World Cup 1985

Game 10

Great Britain 52 def. France 4

World Cup 1985/88
Game 10

Lions
52
4
France
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14266
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 24th January, 1987
Referee Mick Stone
Venue Headingley (Leeds)
Crowd 6,567
Match Stats
Halftime Score 24 4
Great Britain Scoresheet France
Shaun EDWARDS 2 T    
Mike GREGORY 2      
Ellery HANLEY 2      
Mark FORSTER      
Andy GOODWAY      
Joe LYDON      
 
Joe LYDON 8 G 2 Andre PEREZ
Great Britain Teams France
Joe LYDON
[Wigan]
1 FB 1 Andre PEREZ
Mark FORSTER
[Warrington]
2 W 2 Didier COUSTON
Garry SCHOFIELD
[Balmain/Hull FC]
3 C 3 Roger PALISSES
David STEPHENSON
[Wigan]
4 C 4 Hugues RATIER
Henderson GILL
[Wigan]
5 W 5 Cyril PONS
 
Ellery HANLEY (c)
[Wigan]
6 FE 6 Dominique ESPUGNA
Shaun EDWARDS
[Wigan]
7 HB 7 Gilles DUMAS
 
David HOBBS
[Oldham]
8 FR 8 Yves STORER
Kevin BEARDMORE
[Castleford]
9 HK 9 Yannick MANTESE
Lee CROOKS
[Western Suburbs/Hull FC]
10 FR 10 Jean-Luc RABOT
Andy GOODWAY
[Wigan]
11 2R 11 Daniel VERDES
Roy HAGGERTY
[St Helens]
12 2R 12 Marc PALANQUE (c)
Mike GREGORY
[Warrington]
13 L 13 Thierry BERNABE
 
Keith ENGLAND
[Castleford]
14 B 14 Serge TITEUX
David CREASSER
[Leeds]
15 B 15 Patrick ROCCI
 
Malcolm REILLY   HC   Tas BAITIERI
   
 

Team Info

Great Britain

Previous Game:
Ashes Series 1986 - Game 3 vs. Australia
Next Game:
[no comp] - vs. France
Out:
John Basnett (wing), Tony Myler (five-eighth), Andy Gregory (halfback), Kevin Ward (front row), David Watkinson (hooker), Chris Burton (second row), Harry Pinner (lock), Ian Potter (bench)
In:
Mark Forster (wing), Ellery Hanley (five-eighth), Shaun Edwards (halfback), David Hobbs (front row), Kevin Beardmore (hooker), Roy Haggerty (second row), Mike Gregory (lock), Keith England (bench), David Creasser (bench)

France

Previous Game:
World Cup 1985/88 - Game 9 vs. Australia
Next Game:
[no comp] - vs. Great Britain
Out:
Patrick Wosniak (fullback), Sebastian Rodriguez (wing), Philippe Fourquet (centre), Francis Laforgue (centre), Christian Scicchitano (halfback), Max Chantal (front row), Guy Laforgue (second row), Philippe Gestas (lock)
In:
Andre Perez (fullback), Didier Couston (wing), Cyril Pons (wing), Dominique Espugna (five-eighth), Yannick Mantese (hooker), Jean-Luc Rabot (front row), Marc Palanque (second row), Patrick Rocci (bench)
Changes:
Hugues Ratier (wing to centre), Roger Palisses (five-eighth to centre), Thierry Bernabe (hooker to lock), Serge Titeux (front row to bench), Gilles Dumas (bench to halfback), Yves Storer (bench to front row)

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson