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France vs British Lions (1989)

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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

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4 October 1989
 France XV27–29British & Irish Lions 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 downward-facing red arrow 62'
Replacements:
PR 16 Herve Chabowski upward-facing green arrow 62'
N8 17 Marc Cécillon
FL 18 Thierry Maset
SH 19 Henri Sanz
FH 20 Thierry Lacroix
WG 21 David Berty
Coach:
France Jacques Fouroux
FB 15 Scotland Gavin Hastings
RW 14 Scotland Scott Hastings
OC 13 Ireland Brendan Mullin
IC 12 England Jeremy Guscott
LW 11 England Rory Underwood
FH 10 England Rob Andrew (c)
SH 9 Wales Robert Jones
N8 8 England Dave Egerton
OF 7 England Andy Robinson
BF 6 Ireland Phillip Matthews
RL 5 Scotland Damian Cronin
LL 4 England Paul Ackford
TP 3 England Jeff Probyn
HK 2 Ireland Steve Smith
LP 1 Wales Mike Griffiths
Replacements:
PR 16 Ireland Des Fitzgerald
HK 17 Scotland Gary Callander
SR 18 Ireland Neil Francis
SH 19 Ireland Fergus Aherne
FH 20 Scotland Craig Chalmers
FB 21 Wales Tony Clement
Coach:
Scotland Ian McGeechan

See also

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References

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  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.