France vs. Great Britain

France 24 def. Great Britain 16

[no comp]

France
24
16
Lions
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14827
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 17th March, 1985
Referee Barry Gomersall
Venue Jean-Laffon (Perpignan)
Crowd 5,000
Match Stats
Halftime Score 24 6
Scrums 2 7
Penalties 11 17
France Scoresheet Great Britain
Didier COUSTON 3 T 2 Phil FORD
Philippe FOURQUET   Des FOY
 
Serge PALLARES 4 G David CREASSER
      Gary DIVORTY
France Teams Great Britain
Serge PALLARES 1 FB 1 Chris JOHNSON
[Leigh]
Hugues RATIER 2 W 2 Garry CLARK
[Hull KR]
Philippe FOURQUET 3 C 3 David CREASSER
[Leeds]
Roger PALISSES 4 C 4 Des FOY
[Oldham]
Didier COUSTON 5 W 5 Phil FORD
[Wigan]
 
Francis LAFORGUE 6 FE 6 Ellery HANLEY (c)
[Bradford]
Ivan GRÉSÈQUE 7 HB 7 Deryck FOX
[Featherstone]
 
Max CHANTAL 8 FR 8 Roy DICKINSON
[Leeds]
Christian MACALLI 9 HK 9 Nicky KISS
[Wigan]
Serge TITEUX 10 FR 10 Shaun WANE
[Wigan]
Pierre MONTGAILLARD 11 2R 11 Andy DANNATT
[Hull FC]
Daniel VERDES 12 2R 12 Alan RATHBONE
[Bradford]
Guy LAFORGUE (c) 13 L 13 Gary DIVORTY
[Hull FC]
 
Luc MENDES 14 B 14 Paul HARKIN
[Hull KR]
Thierry BERNABE 15 B 15 Roy POWELL
[Leeds]
 
    HC   Maurice BAMFORD
   
 

Team Info

France

Previous Game:
[no comp] - vs. Great Britain
Next Game:
France vs New Zealand 1985 - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
Out:
Bernard Jean (wing), Andre Perez (five-eighth), Jean Louis Meurin (front row), Pierre Ailleres (second row), Dominic Baloup (lock)
In:
Didier Couston (wing), Francis Laforgue (five-eighth), Pierre Montgaillard (second row), Daniel Verdes (second row), Luc Mendes (bench), Thierry Bernabe (bench)
Changes:
Guy Laforgue (second row to lock), Serge Titeux (bench to front row)

Great Britain

Previous Game:
[no comp] - vs. France
Next Game:
Great Britain vs New Zealand 1985 - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
Out:
Shaun Edwards (fullback), Barry Ledger (wing), Vince Gribbin (centre), Henderson Gill (wing), David Watkinson (hooker), Andy Goodway (second row), Andy Platt (bench), Carl Gibson (bench)
In:
Chris Johnson (fullback), Garry Clark (wing), Des Foy (centre), Phil Ford (wing), Nicky Kiss (hooker), Shaun Wane (front row), Paul Harkin (bench), Roy Powell (bench)
Changes:
Andy Dannatt (front row to second row)

Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson