European Championship 1977

Game 1

Wales 29 def. France 7

European Championship 1977/78
Game 1

Wales
29
7
France
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14883
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 15th January, 1978
Referee Ron Campbell
Venue Naughton (Widnes)
Crowd 9,502
Wales Scoresheet France
Eddie CUNNINGHAM T Jean-Marc BOURRET
Bill FRANCIS      
Roy MATHIAS      
Jim MILLS      
Clive SULLIVAN      
 
Paul WOODS 7 G 2 Jean-Marc BOURRET
Wales Teams France
John RISMAN 1 FB 1 Marcel PILLON
Roy MATHIAS 2 W 2 Serge LOUBET
David WILLICOMBE 3 C 3 Jean-Marc BOURRET
Eddie CUNNINGHAM 4 C 4 Jacques GUIGUE
Clive SULLIVAN 5 W 5 Michel LAFFARGUE
 
Bill FRANCIS (c) 6 FE 6 Jose CALLE
Paul WOODS 7 HB 7 Jean-Marie IMBERT
 
Jim MILLS 8 FR 8 Michel CASSIN
Dick EVANS 9 HK 9 Antoine GONZALES
Mel JAMES 10 FR 10 Christian LASSALE
Glyn SHAW 11 2R 11 Jose GINE
Mike NICHOLAS 12 2R 12 Guy RODRIGUEZ
Colin DIXON 13 L 13 Roland GORSE
 
Gordon PRITCHARD 14 B 14 Gabriel LASKAWIEC
Clive JONES 15 B 15 Charles ZALDUENDO
   
 

Team Info

Wales

Previous Game:
European Championship 1976/77 - Game 2 vs. France
Next Game:
European Championship 1977/78 - Game 3 vs. England
Out:
Ray Wilkins (fullback), John Bevan (centre), David Treasure (centre), Tony Fisher (hooker), Brian Butler (front row), Peter Rowe (lock), Dennis Curling (bench), Mick Murphy (bench)
In:
John Risman (fullback), David Willicombe (centre), Eddie Cunningham (centre), Dick Evans (hooker), Mel James (front row), Glyn Shaw (second row), Gordon Pritchard (bench), Clive Jones (bench)
Changes:
Colin Dixon (second row to lock)

France

Previous Game:
World Cup 1977 - Game 6 vs. New Zealand
Next Game:
European Championship 1977/78 - Game 2 vs. England
Out:
Jose Moya (wing), Andre Ruiz (centre), Rene Terrats (centre), Guy Alard (five-eighth), Jacky Imbert (halfback), Guy Garcia (hooker), Jean-Pierre Sauret (front row), Manuel Caravaca (second row), Jean-Jacques Cologni (second row), Joel Roosebrouck (lock), Michel Moussard (bench)
In:
Marcel Pillon (fullback), Serge Loubet (wing), Jean-Marc Bourret (centre), Michel Laffargue (wing), Jean-Marie Imbert (halfback), Antoine Gonzales (hooker), Christian Lassale (front row), Jose Gine (second row), Guy Rodriguez (second row), Roland Gorse (lock), Gabriel Laskawiec (bench), Charles Zalduendo (bench)
Changes:
Jose Calle (fullback to five-eighth), Jacques Guigue (wing to centre)

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Contributions: Andrew Ferguson