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Test Matches 1992

Standalone Match - Sunday 13 December, 1992

France 18 lost to Wales 19

Test Matches 1992
Standalone

France		 18
–
19
Wales
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/14976
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 13th December, 1992
Referee Robin Whitfield (Widnes)
Venue Gilbert Brutus (Perpignan)
Crowd 3,700
Match Stats
Halftime Score 8 – 19
France Scoresheet Wales
Pierre CHAMORIN T Rob ACKERMAN
Lucien DE MACEDO   Allan BATEMAN
Gilles DUMAS   John DEVEREUX
Jean-Marc GARCIA      
 
Marc TISSEYRE G 3 Gary PEARCE
 
    FG Gary PEARCE
France Teams Wales
Jean FRISON 1 FB 1 Phil FORD
[Salford]
Claude SIRVENT 2 W 2 Adrian HADLEY
[Widnes]
Pierre CHAMORIN 3 C 3 Allan BATEMAN
[Warrington]
Pascal FAGES 4 C 4 John DEVEREUX
[Widnes]
Jean-Marc GARCIA 5 W 5 Anthony SULLIVAN
[St Helens]
 
Gilles DUMAS (c) 6 FE 6 Gary PEARCE
[Ryedale-York]
Lucien DE MACEDO 7 HB 7 Kevin ELLIS
[Warrington]
 
Bernard LLONG 8 FR 8 David YOUNG (c)
[Salford]
Patrick TORREILLES 9 HK 9 David BISHOP
[London]
Guy DELPECH 10 FR 10 Ian MARLOW
[Hull]
Richard CLARKE 11 2R 11 Paul MORIARTY
[Widnes]
Didier CABESTANY 12 2R 12 Rowland PHILLIPS
[Warrington]
Marc TISSEYRE 13 L 13 Rob ACKERMAN
[Salford]
 
David AMAT 14 B 14 Ian STEVENS
[Hull]
Christophe GRANDJEAN 15 B 15 Mark MORAN
[Leigh]
Eric CASTEL 16 B 16 Paul KENNETT
[Swinton]
David DESPIN 17 B 17 Peter WILLIAMS
[Salford]
 
    HC   Clive GRIFFITHS
   
 

Team Info

France

Previous Game:
Test Matches 1992 - Standalone vs. C.I.S.
Next Game:
Great Britain vs France 1993 - Game 1 vs. Great Britain
Out:
Bruno Castany (halfback), Thiery Buttignol (lock), Luc Durand (bench), Adolphe Alesina (bench), Yves Viloni (bench)
In:
Lucien de Macedo (halfback), Guy Delpech (front row), David Amat (bench), Eric Castel (bench), David Despin (bench)
Changes:
Marc Tisseyre (front row to lock), Richard Clarke (hooker to second row), Didier Cabestany (front row to second row), Bernard Llong (second row to front row), Patrick Torreilles (second row to hooker)

Wales

Previous Game:
Test Matches 1992 - Standalone vs. England
Next Game:
Wales vs New Zealand 1993 - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
Out:
Gerald Cordle (wing), Jonathan Griffiths (five-eighth), Mark Jones (front row)
In:
Ian Stevens (bench), Paul Kennett (bench), Peter Williams (bench)
Changes:
Ian Marlow (second row to front row), Adrian Hadley (bench to wing), Rowland Phillips (bench to second row), Gary Pearce (bench to five-eighth)

Match Report

Wales first trip outside their homeland in the new era saw them come closer to defeat than they would have liked after seemingly being set for a comfortable away win. David Young and Paul Moriarty led the way for the Welsh forwards whilst Devereux and Ellis combined well to provide some open rugby league in the first half.

France took an early lead when they charged down Phil Ford's kick and scored, but five minutes later the talismanic Bateman was responding with a four pointer of his own. A flowing move was finished by John Devereux, then Ackerman scored Wales third to set up what should have been an easy ride for the Dragons.

Unfortunately they did take an easy ride and it was France who asked all the questions in the second half. Worse for Wales was a serious knee injury to Sullivan.

Source: WalesRL.co.uk

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson