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World Cup 1985

Game 10

Great Britain 52 def. France 4

World Cup 1985/88
Game 10

Lions
52
4
France
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14266
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 24th January, 1987
Referee Mick Stone
Venue Headingley (Leeds)
Crowd 6,567
Official Player of the Match Shaun Edwards
Match Stats
Halftime Score 24 4
Scrums 13 10
Penalties 4 10
Great Britain Scoresheet France
Shaun EDWARDS 2 T    
Mike GREGORY 2      
Ellery HANLEY 2      
Mark FORSTER      
Andy GOODWAY      
Joe LYDON      
 
Joe LYDON 8/10 G 2/2 Andre PEREZ
Henderson GILL 0/1      
 
Lee CROOKS BIN5    
Great Britain Teams France
Joe LYDON
[Wigan]
1 FB 1 Andre PEREZ
Mark FORSTER
[Warrington]
2 W 2 Didier COUSTON
Garry SCHOFIELD
[Balmain/Hull]
3 C 3 Roger PALISSES
David STEPHENSON
[Wigan]
4 C 4 Hugues RATIER
Henderson GILL
[Wigan]
5 W 5 Cyril PONS
 
Ellery HANLEY (c)
[Wigan]
6 FE 6 Dominique ESPUGNA
Shaun EDWARDS
[Wigan]
7 HB 7 Gilles DUMAS
 
David HOBBS
[Oldham]
8 FR 8 Yves STORER
Kevin BEARDMORE
[Castleford]
9 HK 9 Yannick MANTESE
Lee CROOKS
[Western Suburbs/Hull]
10 FR 10 Jean-Luc RABOT
Andy GOODWAY
[Wigan]
11 2R 11 Daniel VERDES
Roy HAGGERTY
[St Helens]
12 2R 12 Marc PALANQUE (c)
Mike GREGORY
[Warrington]
13 L 13 Thierry BERNABE
 
David CREASSER
[Leeds]
14 B 14 Serge TITEUX
Keith ENGLAND
[Castleford]
15 B 15 Patrick ROCCI
 
Malcolm REILLY   HC   Tas BAITIERI
   
 

Team Info

Great Britain

Previous Game:
Ashes Series 1986 - Game 3 vs. Australia
Next Game:
Test Matches 1987 - vs. France
Out:
John Basnett (wing), Tony Myler (five-eighth), Andy Gregory (halfback), Kevin Ward (front row), David Watkinson (hooker), Chris Burton (second row), Harry Pinner (lock), Ian Potter (bench)
In:
Mark Forster (wing), Ellery Hanley (five-eighth), Shaun Edwards (halfback), David Hobbs (front row), Kevin Beardmore (hooker), Roy Haggerty (second row), Mike Gregory (lock), David Creasser (bench), Keith England (bench)

France

Previous Game:
World Cup 1985/88 - Game 9 vs. Australia
Next Game:
Test Matches 1987 - vs. Great Britain
Out:
Patrick Wosniak (fullback), Sebastian Rodriguez (wing), Philippe Fourquet (centre), Francis Laforgue (centre), Christian Scicchitano (halfback), Max Chantal (front row), Guy Laforgue (second row), Philippe Gestas (lock)
In:
Andre Perez (fullback), Didier Couston (wing), Cyril Pons (wing), Dominique Espugna (five-eighth), Yannick Mantese (hooker), Jean-Luc Rabot (front row), Marc Palanque (second row), Patrick Rocci (bench)
Changes:
Hugues Ratier (wing to centre), Roger Palisses (five-eighth to centre), Thierry Bernabe (hooker to lock), Serge Titeux (front row to bench), Gilles Dumas (bench to halfback), Yves Storer (bench to front row)

Match Notes

Patrick Rocci replaced Roger Palisses and David Creasser replaced David Stephenson in the 1st half.
-Keith England replaced David Hobbs and Serge Titeux replaced Gilles Dumas in the 2nd half.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin