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1991 Test Matches

Match - Sunday 27 October, 1991

France 26 def. Soviet Union 6

1991 Test Matches

France		 26
–
6
Soviet Union
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/37062
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 27th October, 1991
Referee Claude Alba
Venue Georges Lyvet (Lyon)
Crowd 2,000
Match Stats
Halftime Score 16 – 6
France Scoresheet Soviet Union
David DESPIN T Andrei OLARI
Patrick ENTAT      
Jean-Marc GARCIA      
Yves STORER      
 
Gilles DUMAS 5 G Andrei OLARI
France Teams Soviet Union
Pascal FAGES 1 FB - Alexander OTRADNOV
Jean-Marc GARCIA 2 W 2 Valeri SAVIHIN
David DESPIN 3 C 4 Dimitri VINOKHODOV
Denis BIENES 4 C - Mikhail PISKUNOV
Claude SIRVENT 5 W 15 ? KORSAKOV
 
Gilles DUMAS (c) 6 FE 3 Andrei OLARI
Patrick ENTAT
[Hull]
 7 HB 9 ? OSADEKIV
 
Christian CALVO 8 FR 5 ? LIUKIANICHEV
Patrick TORREILLES 9 HK 10 Oleg ZOTOV
[Trafford]
Jean RUIZ 10 FR - ? KORIUBIN
Georges GRANDJEAN 11 2R 6 ? PARESHIN (c)
Yves STORER 12 2R 11 ? LIZOV
Daniel DIVET 13 L 13 Philippe SOKOLOW
 
Franck ROMANO 14 B - Andrei SOKOLOV
Pierre CHAMORIN 15 B - ? SENIN
? BONNET 16 B 12 Vyvacheslav SAPEGA
Jean FRISON 17 B 7 Viktor NECHAEV
 
    HC   Edgard TATURIAN
   
 

Team Info

France

Previous Game:
1989-92 World Cup - Game 12 vs. Papua New Guinea
Next Game:
1989-92 World Cup - Game 16 vs. Papua New Guinea
Out:
Christophe Auroy (fullback), Cyril Pons (wing), Gerard Boyals (front row), Thiery Buttignol (front row), Bernard Plante (second row), Didier Cabestany (second row), Daniel Verdes (lock), Guy Delpech (bench)
In:
Claude Sirvent (wing), Gilles Dumas (five-eighth), Christian Calvo (front row), Jean Ruiz (front row), Georges Grandjean (second row), Yves Storer (second row), Daniel Divet (lock), Franck Romano (bench), ? Bonnet (bench), Jean Frison (bench)
Changes:
Pascal Fages (five-eighth to fullback)

Soviet Union

Previous Game:
- vs. GB Select
Next Game:
n/a
Out:
? Belaev (fullback), ? Pisconov (wing), ? Dyatlov (centre), ? Nichaev (centre), ? Olar (wing), ? Parshow (five-eighth), ? Kartsov (halfback), ? Zarnba (front row), ? Ossachie (hooker), ? Strach (front row), ? Lysov (second row), ? Sycophsky (bench), ? Sharcoff (bench), ? Tarran (bench), Andrei Glotikov (bench)
In:
Alexander Otradnov (fullback), Valeri Savihin (wing), Dimitri Vinokhodov (centre), Mikhail Piskunov (centre), ? Korsakov (wing), Andrei Olari (five-eighth), ? Osadekiv (halfback), ? Liukianichev (front row), Oleg Zotov (hooker), ? Koriubin (front row), ? Pareshin (second row), ? Lizov (second row), Philippe Sokolow (lock), Vyvacheslav Sapega (bench), Viktor Nechaev (bench)
Changes:
? Senin (second row to bench), Andrei Sokolov (lock to bench)

Match Notes

This match was broadcast on French television. On this coverage, the Soviet team was listed as follows (spelling errors of names have been reproduced here): 2. Saviknin, 3. Olar, 4. Vynokhodov, 5. Loukianitchen, 6. Parechinei, 7. Netchaiev, 9. Osatchiv, 10. Zotov, 11. Lison, 12. Sapega, 13. Solokov, 14. Cherokv, 15. Korsakov.

This is the Soviet Unions only full international match the Union broke up 2 months after this game the team comprises Russian, Moldovian & Kazakhstan players.

This match is a part of the following:

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash