Game 1
France 2 lost to Australia 44
| 1986 France vs Australia Game 1 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/6870 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Sunday, 30th November, 1986 | |||||||
| Referee | Fred Lindop (Wakefield) | |||||||
| Venue | Gilbert Brutus (Perpignan) | |||||||
| Crowd | 6,000 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 0 | – | 24 | |||||
| France | Scoresheet | Australia | ||||||
| T | 3 | Michael O'CONNOR | ||||||
| 2 | Bob LINDNER | |||||||
| 2 | Gene MILES | |||||||
| Garry JACK | ||||||||
| Peter STERLING | ||||||||
| Gilles DUMAS | G | 4/9 | Michael O'CONNOR | |||||
| BIN | Gene MILES | |||||||
| France | Teams | Australia | ||||||
| Gilles DUMAS | 1 | FB | 1 | Garry JACK [Balmain] | ||||
| Didier COUSTON | 2 | W | 2 | Dale SHEARER [Manly] | ||||
| Roger PALISSES | 3 | C | 3 | Brett KENNY [Parramatta] | ||||
| Alain MAURY | 4 | C | 4 | Gene MILES | ||||
| Hugues RATIER | 5 | W | 5 | Michael O'CONNOR [St George] | ||||
| Dominique ESPUGNA | 6 | FE | 6 | Wally LEWIS (c) | ||||
| Patrick ENTAT | 7 | HB | 7 | Peter STERLING [Parramatta] | ||||
| Max CHANTAL | 8 | FR | 8 | Greg DOWLING | ||||
| Thierry BERNABE | 9 | HK | 9 | Royce SIMMONS [Penrith] | ||||
| Jean-Luc RABOT | 10 | FR | 10 | Paul DUNN [Canterbury] | ||||
| Guy LAFORGUE (c) | 11 | 2R | 11 | Les DAVIDSON [South Sydney] | ||||
| Serge TITEUX | 12 | 2R | 12 | Bryan NIEBLING | ||||
| Daniel VERDES | 13 | L | 13 | Bob LINDNER [Castleford] | ||||
| Serge BRET | 14 | B | 14 | Terry LAMB [Canterbury] | ||||
| Francis LAFORGUE | 15 | B | 15 | Paul SIRONEN [Balmain] | ||||
| HC | Don FURNER | |||||||
Team Info
France
- Previous Game:
- 1986 Test Matches - Standalone vs. Great Britain
- Next Game:
- 1985-88 World Cup - Game 9 vs. Australia
- Out:
- Denis Berge (centre), Philippe Fourquet (centre), Pascal Laroche (wing), Patrick Baco (hooker), Marc Palanque (second row), Serge Pallares (bench)
- In:
- Roger Palisses (centre), Alain Maury (centre), Hugues Ratier (wing), Daniel Verdes (lock), Serge Bret (bench), Francis Laforgue (bench)
- Changes:
- Serge Titeux (front row to second row), Thierry Bernabe (lock to hooker), Jean-Luc Rabot (bench to front row)
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 1986 Kangaroos Tour - Game 15 vs. Fr. Presidents XIII
- Next Game:
- 1986 Kangaroos Tour - Game 17 vs. Le Pontet XIII
- Out:
- Gary Belcher (fullback), Chris Mortimer (centre), Greg Alexander (wing), Des Hasler (halfback), Phil Daley (front row), Ben Elias (hooker), Steve Roach (front row), Paul Langmack (lock), Martin Bella (bench)
- In:
- Dale Shearer (wing), Michael O'Connor (wing), Wally Lewis (five-eighth), Peter Sterling (halfback), Greg Dowling (front row), Royce Simmons (hooker), Paul Dunn (front row), Bryan Niebling (second row), Bob Lindner (lock)
- Changes:
- Brett Kenny (wing to centre), Terry Lamb (five-eighth to bench), Paul Sironen (second row to bench), Garry Jack (bench to fullback)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson
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