World Cup 1977 (Round: Group match 2 of 6)
Attendance: 10,000
Carlaw Park, Auckland, New Zealand
Referee: Bob Cooper
Head 2 Head
Last 3 Results
Date Home Team Result Away Team Season
17 Feb 1974Great Britain29 - 0France1973-74
20 Jan 1974France5 - 24Great Britain1973-74
1 Nov 1972France4 - 13Great Britain1972-73
France Lineup
 Num  PlayerAge   Tries   Goals   Drops   Points 
1 Jacques Guigue25        
2 José Moya23        
3 Christian Laskawiec24        
4 Andre Ruiz30        
5 Patrick Chauvet25        
6 José Calle32   2   4
7 Guy Alard21        
8 Michel Cassin23        
9 Hervé Bonet        
10 Henri Daniel27        
11 Jean-Pierre Sauret31        
12 Jean-Jacques Cologni26        
13 Joël Roosebrouck23        
(14) René Terrats27        
15 Guy Rodriguez26        
Total:        
 0 2 0 4
Great Britain Lineup
 Num  PlayerAge   Tries   Goals   Drops   Points 
1 George Fairbairn   7   14
2 Keith Fielding        
3 John Holmes        
4 Les Dyl 1     3
5 Stuart Wright 1     3
6 Roger Millward29 1     3
7 Steve Nash        
8 Jimmy Thompson        
9 David Ward        
10 Steve Pitchford        
11 George Nicholls33        
12 Eddie Bowman        
13 Phil Hogan        
14 Ken Gill        
15 Len Casey        
Total:        
 3 7 0 23



    Note: Those players whose number appears in bracketed italics are non-playing substitutes.