France vs British Lions (1989)

France vs British & Irish Lions, 1989
EventBicentennial of the French Revolution
Date4 October 1989
VenueParc des Princes, Paris
RefereeJ.B. Anderson (Scotland)
Attendance28,881

France vs British & Irish Lions, 1989. As part of the celebrations for the Bicentennial of the French Revolution, in 1989 France played a British Lions team.

The match was classed as a friendly or exhibition game and thus test caps were not awarded.

Match

4 October 1989
 France XV27–29 British Lions
Try: Benetton, Blanco, Camberabero
Con: Camberabero (3)
Pen: Camberabero (3)
[1]Try: Andrew, Hastings (2)
Con: Hastings
Pen: Hastings (4)
Drop-goal: Andrew
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 28,881
Referee: J.B. Anderson (Scotland)
FB 15 Serge Blanco
RW 14 Bernard Lacombe
OC 13 Philippe Sella
IC 12 Marc Andrieu
LW 11 Patrice Lagisquet
FH 10 Didier Camberabero
SH 9 Pierre Berbizier (c)
N8 8 Laurent Rodriguez
OF 7 Olivier Roumat
BF 6 Thierry Devergie
RL 5 Gilles Bourguignon
LL 4 Philippe Benetton
TP 3 Laurent Seigne
HK 2 Dominique Bouet
LP 1 Marc Pujolle  62'
Replacements:
PR 16 Herve Chabowski  62'
N8 17 Marc Cécillon
FL 18 Thierry Maset
SH 19 Henri Sanz
FH 20 Thierry Lacroix
WG 21 David Berty
Coach:
Jacques Fouroux
FB 15 Gavin Hastings
RW 14 Scott Hastings
OC 13 Brendan Mullin
IC 12 Jeremy Guscott
LW 11 Rory Underwood
FH 10 Rob Andrew (c)
SH 9 Robert Jones
N8 8 Dave Egerton
OF 7 Andy Robinson
BF 6 Phillip Matthews
RL 5 Damian Cronin
LL 4 Paul Ackford
TP 3 Jeff Probyn
HK 2 Steve Smith
LP 1 Mike Griffiths
Replacements:
PR 16 Des Fitzgerald
HK 17 Gary Callander
SR 18 Neil Francis
SH 19 Fergus Aherne
FH 20 Craig Chalmers
FB 21 Tony Clement
Coach:
Ian McGeechan

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "British and Irish Lions XV tour - Parc des Princes, 4 October 1989, 20:30 local, 19:30 GMT". espn.co.uk. Retrieved 14 February 2019.