Match - Sunday 27 October, 1991
France 26 def. Soviet Union 6
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| 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:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash
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