France vs. Great Britain

France 18 def. Great Britain 13

[no comp]

France
18
13
Lions
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14806
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 16th January, 1966
Referee Eric Clay (Leeds)
Venue Gilbert Brutus (Perpignan)
Crowd 7,255
Match Stats
Halftime Score 7 7
France Scoresheet Great Britain
Jean-Pierre LECOMPTE T Berwyn JONES
Jean-Claude MARTY   Alex MURPHY
      John STOPFORD
 
Pierre LACAZE 6 G 2 Neil FOX
France Teams Great Britain
Pierre LACAZE 1 FB 1 Ken GOWERS
Guy BRUZY 2 W 2 Berwyn JONES
Jean-Pierre LECOMPTE 3 C 3 Geoff SHELTON
Claude MANTOULAN 4 C 4 Neil FOX (c)
Jean-Claude MARTY 5 W 5 John STOPFORD
 
Etienne COURTINE 6 FE 6 Cliff HILL
Roger GARNUNG 7 HB 7 Alex MURPHY
 
Christian SABATIÉ 8 FR 8 Ken ROBERTS
Rene SEGURA 9 HK 9 Colin CLARKE
Marcel BESCOS (c) 10 FR 10 Cliff WATSON
Georges AILLERES 11 2R 11 Bill HOLLIDAY
Henri MARRACQ 12 2R 12 John MANTLE
Jean-Pierre CLAR 13 L 13 Dave ROBINSON
 
Roger GARRIGUE 14 B    
Herve MAZARD 15 B    
   
 

Team Info

France

Previous Game:
France vs New Zealand 1965 - Game 3 vs. New Zealand
Next Game:
[no comp] - vs. Great Britain
Out:
Gilbert Alberti (fullback)
In:
Pierre Lacaze (fullback), Etienne Courtine (five-eighth), Herve Mazard (bench)
Changes:
Roger Garrigue (five-eighth to bench)

Great Britain

Previous Game:
Great Britain vs New Zealand 1965 - Game 3 vs. New Zealand
Next Game:
[no comp] - vs. France
Out:
William Burgess (wing), Gordon Lewis (centre), Tommy Smales (halfback), Ken Eyre (front row), Bill Ramsey (second row)
In:
Berwyn Jones (wing), Neil Fox (centre), Cliff Hill (five-eighth), Cliff Watson (front row), John Mantle (second row)
Changes:
Alex Murphy (five-eighth to halfback)

Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson