France to host the Matildas in July | (Credit: Getty) France to host the Matildas in July | (Credit: Getty)

The France Women's National Team are set to host Australia in a friendly as tune up for the Women's European Championships in Sweden.

Announced at half time during the Eurosport coverage of the first leg of the Champions League semi final between Olympique Lyonnais and Juvisy, World No. 5 France will also host Finland and Norway before they kick off their Euro campaign on 10 July.

The match is slated to be on 6 July with no location announced at this stage.

France are a fast rising power in world women's football. Les Bleues have finished fourth in the last two big international women's football tournament (the 2011 World Cup and 2012 London Olympics) and will be a big test for Hesterine de Reus and her young Matildas.

The encounter would be the second it what is quickly turning into a European tour with, as we reported on Friday, the Royal Dutch Football Association announcing a friendly with the Netherlands on 29 June.