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1985 Five Nations Championship Squads
England Head coach: Dick Greenwood # Rob Andrew # Phil Blakeway # Steve Brain # David Cooke # Paul Dodge (c.) # Wade Dooley # Jon Hall # Richard Harding # Bob Hesford # Richard Hill # Chris Martin # Nigel Melville # John Orwin # Gary Pearce # Kevin Simms # Simon Smith # Mike Teague # Rory Underwood France Head coach: Jacques Fouroux # Serge Blanco # Éric Bonneval # Didier Codorniou # Jean Condom # Philippe Dintrans (c.) # Pierre Dospital # Dominique Erbani # Patrick Estève # Jerome Gallion # Jean-Pierre Garuet-Lempirou # Jacques Gratton # Francis Haget # Jean-Luc Joniel # Bernard Lavigne # Jean-Patrick Lescarboura # Jean-Charles Orso # Laurent Pardo # Laurent Rodriguez # Philippe Sella Ireland Head coach: Mick Doyle # Willie Anderson # Michael Bradley # Nigel Carr # Keith Crossan # Paul Dean # Ciaran Fitzgerald (c.) # Mick Fitzpatrick # Michael Kiernan # Donal Lenihan # Hugo MacNeill # Phillip Matthews # Brian McCall # J. J. McCoy # Rory Moron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England National Rugby Union Team
The England national rugby union team represents England in men's international rugby union. They compete in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. England have won the championship on 29 occasions (as well as sharing 10 victories) – winning the Grand Slam 13 times and the Triple Crown 26 times – making them the most successful outright winners in the tournament's history. They are currently the only team from the Northern Hemisphere to win the Rugby World Cup, having won the tournament in 2003, and have been runners-up on three other occasions. The history of the team extends back to 1871 when the English rugby team played their first official test match, losing 1–0 to Scotland. England dominated the early Home Nations Championship (now the Six Nations) which started in 1883. Following the schism of rugby football in 1895 into union and league, England did not win the Championship again until 1910. They first played aga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Smith (rugby Union)
Simon Timothy Smith (born 1960) is a rugby union international who represented England between 1985 and 1986. Early life Simon Smith was born on 29 April 1960 in Baldock, Hertfordshire, and educated at the University of Lancaster and then did a postgraduate course at the University of Cambridge. He played on the wing for Wasps He played rugby for England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ... in nine matches between 1985 and 1986. References 1960 births Living people English rugby union players England international rugby union players Rugby union players from Hertfordshire Middlesex County RFU players Wasps RFC players {{England-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerome Gallion
Jerome (; la, Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus; grc-gre, Εὐσέβιος Σωφρόνιος Ἱερώνυμος; – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of Stridon, was a Christian priest, confessor, theologian, and historian; he is commonly known as Saint Jerome. Jerome was born at Stridon, a village near Emona on the border of Dalmatia and Pannonia. He is best known for his translation of the Bible into Latin (the translation that became known as the Vulgate) and his commentaries on the whole Bible. Jerome attempted to create a translation of the Old Testament based on a Hebrew version, rather than the Septuagint, as Latin Bible translations used to be performed before him. His list of writings is extensive, and beside his biblical works, he wrote polemical and historical essays, always from a theologian's perspective. Jerome was known for his teachings on Christian moral life, especially to those living in cosmopolitan centers such as Rome. In many cases, he focused ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Estève
Patrick Estève (born Lavelanet, 14 February 1959) is a former French rugby union player and a current coach. He played as wing. He was nicknamed ''TGV''. He first played at Carcassonne, which he joined in 1964, aged only 5 years old, and would join the first team in 1975. He joined Stade Lavelanétien for the season of 1979/80. He had his most successful years at RC Narbonne, where he played from 1980/81 to 1986/87. He won the Challenge Yves du Manoir in 1984. After leaving RC Narbonne, he played for Castelnaudary in the minor leagues. He had 25 caps for France, from 1982 to 1987, scoring 12 tries, 48 points on aggregate. He played at the Five Nations Championship in 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1986. He had 14 caps, scoring 8 tries, 32 points on aggregate. He was the top try scorer at the 1983 Five Nations Championship, scoring 5 tries, including one in each game. He was called for the 1987 Rugby World Cup The 1987 Rugby World Cup was the first Rugby World Cup. It was co-hosted by New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominique Erbani
Dominique Erbani (born August 16, 1956) is a retired French international rugby union player. He played as a back-row forward. He won 46 caps for France between 1981 and 1990, scoring 3 tries. He played in the 1987 Rugby World Cup Final defeat against New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count .... References External links *L'equipe Profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Erbani, Dominique 1956 births French rugby union players Living people France international rugby union players Sportspeople from Dordogne SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne players Rugby union flankers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Dospital
Pierre Dospital (born May 15, 1950) is a French retired rugby union player who played at prop for the France national rugby union team and for the French rugby union club Aviron Bayonnais. Early life and career Pierre Dospital was born on May 15, 1950, in Itxassou in south-western France. Dospital made his debut for the France national rugby union team on December 10, 1977. He made a total of 24 official appearances for the French national team. Dospital also played for the French rugby union club Aviron Bayonnais and was capped twice for the French Barbarians in 1984 and 1986. See also * France national rugby union team The France national rugby union team () represents France in men's international rugby union and it is administered by the French Rugby Federation. They traditionally play in blue shirts emblazoned with the national emblem of a golden rooster ... * Barbarian Rugby Club References French rugby union players Rugby union props Living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Dintrans
Philippe Dintrans (born 29 January 1957, in Tarbes) is a former French rugby union player and a current entrepreneur. He played as a hooker. He played all his career at Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby, starting at 1967, aged 10 years old, and joining the first team in 1975/76, aged 18 years old, when he had his debut for the French Championship. He would play at Tarbes until 1991/92, for 17 seasons, with his best result being runners-up to the 1987/88 season, lost to SU Agen. He had 50 caps for France, from 1979 to 1990, scoring 3 tries, 12 points on aggregate. He played in seven Five Nations Championship editions, in 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1989, winning it in 1981, with a Grand Slam, and in 1989. He played 24 games at the competition, scoring 1 try, 4 points on aggregate. He was called for the 1987 Rugby World Cup The 1987 Rugby World Cup was the first Rugby World Cup. It was co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia – New Zealand hosted 21 matches (17 pool stage matches, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Condom
Jean Condom (born 15 August 1960 in Saint-André-de-Seignanx) is a retired France, French international rugby union player. He played as a lock. He played for Boucau, from 1980/81 to 1985/86, for Biarritz Olympique, from 1986/87 to 1995/96. His final team was Aviron Bayonnais in 1996/97. He had 61 caps for France national rugby union team, France, from 1982 to 1990, without ever scoring. He earned his first cap on 31 October 1982 against Romania at Bucharest in 13–9 loss. He was called for the 1987 Rugby World Cup, playing in five games, including the final where France was runners-up to New Zealand. He played in eight editions of the Five Nations Championship, from 1983 to 1990, being a winner in 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989. He had his last cap at the 29-18 win over Australia national rugby union team, Australia, on 30 June 1990, in a tour. References External links * 1960 births French rugby union players Living people France international rugby union players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Didier Codorniou
Didier Codorniou (born 13 February 1958 in Narbonne) ESPN Scrum.com is a former French rugby union player and a French politician. He played as a Centre (rugby union), Centre. Codorniou played for RC Narbonne and Stade Toulousain. He earned his first national cap on 7 July 1979 against the All Blacks, in the first victory France national rugby union team, France had achieved over the New Zealand team in New Zealand. In ''Path to Victory'' former Australian flyhalf Mark Ella wrote of Codorniou that, "After playing against Didier Codorniou, I thought he was the best centre in the world. He directed all the backline traffic. He had the ball skills to set the play up or be an electrifying individualist." Honours * Grand Slam (Rugby Union), Grand Slam : 1981 * Top 14, Fre ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Éric Bonneval
Éric Bonneval (born 12 November 1963 in Toulouse) is a former French rugby union player. He played as a Centre (rugby union), Centre. Eric Bonneval played for Stade Toulousain and Racing Métro 92 Paris, Racing Club de France. His usual positions was Centre (rugby union), Centre, although he started his career in France national rugby union team as a Wing (rugby union), Wing. He earned his first national cap on 23 June 1984 against New Zealand at Auckland. He was called up for the 1987 Rugby World Cup, where France were runners-up to New Zealand. 30 mars 2013 "Louis Armary (46 sélections de 1987 à 1995), Éric Bonneval (18 sélections de 1984 à 1988)" Honours * Top 14, French rugby champion, 1985, 1986 with Stade Toulousain * Challenge Yves du Manoir, 1988 with Stade ToulousainReferences E ...
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Serge Blanco
Serge Blanco (born 31 August 1958) is a former rugby union footballer who played fullback for Biarritz Olympique and the French national side, gaining 93 caps, 81 of them at fullback. His alternative position was wing. He was generally nicknamed by French rugby fans as the '' Pelé of Rugby''. Blanco was born in Caracas, Venezuela, to a Venezuelan father and a Basque mother, but was raised in Biarritz, France. He made his international debut against South Africa at Loftus Versfeld Stadium on 8 November 1980, which France lost 37–15. Playing career He scored the deciding try in the semi-final of the inaugural Rugby World Cup in 1987, France winning 30–24 against hosts Australia. He also won Grand Slams with France in the 1981 and 1987 Five Nations Championship. Serge Blanco captained the French side in the 1991 Rugby World Cup before retiring after their quarter-final defeat by England on 19 October 1991. He won a total of 93 caps (a record at the time) and still holds t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Fouroux
Jacques Fouroux (24 July 1947 – 17 December 2005) was a French rugby union player and coach. He captained France when they won the Grand Slam in 1977, and was the manager when the side repeated the feat in 1981 and 1987. Player Fouroux, who played as a scrum half, played for his hometown team FC Auch, as a youngster and at the end of his career (1976–1980). He started as senior with US Cognac until 1970 and played for La Voulte until 1976. He made his international debut in 1972 although it took him another four years to become a regular starter, as he was in competition with another, more sober, scrum-half Richard Astre of Béziers. At 5 ft 3 ins tall, he was one of the smallest players ever to play international rugby. His size, combined with his supremely confident, almost arrogant, leadership style, meant that he was often compared with Napoleon Bonaparte; Bonaparte's nickname "the little Corporal" stuck with Fouroux throughout his career. He was particularly happ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
