Great Britain vs France 1993 Series

Game 2

Great Britain 72 def. France 6

Great Britain vs France 1993

Lions
72
6
France
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/15026
Status Completed
Date Friday, 2nd April, 1993
Referee Graham Annesley
Venue Headingley (Leeds)
Crowd 8,196
Official Player of the Match Paul Newlove
Match Stats
Halftime Score 38 0
Scrums 5 8
Penalties 1  
Great Britain Scoresheet France
Paul NEWLOVE 3 T Eric VAN BRUSSELL
Shaun EDWARDS 2      
Alan HUNTE 2      
Alan TAIT 2      
Denis BETTS      
John DEVEREUX      
Mike FORD      
Daryl POWELL      
 
Jonathan DAVIES 10/13 G Gilles DUMAS
Great Britain Teams France
Alan TAIT
[Leeds]
1 FB 1 Eric VAN BRUSSELL
John DEVEREUX
[Manly/Widnes]
2 W 2 Claude SIRVENT
Paul NEWLOVE
[Featherstone]
3 C 3 Pascal MONS
Gary CONNOLLY
[Canterbury/St Helens]
4 C 4 Adolphe ALESINA
Alan HUNTE
[St Helens]
5 W 5 Jean-Marc GARCIA
 
Jonathan DAVIES
[Widnes]
6 FE 6 Gilles DUMAS (c)
Shaun EDWARDS
[Wigan]
7 HB 7 Pascal FAGES
 
Karl HARRISON
[Halifax]
8 FR 8 Theo ANAST
Martin DERMOTT
[Wigan]
9 HK 9 Patrick TORREILLES
Andy PLATT (c)
[Wigan]
10 FR 10 Thiery BUTTIGNOL
Denis BETTS
[Wigan]
11 2R 11 Bernard CARTIER
Richie EYRES
[Widnes]
12 2R 12 Didier CABESTANY
Phil CLARKE
[Wigan]
13 L 13 Jean-Luc COMBETTES
 
Mike FORD
[Castleford]
14 B 14 David AMAT
Karl FAIRBANK
[Bradford]
15 B 15 Abdrajah BABA
Daryl POWELL
[Sheffield]
16 B 16 David FRAISSE
Sonny NICKLE
[St Helens]
17 B 17 Fabien BERANGER
 
Malcolm REILLY   HC    
   
 

Team Info

Great Britain

Previous Game:
Great Britain vs France 1993 - Game 1 vs. France
Next Game:
Great Britain vs New Zealand 1993 - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
Out:
Stuart Spruce (fullback), Andy Currier (centre), Garry Schofield (five-eighth), Neil Cowie (front row), Steve McCurrie (hooker), Steve Molloy (front row), Ellery Hanley (lock), Chris Joynt (bench), Allan Bateman (bench), Steve McNamara (bench)
In:
Alan Tait (fullback), Paul Newlove (centre), Jonathan Davies (five-eighth), Karl Harrison (front row), Martin Dermott (hooker), Andy Platt (front row), Denis Betts (second row), Karl Fairbank (bench), Daryl Powell (bench), Sonny Nickle (bench)
Changes:
Phil Clarke (second row to lock)

France

Previous Game:
Great Britain vs France 1993 - Game 1 vs. Great Britain
Next Game:
[no comp] - vs. Russia
Out:
Jean Frison (fullback), Pierre Chamorin (centre), Lucien de Macedo (halfback), Ezzedine Attia (second row), Eric Castel (bench), Pascal Bomati (bench), Richard Clarke (bench)
In:
Eric Van Brussell (fullback), Pascal Mons (centre), Adolphe Alesina (centre), Jean-Luc Combettes (lock), Abdrajah Baba (bench), David Fraisse (bench), Fabien Beranger (bench)
Changes:
Pascal Fages (centre to halfback), Bernard Cartier (hooker to second row), David Amat (lock to bench), Patrick Torreilles (bench to hooker)

Match Notes

Great Britain's Ellery Hanley was dropped from the starting lineup 8 hours before kick-off, a disciplinary measure after Hanley left the team hotel and spent most of the day of the match at his home.

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson