France vs. Great Britain

France 5 lost to Great Britain 20

[no comp]

France
5
20
Lions
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14822
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 20th February, 1983
Referee Don Wilson
Venue d'Albert Domec (Carcassonne)
Crowd 3,826
Match Stats
Halftime Score 3 13
Scrums 7 9
France Scoresheet Great Britain
Didier BERNARD T Andy GOODWAY
      John JOYNER
      Joe LYDON
      Brian NOBLE
 
Jacky IMBERT 1/5 G 3/3 Joe LYDON
      1/5 Mick BURKE
France Teams Great Britain
Jacky IMBERT 1 FB 1 Mick BURKE
[Widnes]
Didier BERNARD 2 W 2 Des DRUMMOND
[Leigh]
Jacques GUIGUE 3 C 3 John JOYNER
[Castleford]
Guy DELAUNAY 4 C 4 Ronnie DUANE
[Warrington]
Etienne KAMINSKI 5 W 5 Joe LYDON
[Widnes]
 
Michel LAVILLE 6 FE 6 Tony MYLER
[Widnes]
Ivan GRÉSÈQUE 7 HB 7 Andy GREGORY
[Widnes]
 
Max CHANTAL 8 FR 8 Mike O'NEILL
[Widnes]
Christian MACALLI 9 HK 9 Brian NOBLE
[Bradford]
Yves STORER 10 FR 10 Andy GOODWAY
[Oldham]
Marc AMBERT 11 2R 11 Len CASEY (c)
[Hull KR]
Guy LAFORGUE 12 2R 12 Alan RATHBONE
[Bradford]
Joel ROOSEBROUCK (c) 13 L 13 Terry FLANAGAN
[Oldham]
 
Jean-Jacques COLOGNI 14 B 14 John WOODS
[Leigh]
Herve GUIRAUD 15 B 15 Peter SMITH
[Featherstone]
 
    HC   Frank MYLER
   
 

Team Info

France

Previous Game:
1982/83 France vs. Australia - Game 2 vs. Australia
Next Game:
[no comp] - vs. Great Britain
Out:
Patrick Solal (wing), Christian Laumond (centre), Charles Zalduendo (front row), Manuel Caravaca (bench)
In:
Jacky Imbert (fullback), Didier Bernard (wing), Yves Storer (front row), Marc Ambert (second row)
Changes:
Jacques Guigue (fullback to centre), Herve Guiraud (five-eighth to bench), Jean-Jacques Cologni (second row to bench), Michel Laville (bench to five-eighth)

Great Britain

Previous Game:
Ashes Series 1982 - Game 3 vs. Australia
Next Game:
[no comp] - vs. France
Out:
George Fairbairn (fullback), David Stephenson (centre), Mike Smith (centre), Steve Evans (wing), David Topliss (five-eighth), Paul Rose (front row), Lee Crooks (second row), Mick Crane (lock), Neil Courtney (bench)
In:
Mick Burke (fullback), John Joyner (centre), Ronnie Duane (centre), Joe Lydon (wing), Tony Myler (five-eighth), Andy Goodway (front row), Len Casey (second row), Alan Rathbone (second row), Terry Flanagan (lock), John Woods (bench)
Changes:
Peter Smith (second row to bench)

Match Notes

Tries were still only worth 3 points in Europe when this game was played.

Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson