry Autumn Nations series for Australia, with defeats to England, Italy and Ireland heading into this weekend’s trip to the Stade de France.

Seemingly taking steps backwards after their efforts against the British & Irish Lions over the summer, it has been a worrying spell for the 2027 World Cup hosts.

Australia next face a French side who bounced back from their 32-17 defeat to South Africa with a 34-21 win over a dangerous Fiji outfit.

With a pack that can bully teams and pace to burn outside, France are good value to cover the -20 handicap as they did last time against Australia in 2023 with a 41-17 victory.

Louis Bielle-Biarrey - First Tryscorer @ 13/2

France winger Louis Bielle-Biarrey is one of the game’s great finishers and is good value to score the opening try of the match on Saturday.

Scoring 18 tries in his first 22 appearances for France, the Bordeaux try-machine has astonishing speed that keeps defence coaches up at night.

France will look to test this fragile Australian defence early doors, and Bielle-Biarrey could benefit with an opening score.

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