France vs British & Irish Lions, 1989. As part of the celebrations for the Bicentennial of the French Revolution, in 1989 played a British Lions team.
The match was classed as a friendly or exhibition game and thus test caps were not awarded.
Match
Teams
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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 ...
Philippe Sella Philippe Sella (born 14 February 1962, in Tonneins) is French former rugby union player. He started as a rugby league junior in his home town before switching to rugby union. As a former French rugby union player, he held the record for most intern ...
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Marc Andrieu
Marc Andrieu (born 19 September 1959, in Carmaux) is a former French rugby union player and coach. He played as a wing and as a centre.
Club career
Andrieu first played for US Carmaux, since 1974/75, reaching the first team in 1977/78. He moved to ...
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Patrice Lagisquet
Patrice Lagisquet (born 4 September 1962) is a former French rugby union footballer and a current coach. He played as a wing. He was nicknamed "The Bayonne Express".
Lagisquet was born in Arcachon. He first played at U.A. Gujan-Mestras, until mo ...
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Didier Camberabero
Didier Camberabero (born 9 January 1961), is a former French international rugby union player. He played as fly half.
Biography
Camberabero is a son of the former international, Guy Camberabero, and the nephew of Lilian Camberabero, two brothe ...
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Pierre Berbizier
Pierre Berbizier (born 17 June 1958) is a French former rugby union footballer and a current coach. His usual position was at scrum-half. He played 56 times for France.
Biography
Berbizier was born in Saint-Gaudens. He made his international deb ...
Laurent Seigne
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*Laurent (name), a French masculine given name and a surname
**Saint Laurence (aka: Saint ''Laurent''), the martyr Laurent
**Pierre Alphonse Laurent, mathematician
**Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, amateur astronomer, discoverer ...
Philippe Benetton
Philippe Benetton (born Cahors, 18 May 1968) is a former French rugby union footballer and currently head coach of Tournon d'Agenais. He played as a flanker.
Benetton had two teams during his career, Cahors and Agen, where he played until 2003. H ...
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Olivier Roumat
Olivier Roumat (born 16 June 1966 in Mont-de-Marsan) is a former French rugby union footballer. He played as a number-eight, openside flanker and lock.
Club career
Roumat first played at Villeneuve-de-Marsan, moving then to US Dax, where he prem ...
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Laurent Rodriguez
Laurent Rodriguez (born 25 June 1960) is a retired French rugby player.
He made his international debut for France on 5 July 1981 in a test against Australia. Rodriguez was called for the 1987 Rugby World Cup, where France was runners-up to New ...
Marc Cécillon
Marc Cécillon (born 30 July 1959 in Bourgoin-Jallieu, Isère) is a former French rugby union player and convicted murderer, who captained the national side on five occasions. He represented France from 1988 to 1995, with 46 test caps, includin ...
Paul Ackford
Paul Ackford (born 26 February 1958) is a former English rugby union international who played lock forward. He was formerly an inspector in the Metropolitan Police, and is now a columnist for The Telegraph.
Early life
Ackford was born in Hano ...
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Mike Griffiths
Michael Griffiths (born 18 March 1962) is a former Welsh people, Welsh rugby union player and British & Irish Lions, British Lion,Andy Robinson, Steve Smith,
David Egerton
David William Egerton (19 October 1961 – 8 February 2021) was an English rugby union international who represented England from 1988 to 1990. At club level, Egerton played for Bath Rugby between 1985 and 1995. After retiring, Egerton worked ...
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Jeff Probyn
Jeff Probyn (born 27 April 1956 in Bethnal Green, London) is an English former Rugby Union player.
The Old Albanian, Streatham and Wasps prop was selected in England's squad for the 1987 Rugby World Cup, but Probyn did not make his internatio ...
Damian Cronin
Damian Cronin (born 17 April 1963 in Wegberg, West Germany) is a former Scotland international rugby union player.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He is an alumnus of Campion School, Hornchurch and Prior Park College.
Before the advent of ...
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Rob Andrew
Christopher Robert Andrew (born 18 February 1963) is a former English Rugby Union player and was, until April 2016, Professional Rugby Director at the RFU.
He was formerly the Director of Rugby of Newcastle Falcons and has been Chief Executiv ...
Brendan Mullin
Brendan John Mullin (born Jerusalem, 31 October 1963) is a former Ireland international rugby union football player. He played as a centre.
Profile
Mullin spent his early life in Jerusalem, Israel and attended secondary school in Blackrock Col ...
Gary Callander
Gary Callander (5 July 1959 – 5 December 2021) was a Scottish international rugby union player who made six international appearances for the Scotland national team between 1984 and 1988. He played in the Hooker position. He coached Haddin ...
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Craig Chalmers
Craig Minto Chalmers (born 15 October 1968) is a former Scotland international rugby union player and coach. He represented Scotland, the British Lions and the Barbarians at international level. He made 60 international appearances as a player ...
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Tony Clement
Tony Peter Clement (born January 27, 1961) is a Canadian former federal politician and former Member of Parliament for Parry Sound—Muskoka in Ontario. Before entering federal politics, Clement served as an Ontario cabinet minister, including ...
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Des Fitzgerald
Desmond Fitzgerald (born 20 December 1957 in Dublin) is a former Irish rugby union international player who played for the Irish national rugby union team. He played as a prop forward.
He played for the Ireland team from 1984 to 1992, winning 34 ...