European Tri Nations Championship 1998

Game 1

Ireland 22 lost to France 24

European Tri Nations Championship 1998
Game 1

Ireland
22
24
France
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/22252
Status Completed
Date Wednesday, 4th November, 1998
Referee Claude Alba
Venue Tolka Park (Dublin)
Crowd 1,511
Match Stats
Halftime Score 10 14
Penalties 5 11
Ireland Scoresheet France
Shaun EDWARDS 2 T Frederic BANQUET
Martin CROMPTON   Patrice BENAUSSE
Richard SMITH   Jean-Marc GARCIA
      Claude SIRVENT
 
Tommy MARTYN 3 G 4 Frederic BANQUET
Ireland Teams France
Steve PRESCOTT
[Hull]
1 FB 1 Frederic BANQUET
Lee CHILD 2 W 2 Patrice BENAUSSE
Mark FORSTER
[Warrington]
3 C 3 Eric VERGNIOL
Richard SMITH 4 C 4 Arnaud DULAC
Brian CARNEY 5 W 5 Gilles GIRONELLA
 
Tommy MARTYN
[St Helens]
6 FE 6 Jean-Marc GARCIA (c)
Shaun EDWARDS
[London]
7 HB 7 Fabien DEVECCHI
 
Neil HARMON
[Bradford]
8 FR 8 Jason SANDS
Johnny LAWLESS
[Sheffield]
9 HK 9 Vincent WULF
Barrie McDERMOTT
[Leeds]
10 FR 10 Jérôme GUISSET
Mick CASSIDY
[Wigan]
11 2R 11 Romain SORT
Ian PICKAVANCE
[St Helens]
12 2R 12 Gael TALLEC
[Castleford]
Martin CROMPTON (c)
[Salford]
13 L 13 Pascal JAMPY
 
Innes GRAY 14 B 14 Claude SIRVENT
Cliff ECCLES
[Salford]
15 B 15 Abderazak EL KHALOUKI
Shaun CLEARY 16 B 16 Frederic TEIXIDO
Andy BURGESS 17 B 17 Vea BLOOMFIELD
 
Steve O'NEILL   HC   Gilles DUMAS
        Patrick PEDRAZZANI
   
 

Team Info

Ireland

Previous Game:
Internationals 1997 - Game 1 vs. France
Next Game:
European Tri Nations Championship 1998 - Game 1 vs. Scotland
Out:
Gavin Gordon (fullback), Lee Hanlan (centre), Phelim Comerford (wing), James Lowes (hooker), Leo Casey (second row), Conor O'Sullivan (bench), Tony Nuttall (bench), Craig McElhatton (bench)
In:
Steve Prescott (fullback), Lee Child (wing), Brian Carney (wing), Shaun Edwards (halfback), Johnny Lawless (hooker), Mick Cassidy (second row), Ian Pickavance (second row), Innes Gray (bench)
Changes:
Mark Forster (wing to centre), Martin Crompton (halfback to lock), Cliff Eccles (second row to bench), Andy Burgess (lock to bench)

France

Previous Game:
Internationals 1997 - Game 1 vs. South Africa
Next Game:
European Tri Nations Championship 1998 - Game 1 vs. Scotland
Out:
Mikhail Piskunov (wing), Regis Pastre-Courtine (wing), David Despin (five-eighth), Vincent Banet (halfback), Didier Cabestany (second row), Bruno Verges (bench), Eric Frayssinet (bench)
In:
Frederic Banquet (fullback), Arnaud Dulac (centre), Gilles Gironella (wing), Fabien Devecchi (halfback), Romain Sort (second row), Gael Tallec (second row), Claude Sirvent (bench)
Changes:
Patrice Benausse (fullback to wing), Jean-Marc Garcia (centre to five-eighth), Frederic Teixido (front row to bench), Pascal Jampy (second row to lock), Jérôme Guisset (lock to front row)

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson