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Other Internationals 1982

Standalone Match - Saturday 31 July, 1982

Great Britain 7 lost to France 8

Other Internationals 1982
Standalone

Lions
7
8
France
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/15017
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 31st July, 1982
Referee Guy Cattaneo
Venue Pierluigi Penzo (Venice)
Crowd 1,500
Match Stats
Halftime Score 2 3
Great Britain Scoresheet France
John JOYNER T Ivan GRÉSÈQUE
 
George FAIRBAIRN 2 G Andre PEREZ
 
    FG 3 Andre PEREZ
Great Britain Teams France
George FAIRBAIRN
[Hull KR]
1 FB 1 Andre PEREZ
Des DRUMMOND
[Leigh]
2 W 2 Patrick SOLAL
John JOYNER
[Castleford]
3 C 3 Christian LAUMOND (c)
Mike SMITH
[Hull KR]
4 C 4 Michel LAFFARGUE
Paul PRENDIVILLE
[Hull]
5 W 5 Sebastian RODRIGUEZ
 
David TOPLISS (c)
[Hull]
6 FE 6 Michel LAVILLE
Steve NASH
[Salford]
7 HB 7 Ivan GRÉSÈQUE
 
Mike O'NEILL
[Widnes]
8 FR 8 Jose GINE
David WARD
[Leeds]
9 HK 9 Thierry BERNABE
John WOOD
[Fulham]
10 FR 10 Yves STORER
Trevor SKERRETT
[Hull]
11 2R 11 Marc AMBERT
Ian POTTER
[Leigh]
12 2R 12 Jean-Jacques COLOGNI
Alan RATHBONE
[Bradford]
13 L 13 Manuel CARAVACA
 
Andy GREGORY
[Widnes]
14 B    
Ray TABERN
[Leigh]
15 B    
Les DYL
[Leeds]
16 B    
 
John WHITELEY   HC    
   
 

Team Info

Great Britain

Previous Game:
Test Matches 1981 - Standalone vs. France
Next Game:
Ashes Series 1982 - Game 1 vs. Australia
Out:
Mick Burke (fullback), John Woods (centre), Henderson Gill (wing), Steve Hartley (five-eighth), Jeff Grayshon (front row), David Watkinson (hooker), Les Gorley (second row), Eddie Szymala (second row), Steve Norton (lock), Peter Gorley (bench)
In:
George Fairbairn (fullback), John Joyner (centre), Paul Prendiville (wing), David Topliss (five-eighth), Steve Nash (halfback), Mike O'Neill (front row), David Ward (hooker), John Wood (front row), Ian Potter (second row), Alan Rathbone (lock), Ray Tabern (bench), Les Dyl (bench)
Changes:
Andy Gregory (halfback to bench), Trevor Skerrett (front row to second row)

France

Previous Game:
Test Matches 1981 - Standalone vs. Great Britain
Next Game:
[no comp] - vs. Featherstone
Out:
Jacques Guigue (centre), Guy Delaunay (centre), Christian Scicchitano (halfback), Charles Zalduendo (front row), Christian Macalli (hooker), Guy Laforgue (second row), Joel Roosebrouck (lock), Etienne Kaminski (bench)
In:
Christian Laumond (centre), Michel Laffargue (centre), Ivan Grésèque (halfback), Thierry Bernabe (hooker), Yves Storer (front row), Jean-Jacques Cologni (second row), Manuel Caravaca (lock)

Match Notes

This was a "special missionary exhibition" match sponsored by Italian businessman Mario Majoni, to promote the game in Italy.

However some questioned the wisdom of doing so at the time, given Italy were still celebrating their FIFA World Cup win just 20 days previously.

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson