Match - Sunday 13 December, 1992
France 18 lost to Wales 19
Team Info
France
- Previous Game:
- 1992 Test Matches - Standalone vs. C.I.S.
- Next Game:
- 1993 Great Britain vs France - Game 1 vs. Great Britain
- Out:
- Bruno Castany (halfback), Thiery Buttignol (lock), Luc Durand (bench), Adolphe Alesina (bench), Yves Viloni (bench)
- In:
- Lucien de Macedo (halfback), Guy Delpech (front row), David Amat (bench), Eric Castel (bench), David Despin (bench)
- Changes:
- Marc Tisseyre (front row to lock), Richard Clarke (hooker to second row), Didier Cabestany (front row to second row), Bernard Llong (second row to front row), Patrick Torreilles (second row to hooker)
Wales
- Previous Game:
- 1992 Test Matches - Standalone vs. England
- Next Game:
- 1993 Wales vs New Zealand - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
- Out:
- Gerald Cordle (wing), Jonathan Griffiths (five-eighth), Mark Jones (front row)
- In:
- Ian Stevens (bench), Paul Kennett (bench), Peter Williams (bench)
- Changes:
- Ian Marlow (second row to front row), Adrian Hadley (bench to wing), Rowland Phillips (bench to second row), Gary Pearce (bench to five-eighth)
Match Report
Wales first trip outside their homeland in the new era saw them come closer to defeat than they would have liked after seemingly being set for a comfortable away win. David Young and Paul Moriarty led the way for the Welsh forwards whilst Devereux and Ellis combined well to provide some open rugby league in the first half.
France took an early lead when they charged down Phil Ford's kick and scored, but five minutes later the talismanic Bateman was responding with a four pointer of his own. A flowing move was finished by John Devereux, then Ackerman scored Wales third to set up what should have been an easy ride for the Dragons.
Unfortunately they did take an easy ride and it was France who asked all the questions in the second half. Worse for Wales was a serious knee injury to Sullivan.
Source: WalesRL.co.uk
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Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson
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