European Championship 1979-80 (Round: Round robin match 1 of 3)
Attendance: 2,804
Naughton Park, Widnes, England
Referee: Francois Escande
Head 2 Head
Last 3 Results
Date Home Team Result Away Team Season
4 Feb 1979France15 - 8Wales1978-79
15 Jan 1978Wales29 - 7France1977-78
20 Feb 1977France13 - 2Wales1976-77
Wales Lineup
 Num  PlayerAge   Tries   Goals   Drops   Points 
1 Harold Box (Featherstone Rovers)        
2 Brian Juliff (Wakefield Trinity)23        
3 Steve Diamond (Wakefield Trinity)26   2   4
4 John Bevan (Warrington)29 1     3
5 Chris Camilleri (Barrow)25        
6 Bill Francis (Oldham)        
7 Ness Flowers (Wigan)        
8 Mel James (St. Helens)        
9 Don Parry (Blackpool Borough)        
10 Glyn Shaw (Widnes)28        
11 Mark McJennett (Barrow)        
12 Trevor Skerrett (Wakefield Trinity)        
13 Roy Mathias (St. Helens)        
14 Clive Griffiths (St. Helens)        
15 Chris Seldon (St. Helens)        
Total:        
 1 2 0 7
France Lineup
 Num  PlayerAge   Tries   Goals   Drops   Points 
1 Marcel Pillon24        
2 Jean-Marc Gonzales24 1 4   11
3 Michel Naudo24        
4 Christian Laumond24        
5 Sébastien Rodriguez24        
6 Michel Mazaré25     1 1
7 Ivan Grésèque26 1     3
8 Max Chantal21        
9 André Malacamp        
10 Delphin Castanon        
11 Christian Baile24        
12 José Giné27        
13 Joël Roosebrouck26 2     6
(14) Jacques Guigue27        
(15) Charles Zalduendo27        
Total:        
 4 4 1 21



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