Anglo-French Challenge 1999 Series

Game 1

France 20 lost to England 28

Anglo-French Challenge 1999

France
20
28
England
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/22305
Status Completed
Date Wednesday, 13th October, 1999
Referee Robert Connolly (Wigan)
Venue d'Albert Domec (Carcassonne)
Crowd 3,000
Match Stats
Halftime Score 14 10
Penalties 5 3
France Scoresheet England
Jean-Emmanuel CASSIN T 2 Danny ORR
Sylvain HOULES   Dean SAMPSON
Gael TALLEC   Paul STERLING
      Marcus St HILAIRE
 
Frederic BANQUET 4 G 4 Steve McNAMARA
France Teams England
Frederic BANQUET 1 FB 1 Marcus St HILAIRE
[Leeds]
Patrice BENAUSSE 2 W 2 Paul STERLING
[Leeds]
Jean-Marc GARCIA (c) 3 C 3 Francis MALONEY
[Castleford]
Arnaud DULAC 4 C 4 Jon ROPER
[Warrington]
Sylvain HOULES 5 W 5 Darren ROGERS
[Castleford]
 
Laurent FRAYSSINOUS 6 FE 6 Danny ORR
[Castleford]
Fabien DEVECCHI 7 HB 7 Paul DEACON
[Bradford]
 
Jason SANDS 8 FR 8 Steve MOLLOY (c)
[Sheffield]
Vincent WULF 9 HK 9 Terry NEWTON
[Leeds]
Abderazak EL KHALOUKI 10 FR 10 Dean SAMPSON
[Castleford]
Jérôme GUISSET
[Canberra]
11 2R 11 Anthony FARRELL
[Leeds]
Gael TALLEC
[Castleford]
12 2R 12 Simon HAUGHTON
[Wigan]
Laurent CARRASCO 13 L 13 Steve McNAMARA
[Bradford]
 
Frederic TEIXIDO
[Sheffield]
14 B 14 Lee JACKSON
[Leeds]
David COLLADO 15 B 15 Lee HARLAND
[Castleford]
Jean-Emmanuel CASSIN 16 B 16 Nathan McAVOY
[Bradford]
Jean-Christophe BORLIN 17 B 17 Mark HILTON
[Warrington]
 
Gilles DUMAS   HC   John KEAR
Patrick PEDRAZZANI        
   
 

Team Info

France

Previous Game:
European Tri Nations Championship 1998 - Game 1 vs. Scotland
Next Game:
Anglo-French Challenge 1999 - Game 2 vs. England
Out:
Claude Sirvent (wing), Eric Vergniol (centre), Gilles Gironella (wing), Romain Sort (second row), Eric Frayssinet (second row), Pascal Jampy (lock), Vincent Banet (bench), Amar Tamghart (bench)
In:
Patrice Benausse (wing), Sylvain Houles (wing), Laurent Frayssinous (five-eighth), Jérôme Guisset (second row), Gael Tallec (second row), David Collado (bench), Jean-Emmanuel Cassin (bench), Jean-Christophe Borlin (bench)
Changes:
Jean-Marc Garcia (five-eighth to centre), Laurent Carrasco (bench to lock)

England

Previous Game:
[no comp] - vs. Wales
Next Game:
Anglo-French Challenge 1999 - Game 2 vs. France
Out:
Gary Broadbent (fullback), Keith Senior (centre), Francis Cummins (wing), Graham Holroyd (five-eighth), Sean Long (halfback), Paul Rowley (hooker), Darren Fleary (front row), Andy Hay (second row), Lee Gilmour (lock), Paul Davidson (bench), Paul Johnson (bench)
In:
Marcus St Hilaire (fullback), Francis Maloney (centre), Jon Roper (centre), Darren Rogers (wing), Paul Deacon (halfback), Terry Newton (hooker), Dean Sampson (front row), Anthony Farrell (second row), Steve McNamara (lock), Lee Jackson (bench), Lee Harland (bench)
Changes:
Nathan McAvoy (centre to bench), Danny Orr (bench to five-eighth)

Match Notes

This match was played in torrential rain.

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson