France vs British Lions (1989)

France vs British & Irish Lions, 1989. As part of the celebrations for the Bicentennial of the French Revolution, in 1989 France played a British Lions team.

The match was classed as a friendly or exhibition game and thus test caps were not awarded.

4 October 1989

France XV	27–29	British Lions
Try: Benetton, Blanco, Camberabero Con: Camberabero (3) Pen: Camberabero (3)	[1]	Try: Andrew, Hastings (2) Con: Hastings Pen: Hastings (4) Drop-goal: Andrew

Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 28,881 Referee: J.B. Anderson (Scotland)

FB 15 Serge Blanco RW 14 Bernard Lacombe OC 13 Philippe Sella IC 12 Marc Andrieu LW 11 Patrice Lagisquet FH 10 Didier Camberabero SH 9 Pierre Berbizier (c) N8 8 Laurent Rodriguez OF 7 Olivier Roumat BF 6 Thierry Devergie RL 5 Gilles Bourguignon LL 4 Philippe Benetton TP 3 Laurent Seigne HK 2 Dominique Bouet LP 1 Marc Pujolle  62' Replacements: PR 16 Herve Chabowski  62' N8 17 Marc Cécillon FL 18 Thierry Maset SH 19 Henri Sanz FH 20 Thierry Lacroix WG 21 David Berty Coach: Jacques Fouroux

FB 15 Gavin Hastings RW 14 Scott Hastings OC 13 Brendan Mullin IC 12 Jeremy Guscott LW 11 Rory Underwood FH 10 Rob Andrew (c) SH 9 Robert Jones N8 8 Dave Egerton OF 7 Andy Robinson BF 6 Phillip Matthews RL 5 Damian Cronin LL 4 Paul Ackford TP 3 Jeff Probyn HK 2 Steve Smith LP 1 Mike Griffiths Replacements: PR 16 Des Fitzgerald HK 17 Gary Callander SR 18 Neil Francis SH 19 Fergus Aherne FH 20 Craig Chalmers FB 21 Tony Clement Coach: Ian McGeechan

• Source:^[1]
• 1989 British Lions tour to Australia