Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 19 ga Janairu 2016, Novès ya ambaci tawagarsa ta farko, gami da 'yan wasa takwas da ba a kama su ba. Wasansa na farko a cikin cajin shi ne a ranar 6 ga Fabrairu a lokacin Gasar Kasashe Shida ta 2016
da Italiya a Stade de France. Novès ya zub da jini 6 'yan wasan da ba a buga ba a wannan ranar wasan, inda suka ci Italiya 23-21. Mako guda bayan haka, Novès ya jagoranci Faransa zuwa nasarar farko a kan Ireland tun daga watan Agusta 2011, inda suka yi nasara 10<unk>9. Rashin nasarar Guy Novès na farko ya zo ne a ranar 26 ga Fabrairu a kan Wales, ya rasa 19<unk>10, kafin ya ci gaba da rasa Scotland, 29<unk>18, a karon farko tun 2006. A wasan karshe na Gasar, Ingila ta riga ta tabbatar da taken, nasara ga Faransa kawai za ta dakatar da Grand Slam. Koyaya, a cikin wasan da Faransa ta kasa cin kwallo, Ingila ce ta yi nasara 31 zuwa 21. A watan Yunin 2016, Faransa ta ziyarci Argentina don jerin gwaje-gwaje biyu. Abin takaici ga Novès, saboda gasar Rugby ta Duniya ta 2015, Manyan masu shirya 14 ba su tsara kowane wasa ba a lokacin wasan na gasar, wanda ke nufin zai ƙare a wani kwanan wata daga baya fiye da yadda aka saba. Sabili da haka, wasan kusa da na karshe na kakar 2015-16 zai yi daidai da taga na kasa da kasa na Yuni, ya yi karo da wasannin Faransa a ranar 19 da 25 ga Yuni. Saboda wannan, Novès ya sanya sunayen 'yan wasa 12 da ba a buga ba a cikin tawagarsa ta yawon shakatawa, da kuma' yan wasa 7 da suka buga kasa da gwaji 10 ga kasarsu. An rasa gwajin farko 30<unk>19, a wasan da aka buga sabbin 'yan wasa 10 a karon farko. Koyaya, mako guda bayan haka, Faransa ta doke Argentina 27<unk>0, a karo na farko da Argentina ta kasa cin kwallaye a wasan gwaji tun lokacin da suka yi rashin nasara 16<unk>0 a kan Ireland a 2007. Wannan shi ne karo na farko da suka kasa cin kwallo a kan Faransa tun bayan haduwarsu ta farko a 1949. A lokacin gwajin karshen shekara ta 2016, Novès ya jagoranci Faransa zuwa nasara guda daya, inda ya doke Samoa 52<unk>8 a makon farko na jerin watan Nuwamba. Gwaje-gwaje biyu da suka biyo baya sun ga Faransa ta yi rashin nasara a Australia 25<unk>23 da New Zealand 24<unk>19.