France 18 lost to Wales 19
Team Info
France
- Previous Game:
- [no comp] - vs. C.I.S.
- Next Game:
- Great Britain vs France 1993 - Game 1 vs. Great Britain
- In:
- Jean Frison (fullback), Claude Sirvent (wing), Pierre Chamorin (centre), Pascal Fages (centre), Jean-Marc Garcia (wing), Gilles Dumas (five-eighth), Lucien de Macedo (halfback), Bernard Llong (front row), Patrick Torreilles (hooker), Lindsay Delpech (front row), Richard Clarke (second row), Didier Cabestany (second row), Marc Tisseyre (lock), David Amat (bench), Christophe Grandjean (bench), Eric Castel (bench), David Despin (bench)
Wales
- Previous Game:
- [no comp] - vs. England
- Next Game:
- Wales vs New Zealand 1993 - vs. New Zealand
- Out:
- Gerald Cordle (wing), Jonathan Griffiths (five-eighth), Mark Jones (front row)
- In:
- Ian Stevens (bench), Paul Kennett (bench), Peter Williams (bench)
- Changes:
- Ian Marlow (second row to front row), Adrian Hadley (bench to wing), Rowland Phillips (bench to second row), Gary Pearce (bench to five-eighth)
Match Report
Wales first trip outside their homeland in the new era saw them come closer to defeat than they would have liked after seemingly being set for a comfortable away win. David Young and Paul Moriarty led the way for the Welsh forwards whilst Devereux and Ellis combined well to provide some open rugby league in the first half.
France took an early lead when they charged down Phil Ford's kick and scored, but five minutes later the talismanic Bateman was responding with a four pointer of his own. A flowing move was finished by John Devereux, then Ackerman scored Wales third to set up what should have been an easy ride for the Dragons.
Unfortunately they did take an easy ride and it was France who asked all the questions in the second half. Worse for Wales was a serious knee injury to Sullivan.
Source: WalesRL.co.uk
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson